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    • Mrs (Dove) Pidgeon
      CommentAuthorMrs (Dove) Pidgeon
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    We thought that our two year engagement was pretty standard. However my parents/brother keep teasing me about the length of it. Is two years overly long?

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    • angeleyes
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    we will have been engaged for three and a half years when it comes round to the wedding. i dont think its long, but then some people do just get engaged and start planning their wedding, it depends on the couple. we only got engaged as a sign of commitment rather than a 'lets get married'. xxx
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    • mrs pinkalice
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    I would say 2 years is about right, when we get married it will be 1 year 10 months since we got engaged x

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    • Kerrylou
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    Originally we were only having an 9 month engagement - that turned into about 2 and a half years. I think 2 years is pretty much standard
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    • debs x
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    We got engaged on Christmas day 2008 so it will be 20 months when we get married and we brought the wedding forward a year so I dont think its overly long x
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    • CommentAuthorMrs Sazra
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    We will have been engaged 8 months by the time of the wedding, but that's cos it fits our circumstances and where we want to be next year. I think it's entirely down to the couple and their circumstances to decide how long they are engaged for.
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    • Mrs (Dove) Pidgeon
      CommentAuthorMrs (Dove) Pidgeon
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    Thats the thing... we got engaged while I was at uni, Pidge was in training. So last year we had no time to plan the wedding. Did nothing but found the venue/church.

    Started planning in August last year.

    Pidge's leave is set- we wanted to go on honeymoon straight after the wedding, so we had a choice- last August or this. So there is no way we could have done it quicker!

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    • Shell
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    I think its about right really, we've been engaged 7 years (8 years this year) lmao!!!!!!! What does that say about us I wonder????
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    • VintageChic
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    I wouldnt say it's overly long, hun i think 1-2yrs is pretty much the norm.

    By the time we get married we'll have been together 6yrs on the day and engaged 5 and a half of those

    OMG i've been engaged for 4 and a half years now :|

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    • Shell
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    I thought i would of had to wait for the 10 year aniversary to get married but managed it a bit earlier, lmao
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    • ruthie87
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    i guess im an early one we only got engaged 6 weeks ago, but got so much happening in the next few years with graduating an me becoming a teacher we wanted to do it sooner rather than later. I dont think it matters how long as long as its the right time for u
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    • alimarie05
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    yep mines a long one too we've been together for 8 years (nearly 9 when we get married next april) and been engaged for 5 years this xmas. 2 years is not too long at all hun, sometimes its better for a longer engagement you get to know each others quirky little habits a little better :)
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    • Pennylane
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    We were two years aswell Dove - well engaged for 2 years but together for 7 beforehand. He was getting allsorts of pressure off everyone to propose after all that time. Hope that's not the only reason he did lol x

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    • Mina
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    we got engaged in April and we're not getting married until april 2012. just gives us time to plan and take things easy without the stress. i'd just let the teasing go over your head x
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    • Attention seeker :)
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    my mum has been engaged to my dad for 7 and a half years.

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    • dodge
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    had a 3 ye engagement by the time i get married
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    • Kirsty
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    Ours will be a two year engagement too, would have loved it to be next year we got married but our ideal venue was booked up on the months/day we wanted so gives us a bit more time now to get organised. x
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    • Moggle
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    I think in an ideal world we might've been engaged a bit longer to save up a bit more and not get a loan to pay for our honeymoon but we wanted to get married before the powers that be in the M.O.D decide where H2B's next posting will be! Combine that with the fact that we both want a winter wedding and ta-da... we have an 11 month engagement and Jan 22nd wedding... which is 6 months to go as of yesterday! Woooo hoooo!!!
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    • Kat
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    About 2 and 3/4 years. Traditionally engagements are a year I think. But the norm is different for everyone, as it should be. Depending on individual circumstances. For example my mum would be happy if I stayed engaged. She doesn't want anything to do with weddings, ever

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    • hay
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    we got engaged on my 21st birthday n now i'm 26 so just over 5 years weve been engaged and finally tie the knot in 8days time woop woop lol xx
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    • Lucie
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    we'll be exactly 2 years. I like the gap - plenty of time to plan and to save!

    listening to some of the ladies here you shoul be telling them 2 years is pretty short in comparison! :-)

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    • rainykins
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    I think it depends on the individuals for the length of time waited, however by time jay and myself get hitched we will have been engaged for almost 2 years :)
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    • Mrs Turps (Nicpep)
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    there is no standard!! When I get married it will be 1 year and 2 weeks after we got engaged. But it will also be 5 years and 2 days after we got together, I think the engagement might have been longer if we hadnt been together for so long.

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    • Jenny1966
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    I was engaged for 4 months this time round lol first time round it was 3 years!
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    • Wawa
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    when ben proposed it was mor of a comitmet thing rater than lets get married, also dosne t help my oldr brother just got married when he proposedbut he already got the ring but everyone saying o look copying her brother, but nthing like that so we said we will have a 2 and half yr engagement then his wedding has gone by and also w have time to plan it, the time fly by like it only a yr left for me now
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    • Kaya
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    We'll have been engaged for 18 months when we get married!
    So no, don;'t think 2 yrs is too long really! I still feel like I've not got enough time! lol

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    • MrsKisywisy
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    we got engaged in dec 08 a week after a i found out i was pregnant. (that wasn't the reason!!! lol) we were hoping for a july '11 wedding, but think it might end up oct '11. i think taking 2 years to plan means you're less stressed about things. saying that, i only started to plan the other week lol

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    • Lindsey Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ
      CommentAuthorLindsey Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ
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    we have been together 5 years but always knew matt didnt want a long engagement anyway...so whe he asked me i knew he wanted to get married this year. Will be 8 months engagement when we get married
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    • MrsEminson2B
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    we will of been engaged just over 3 years when we get married x

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    • celi
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    It will be exactly a year when we get married. I think 1-2 years is pretty average tho Dove x
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    • LedZepLover
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    It will be over 2 years that we have been engaged when we get married next year. I don't think there is a set amount of time that an engagement dictates, it depends on lots of things like money, timing, family and other commitments. With us we never thought we would be able to afford to get married this quickly after buying our house so we are very pleased we now only have a year to wait x
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    • shellay
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    we will have almost been engaged for two years when we get married, but the length of time was because we neede to save the money not that we wanted to be engaged two years, but i think it takes that sort of time to plan a wedding properly and to save up for it x

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    • eebeegeebee
      CommentAuthoreebeegeebee
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    We've only been engaged since April and are getting married this October. I think anything longer than that would have seemed too long to us, but that's largely because it comes at a good stage in both our lives, as it's right before he starts with the police and just asmy degree was finishing.

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    • mrsmada
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    we will have been engaged 3 and a half years wen we get married x
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    • *Vixie*
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    we will have been engaged for two years when we get married. xx
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    • fee21
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    no i dont think its too long hun we have been engaged for 3 years nearly and will be engaged for 4 years when we get married xx
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    • Kimi
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    It'll be about 3 years for me and H2B when we get married. Length doesnt matter in the long run just happiness.

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    • catch
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    l will be engaged 20 months when l get married, so l don't think it matters some ppl go straight for the wedding no engagement my sister did that was 26yrs ago xx
 

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