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myLot reputation of 91/100. only1shi (297)   ranked 359 out of 498 in get married3 months ago

my husband and i were engaged for a year and a half before getting married. i found that this amount of time worked for us. it let us pay for everything cash and it gave enough time to our out of town friends and relatives to make arrangements to come.

i have a friend that got engaged the same day that we did, christmas day 2005, and they still aren't married. i have found that they argue over where to have the ceremony, the wedding colors even where to register. i just find it amazing that three years later, they haven't even set a date.

is there a point to a long, drawn out engagement? it just seems to me that if you have to wait that long to get married, that you still have a lot of doubts about your relationship.

 
 
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1. myLot reputation of 78/100. trueyou2 (138)   ranked 419 out of 498 in get married   3 months ago

Well my fiance and I got engaged on February 15th of this year but I feel we should wait until next year around July-september; to plan it all out and like how you did save money. make sure everything is just right!
I think 2 years or longer is too long; because it's like why get engaged then? Might as well, just stayed how you were, and proposed when you sure you 2 would be able to set a date! But I do definitely believe you should live and be with your significant other before you end up getting engaged/married!

also maybe your friends wanted to wait until you were finished getting married and celebrating!


myLot reputation of 91/100. only1shi (297)   ranked 359 out of 498 in get married  3 months ago

look up your local bridal expos. they put you into contact with great vendors and discounts in your area. also, if you have your wedding during the off-peak season or on any day besides friday evening or saturday, you can possibly save a ton of money!

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2. myLot reputation of 84/100. mayankbhushan (182)   2 months ago

Congrats engagement


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3. myLot reputation of 62/100. teetee195 (222)   ranked 421 out of 498 in get married   2 months ago

We got engaged in Dec and will be married in August we are paying for the wedding ourselves and everything will be paid by cash so there is no debt afterwards. The worst thing to do is start out a marriage with debt creates money fights.....not worth it.

Long engagements I wonder about if your that happy about being engaged why not move it to being married the sooner the better...


myLot reputation of 91/100. only1shi (297)   ranked 359 out of 498 in get married  2 months ago

we ended up waiting because a lot of our guests lived out of state and wanted to accomodate as many people as possible. we also had my younger brother and sisters in the wedding and i didn't want them to miss out on any school.

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4. myLot reputation of 79/100. Hatley (9877)   ranked 424 out of 498 in get married   2 months ago

how long should an engagement last, only as long as you
want it to last.I was only engaged sixweeks as we knew
what we wanted and that was all it took.WE were not kids
so we knew our own minds and that was r ight for us.

 
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