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Married MacNNers: How long were you engaged?
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Some people like to be engaged for 10 years. Some like to be engaged for 3 months. Some like to be engaged for just a few days.
What did you do?
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Lived together about two years, then engaged about 18 months. It just kind of ran together, and nothing changed much from the first couple of weeks we were together.
By the way, we have been married now over 11 years, and still very happy.
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My stupid iPhone game: Nesen Probe, it's rather old, annoying and pointless, but it's free.
Was free. Now it's gone. Never to be seen again.
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"It's weird the way 'finger puppets' sounds ok as a noun..."
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365 days.
The anniversary of our first date is October 29th. That was the date we got officially engaged. And that day was available when we booked our wedding location so we just did it all on the same day. We didn't set out for that day, but figured it was as good as any other. Makes it easier to remember, thats for sure.
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A couple years the first time (back in 1994) and this time just 4 months.
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About 15 months. I wanted it to be shorter, but my wife and mother-in-law wanted a summer wedding and 3 months wasn't enough time to plan the extravaganza they wanted.
We're celebrating our 11th anniversary this summer.
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i think about six months, it was awhile ago. we dated about five years prior. our 15th wedding anniversary was last fall.
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one post closer to five stars
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Jun 2001
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I'm getting married in May, will have been engaged for about a year and a half.
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Dated for 1.5 years prior to proposal, engaged for another 1.5 years prior to wedding. Married now for 3.5 years.
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Posting Junkie
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My wife and I were engaged for 5 months before we broke up. 3 weeks later, we were engaged again, and got married in 8 months on April 7, 2006. We never lived together, and for all but the last 3 weeks of our (second) engagement, we lived 2 hours apart. I told this to a lady that cut my hair a few weeks ago, and she almost freaked.
So, almost 2 years of marriage for the Jawbone...
And yes, those are my dead sexy Rob Bell-esque glasses.
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I have no idea. Not very long -- 6 months to a year?
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Administrator  Join Date: Apr 2001
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Depends on whether you ask me or her. I think it was about 8 months, she'll say something more like 4. It's all about when she realized that she really was as serious about me as I was about her. Romance is lovely. 
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I dated my wife for 5 years before we got engaged December 2006. We got married in June 2007.
We chose the dates based on when I was in classes and those were times after finals were over.
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AT&T iPhone 5S and 6; 13" MBP; MDD G4.
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About 2 years, more or less. No ring for most of that time, so it doesn't really count (I was in grad school).
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Posting Junkie
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macintologist, you never told us about you.
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Originally Posted by SSharon 
We chose the dates based on when I was in classes and those were times after finals were over.
aah.... romance. Brought a tear to my eye.
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Originally Posted by James L
aah.... romance. Brought a tear to my eye.
so I shouldn't mention that the 5 years of dating was that long because our parents each wanted us to graduate college before they would pay for the wedding?
oops, too late.
it isn't impossible to have romance and account for practical circumstances at the same time. well, that's what I keep telling myself since I'm still in school.
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AT&T iPhone 5S and 6; 13" MBP; MDD G4.
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I met my wife on Dec. 19, 1971. I proposed on Feb 18, 1972. We got married on June 24, 1972. We split up on June 19, 1992, and our divorce was final on May 13, 1993.
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Why is there always money for war, but none for education?
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My fiancé and I have been together for five years. We got engaged two years ago and the wedding is June 7.
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Jan 2001
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2.5 months? engaged Dec 24th, Married March 10.
Edit: And as a side note, 2.5 months felt horribly long.
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Originally Posted by OldManMac
I met my wife on Dec. 19, 1971. I proposed on Feb 18, 1972. We got married on June 24, 1972. We split up on June 19, 1992, and our divorce was final on May 13, 1993.
Wow, you are indeed old. My mother graduated from high school in 1972.
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"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." TJ
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About 6 months. However, I was in Hawaii, and she was in NY.
So we probably only had about 4 weeks of total contact time (in person, at least).
15 years thus far...
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The first time about 1 year after 3 years together, divorced 2 weeks after that.
The second time about 5 years and still going strong.
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dated for six month (January to June), married the following April of "96
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45/47
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Moderator  Join Date: Jun 2000
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16 months after dating for 4 years... married 6 years now.
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My wife and I met November 2nd, 1990... We Married on November 23rd, 1990.
Got engaged somewhere in those 3 weeks. 
17 years! 
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Professional Poster
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Lived together after 1.5 years of meeting.
Engaged 6 years after that.
Married 10 months after that.
Been married 2.5 years.
Still living together.
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I am stupidest when I try to be funny.
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wow, a pretty diverse group here.
would any of you have done things differently if you had to do it again? get married sooner or later?
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Originally Posted by SSharon
would any of you have done things differently if you had to do it again? get married sooner or later?
No. I waited until 35 to get married, and I'm sure that extra bit of maturity has help my marriage and parenthood a good deal. I had a couple earlier opportunities, and I'm sooooo glad I waited for Mrs. design219.
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My stupid iPhone game: Nesen Probe, it's rather old, annoying and pointless, but it's free.
Was free. Now it's gone. Never to be seen again.
Off to join its brother and sister apps that could not
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Never got engaged. Just got married.
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1.5 years after an equal stint of dating.
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Senior User
Join Date: Feb 2001
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Lived together 4 years before getting engaged, were engaged for almost 2 years, coming up on our 10th wedding anniversary this Fall.
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Originally Posted by SSharon
wow, a pretty diverse group here.
would any of you have done things differently if you had to do it again? get married sooner or later?
I would never have gotten married the first time. Too young, too stupid. But she was young, rich and hot.
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We dated for about 2 years. Somewhere in that time we decided to get married. Not sure when/if a formal "engagement" occurred.
Been married 27 years.
Unlike many people, we waited a good 7 or 8 years before we started having kids. That was a good move, imho.
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Originally Posted by osiris
The first time divorced after 2 weeks
Originally Posted by osiris
I would never have gotten married the first time. Too young, too stupid. But she was young, rich and hot.
Were you that guy that married Britney Spears in Vegas?
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Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth
Were you that guy that married Britney Spears in Vegas?
No - she wasn't white trash, and unlike Britney she actually had a brain.
Wait a sec - you think Britney is hot?!?
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Well she had a good body. The face never did it for me.
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Originally Posted by osiris
Wait a sec - you think Britney is hot?!?
A few years back she was. Very. Shame what happened.
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My stupid iPhone game: Nesen Probe, it's rather old, annoying and pointless, but it's free.
Was free. Now it's gone. Never to be seen again.
Off to join its brother and sister apps that could not
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Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth
Well she had a good body. The face never did it for me.
Damn, Dakar, you're tough to please.
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My stupid iPhone game: Nesen Probe, it's rather old, annoying and pointless, but it's free.
Was free. Now it's gone. Never to be seen again.
Off to join its brother and sister apps that could not
keep up with the ever updating iOS. RIP Nesen Probe.
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Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth
Well she had a good body. The face never did it for me.
True on the body, but the face never worked for me either.
She needs makeup to look good. I prefer au naturale beauty.
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"Faster, faster! 'Till the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death." - HST
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Originally Posted by design219
Damn, Dakar, you're tough to please.
It's a weird face.
I didn't say it was ugly.
(I can't say I much care for the pic, either)
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Yeah, the eye needs to move over a bit. Hmmm. That's not apparent in the black and white image.
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My stupid iPhone game: Nesen Probe, it's rather old, annoying and pointless, but it's free.
Was free. Now it's gone. Never to be seen again.
Off to join its brother and sister apps that could not
keep up with the ever updating iOS. RIP Nesen Probe.
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We met on July 21st, 1991, we were engaged on Sep. 10th, 1991, and were married on June 20th, 1992.
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Let's see ... I met my then-future wife in April of 1996. We got engaged November of that year and married the following May. So I think that makes it six months. From my perspective, it was just the enough time to plan the wedding (from out-of-state).
Our engagement was really fun! Very romantic, lots of laughter. I enjoyed getting to know my in-laws, etc. Definitely a period in life that I recall fondly.
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