How long, after dating, should a man wait to propose to a woman and then, how long should they be engaged?
2006-09-24 18:55:24 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
You should know someone at least two years before getting married. So, it depends on how long you have been dating and how long will you wait to marry. You must really know each others innermost beliefs before even considering marriage.
2006-09-24 19:06:26 · answer #1 · answered by Paula P 4 · 8⤊ 2⤋
Okay, let me get this straight. You are 21, have dated 77 people, had sex with 7 and have been engaged 3 times. You have been with this guy for 2 months and a week. And according to you, you have "lived for years just accepting the fact that you would probably never get married". How many years would that be? Have you been dwelling on this since you were 10? I don't think you are ready to be married. I think he is smart in wanting to wait 3 years. At least 3 years, maybe even 4 or 5. Good luck to you.
2016-03-27 08:03:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on how long totally you have known eachother and how really involved you are. I mean if you met last month and only see eachother on the weekends...then you should wait longer. But if you have known eachother for a long time, you trust eachother, you both have no secrets and you love eachother then it doesn't matter about time frames.
NOW if you are thinking that the quicker you do it the better...you might want to ask yourself why. If you are afraid the other one will back out or 'find something better' then it's best to reconsider the entire relationship. But remember that if you truely love someone and they love you...time is nothing and the ring and the little ceremony mean nothing.
~Good Luck!
2006-09-24 19:07:33 · answer #3 · answered by Shiningami_Gurl 6 · 6⤊ 0⤋
2 years.
2006-09-24 18:58:39 · answer #4 · answered by Dorothy 5 · 5⤊ 2⤋
I don't know. My parents dated a year, then got married. They've been together 25 years. I've been dating my boyfriend only a month or so, and he'd be shot down for at least another year of dating if he did ask. A long LONG engagement would follow (but this is because of me...I've got 4 years of medical school to trudge through). Find out what the woman wants...what her goals are. If she wants to get married, have babies, stay home...you can probably ask sooner...if she's gonna be a career woman, be sensitive to that! Good luck!
2006-09-24 18:59:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 4⤋
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2016-04-27 13:58:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think someone should at least wait one year. My boyfriend proposed after 3months so we continued to just date and then he asked to marry me after about 15 months. We've now been married 7 years.
2006-09-24 19:05:18 · answer #7 · answered by Kim B 2 · 5⤊ 2⤋
OMG, this is the 21st century. Why assume it has to be the man who does it?!
I don't think there should be any rules with regard to the exact procedure anyway. People can do it (if ever) when they're good and ready and not before. Personally, I would need to have known someone for a number of years and comfortably lived with them for at least a few months first before I'd even *consider* marriage.
Actually, I can think of one rule that I would apply: Manipulative methods of proposal that could put undue pressure on a partner not to spoil the "romance" by saying "no" (eg showy ones in public places or, worse still, on TV) should be avoided.
2006-09-25 00:52:25 · answer #8 · answered by CJ 4 · 3⤊ 6⤋
The man should always wait until the woman starts withholding sex. Then, he should propose to someone else. The original woman will then welcome him back to bed.
This will usually work about 5 or 6 times before she catches on. But, by then the man has 5 or 6 fiances, and he can use the technique on each of them.
That will yield 25 to 36 future sex partners. Using the same method will create 125 to 216 more partners. After that, the numbers become astronomical.
Life is good.
2006-09-24 19:16:24 · answer #9 · answered by Goethe 4 · 4⤊ 9⤋
when you think you've known the person long enough .. and are more than certain that that person is the one you want to spend the rest of your life with.
2006-09-25 02:21:25 · answer #10 · answered by Azureskies 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋