Flipper said:
aw...I find that story endearingly humorous. It sounds like you have a guy that cares VERY deeply about you. What a cute story!
Flipper said:
I couldn't agree with you more!
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aw...I find that story endearingly humorous. It sounds like you have a guy that cares VERY deeply about you. What a cute story!
I couldn't agree with you more!
we had new each other for 13 years...but we had been together for 5 before we got married...our engagment was 5 and a half months long
instinct....we got married for the right reasons!
i would change the fact that we had sex and got pregnant before we were even engaged. but that isnt why we got married. we were pure in our engagment...we didnt have sex through my whole pregnancy (which was hard) but we didnt...and then we got married and it was just as magical as if we had never did it!
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11 months before engagement
7 month long engagement
I would have liked to have the funds to give my wife a better wedding. We did end up with a beautiful wedding, and I thought it was terrific, but after seeing my sisters wedding, it made me wish we would have gotten the Videographer and photographer, and just a few other small things we had to pass on because of our budget
I was 21, she was 20 we were supposed to have a sparkling water toast but it ended up being a sparkling Mountain Dew toast because we misplaced our bottle of fizzy water
Just thought I'd add that memory
7 month long engagement
I would have liked to have the funds to give my wife a better wedding. We did end up with a beautiful wedding, and I thought it was terrific, but after seeing my sisters wedding, it made me wish we would have gotten the Videographer and photographer, and just a few other small things we had to pass on because of our budget
I was 21, she was 20 we were supposed to have a sparkling water toast but it ended up being a sparkling Mountain Dew toast because we misplaced our bottle of fizzy water
Just thought I'd add that memory
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1. How long were you together before you got engaged? How long was the engagment?
We were acquaintances for a year, friends for 5 months, dated 17 months, and have been engaged for 4 months, with 8 more to come To all of those reading, take your time, you have to be friends before you can be lovers.
2. How did you decided to get married (a formal proposal, spontaneous decision, etc.)?
Random conversation two months after we started dating, more seriously about 6 months into the dating relationship.
3. Is there anything you would change or recommend to others in how you did the whole dating/engagement/wedding thing?
When you seriously begin considering marriage, read the devotional Devotions for Dating Couples by Ben Young and Dr. Sam Adams. It is a great way to focus and grow together.
4. Ages?
I will be almost 23 when we get married next summer and he will be almost 25.
Final note- take this to heart, I did
Dear Ann Landers: I have been carrying a copy of your essay "Love or Infatuation?" since I was a freshman in high school. Will you please run it again so I can keep a fresh copy in my wallet in case that "special someone" comes along? Thanks, Ann. -- College Student in Kentucky
Dear College Student: Several readers have requested that I reprint this piece, so here it is for all those who asked:
Love or Infatuation?
Infatuation is fleeting desire -- one set of glands calling to another. It is marked by a feeling of insecurity. You are excited and eager but not genuinely happy. There are nagging doubts, unanswered questions, little bits and pieces about the relationship that you would just as soon not examine too closely. It might spoil the dream.
Love is friendship that has caught fire. It takes root and grows, one day at a time. It is quiet understanding and mature acceptance of imperfection. It gives you strength and grows beyond you to bolster your beloved. You are warmed by his presence, even when he is away. Miles do not separate you. But near or far, you know he is yours and you can wait.
Infatuation says, "We must get married right away. I can't risk losing him." Love says, "Be patient. Don't panic. Plan your future with confidence."
Infatuation has an element of sexual excitement. Whenever you are together, you hope it will end in intimacy. Love is not based on sex. It is the maturation of friendship that makes sex so much sweeter. You must be friends before you can be lovers.
Infatuation lacks confidence. When he's away, you wonder if he's being unfaithful. Sometimes, you check.
Love means trust. You are calm, secure and unthreatened. He feels your trust, and it makes him even more trustworthy. Infatuation might lead you to do things you will regret, but love never steers you in the wrong direction.
Love is elevating. It lifts you up. It makes you look up. It makes you better than you were before.
We were acquaintances for a year, friends for 5 months, dated 17 months, and have been engaged for 4 months, with 8 more to come
To all of those reading, take your time, you have to be friends before you can be lovers. 2. How did you decided to get married (a formal proposal, spontaneous decision, etc.)?
Random conversation two months after we started dating, more seriously about 6 months into the dating relationship.
3. Is there anything you would change or recommend to others in how you did the whole dating/engagement/wedding thing?
When you seriously begin considering marriage, read the devotional Devotions for Dating Couples by Ben Young and Dr. Sam Adams. It is a great way to focus and grow together.
4. Ages?
I will be almost 23 when we get married next summer and he will be almost 25.
Final note- take this to heart, I did
Dear Ann Landers: I have been carrying a copy of your essay "Love or Infatuation?" since I was a freshman in high school. Will you please run it again so I can keep a fresh copy in my wallet in case that "special someone" comes along? Thanks, Ann. -- College Student in Kentucky
Dear College Student: Several readers have requested that I reprint this piece, so here it is for all those who asked:
Love or Infatuation?
Infatuation is fleeting desire -- one set of glands calling to another. It is marked by a feeling of insecurity. You are excited and eager but not genuinely happy. There are nagging doubts, unanswered questions, little bits and pieces about the relationship that you would just as soon not examine too closely. It might spoil the dream.
Love is friendship that has caught fire. It takes root and grows, one day at a time. It is quiet understanding and mature acceptance of imperfection. It gives you strength and grows beyond you to bolster your beloved. You are warmed by his presence, even when he is away. Miles do not separate you. But near or far, you know he is yours and you can wait.
Infatuation says, "We must get married right away. I can't risk losing him." Love says, "Be patient. Don't panic. Plan your future with confidence."
Infatuation has an element of sexual excitement. Whenever you are together, you hope it will end in intimacy. Love is not based on sex. It is the maturation of friendship that makes sex so much sweeter. You must be friends before you can be lovers.
Infatuation lacks confidence. When he's away, you wonder if he's being unfaithful. Sometimes, you check.
Love means trust. You are calm, secure and unthreatened. He feels your trust, and it makes him even more trustworthy. Infatuation might lead you to do things you will regret, but love never steers you in the wrong direction.
Love is elevating. It lifts you up. It makes you look up. It makes you better than you were before.
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1. How long were you together before you got engaged? How long was the engagment?
We were engaged after dating for 3 months. It was a 2 1/2 year engagement, although we bought a house and started living together "as married" 2 months after the engagement.
2. How did you decided to get married (a formal proposal, spontaneous decision, etc.)?
I knew I would marry him before he ever asked me on our first date, but it was pretty much spontaneous. He proposed to me in front of about 200 people, and I said yes.
3. Is there anything you would change or recommend to others in how you did the whole dating/engagement/wedding thing?
I wouldn't have got married earlier, instead of the long engagement, and not have lived together until we were married.
4. Ages?
I'm 22, he's 31.
We were engaged after dating for 3 months. It was a 2 1/2 year engagement, although we bought a house and started living together "as married" 2 months after the engagement.
2. How did you decided to get married (a formal proposal, spontaneous decision, etc.)?
I knew I would marry him before he ever asked me on our first date, but it was pretty much spontaneous. He proposed to me in front of about 200 people, and I said yes.
3. Is there anything you would change or recommend to others in how you did the whole dating/engagement/wedding thing?
I wouldn't have got married earlier, instead of the long engagement, and not have lived together until we were married.
4. Ages?
I'm 22, he's 31.
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1. How long were you together before you got engaged? How long was the engagment? We were together for 3 months, and the engagement was 4 months. We were 20 and 22 when we married.
2. How did you decided to get married (a formal proposal, spontaneous decision, etc.)? A mutual decision.
3. Is there anything you would change or recommend to others in how you did the whole dating/engagement/wedding thing? I wouldn't change a thing.
2. How did you decided to get married (a formal proposal, spontaneous decision, etc.)? A mutual decision.
3. Is there anything you would change or recommend to others in how you did the whole dating/engagement/wedding thing? I wouldn't change a thing.
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We dated about 16 months before he proposed. We were in engaged in April, and married that August; about 4.5 months.
It was quite an elaborate proposal, and completely unexpected. We had never talked about marriage before.
We had a destination wedding, and it really went well. I did *not* want a big wedding. I think I would have tried to get the dress that I really wanted if I could do it again; it was probably the only thing I really cared about.
It was quite an elaborate proposal, and completely unexpected.
We had never talked about marriage before. We had a destination wedding, and it really went well. I did *not* want a big wedding. I think I would have tried to get the dress that I really wanted if I could do it again; it was probably the only thing I really cared about.
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