How long...

**tina150** · 07-08-2008, 08:06 PM

were you and your SO together before getting married? Did you live together first? I'm just curious

**Missy** · 07-08-2008, 08:16 PM

We were together all through High School. We split when our families had to move to different locations (Army Brats) we saved money for me to fly and move here to CO (Where his family retired from Army) We stayed with his parents. We saved some more to pay for our own wedding (justice of the peace) been married for over 10 years.

**itsahumanzoo** · 07-08-2008, 08:19 PM

Let's see, our dating anniversary is November 5th, 2004. Our wedding was March 25th 2006. Our son was born Feb 6th 2006. We lived together shortly after we started dating, then I got pregnant. We got married shortly after the baby was born and have been married ever since. (A whole 2 and a half years!)

**JessieMom** · 07-08-2008, 08:34 PM

We lived together for 3 years before we got married & we have been married almost 12 years. I think everyone should live together before getting married

**Michelle** · 07-08-2008, 08:35 PM

We were together for 6 years when we got married, 13 yrs ago. We lived together for nearly 2 yrs before tying the knot. Mostly because neither of us had family to live with when we graduated from college, so getting a place together (knowing that we would be married one day) made sense.

**AmyBoz** · 07-08-2008, 08:36 PM

Technically, we were together since we were 17. However, we dated our junior year in high school, then broke up. Dated again our freshman year of college, but I was in Ohio and he was in NJ, and we broke up again. We got back together for good when we graduated college in 1994, got engaged in 1997 and got married in 1998.

We did not live together first. I pushed for it, but he didn't want to. I think he thought it would upset his father, which it probably would have.

**sunshine** · 07-08-2008, 08:42 PM

We "hung out" together for 2 years (I was dating someone else), then we dated for 11 months before we got married. Never lived together until we got married. We've been married 26 1/2 years.

**Jskell911** · 07-08-2008, 08:50 PM

DH and I dated for 1 1/2 years before we got married. But here's the real weird part.... we didn;t live together until we bought our house 14 months AFTER we got married.

Yes, we lived in the same state. But DS has Aspergers and I knew he couldn't handle 2 moves in middle school, so.... And it ended up working beautifully!

**tkn4lif** · 07-08-2008, 08:55 PM

We started dating in 1999, engaged in 2002, married in 2004.

**JustMegan79** · 07-08-2008, 08:57 PM

DH and I met Oct of 2006. At that time I had just exited a 7 year, yes, 7 year relationship.

So I didn't want anything to do with him or anyone else with dangling parts.

However his quiet and respectful persistence started getting to me around Dec, at which time I gave him a shot. And instantly fell head over heels in love.

We lived together very, very quickly, moved away to South Carolina together in May of 2007(less than 5 months later if ya do the math), he proposed in this Christmas Morning and we got married on Feb 16 this year.

Very very fast.

Especially in comparison to my 7 year relationship in which there was a whole lot of leaving and coming back and just ...badness.

So when I found Travis, I felt like I was being given a blessing and I love him more each day. He is the most kind, loving, tolerant, sweet, affectionate and dedicated man I have ever met. I have no regrets.

**hwmabire3** · 07-08-2008, 08:58 PM

We met in September of 2000, got engaged Valentine's Day 2001, and married August 31, 2002. We were together for almost two years before our actual wedding, and no, we did not live together.

**seadream** · 07-08-2008, 09:01 PM

We were together 5 years before we got married, live together for 1 to 2 years ( not exactly sure) married 18 years this August.

I too think every one should live together before getting married, sure would save a lot in divorces.

**Luv2BeFrugal** · 07-08-2008, 09:03 PM

We met in Oct of '99 (hung out all the time).
Engaged March of 2000...married 4 weeks later.

Been married 8 years now...he's still my best friend.

**beks37** · 07-08-2008, 09:09 PM

Dh and I met in August 2002 (I was 20, he was 26). We got engaged in October 2003, bought a house and moved in together in July 2004, the dogs were born in October 2004, got married April 2005. Here we are 6 years later (after we met) happy as ever. I lived by myself in an apartment when we met and he lived with his parents. He didn't want to live in an apartment, so we went right to buying a house. It was only 8 months before we were married, so it wasn't too long, but it worked for us!

**momof2joys** · 07-08-2008, 09:14 PM

Dh and I started dating in March of 2001. In June of 2002, he asked me to marry him, on December 16, 2002, he actually gave me my engagement ring and we made that our offical engagement date!! Now fast forward to December 16, 2006, we tied the knot, exactly 4 years later!!
We bought a house together in April of 2004, but had been living with his parents since September 2002, I strongly recommend living together first, but if not that is okay too!!

(Also if anyone notices, yes my ds was born 14 months before we got married!!)