How long was your engagement...and if you could do it all over again .... would you have made it longer, shorter, or kept the same?
brooklynbridezilla
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2 years and 3 months. It felt long at the time, but we were able to pay for it without incurring debt or assistance from our families, which was the most important thing to us. Plus, I really enjoyed the time on LIW.
kathrynlinton
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We got engaged in December of 2004 and married in February of 2006.
We wanted a winter wedding, but we originally planned for eary January of 2006, but DH's sister got engaged right after us and started planning a September 2005 wedding.....JUST after we booked Giorgio's for February (all their family is OOT and it would be 5 months instead of 4, etc) she found out she was pregnant and moved it to May of 2005.
But....I had a rough first couple of months of my engagement, I lost my grandmother who was very dear to me a year ago, and I was allowed to heal and not plan (honestly, we were planning around her, that was what made it so hard for me). Once I got into the swing of things, it got easier and I adored our wedding.
Exactly a year and a half and it was the perfect amount of time. We wanted the wedding in June because of the weather and also our dating anniversary is in June as well.
coffeeinbed
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Our engagement was 6 months, it was perfect for us! Our wedding was actually 1 year (and a few days) from when we met!
hbradio
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Engagement was 18 months and I think it was perfect timing. Not too long, not too short.
N.Y.bride
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7 months. It was perfect for us. We moved in 4 months after getting engaged and started planning the wedding.
12-24-04 to 7-28-05
jennandrob
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We were engaged in January 2004, and married in December 2005, so just under 2 years.
At the time it seemed like FOREVER, but it ended up being perfect!
BlueTulip
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14 months-though I would have preferred more time. I wouldn't change the date of our wedding, but I would have him ask me earlier!
babybug631
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We were engaged a little under a year. I really wanted a Christmas wedding, so I wouldn't change a thing.
Bunnymonkey
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18 MONTHS.
i am the type to say 'no regrets' to many things, but I think i would have made the engaement shorter. i was planning from moment one, and by the end, i was burned out and stressed and ready to just be married!
CJStein
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We were engaged for 16 months. Engaged in Nov of 04, originally looking to get married in Oct/Nov of 05, but the hall didn't have any good dates for us. March 06 is when we got married and looking back, we needed that time to plan/save, although it did drag at times.
hsacks23r
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1 year 5 months IT was just the right amount of time to make our wedding day the best ever
JodiBabe
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We were engaged Feb 14 '02 and got married Sept 13 '03 so a total of 1year and 7 months which was perfect for us. It gave us time to save $$ & DH to sell his co-op.
cocoa
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we were engaged in june of 03 and got married in august of 04, but due to family stuff and school/student teaching, we started planning in january of 04.
