What do you think that how long should people at least date before considering to get married? Do you think that nowadays, do people still want to get married?
2006-10-29 16:03:57 · 28 answers · asked by Angela 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Singles & Dating
it doesn't matter, when you think the time is right, than go for it!!!
2006-10-29 16:07:42 · answer #1 · answered by mr. fancy pants 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's hard to put a "best before date" on couples considering marriage only know that it's not something one can enter into lightly. You need to consider where you will be in 2 years or 3 or 5 or 10, as long as there is still personal ambitions and wants and desires there is no room for a long term relationship. Once you have done the learning and partying and maturing that only real life can impress on you can you be ready to begin thinking about starting a lengthy monogamous relationship. I think people still want to get married because it's still happening at a pretty steady rate, they maybe just aren't taking enough time to really see the person that they are infatuated with, slow down if it's right then it's not going away and you'll still be ready when the times right!
2006-10-29 16:14:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Until you know the person. At least six months I would say. And living together is a mistake. Why pay for the cow if you can get the milk for free? You loose respect for one another. And then when you do get married, you expect the other person to change over night to what you think a married couple should be. Bad idea. Don't do it. Wait for the commitment. The legal rights of marriage. Many people live together and then one dies and the one left behind? Has no legal rights. You get to live in a court room until the judge decides for you. With the marriage certificate, it is not a problem, you get it all legally. In short, it is stupid not to get married. Most guys? They want the milk, not the marriage. It is easier to run away from the responsibility with out it. Insist on the marriage. Be smart and protected.
2006-10-29 16:15:51 · answer #3 · answered by It All Matters.~☺♥ 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think the push to get married is over rated. I am a 28 yr old male. I think the time required would be 3 years if don't live together. 2 years if you have lived together for at least 1 of those years.
In previous generations marriage was pushed on young people. Take time to learn exactly who you are.
Stats show that every year that you wait to get married, the better the chances are that you will stay married.
2006-10-29 16:09:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think dating is not the same as Marriage. Most people who date long term wind up not marrying or in a break up... if there's seriousness between the two of you I thing you should get serious as having sex before marriage will only kill the love you have between the both of you.... saw it happen to many times not to know... hope this was a help.
2006-10-29 16:10:38 · answer #5 · answered by Cub 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alot of people these days do not want to get married and i'm guessing that it's because people have gotten smarter. A couple of decades ago people got married and had alot of kids young... people wait till there older now... thats not even saying that they have kids when they get older... but they definately wait to get married. Also, maybe because so many people can't settle down. Kids thinking cheating and pimping is cool and so both, guys and girls, do it because they think its cool. They can't keep to one person, they need 5 or 6.
I waited 1 year before i purposed because i knew she was the right one... but we are waiting another 3 years because we're still in college and need to save up money for a wedding which IS kind of hard when ure in college. I think it depends on who your dating and when you believe is the right time and or if they are the right one... i know a person who got married three months after they met the guy... she was a professor of mine... she was married to him, thereafter for 20 years and is still married... and she married him so quick because she just knew it was right.
Anyways,
Hope i helped.
2006-10-29 16:13:11 · answer #6 · answered by X Anonymous 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think people should date anywhere from about 6 months to a year to get married. That way people can get to know each other. And they can also see if they want to get married or not.
Some people these days don't want to get married because I think that they might be afraid of commitment. But that's only my oppinion.
Have a good day.
2006-10-29 16:34:47 · answer #7 · answered by Jarod R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depends on the people some may be ready on the first date others may date for 30 years and still not be ready
yes a lot of people still want to get married
2006-10-29 16:09:37 · answer #8 · answered by Waterdragon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it depends on the people. Sometimes you meet and there is instant chemistry and other times it is wise to give it a couple of years to see where things are going. Most people these days are interested in instant gratification and marriage is not on that list. In a lot of cases people just want a fling and not to have that long standing committment. Tha variety of people and feelings make life interesting for sure.
2006-10-29 16:09:05 · answer #9 · answered by G/M P 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Between 2 and 12 days
2006-10-29 16:05:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You should become engaged within a year of dating and marry within a year of becoming engaged....
This can be reasonably shortened down to 6months / 6 months ...
Longer waits are a waste of lifetime...
People should get married...
Failure to marry is a breakdown in the familiy unit & society..
Women are seriously damaged in life by failing to get married...
2006-10-29 16:09:39 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋