QOTD 2/5/09

Hey ladies, sorry this QOTD is so late, just walked in the door a little while ago, and it seems like the drama never ends, it's so nice to come on here and forget about it all for a little while.

Okay for today's question of the day:

How long have you been with FH, how long were you together when you got engaged? Did you always picture yourself getting married to someone like FH, or at all? has he been involved in the wedding planning or has he been more hands off? Which do you prefer? What are you looking forward to most AFTER the wedding?

We've been together almost 11 years, we got engaged when we were dating 9 years and 4 months. I had always hoped I would get married, but I was such an awful awkward kid I never thought it would happen, and although I pictured myself with someone like....say....Derek Jeter....I'm very happy that FH is in my life, he's so important to me!!! He's been involved in a few things, nothing much, but I always ask his opinion, he gladly gives it, but let's me handle most of it, and that's fine with me! I can't wait to LIVE with FH....we get to sleep next to each other every night, spend Christmas Eve together, it's small stuff, but things that mean a lot.

FH and I were together for 3 years when we got engaged and we will be together 4 1/2 when we get married. He is everything I ever dreamed of in a life partner (ok I guess we both lost out on Jeter LOL) and he is my best friend!!! He is very involved in the planning process and talks to all our vendors and goes on all the appointments. opps missed the last part.... I can't wait to start trying for a baby!!!!

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Posted by jennaandguy09

How long have you been with FH, how long were you together when you got engaged? Did you always picture yourself getting married to someone like FH, or at all? has he been involved in the wedding planning or has he been more hands off? Which do you prefer? What are you looking forward to most AFTER the wedding?

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We just made 8 years on Monday We were together for 6 yrs and 3 months by the time he popped the question... He definitely wasnt the person i thought i would marry... hes more outgoing, was the badasss kinda kid... and im the opposite...

As far as wedding plans, hes been involved in things here and there... for the most part, i've taken the reigns... sometimes i wished he been more involved to help me make decisions (im horrible decision maker)... I cannot wait for the honemyoon and to finallllly have a condo and stop paying someone else's mortgage

It'll be 4 years in May.

We got engaged 2 years into our relationship.

YES!!!! He totally fits into my 'type' .

I have a total GROOMZILLA....he talked more to the chaircover lady than I did, lol. I LOVE that he is involved, b/c I feel like it realy is 'our' wedding not just mine.

After the wedding, I'm looking forward to being his wife and calling him my husband!!!!

How long have you been with FH

We met in Oct of 2004 took a break rekindled in November of '05 and then officially got back together in Jan '06

how long were you together when you got engaged?

technically Jan '06 - April 1 2008 ( our engagement date)


Did you always picture yourself getting married to someone like FH, or at all?
YES!!!!!!! that is why when we initially broke up I was devastated. He was the first man I had ever met/dated that I saw my self marrying.

has he been involved in the wedding planning or has he been more hands off? hands off except for when I B*tch about needing help with the big things ( dj, photog etc)

Which do you prefer? I just want help with the major aspects. He doesnt have to pick flowers

What are you looking forward to most AFTER the wedding? Sipping a pina colada on the beach in Aruba next to my honey bunny!

We've been together for about two and a half years... we were dating a year and a half when we got engaged, but we were friends for about a year before we started dating.

FH is TOTAL Groomzilla, but in a good way. Most of the time. I'm glad he has an opinion bc Im VERY indecisive so that really helps.

We've been together for 3 1/2 years, um we were together like a year and change when we got engaged.

I let FH play his world of warcraft and I enjoy the wedding planning. He puts his thoughts in once in a while which is fine by me.

After the wedding, not sure yet. Enjoy the marriage and travel!

FH and I have been together 2½ years. We were together exactly 2 years on the day we got engaged. We will be together 3 years and 4 months when we get married.

FH is the kindest person I've ever met .. but I didn't picture myself with someone like him until I met him. I think it was because my ex-fiance was a jerk and all of the boyfriends before and after that were even worse...I had very low expectations.

Unfortunately, I am marrying a Groomzilla. Which is good and bad. I like having someone to pitch in with the wedding stuff, but sometimes he needs to not have an opinion!

How long have you been with FH - 3 years

how long were you together when you got engaged? 2 years

Did you always picture yourself getting married to someone like FH, or at all? Never pictured myself getting married to someone like FH honestly..but now that I am I wouldn't change it for the world.

has he been involved in the wedding planning or has he been more hands off? He is very involved

Which do you prefer? I like his help

What are you looking forward to most AFTER the wedding? Him calling me his wife... thats hot.

We have been together 3.5 yrs. Before we got engaged, I was with FH for 2 yrs and 7 mths to be exact lol. He is exactly what I pictured i would want to marry!! He is involved in the sense where he likes my choices lol. he also comes to all the appointments, etc.
after the wedding im looking forward to getting a house (hopefully lol), having kids and continuing our lives together!!

FH and I have been together for 3 years and 5 months. This time around, we actually dated for 1 year and a half in college and then a 2 month stint in the middle of our almost 3 year breakup. Sadly I broke up with him both times. I would have been an 08 bride, we had spoke a lot about getting engaged and everyone expected it to happen in 2007, except his father had headaches in Sept 2006 and it turned out he was very sick with a rare disease. Dealing with him in the hospital and his self owned business, getting engaged took a backseat. He is still sick but we had to eventually decide that life needed to go on.

I didn't think I would marry someone like FH, I thought I would marry someone like my dad, much more social and crazy. But what I learned (from a series of unfortunate internet dates and a few DC boyfriends) was that I am to much like my dad and FH is actually a lot like my mom, so we work well together. I did always know I would get married, but I realized it would be to FH when I would go on these dates and come home and compare them to FH. So by the time FH and I got back together I knew it was forever, at least on my part.

He has been very involved in wedding planning. Most of it anyhow. He helped select the place, photographer, videographer, band, etc. He is all ready to step up and help with any DIY projects I take on. But he drew the line at flowers and invitations. He is looking forward to the tasting. Since we closed on the house he has been more focused on that and I am more focused on the wedding.

The thing I am looking forward to most after the wedding is also the thing I am dreading... living with him. I can't wait to not have to leave each other at night and to just be there together. To start living in our house together and enjoying one another. But its going to be hard to say goodbye to my room and my house that I have lived in and loved being in for 25 years.

How long have you been with FH, how long were you together when you got engaged? WE WERE DATING 5 YEARS- IT WILL BE 6 WHEN WE GET MARRIED.

Did you always picture yourself getting married to someone like FH, or at all? YES, HE IS VERY OUTGOING AND FRIENDLY AND HAS A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR

has he been involved in the wedding planning or has he been more hands off? YES- JUST THE PERFECT AMOUNT!

Which do you prefer? I PREFER HIM BEING INVOLVED- THIS IS HIS WEDDING TOO AND I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO DO ALL THE WORK!!!

What are you looking forward to most AFTER the wedding? LIVING TOGETHER IN BROOKLYN!!!

FH & I have been together 8 1/2 years. We got engaged at our 7 year 9 month mark. I always pictured myself getting married and a few years into our relationship I knew it would be with FH. FH is not too involved in the planning but he does give me his opinions After we are married I am just looking forward to spending our lives together.

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Posted by jennaandguy09

How long have you been with FH, how long were you together when you got engaged? Did you always picture yourself getting married to someone like FH, or at all? has he been involved in the wedding planning or has he been more hands off? Which do you prefer? What are you looking forward to most AFTER the wedding?

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We have been together for 10 years (as of March 4th!). We were engaged one time before, I think about 5 years ago, but the timing wasn't right. And we just got engaged again last March, so this time around it was 9 years in the making I never really thought about the whole marriage thing. Let's just say I could never imagine getting married before I met FH. He has been very hands-on but not TOO much! I wouldn't be able to get thru this process without him - he has been AWESOME. I'm mostly looking forward to the HM - we haven't been on a REAL vacation in 9 years

fh and i will be together 8 years in march...ive known him since i was 12..he was actually my best friend and never thought of him that way for a long time...as we got older we got closer and when he brought the subject up i was like no way!!!!! u r my best friend...but i could not deny the fact that i wanted to be with him forever..

what can i say he the peanut butter to my jelly

FH and I had been together for about 4 years when we got engaged. Once we get married we will have been together a little over 5 years. Personality wise, I always knew that I would be with someone like FH. FH is involved in most of the wedding planning (when I need him to be )
Pretty much I decide what I want and they say is this ok with you? Although, he does come with me to all of the appointments and does give his opinions :) I prefer it this way, I'm a bit of a brat if I don't get my way so he's more than happy to sit back and let me take control After the wedding I'm most looking forward to the honeymoon and getting started on ....

How long have you been with FH, how long were you together when you got engaged?

Today is actually our 4 year, 3 month anniversary, because we're totally obnoxious like that. We were together for 3 years and 7, almost 8 months when we got engaged. I could give you the days too, but I won't go there. It would have been sooner, but FH likes to do things slower out of spite if I nag too much, so...


Did you always picture yourself getting married to someone like FH, or at all?

I don't know about ALWAYS, but I always hoped for someone like FH. I had gone through a lot of frogs, and I was beginning to think I was doomed to be alone. FH is maybe a little more religious than someone I pictured myself with, and a little more extended family-oriented, but that just has to do with our different upbringings.

has he been involved in the wedding planning or has he been more hands off? Which do you prefer?

He has been both. He doesn't want to actually take the initiative to do anything, but then when it's time to make the decision he has to feel as if he's the one controlling it. It's very passive aggressive, and tiring. I would prefer him to care about what I have to say, but then just say whatever you want dear. I guess that's asking to much.


What are you looking forward to most AFTER the wedding?

Just finally having privacy and being able to set up our lives together. We both live home, so we're excited to be real adults. I'm sure I'll be singing a different tune when I have to do laundry every night and dinner isn't waiting on the table for me when I come home from work, but we're still excited and we'll make it work.

My story is a bit different than everyone else's..
FH and I have been together 1 year and 7 months. He proposed on our 1 year anniversary/
Both of us have been in a few long term relationships, so when we met I was 28, he was 32. We both had a lot of relationship experience so literally, by our 3rd date we knew this was it. I men, after a month he was asking me what kind of ring I wanted...when I closed on my apartment he moved in (it all happened very naturally though); we were dating 4 months at the time...SCANDAL!!
I always wanted someone like FH, and he felt the same way towards me. We both held out and got out 'dream guy/dream girl'. His parents knew this was it for him too..

He's been totally involved with the planning, we make a great team. We're both super detail oriented and lean towards modern aesthetics so we haven't had too many differences yet.

What are we looking forward to after the wedding? Traveling, selling each of our apartments and buying a house on LI!! We are also excited to have babies. We love living together already, so once we're married it will be another step we're taking together. Ahh, bliss!

we are together 4 years
when we got engaged it was just about 3 years...

what's funny is that for the longest time neither of us ever wanted to get married and here we are now 5 months to the big day
i already have a daughter from a prior 'sperm donor' FH treats her as hs own and they are toooooooooo cute together.
he wants more kids ASAP i'm quite content with just this 1 but we shall see maybe we will go to a fretility lace after the wedding and see if it is even possible to have any more