Wait for marraige...

@Beertjie (976)
South Africa
May 19, 2009 2:25am CST
Are you married, how long did you wait before you got married after you have met. How did you know it was the right person. If not married, how long would you wait after meeting the right person. How would you know it is the right one. I have never been married because I have never met someone that I know is the right one. I would want a person who can appreciate the love that I give, love me back, and is a best friend. I don't want to marry someone with whom I cannot be best friends. How long is a good time to wait, and how do you know it is the right person???
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@flaredust (728)
• Indonesia
19 May 09
Yes I'm married. I met my soul mate when I'm on college. We met from online social networking site. At that time i don't even imagine that she's the one that I'll married to. Because i have so many relationship story that end up nothing, so does she. We actually sharing each other about why we can't find true person to love. Time passing by, we're getting close, and after approximately 1 year after that we become a lover, than 1 year later we decide to marry. Until now I'm happy with her, no matter what happen in the past we don't care, as long as we love each other. So, i think we don't really have to search for that "the one", but when the time's come, your soul mate will appear for you. Just for you
• Indonesia
19 May 09
I am married. We met on December and get engaged in February (next year), then we get married soon after that. So basically we only need about 2 months to realize that we were created by God for each other. When I met him, I knew that he's the one because my heart told me so. We have so many things in common, we have been best friends since the first minute we met. I feel comfortable when he is around and he feels the same way about me. He never abused me either verbally or physically. That's why I love him very much. I think there is no exact waiting time, when you met the one, your heart will tell you so. So trust your heart ALWAYS! :)
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@oyenkai (4394)
• Philippines
21 May 09
I have found a very special person and I know that we have a good relationship between us :) However, sometimes, finding the "right person" isn't enough. There is also a "right time" for everything - a time to get to know each other better, a time to learn each other's perks and each other's strengths. A time to grow yourself into someone who will have enough to give when you decide to commit yourself to witness another person's life :) I know that the right time is not yet now and I am not in any hurry. I am enjoying every moment of this "young" relationship :) We both feel like we're too young to get THAT serious. We still have much to learn, and much to earn :D Thanks for the response on my discussion!
@arkasen (748)
• India
19 May 09
Well I am not married but I am into a steady relation. I am a this relation for 2 and a half years and and I am going to marry her with in next 2 and a half years. So if you consider from the beginning from my relation then it would be 5 years before marriage. I need this time because marriage is a big responsibility and I really need to have a strong financial position before I can get into marriage.
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• China
22 May 09
I am married,i waited for six months before we got married after we have met.when i met him in the first time, i thought he didn't the right one .i didn't like to meet him again.But he always moved me through action.i love him after knowing him.Believing action rather than only sweet talk is the only way to find who is the right one.
• China
19 May 09
I am not married, and i have never been married.I am single now.I don't know when i will get married, i just don't want to get married too early.I still have a lot of things that i have to do .Marriage is not the thing that i should care about for me now.Maybe someday i meet a girl,and i want to marry her,maybe someday i date a girl but i don't want to marry her.this is a complex question,really hard to say.Hope you meet the right person soon.
@russso (1693)
• Philippines
19 May 09
I'm like you -- in a way. As I said in one of my comments, I honestly do not see myself getting married. Fear is one reason and another reason is that there are just so many things that I still want to do and I obviously won't be able to them once I'm married.
• China
19 May 09
everyone is diffirent,and everyone has their own way to go,just do what we want do.have a good day.
• United States
20 May 09
I cant tell you how you know its the right person. But I can tell you the length I would wait. I think dating someone for a year is a good amount and more is better. I knew someone who dated for 3 yrs engaged for 1 year and still married years later! Thats a good amount if you have the time. But age is a factor I realize for woman who want kids. I want kids almost 30 in December never dated really, never married. I know my parents were too fast. Mom wanted to be married by 30 so lame so she got married 5 months after engaged and got engaged only 2 months in. They claimed they knew and are still together but truly I dont think they should have or at least waited till they knew better. It was too quick!
• Indonesia
20 May 09
i'm not married yet but i have a girl friend who i love.our relationship is about 7 years, i know it is very long time and i will married in the next 2 years. i know my girl friend is not a perfect person but i want to understand her, and to walk on our life we need complete each other so we can get a beautiful life. if you search the right person as you said, you will not find it, you should be open your self to get a relationship and if both of you can belief each other, understand each other, and need each other so what do you wait to married?
• China
20 May 09
We are in the same boat! My family is worrying about me.I told them I just want to wait for the right one,I don't care if he is to come or not! But I will keep myself waiting, that's my words! My mom is up to something, like blind date for me! oh no!
@dreamdua (48)
• India
20 May 09
i think marriage is a gamble...you can't say that best friend will be the best partener ......i know many cases in my circle..........some couples are very happy and their marriage was just by the decision of their parents.......and on the other end some couples were well known to each other from last 4 years but now they are planning to leave each other because they don't have anything to share now...alll excitement is already in the previous 4 years of their relation.........so my dear marriage is a totally gamble........it depends on god.....and our co-operation,if are co-operative then we can live with anyone because if you wait for 100% perfect one ,so sorry to say dear there is no person in this world who is 100% percent perfect in this world,it all depends on our thinking,if we think that this is the right one person for whom i was waiting but if thinking negative any person show in front of me...i will or you will find something negative about that person.so be positive and ready to co-operate with your loved one
@cainam (493)
• Philippines
20 May 09
it doesn'nt matter how long are you together to tell that you're really meant for each other. it is more on the chemistry you have. you don't argue on things that often and you both enjoy the same interests. let's say that you're more of friend aside from being lovers. that somehow will assure you that you'll stick together till you both get old.
@Hedwig (283)
• China
20 May 09
I am not married. Actually , I even don't have a boyfriend at present. However, I think that it will take at least 2 years to know a person totally,especially a person I want to spend my whole life with. Marriage is huge to everyone, it can influence one's whole life. Therefore, we should not just rush into it without a long time mutual understanding.It is necessory to take a few years before it.
• Philippines
20 May 09
We waited three years, almost...(2 years and 11 months... )We started the relationship in 2003 and we got married in 2006. I don't think we waited that long... in the course of our relationship as boyfriend-girlfriend, we really didn't spend much time together as he was working on a ship... we seldom saw each other. But we've got piles of letters kept in a box as evidence of what our hearts felt at that time, emails too.and funny because my husband kept a record of all my text messages written on a bond paper with his very tiny penmanship.i kept them too.They bring back lots of memories. I also didn't expect that my husband and I would end up together. We were classmates in grade 2 and we studied in the same high school and got attended different universities. He revealed to me just when we were already sweethearts that he had this huge crush on me since we were grade 2. I couldn't stop laughing. He told me the things he did just so I would notice him but I couldn't remember any... In high school we were friends but I never thought of having him as a boyfriend much more of a husband. But things happened and he's my husband now and we couldn't be any happier. We're expecting a baby by the end of the year and we hope to have more... Life is really full of surprises... like a box of chocolate, you'll never know what you're gonna get... but life is a choice too... when I got him out of the box, I chose to stay with him forever. And yes, it's always nice to have a friend or best friend for a partner in life.
• United States
20 May 09
I have been happily married for over 9 years. My husband and I knew each other as close friends for 3 years before we were engaged. Though our engagement was not very long(3 months). I am not sure that a time period for knowing someone is something to be set in stone it is more important for the friendship to be strong in order to withstand the obstacles that enter into the path of any relationships. You know that the person is the right person when you can choose to love them no matter what their faults and that they can choose to love you with all of your faults. Don't forget love is not just a feeling it is a conscience decision.
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
19 May 09
Yes. I am married. I have been for 14 years when July gets here. It is best to marry when you both feel the timing is right and you both know you want to spend the rest of your life together.
@hsofyan (3446)
• Jakarta, Indonesia
19 May 09
Hi Beertjie, You may not get the appropriate people in the hope that you, at any time up to! A marriage is not idealism, but a reality that must be faced. Before marriage, I have many girl friends, and I choose one of them to become my wife. Because she is willing to receive all the advantages and disadvantages that I have on. I think so too. Nothing is perfect in this world.
@eltobh (231)
• Indonesia
19 May 09
Hi Beertjie! I am married for almost 4 years now. Actually, we were only dating for a year and a half, and decided to get married. I don't really know, I guess I only knew it that he's the right person to me. We trust each other (as the most imnportant matter in relationship for me), communicate freely and value each other. There are some things that I always try to keep in relationship, that each person should be just the way s/he is; and always and always communicate whenever you have something that you don't like. Many couple do change when they got married :( You don't have to rush, just make sure that you feel comfortable with your partner with nothing to hide from each other, and make sure you are ready to go to the next step (marriage, I mean) :) Hope it helps :))
@John4Christ (1597)
• India
19 May 09
Well that's a question which i am not really sure off........i have no even thought of marriage.......i sometimes feel that marriage can really make a person stop do many things and latter life just becomes a routine that's if your husband or wife has started behaving abnormally after marriage after promising all the starts on earth before marriage....... The point i want to make is, i have seen people who were so good to each others before marriage and wanted to spend the maximum time with each other......but as they got married they realized that they did not like many things in each other as they knew each other closer........ So i would certainly wait for maybe a year to find things if they are working fine with me........and i would like to go in for love marriage rather than arranged ones........ hope i find the right one.........which offcourse god wants !!!!!
@russso (1693)
• Philippines
19 May 09
I don't see myself getting married, but I'd like to have my own children in the future. I am scared to get married because I fear giving myself entirely and my everything only to find out that in the end, we might end up having our marriage annulled. My idea of marriage is forever -- through thick and thin, for better or worse, but with how things are happening with the people around me, I haven't seen any marriage that has lasted. Often it is taken for granted.
• Philippines
19 May 09
I am married. I met my husband over chat that was October of 2003. Meet personally on March, 2004 been together over a year got separated again for a year. We get back together on February 2006 and got married on December of the same year. Well, I think we really never wait for the right time because I got pregnant on that year and not ready at all but everything has been survival until now. I think getting married needs a lot of time to wait. Wait for you to be ready physically, emotionally, psychologically and financially.