How long should you wait, after getting engaged, to get married? I've been with my man for a little over a year and a half and he proposed and I said yes, so how long should we wait? We don't want a church wedding..we want to just get married in a lawyer's office or judge's chamber with a couple of close friends or family members.
2007-04-13 20:24:25 · 8 answers · asked by melissa_53105 3 in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
My advice is to give yourself some time to just enjoy being engaged! You don't have to take long, a few months maybe, but have fun with it! It might be nice to think about and take time to make some special plans for the big day, whether if it's picking out a nice dress to wear that day (doesn't have to be a traditional wedding dress) or planning a special home cooked meal for your guests. Revel in the anticipation of your coming marriage. Congratulations and best wishes!
2007-04-14 02:39:46 · answer #1 · answered by Honeybee 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Typically one year from the date proposed, but now it is generally acceptable to be what ever works best for the couple. The only thing that I have ever thought is that you need to be careful and really get to know someone before you marry them. There is so much to learn about someone and a year is such a short time to come across what you need to know. The things that happen throughout a relationship really show you what a person is and what they are really like and difficult situations do not come up everyday that you can really see how someone works under pressure. I'm not at all saying that a marriage won't work if you haven't dated a while first, but I do think it gives you more of a chance to really so the whole picture and how solid of a percentage you will have for the long hall. Figure it this way, haven't you been friends with someone and they seemed great at first, but a year down the road you found out what that person was really like and you never would have guessed? Well, it happens in relationships continually, but people can be blinded by their emotions. Good luck, I wish you the best, and congratulations.
2007-04-13 20:36:38 · answer #2 · answered by faith 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
However long you want to wait.
Fiance and I were engaged Aug 2006 we are getting married June 2008
2007-04-14 02:37:04 · answer #3 · answered by Terri 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we were engaged for eight months, but we were planning a ceremony and looking for a house.
if you are already living together and don't want a big ceremony, i say go ahead and do it in a month or so. if you're not already living together, then find your house or apartment and wait until you have all that settled.
congrats on the engagement.
2007-04-13 20:33:39 · answer #4 · answered by georgiegirl422 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There really isn't a time limit. Just do it when it feels right. And since you want it very simple, not much planning needs to be done so it pretty much can happen whenever
2007-04-13 20:28:10 · answer #5 · answered by Mekana 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Wait a year.
2007-04-13 21:12:14 · answer #6 · answered by Lydia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go get married,pick a day n do it!!!
2007-04-13 21:32:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
that's up to the two of you. if you really love each other, then what's the problem? do it tommorow.
2007-04-13 20:54:20 · answer #8 · answered by sistah_grace 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋