How long were you with your partners before you got engaged?

[Jenba]

Hello ladies
I thought this was the best section to ask this question as you are all planning your weddings (congratuations )
How long had you been with your partners before getting engaged? Did he ask or you?
Did any of you have a child from a previous relationship when you got engaged to your new man?
I am just curious. My partner and I have been together a year, live together and i have a 3 yr old son from a previous relationship. I love my boyfriend so much and really could not imagine not being with him. Never felt like this with anyone else! Is it too early to be thinking about marriage? If he asked now I would sing YES! lol Don't know if he would ask yet tho haha

 

[booflebump]

We had been together for 16 months when Mr Boofs proposed to me. No children on either side for us. He started planning to propose when we had been going out just over a year (thats when he told my mum of his intentions) but it was always a case of when, not if. Think we had decided mutually at three months that we were going to get married That said, it was a total surprise when he did actually ask!

xxx

 

[Jenba]

Auw congratulations!
We have mentioned getting married and it seems like that with us, not if but when ...
I just have a problem with patience lol
THanks x

 

[Pops]

We had been together 2 years but he had planned to do it 3 times before he actually did but things got in the way each time!! Like Boofs, it was when and not if, we had been speaking about if from a matter of weeks into our relationship, we knew this was it. He finally managed to pull it all together for my birthday last year....or so he thought! The ring didn't come back from the jewelllers, the flowers didn't show up in the morning as planned and the place we were going for lunch was closed He ended up doing it just under a fortnight later on a totally normal Saturday completely out of the blue and in honesty, I preferred that to if he had done it on my birthday

No kids on either side for us, just Missy on the way

xxx

 

[EstelSeren]

We'd been together for 1 year and 2 weeks! No children for either of us yet. He asked me but like Booflebump we knew that we'd be getting engaged and had a mutual agreement at about 3 months in, we'd even asked each other unofficially! We were picking out rings together about a month or 2 before he actually asked and he'd even taken me into the jewellers to have my ring finger measured. He still managed to take me by surprise though!

Beca :wave:

 

[Jemma_x]

We'd been together 2 years and 2 months, we have connor together and we live together. He proposed just before valentines day this year

 

[SassySami]

I was with my OH for 1.5 yrs before he proposed.. and no children tell after we got married

 

[Jenba]

Thanks ladies. I would ask him but even though its all about equal rights and all I would still rather have the old fashioned thing and him ask lol

 

[booflebump]

I'm sure he will surprise you when you least expect it

xxx

 

[Pops]

I was just about to say what Boofs did, I knew it would happen one day so I didn't think I'd be that surprised by my God was I!! Just ask the girlies!!

He'll do you proud I'm sure

xxx

 

[24/7]

We had been together nearly three years, and ever since we got together we had always discussed our future together, once we were married and with children. Before OH proposed we discussed it all abit more seriously, and OH proposed on christmas day. I hoped that he would, but he gave no actual warning signs that he was going to, and I knew he was going to ask my parents for their permisson to ask me, and they didn't give anything away, so I assumed that it wasn't going to be at christmas. I was wrong.... I always knew we would but when he proposed I was still in shock and managed to get my yes out before bursting into tears I was so overcome.
Two months 'til the wedding now and I couldn't be happier. No children for us yet, but we hope it will happen very soon. xx

 

[Heidi]

I dont think its too early at all! Me and OH got engaged after 8 months and am only just getting married now which will be around our 5 year anniversary. It probably would have been sooner if we were more organised and saved up sooner!

 

[Glitterfairy]

About 18 months

 

[princess_bump]

we started speaking of marriage and children with a few months of getting together, we've together from less than 3 months of actually being together and my OH proposed 'properly' after being together 17months (which was just after we started ttc

neither of us had children before, and we were only 20 when we met i was actually still at uni! we fell pregnant with our daughter 7months after he proposed and by the time we get married we shall of been together just over 5 years! and our little lady will be 2 years and 2 months

 

[Jenba]

Thank you ladies. I guess I just need to grow some patience! :-D

 

[Vici]

We had been together for almost excactly 2 years. He completely suprised me about 2 weeks before we signed for our house

 

[dizzyisacow]

6 months for me

 

[mama2connor]

We had been together for 2 years before we got engaged. We have had a pretty long engagement, and we're getting married in 10 days!!

 

[Torsie]

We'd been together for a little over 5 years. We started dating during our second year of Uni, then finished, got jobs, he moved in with me and my parents for a year or so, then we got our own place. Now we're engaged. No kids for either of us.

 

[Jenba]

We had been together for 2 years before we got engaged. We have had a pretty long engagement, and we're getting married in 10 days!!

Congrats and good luck for your big day