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HuckleB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-04 04:04 PM
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50. It took my spouse 18 months to "pop the question," however informally.
Edited on Thu Mar-25-04 04:05 PM by HuckleB
It took me another six months to find myself in the same place as she on the matter. A year later, we were married. We've been married, quite happily, for almost 12 years now, with no cohabitation before the marriage.

If you want to know that you two can make it, take a three or four week road trip with her. If you can have fun, deal with the stresses, roll with the punches, etc... on something like that, you'll probably be good to go.
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  -If You Know You've Found "The One" - How Long Should You Wait Before... Magic Rat  Mar-25-04 11:33 AM   #0 
  - I always say that I would know inside 6 months.  GOPisEvil   Mar-25-04 11:35 AM   #1 
  - I am so  greeneyedpookie   Mar-25-04 11:37 AM   #2 
  - well...I'm more asking this in an anniversary sense  Magic Rat   Mar-25-04 11:43 AM   #5 
     - My guy  greeneyedpookie   Mar-25-04 12:05 PM   #11 
  - Once ya buy it, it's yours to keep ....  hippiechick   Mar-25-04 11:37 AM   #3 
  - Gee, hippiechick.  zanana   Mar-25-04 12:24 PM   #13 
     - after a year its time to trade him in for a newer model ....  hippiechick   Mar-25-04 12:43 PM   #17 
        - Commitment RULES!  HuckleB   Mar-25-04 06:50 PM   #64 
  - do what feels most comfortable  GloriaSmith   Mar-25-04 11:43 AM   #4 
  - get to know his/her parents/siblings  bearfartinthewoods   Mar-25-04 11:44 AM   #6 
  - Wait til you can't stand it anymore...  VelmaD   Mar-25-04 11:46 AM   #7 
  - I'd say a year  SarahBelle   Mar-25-04 11:53 AM   #8 
  - 9 - 12 minutes  matcom   Mar-25-04 11:54 AM   #9 
  - True story for you...  elfwitch   Mar-25-04 11:56 AM   #10 
  - What if you never experience that?  SarahBelle   Mar-25-04 12:36 PM   #15 
     - Sorry for you bad experiences...  elfwitch   Mar-25-04 12:47 PM   #18 
        - Thanks for your response  SarahBelle   Mar-25-04 12:58 PM   #19 
  - How long have you lived with her?  jpgray   Mar-25-04 12:11 PM   #12 
  - Crap  MissMillie   Mar-25-04 12:41 PM   #16 
  - Read the post again, maybe more slowly this time  jpgray   Mar-25-04 02:59 PM   #39 
  - Statistically, this isn't a good way to go.  HuckleB   Mar-25-04 03:56 PM   #47 
     - Do you have a link for that?  jpgray   Mar-25-04 04:02 PM   #49 
        - Any updated Sociology 101 textbook should have it, but here's a piece.  HuckleB   Mar-25-04 04:06 PM   #52 
           - Okay, interesting  jpgray   Mar-25-04 04:28 PM   #55 
           - Yeah, I don't think anyone would argue with that.  HuckleB   Mar-25-04 04:43 PM   #57 
           - This however is merely a statistic. It need not apply.  NNadir   Mar-26-04 03:21 AM   #68 
              - True. It shows odds only.  HuckleB   Mar-26-04 08:56 AM   #70 
  - Never mind the date or how long you've been together  MissMillie   Mar-25-04 12:34 PM   #14 
  - sooner  sweetheart   Mar-25-04 01:01 PM   #20 
  - I got married in Vegas...  elfwitch   Mar-25-04 01:18 PM   #26 
     - The little video  sweetheart   Mar-25-04 01:27 PM   #29 
        - we didn't do the video...  elfwitch   Mar-25-04 01:34 PM   #32 
           - The 10 year re-wedding  sweetheart   Mar-25-04 01:39 PM   #35 
           - My daughter got married in that chapel!  Love Bug   Mar-25-04 03:18 PM   #42 
              - It was wonderful...  elfwitch   Mar-25-04 04:06 PM   #51 
                 - Here's the link to our wedding chapel  sweetheart   Mar-25-04 04:11 PM   #54 
  - Not until you are about 35 - 40....  smirkymonkey   Mar-25-04 01:06 PM   #21 
  - agreed  sweetheart   Mar-25-04 01:13 PM   #23 
  - ?  HuckleB   Mar-25-04 05:18 PM   #60 
     - I guess it's a matter of individual experience  smirkymonkey   Mar-25-04 11:11 PM   #66 
  - marriage is just a prconceived notion....and an expensive one at that....  jus_the_facts   Mar-25-04 01:12 PM   #22 
  - Why would anyone want to live with someone  MissMillie   Mar-25-04 01:14 PM   #24 
  - I've lived with someone for 13 years...  jus_the_facts   Mar-25-04 01:31 PM   #30 
     - no 100% guarantees, for sure  MissMillie   Mar-25-04 01:43 PM   #36 
  - That's true if your both americans  sweetheart   Mar-25-04 01:14 PM   #25 
  - how old are you,  mopinko   Mar-25-04 01:19 PM   #27 
  - Wow!  prolesunited   Mar-25-04 01:20 PM   #28 
  - well...  Magic Rat   Mar-25-04 03:48 PM   #44 
  - Whenever it feels right...  YellowRubberDuckie   Mar-25-04 01:32 PM   #31 
  - Cut off their head  Paragon   Mar-25-04 01:35 PM   #33 
  - You need an "other" option..  everythingsxen   Mar-25-04 01:37 PM   #34 
  - Depends  tsakshaug   Mar-25-04 01:51 PM   #37 
  - If she's 'the one' - what difference does waiting make?  DS1   Mar-25-04 01:57 PM   #38 
  - It took me 7 years  Caution   Mar-25-04 03:05 PM   #40 
  - I totally agree on the living together part...  elfwitch   Mar-25-04 03:08 PM   #41 
  - 6 months  TX-RAT   Mar-25-04 03:26 PM   #43 
  - I knew Mrs. Mclargehuge was THE ONE the first time I laid eyes on her  BigMcLargehuge   Mar-25-04 03:49 PM   #45 
  - When there are reasons beyond temporary infatuation  geniph   Mar-25-04 03:51 PM   #46 
  - Actually, I disagree on the separate accounts ledger.  HuckleB   Mar-25-04 04:01 PM   #48 
  - It took my spouse 18 months to "pop the question," however informally.  HuckleB   Mar-25-04 04:04 PM   #50 
  - We were engaged formally after 1.5 years  Nikia   Mar-25-04 04:09 PM   #53 
  - Go ahead, get married, knock her up, pop out a couple pups; you'll divorce  radwriter0555   Mar-25-04 04:42 PM   #56 
  - ?  HuckleB   Mar-25-04 04:46 PM   #59 
     - It's the no kids part.  radwriter0555   Mar-25-04 05:23 PM   #61 
        - Actually...  HuckleB   Mar-25-04 05:42 PM   #62 
  - No time frame. It will happen when it is ready to happen.  Rabrrrrrr   Mar-25-04 04:44 PM   #58 
  - 30 seconds or so  TrogL   Mar-25-04 05:46 PM   #63 
  - In my case...  NightTrain   Mar-25-04 06:52 PM   #65 
  - I'll never do that again  fortyfeetunder   Mar-26-04 01:07 AM   #67 
  - I thought you meant The One Ring, and how long before you...  Pert_UK   Mar-26-04 03:32 AM   #69 
 

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