Two Year Engagement :)

Hiii! We have a 22 month long engagement. I'm getting married next May and hope to buy my dress this month. (However, before we chose a date I started looking at dresses to get an idea of the styles and designers I liked). I suggest you do the same, so you have ample time to make a decision. I don't suggest you buy a dress until you're a year out from your wedding. Styles change and you don't wanna regret your early purchase.

We had an engagement party 3 months after our engagement. And we didn't have a formal engagement shoot because the proposal was professionally photographed.

Good luck ! And congrats.

Congrats!

I would say pace yourself. You can look for a dress anywhere from a year to 18 mos to go. E-pics you can do whenever.

you actually are starting at a good time so you are not stressed and over burdened.

It looks like you have a pretty good base start. Do you have a budget yet?

FH and I got engaged July 29th 2016 and will marry in November. It has been super unstressful when my father doesnt over complicate it.

We had a two year engagement, and now the day is almost here!! We spent the first six months or so not planning at all and just enjoying being engaged At about 18 months, we did venue and photographer, I got my dress about a year out along with our DJ, and then we used one of the timelines in order to stay on track with everything else

Our engagement was 2.5 years.. So much can happen in that length of time, so if you're really serious about a 2 year engagement, take in to consideration living family members and their health...

Benefits? You're literally a bride for 2 years.. Take it all in and enjoy. Book your big vendors asap so you don't have to compromise who you want, VS who's available. Venue, photog and anything else that's important to you.

Take time, save your money and try to keep out any promises to potential wedding party members and wedding guests, at least until a year out!

Cons? You have to wait so Friggen long! And it does not go by fast! Trends can change and your opinions on details, colours, people can all change in that time.

It's definitely beneficial to have a longer engagement, just know what you're getting into and commit to it and you'll be more prepared and organized than ever!

There's nothing wrong with a 2 year engagement. I got engaged in November 2015 and I'm getting married August 2018. I didn't want to wait that long but my dad thought 2017 was too soon. So to please him we pushed it back. Anyways, start with a budget, tentative guest list, and find your ceremony and reception venue.

Enjoy your engagement because it really goes by fast!

I'm in the same 2 year boat! We got engaged in March 2017 also, and we've decided on a venue but haven't booked yet because we haven't settled on a date, just a general summer 2019 time. I don't plan on doing anything the rest of 2017 except research everything I can and get a general idea of what we want for our wedding!

Thanks for all your helpful responses! Making a budget and wedding savings plan seperate from our general savings was the first thing I did, and definitely made me more certain of a 2 yr engagement (simply bc it's more time to get everything together, including the money). Initially we weren't going to start anything right away but we visited our dream venue out of curiosity and once I got FH into the wedding planning process, he was hooked on finding the spot (waking me up every Saturday to see venues yelling "wake up, it's wedding season!" lol). I quickly realized the benefits of looking early though bc most venues locked us in at 2017 pricing for 2019, which is pretty awesome since prices go up EVERY year.

Hi!! I love this question!

FH and I got engaged in November and are getting married November 2018, which will be very close to 2 years. We noticed the same thing woth the app and website timelines being a 1 year span, but we kind of created our own timeline. We started with the biggest stuff, so we have our venue booked and deposited, and are looking for photographer and caterer. The reason we started with the biggest stuff, is because our venue was already booking for Dec. of 2018! So we thought we had to jump on it and I'm glad we did. Getting the bigger things out of the way will give us more time to DIY and focus on decoration type things. Hope this helps!

It'll FLY by. It's feels just like yesterday we were two years out and now it's already about 1 year away. You do you.

Go with your own tempo. When I first got engaged, I thought engagements lasted like 3-6 months (mostly due to lack of attention on my part). When I found it it was on average about 1.5 years, I was still ready for 3-6 months. So we are doing 6 months to catch the fall weather.

The length of your engagement won't really determine your stress so much as your finances, how your family dynamics are, your planning style etc. Sometimes too long can be equally as stressful because friendships change, vendors go out of business, you have dress/venue/etc. regret because you made a decision earlier. You might get burned out too.

Go at your own pace, you have the time to essentially do whatever you can do that you're excited for, and stop for a week whenever you feel a little stressed. That's the best pace IMO.

Yes FB99 I am, the first was connected to my phone app but never connected to an email somehow and I was having all types of problems, so I set this up on my tablet and things are much smoother now. Sorry for the confusion, working out the glitches still!

Our engagement will be 22 months by the time we walk down the aisle. It seems like such a long time at first but here I am 40 days out! You can absolutely space out booking vendors to give you less stress and also it's something to look forward to during the whole thing.

I got engaged in October and my wedding date is 2/29/2020, I've been keeping a journal and keeping up with my many ideas and checking costs and reading blogs about cost saving and trying to come up with a plan and a budget. Many of the venues I've looked at won't reserve till at least 18months out of not a year. I figure this is the time to plan and I can make out a timeline and budget and many many pintrest boards! Make it enjoyable!

Our engagement will be about 19 months. There is nothing wrong with having a 2 year engagement. Do what works for you!!

My engagement will be 2 years too! We made a guest list in the first week (estimate obviously), then set the budget and booked a venue within 2 weeks! The next thing I'll do is look for a photographer to do engagement photos in the fall or next spring. Otherwise we're just enjoying our time engaged

We had a 2 year engagement. I'm actually glad we did. I had plenty of time getting everything done. Mostly it helped because I had time to save more money. I booked my venue first at about 22 months out. Then slowly over the first year of being engaged I booked everything else. That way when we got 1 year out from the wedding all my vendors were booked.

Just to be clear, I am 100 percent happy with our 2 year engagament ! I'm only looking for advice on

how to space everything out nicely over 2 years because I'm just learning when things are typically done!

I will have had a 22 month engagement when I make it to the alter in a little ove 2 months from now. For the first 4 months I did tons of research.. checking pricing, things like that so I knew what things in my area went for.. so I could set a realistic budget and guest list I could afford. At 18 months out I began drafting lists like guests and things I had to have and my definate want to see venues and caterers. Plus began dress shopping... 14 months out we contacted the church and began meeting with vendors... we had most of the big.. venue, church, caterer booked 13 months out.. then came the smaller vendors and little details.. by 6 months out all I had left was hair/makeup, transportation and getting ready location.. now with 2 months i have just the small stuff.. putting together centerpieces, making signs, and a few things left to buy.. but we spread things out and figured once the venue, church and caterer were booked we would tackle no more than 5 to do list items a month so we could enjoy our engagement and not stress... especially since he is finishing up his teaching credential requirements and I am gettimg my masters.

I am from Utah (which everyone knows is the Mormon religion state) most couples here get married within 4-6 months of getting engaged, that's just standard here. I don't have anything to do with the religion, so when I told family we weren't getting married for another year, they were all shocked. I always thought a year was long, but I'm grateful to have a long engagement, I never realized how much planning goes into it!

I agree with everyone, just pace yourself, don't try to do everything at once. Make a list of things that need to be set asap, and a list of things that can wait. I love that WW has a monthly checklist, it has helped me so much! Once you have the venue, everything else kind of goes into place. Pinterest has been my best friend as well, you can look up wedding planning timelines that fit you. Just one step at a time.

I am having a two year engagement! I have already booked my venue, photographer, DJ, photo booth, horse carriage, Officiant, and caterer. I had Certain ones I wanted so I booked them all as soon as I set a date and booked the Venue. The only bad thing is that no one wants to be excited about the wedding like I am because its so far out, but I wanted to wait for the wedding until we finished our Dave Ramsey plan. Now That I have everything booked (Except for cake because I cant find a maker open where I am getting married) I am going to relax until Jan when I will start following the WW timeline.