How long was your engagement?

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My boyfriend are seriously talking about getting engaged soon, probably within the next year. We're young and don't have a lot of money, so we're probably going to have a 1.5+ year engagement. We'll have more time to plan and save that way. How long were you engaged before you got married?

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Been together with my husband 8 years in all. Married for two. Got engaged after 5 years and married at 6. We paid for our ceremony, DJ, cake, photographer, bridesmaid dresses, tuxes, etc but as a wedding gift to us my in laws and parents paid for Chinese banquet.

We didn't hire a wedding planner and did everything ourselves! Pinterest was my best friend! I bought our decorations from Etsy, Target and Walmart and decorated the restaurant we had our banquet at ourselves with the help of our wedding party. Two days before we got married, I went to Costco and bought a bunch of flowers and the night before our wedding, my bridal party and I arranged our bouquets.

A wedding CAN BE afforable AND we also got married in the winter time, so it was much cheaper versus getting married in the summer/fall!

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We initially were going to go over a year, but once we were looking at dates it worked out to have one at about 8mo from his proposal. We had already discussed the possibility of marriage though, so it wasn't a huge surprise when he asked and my parents helped more financially than I initially anticipated. (I knew they'd want to, but they had been saving specifically for my wedding without telling me.)

One tip is to figure out where you want your ceremony and reception with a general idea if a time frame and work out dates from there. Otherwise you end up changing your date anyway or compromising the venue.

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2months 😂
But my best friends parents were engaged for 11 years. It doesn't matter. 🤗

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We was engaged for about 2 weeks, but that was because he was leaving for god knows how long (he's in the army) so we went ahead and had a small wedding while he was home for Christmas

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1 year and 3 months

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Hit the 5 year mark in December! Been together 8 years, no real plans but the hope is when everything is settled with our baby we will start to plan then... never had the money but I am quite picky.. I want to have the same surname as my little boy when he arrives so I am willing to compromise on alot of things I wanted before 😊

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Let's see...dated two and a half weeks, engaged for four months, and have been married for almost six months. When we knew, we knew, but take all the time you need.

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9 months. We just wanted to get it over with and start the rest of our lives together

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5 months

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We were engaged for two years. My husband's company was closing his branch and offered a relocation 8 hours away. We decided to move so that first year we were settling in our new place/city and whatnot. The second year was for planning. It went by super fast so I didn't feel like I was waiting forever.

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