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how long did you date?
  • happygirlhappygirl
    Posts: 112Member
    Just curious about how long you dated your husband, ex-husband, wife, whatever, before you got married?
  • sanityseekersanityseeker
    Posts: 2,369Member
    met in june of 96, had dd in march of 98, married in december of 98 still managing to make each other insane on a daily basis :) lmao
    Biting's excellent. It's like kissing. Only there's a winner.
    "Dobby never meant to kill! Dobby only meant to maim or seriously injure.” -Dobby
    Genealogy: Where you confuse the dead and irritate the living.
  • chaosmomchaosmom
    Posts: 3,865Member
    Haha this is funny to me. We have dated for 10 of the last 15 years, got engaged & never married. Currently separated for the 2nd time. But damn, I love that man!
  • AnonUser23
    Posts: 2,329Guest
    11 months :) We had a small wedding planned in England, just the 2 of us but I got pregnant so we got marrien at a JOP. We were trying to get pregnant I didn't know it would only take 2 weeks lol
  • LoveLove
    Posts: 12,968Administrator, Moderator
    We had our first, ummm, date on April 15. On April 22, he moved in. He proposed a few days after he got back from Katrina. We were married the next April.

    community-manager


  • fuegofuego
    Posts: 1,593Member
    We met in November 05, I moved in January 06, we got married April 1, 2006.
  • happygirlhappygirl
    Posts: 112Member
    @momfofour, i hope it works out however you want it to!

    We dated for a few weeks before we got married but we've known each other for decades.
  • Phoenix2005
    Posts: 32Member
    My DH and I have been together for eight years now, and have known each other for nearly ten years. Even though I call him my DH, we're not actually married yet (engaged, though). I'm trying to get in shape before I get married, as I really despise getting pictures taken in my current form. I'm hoping by next year I can finally don the white gown. :)
  • happygirlhappygirl
    Posts: 112Member
    @phoenix2005 - good luck! i hope you meet your goal :)
  • [Deleted User]
    Posts: 2,589
    We met Jan 1st 2009. Started dating February 14 2009. Found out I was pregnant May 5. Married May 7 2009. He deployed in June 2009.
  • crazymommy
    Posts: 776Member
    First date was June 28th, 2006, married with a six month old baby by September, 2007! We wasted no time!!
  • jandbsmom
    Posts: 1,014Member
    First date was Nov. 1992 got married Oct 1994 and still together.
  • ImWendyImWendy
    Posts: 6,562Member
    I've been dating current bf off and on for over 10yrs! Long breaks, though. During one of those breaks, I met my xh in august, pregnant and married by October. Big big BIG mistake.
    deus ex machina
  • OxiMOMOxiMOM
    Posts: 3,037Member
    we were strictly friends with benefits for 9 months. Then he moved in and we got engaged a month later because my BC failed and I got pregnant. I miscarried that pregnancy at 8 weeks, we both decided we still wanted to get married but pushed the wedding back by a year.
  • Anonymous
    Posts: 29,614
    Moved in together after 3 months of LDR, got married just under one year later. We've known each other most of our lives though (29 and 30 when we got married).
  • Anonymous
    Posts: 29,614
    We met in April and were living together by June. Engaged by the next April and had a baby after 2 years. We have yet to get married, but we have twins coming in three weeks. I'm sure we'll get to it...
  • kmetz44kmetz44
    Posts: 2,520Member
    started dating in 02, dd in 07, ds in 09 and married in 10
    Im pretty extraordinary in an ordinary way
  • maddiemaddie
    Posts: 195Member
    We started dating Sept. '05 and got married July '08. Twins born Jan '09. He's still the best thing that ever happened to me. I'd be lost without him.
  • happygirlhappygirl
    Posts: 112Member
    ok, I had no idea when I started this topic that reading all of these numbers in the middle afternoon would give me a headache! LOL
    I see a lot of us married quickly or waited years and did it after dating on and off. I've done both, I was just curious about everyone else.
  • MotherMayIMotherMayI
    Posts: 65Member
    Met in Oct of 2001, moved in together Dec 01, Pregnant by January 02, didn't get married legally till 06 after second child was born.
  • VegasmommyVegasmommy
    Posts: 1,748Member
    Ok... met in HS in '90, just friends, started "boning" each other in June 96, December '97 we were "officially" together, moved in together May '03, married July '05, DD was born August '08...so that makes 15 years "together" and married 6 years next month
  • loveitloveit
    Posts: 1,753Member
    Lmao Vegasmommy! Boning!!!!
  • MrsSpin89MrsSpin89
    Posts: 133Member
    Me and MrSpin knew each other YEARS before we actually started dating in '07, the year we started college together. We got engaged on my birthday, June '08, and married December of 2009 during the huge blizzard. :) So, we were together 2 years and 2 months before we got married. :) Now we're hoping for a little BabySpin in 2012.
  • MummyBeadzoidMummyBeadzoid
    Posts: 1Member
    My husband to be (November 12th, whoop!) met on a date through an Internet music forum. I'd moved in with him less than 2 months later. 7 years and one darling daughter later we're finally ready to do the deed. :D
  • VegasmommyVegasmommy
    Posts: 1,748Member
    @loveit LOL!
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]
    Posts: 1,657
    We met in Jan '04 at college and engaged in October then a lot of shitty stuff happened to test the relationship and we survived and then married in 07. So three shitty stuff years then married.
  • LifeofchaosLifeofchaos
    Posts: 988Member
    Got engaged and moved in together after 6 mos..... Married on our 1 yr anniversary. Waited 10 years to add children to the mix and 16 years after that first date we are still insanely in love
  • lexieloraine
    Posts: 38Member
    We met late March 2003, started dating March 31 2003, moved in together the second week of April, had DS March 2004 and we've never gotten married. After 8 years, 2 kids, countless moves, fights, jobs, problems, etc. I feel I AM married to him, just without the ceremony or license!
  • StarsStars
    Posts: 1,058Member
    We officially dated for 2 years but had known each other for 6 years before that. We married on our 2nd anniversary of the day we met. :)
    apsycho

  • serenitynowserenitynow
    Posts: 2,175Member
    his mom gave him my picture and my # and he called me the next night, may 2002. we talked almost daily then met in person in july. he moved to texas in august, we still talked. then he moved back to wi in dec. we continued dating, then oct. 2003 he moved in with me. found out i was pregnant in june and now, 3 kids and 9 yrs later we are still together, not married or engaged, but happily living in sin
  • Anonymous
    Posts: 29,614
    We dated 4 years before we got married then waited another 4 before our first child was born
  • SexycanuckSexycanuck
    Posts: 158Member
    We met at university. Ended up dating for about 2weeks then he proposed. We moved in together 2 weeks later. Were engaged a year and a bit. Married with ds and a dd for 9 years.
  • Mrslove
    Posts: 11Member
    Met in November 2003, officially dating by December 3, 2003. Moved in April 2004/engaged Easter 2004. Married September 2009.
  • Anonymous
    Posts: 29,614
    met in june o3 engaged by dec 03 married in may of 04 and had our son by sept o4..still married
  • Anonymous
    Posts: 29,614
    We met in college and were engaged three months later. We then "cohabitated" for six years until we were both finished with college and a bit settled. Our son was born four years after our wedding, and we've been together 20 years now, 15 of those married. Wahoo!
  • redneck_momredneck_mom
    Posts: 281Member
    We dated about 2 years before we got hitched.
  • Anonymous
    Posts: 29,614
    1 1/2 years. I was preggers and just turned 18! We would have married eventually anyways. We just had our 11th anniversary :)
  • Anonymous
    Posts: 29,614
    Met him on a random Friday night. Married him at the courthouse exactly 13 Fridays later. That was 16 years ago :)
  • ohpleaseohplease
    Posts: 158Member
    Four months. :)
    The XH and I dated mostly on but sometimes off for 5 years before we got married. We were married for 14 years.
  • Anonymous
    Posts: 29,614
    My friend introduced us at a work party and after we shook hands and left, my friend said "oh you are so going to have sex with him!" As soon as I shook his hand, I knew I would marry him. We were engaged 3 months later and married a year to the date we met. 2 kids and 13 years of marriage later, we are still in love and committed to our family. When you know, you know!
  • BetterCrocker
    Posts: 89Member
    Met on a blind-date and were going steady the next day (his idea not mine - I was still in shock but happy that he was that interested, lol), engaged 9 mths later (he waited for me to finish my degree with I insisted on), moved to NYC and married 6 mths later (small civil ceremony witnessed by our mothers - who were meeting for the first time), been married for the last 5 years and now moved to Europe and ready to start having our children.
  • CanadianMamaCanadianMama
    Posts: 9,775Administrator, Moderator
    We met in first year of University and were best friends throughout that year. We started dating in our second year, engaged two years later, and married the year after that. We have now been married for 6 years, and couldn't be happier :D

    community-manager


  • My3Boys
    Posts: 85Member
    We met on Nov. 1st 01, moved in together Dec. 8th 01, married Feb. 7th 02 and first DS 9 months and 3 days later. Now 9 yrs and 3 kids and we are still getting to know each other, getting on each others nerves and very much in love.
  • hercrazymomma
    Posts: 327Member
    We met in highschool and dated for a while, split up for a couple years and then got back together dated for 5 years, now we've been married for 10 and known each other for 23 years
  • Anonymous
    Posts: 29,614
    We met in November, were pregnant by January, had two kids before we got married 3 years later. 13 years and 2 more kids later, we're still together and as cheesy as it sounds, I swear it gets better every day. God, how I love that man. Sometimes it actually works out.
  • CAAMommyCAAMommy
    Posts: 126Member
    I started dating my ex in July and we were engaged in Nov. Then married in June. We were married for 7 years and separated. I'm now dating my first love again. It's only been a month, but I don't think I'll get married again.
  • irishlassirishlass
    Posts: 6,762Member
    Loving these stories :) Met Bf in april 08 and was pregnant in august 08! no sign of getting married yet! although we did have a big break inbetween.
    "Be who you are and say what you feel. Because those who matter don't mind and those who mind don't matter." - Dr. Seuss
  • Anonymous
    Posts: 29,614
    Dated for 3 years. Engaged for 6 months. Married for 11 years :)
  • MandyRuckmanMandyRuckman
    Posts: 12Member
    2 1/2 months... yes, 2 and 1/2 months
  • KatWoman
    Posts: 18Member
    We met October 23, 1998, which was our senior year. We went out twice, then my stupid mother kicked me out of my house the next week. I moved in with him. Transferred to his school, and we were married by February 14, 1999. So about 3 months before we married. LOL. 3 kids and almost 13 years later, we're still married.
  • MrsSpin89MrsSpin89
    Posts: 133Member
    We dated 8 months before we got engaged, 2 years and some few months before we got married, and now we've waited a year and 8 months before we started TTC.
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