Congratulations firstly....enjoy being engaged for a bit too.

It depends on a lot of things such as,
Money - do you need to save up
Venue - some get booked up 2 years in advance
Do you have a special date in mind?

We been engaged a year tomorrow and get married in August so just over 18 months planning and been fun, glad we didn't rush it but equally glad it wasn't too long xxx

there isnt a set rule! more importantly enjoy being engaged!!
secondly, like millz has said it depends on a lot of different things!!

we were engaged 9 months before all my family found out due to some personal issues, and didnt set a date until May last year...and getting married May this year... so officially actually engaged for 22 months!! and planning for 12!!!
x

We didn't start planning for 2yr 9 months because we were long distance. As soon as he moved in we started looking at venues and set the date for 10 months later.

As you can tell, everyone here has a different experience. The important thing is what works best for you two, not what's 'normal'

So enjoy being engaged, chat about what type of wedding you both want etc, have some fun researching stuff on the internet. Before you know it you'll have a feeling of how long you'd like (or need due to saving) to plan it.

It really is up to you and depends on your circumstances as everyone is saying. We got engaged and we are getting married a year later but only really started planning 8 months before x x

I don't think that there are any fixed rules - my friend's daughter did it in 3 weeks..

we got engaged in April 2012 and getting wed in August 2013...

enjoy the planning :)

It's entirely up to you, however long feels comfortable enough for you, financially etc.

We got engaged 16th July 2012 & are getting married 6th July 2014 xx

Hi Alexandria , I don't think it matters these days, just plan for when you feel you want to. We took 18 months.

3+ years at this rate.. Maybe longer... Crappy circumstances. I wanna get cracking!! :( To be honest, it doesn't matter. One of my friends just eloped one day, and another has been engaged for 22 years so far... Work to your own time :)

We got engaged and booked our wedding 2 years in advance....mainly due to me finishing uni and to save up...but like everyone's said its down to you....I wouldn't change the fact that we have had a long engagement as it meant we had longer to plan hehe

Congratulations!!
I think everyone's pretty much covered it - there's no one size fits all when it comes to wedding planning! We're getting married in September and will have been engaged for a few months over three years by that point. I think saving up is a big part of it - you really don't want to be stressing too much over money - a little bit of stress is unavoidable! H2b's aunt got married a week or so ago and had only been engaged for about four or five months and her wedding had everything you could ever want, so it can be done in shorter amounts of time too!
I think you and your h2b should sit down, have a chat about what sort of day you want, whether there's a special location or date, etc, as others have said. As you discuss what you want you'll probably get a better idea of how much time you need to get there.

But also, as others have said, enjoy being engaged!!!!

Our wedding date is 1/11/15 which will mean we had a 5 year engagement!
There are no set rules! (my first wedding was all done in 10 months so less is possiable)

If you want 12 months then have 12 months if you want more have more and if you want less then again thats up to you!
The only things you need to consider is what you can afford and what suppliers you want to use, the longer you have the more chance your suppliers will be available as lots of things like venue and photographer can get booked up to 2 and even 3 years in advance.
So work out what you want and your budget and go from there

Oh and congratulations and welcome to the site

Congratulations! and welcome

Whatever time you end up deciding this site wilkl help you loads and you'll make some great friends.

We got engaged last January and were originally planning on getting married 26 months later but after 3 months and a few changes to work commitments it got pulled forward to this year!

Like the others have already said it depends on lots of things - cash, date, availability, etc
But most importantly that you get the day you both want!

It will all fall in to place once you start throwing some ideas around :) x

Congrats and welcome!

We got engaged and started planning pretty much straight away....when we get married we will have been engaged a little under two years.

From a personal point of view I'm glad we have a longer wait as I think I would have found it quite stressful to do in six months or something and I wouldnt have enjoyed the planning so much, however everybody is different.

Xx

We got engaged in April 2012 and we are Getting Married July 2013. We started planning straight away but we need to wait so we and parents could save up and we wanted a Saturday in the Summer which the venue we wanted is quite popular.

I would def recommend leaving it longer than 12 months to plan, as we have had no stresses (so far) and we have taken our time finding suppliers plus you get your pick of who you want the longer you leave it esp if it is in summer.

Good luck
xxx

Kelbel - Ive been engaged 2 years now so I was there first....the film copied me HEHEHE

congrats and welcome!

we got engaged 11/11/11 and arent marrying until 10/08/13 so i dont think 12 months is too long. if i had twelve months only i would die.. theres too much to do lol xx

We got engaged Sept 2008 and we get married October this year so we'll have been engaged for 5 years

There isn't a time limit, it's completely up to you.
We will have been engaged for 18 months when we get married. We thought 18 months would be a fair emount of time to plan and save up. Also, we both wanted a summer wedding and we got engaged in december so it worked out pretty well for us.
It depends on a lot of things - time of year you want to get married, if you have a specific date in mind, if you need time to save up, if you're chosen venue will be already booked etc

It is up to you like others have said there is no set rule. I got engaged and set the datefor 2 years time just 3 days after. :)

I got engaged in July 2012 and getting married Aug 2013. Didnt really start planning a majority of it until Sept 2012 so really less than 12 months in the making. I have managed to book everything I wanted no problems and so think it is easily done in a short time if you were in a rush..... Although I am having a Friday wedding which helps.... I remember visiting the car man 1 year to the day before the wedding and he had 7 cars, if we had the wedding on the day after we had planned (which was a Sat), all his cars were actually booked already....