Poll- How long did you date/court?

[Verve]

How long did you date/court your spouse before you got married?

 

[Mrs. Luther073082]

August 2008 - April 2010, so less than 2 years.

 

[AnonUser2013]

About 6 months from the time we brought up the idea that maybe God meant us to be together to the time he proposed.

 

[DZoolander]

About two years.

 

[Wren]

The time we were officially dating to marriage was about two months.

 

[Tropical Wilds]

2-3 years.

 

[Boss_BlueAngels]

7-years for my wife and I.

 

[LinkH]

We had our first conversation on February 15th. (We realized later we'd actually been introduced briefly a year earlier.) Within a couple of weeks, we were seeing each other quite a bit. I took her to dinner just about every night. I proposed July 20th of that same year. We got married in December.

 

[Created2Write]

We dated for six months, were engaged for less than four months before getting married.

 

[ValleyGal]

We were "friends" for a few months before we decided to consider a relationship. Three months into the relationship, he proposed, and we married five months later. So all in all, I'm going to say about a year.

 

[Hetta]

7 years?

 

[Nienna_Lady_of_Tears]

We met one day, he asked me out the next, proposed three weeks later, and we were finally able to get married five years after that. Of course, it would have been much earlier if we had our way, but my family wanted to arrange my marriage, he was not "approved" and finally we got married after they kicked me out and I became homeless because I refused to marry who they arranged for me.

Fact is, the deal was set in our minds the moment we became engaged. We believed that cheating was the only reason to dissolve an engagement.

So actually dating? Three weeks. We were long distance for four and a half years. We married five years and two months or so after we got together, and have been married for three years and two months (tomorrow.)

 

[LinkH]

Does being engaged count as dating? If not, I'd have to go for the less than 6 months designation. There aren't enough details or responses for the poll.

 

[MessianicMommy]

almost 7 years. It was not planned that way.

 

[americanvet]

We dated a few weeks. She dumped me. We dated again for about 2 months. She dumped me.

After the second break up I tried to hate her. Since I couldn't make myself hate her I decided I must love her. We got back together for a few weeks and I proposed. This year will be 10 years we have been married!!! Oh and yes she knows I tried to hate her (I tell the story all the time).

 

[CelticGrace]

I'm with LinkH on this one.

If engagement is part of dating/courting, then a little over 2 years. If not, then 7 months less 3 days

 

[Verve]

I meant dating. Not engagement.

 

[SiyoNqoba]

Three years.

I just realised we've been together my entire adult life (almost six years). Wow!

 

[Wren]

I meant dating. Not engagement.

Oh, I was thinking everything but marriage. Well, that doesn't change my poll answer, but I previously said two months including engagement. We only dated for one month.

 

[Mrs. Luther073082]

I need to modify my answer as well, then. We dated 8 months before we got engaged.