Really long engagements!!?!

Not uber long but longer than average around here..Nov 2008 to July 2010

Nov 08 to Jun 10 here. Not long in the grand scheme of things, but it's apparently unheard of in this part of the country. People actually told us they thought we weren't going to get married because we set the date out "too far to be serious." I told them they were full of crap.

August 08 to October 10. A little over 25 months...

I'm not, but my friend is gonna be engaged for almost 2 years too.

Ours is a year and 1/2 - March 2010 to Sept. 2011 - not overly long but it feels like forever to me

Mine is not too long but by Saturday when we are married it will be 18 months. We had been together for 5 years prior to setting our date tho!

No you are not alone. It will be 2 years until we have our wedding.

You are not ALONE! i got engaged Feb 2008.. and will be gettng married June 2011. Now that's a REALLY long time lol We were just both going through a lot f changes but now for sure know that we are going to marry eachother. And with a 3year old daughter things get rough.

We're a little longer than you - engaged August 2009 and we'll be married March 2012 (we've been together this time since March 2004 and before from ****).

You think its long, until it starts to fly by. FH and I were engaged the same time is you. Set the date for Oct 2011 and its amazing how quickly it is going by. But if I were you I'd tentively set your date and start looking. Reserve anything large (church, reception hall) first (and early). You can then shortlist all of the most important things to you so when you're start looking you have a good idea of what you want. Enjoy the time you have it makes things less stressful.

We had you all beat. We got engaged in August 2005 and are not getting married until September 2011. We originally hadn't planned on waiting this long, it just kinda happened that way. The final date got set after I graduate law school. Just having everything out of the way so we can enjoy being married is a motivator to us. It wouldn't have been fun trying to spend newlywed years while I went through law school. Poor FH gets neglected enough now, and would have been much more if we were living together and I couldn't cuddle up with him in the evenings when I had to read.

Long engagements aren't all that bad except for everyone asking you when you are finally going to get married.

We got engaged on Dec 25, 2008 and are getting married on Oct 21, 2011 so I guess that's pretty long lol

Switch the months with Meridith March 2009-August 2012 LOTS of waiting! Having a good RELAXED time with it.

Xmas Eve 09 and wedding is October 2011

Mine will be 2 years exactly. It was just what worked best for us in terms of finances and planning long distance.

Whatever works for you !!! i will be engaged 13 months. we did that cuz i just graduated school, and am starting my own business. he will be almost 31 and i will be almost 27. he wants to have kids right away, i want to wait a year. those were all factors when i planned my date.

A long engagement can make a lot of sense sometimes - if you're saving for a wedding or a home, if one of you needs to finish school or get started in a career, etc.

The drawback to long engagements is that they can be a strain on family and friends. Most of the friends I've had who got engaged tended to go on and on about engagement, wedding planning, etc. Which is fine, since it's natural to be excited!

But six months to a year of weddingmania is one thing, but several years of it can be exhausting. My suggestion is that couples in long engagements try and refrain from excessive wedding talk, at least until the date gets closer.

December 1, 2012 here, from this year Not too bad I suppose.

Thanks ladies, yall have made me feel better and not alone. I know that it will be worth the wait and we will be able to have the wedding we want and honeymoon. We are both still young, fh-23 me 22 so we have time and we both feel that we have time and want to enjoy our time together!

I think I'm in 2nd place, lol. Engaged December 2006.