How Long Until Proposal?

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It's okay to propose for marriage after dating for a minimum...

  • 0-6 months; I desire marriage.

    Votes: 4 13.3%
  • 6-12 months; I desire marriage.

    Votes: 10 33.3%
  • 1-2 years; I desire marriage.

    Votes: 7 23.3%
  • 2+ years; I desire marriage.

    Votes: 4 13.3%
  • 0-6 months; I do NOT desire marriage.

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • 6-12 months; I do NOT desire marriage.

    Votes: 1 3.3%
  • 1-2 years; I do NOT desire marriage.

    Votes: 3 10.0%
  • 2+ years; I do NOT desire marriage.

    Votes: 1 3.3%

  • Total voters
    30

AsifinPassing

Senior Member
Jul 13, 2010
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#61
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prins

Guest
#62
you'll be fine trust
 
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BurlyCarl

Guest
#65
Back to the topic at hand. I have a rule of 2 years before proposal. 90 days a person will show their true colors.
 
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crosstweed

Guest
#66
I think it really depends on the couple. I know of a couple who dated for over a decade, got married, and were divorced in two years; and of a different couple who went on a few dates, and were married within 3 months (about 40 years later, after his wife's funeral, the husband said they had had the best marriage he had ever seen anywhere.) To be fair, the first couple were not Christians; the second were both extremely devout, prayerful Christians whom God very clearly directed towards each other. A very cool story, actually.)

Both couples were exceptional opposites.
 
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NewWine

Guest
#67
My husband and I met, married and had our first child in a little over a year.....that was 25 years ago, and we're still going strong. I can't say that is right for each couple, but it worked for us....things just happened at the right time for us to meet, love each other enough to marry and have a baby. Just like each person is an individual, each couple is individual, so while this may seem wayyyy too fast to you (it may be, I can't say), things may have just timed right for them.
 
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crosstweed

Guest
#70
...and my first wife told me Ukrainian dudes weren't romantic. You big Slavic teddy bear, you.
*Gigglesnorts in public library, waits patiently for the expected appropriate response meme to be posted...*
 

garet82

Senior Member
Jan 20, 2011
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#72
Maybe more than a year. But it depend on the situation n the readiness of the couple.
If someome start the relationship they must think possitive and ready to get serious. Dont think about negative n separated or worst divorcing coz its like a "night mare" that can be happen.
Everything should be start with love and trust then the "bad thing" can be avoid.
Like all my friends here at school n others public servicesm they marry when they are still young like age 25th and hv sweet children n still together with their couples n look very happy.
I ask their family key n most of thrm said "start it with possitive mind n when you are ready go for it. Never think about seperated or divorcing coz it will haunt you".
 
Feb 18, 2013
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#73
Definitely depends on the couple, but in *general*, the trend I see is that the better the two partners know one another, the smoother of a transition they tend to have going into married life. That's solely based on my observations of married couples that I know really well, not an absolute fact or anything.

If you include our friendship prior to dating, my husband and I knew each other for 3 and a half years before getting married. It felt right to us.
 
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Tintin

Guest
#74
Definitely depends on the couple, but in *general*, the trend I see is that the better the two partners know one another, the smoother of a transition they tend to have going into married life. That's solely based on my observations of married couples that I know really well, not an absolute fact or anything.

If you include our friendship prior to dating, my husband and I knew each other for 3 and a half years before getting married. It felt right to us.
And she's back! Welcome home, sister! I hope and pray you and David are well. :)