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(Metro) Interesting Average man proposes two years, 11 months and eight days after meeting the woman who will ruin his life   (metro.co.uk) divider line 264
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Goldeneye007 2008-02-17 09:15:24 PM  
And one month to get divorced.

 
Phosphorus 2008-02-17 09:15:25 PM  
Hot Bride Thread?

 
fanbladesaresharp 2008-02-17 09:15:38 PM  
Sounds about right. Of course I also advocate waiting until one is 30 before getting hitched. Kids or no kids.

 
Gyrfalcon [TotalFark] 2008-02-17 09:15:43 PM  
Stop whining. No one ever puts a gun to your head and makes you say those four magic words.

 
Smeggy Smurf 2008-02-17 09:16:27 PM  

 
Phosphorus 2008-02-17 09:17:35 PM  
www.weirdspot.com

 
Chester J. Lampwick 2008-02-17 09:17:59 PM  
I waited five years. But we started dating when we were 18 and 17, and it made sense to us to wait and see how college and careers came to be.

When people meet after college, I think two years is probably long enough to figure things out, if you're actually approaching the whole thing with your eyes wide open, that is.

 
Stupid Fat Hobbit 2008-02-17 09:18:08 PM  
I give all my personal relationships that official feel by signing legally binding contracts.

 
sorhed 2008-02-17 09:19:07 PM  
I have been dating the love of my life for 2 years, 11 months and 6 days so I'm getting freaked by this fact...

Seriously. But I'm not really freaked. ;D

 
Shaggy_C 2008-02-17 09:19:10 PM  
Smeggy Smurf: DON'T GET MARRIED!

Heh...from your link:

My granddad told me an insightful story before my wedding. He said for the first year of marriage to put a penny in a jar every time I had sex with my wife. Starting in year two, take out two pennies every time we had sex. He said there'd be money in the jar when I died. I think he's going to be right.

 
ProfessorPedal 2008-02-17 09:19:55 PM  
For most of my acquaintances, yeah, wait until you're older worked out well. Me? I proposed eight weeks in and we've been together 13 years (married 8). Sometimes it just clicks.

/no kids, FTW

 
sorhed 2008-02-17 09:20:06 PM  
Stupid Fat Hobbit: I give all my personal relationships that official feel by signing legally binding contracts.

You mean get receipts from all the prostitutes you solicit?

 
Bartleby the Scrivener 2008-02-17 09:20:56 PM  
Gyrfalcon: Stop whining. No one ever puts a gun to your head and makes you say those four magic words.

before i respond, i need to know if "cornhole" is one word or two (i.e., "corn hole").

 
pudgyv 2008-02-17 09:21:04 PM  
Amateurs. Proposed to the future Mrs. before ever meeting her. I leave it to you to figure that out.

/24 years married.

 
Merltech 2008-02-17 09:21:15 PM  
Shaggy_C: Smeggy Smurf: DON'T GET MARRIED!

Heh...from your link:

My granddad told me an insightful story before my wedding. He said for the first year of marriage to put a penny in a jar every time I had sex with my wife. Starting in year two, take out two pennies every time we had sex. He said there'd be money in the jar when I died. I think he's going to be right.


Kids and jobs make matters worse.

 
ninjakirby [TotalFark] 2008-02-17 09:23:33 PM  
pudgyv: Amateurs. Proposed to the future Mrs. before ever meeting her. I leave it to you to figure that out.

/24 years married.


"Rich white male, looking to marry; must do anal."

/Am I close?

 
Up and Atom 2008-02-17 09:23:37 PM  
There will be a mandatory 24 month tryout/audition, including 9 months of co-habitation. If all goes well, then I'll consider proposing.

 
mmagdalene [TotalFark] 2008-02-17 09:24:03 PM  
Ha! I could break at least five hearts in that time.

 
radioman_ 2008-02-17 09:24:31 PM  
I got married three years and four months after we met, so I'm the ballpark.

 
MiriamSingsLoud 2008-02-17 09:25:21 PM  
I waited five years. But we started dating when we were 18 and 17, and it made sense to us to wait and see how college and careers came to be.
Yeah, that's me too.

 
knitch 2008-02-17 09:26:27 PM  
Marriage. It's what Prozac was invented for.

/married only once
//still crazy after 25 years.

 
libbyshome 2008-02-17 09:26:37 PM  
Just because he proposed doesn't mean I'm going to accept.

 
cowsspinach [TotalFark] 2008-02-17 09:29:06 PM  
Im at an age where almost everyone my age is getting married and having kids.
Havent heard of anyone getting a divorce yet...Im sure in 5 years I will hear "Im getting divorced" instead of "Im getting married!"

I think when getting married...you really have no idea what your spouse might do. Its like the luck of the draw...some get lucky and some dont.

 
Ceqir 2008-02-17 09:29:21 PM  
Smeggy Smurf: DON'T GET MARRIED to the wrong person!

FTFY.

/VERY happily married.

 
DrForrester 2008-02-17 09:30:01 PM  
Who has time for these long articles?

Also, where do I find "hot venezuelan and brazilian pussy"?

 
Luey 2008-02-17 09:30:33 PM  
We just got engaged 6 weeks ago, and at the time of the engagement we'd only been dating for 10 months. We're in our early/late 20's (I'm 23, he's 25). I think a lot of our friends think we're crazy to rush things, but they also thought we were nuts when we decided (after dating for a month) to work together in Wyoming for three months doing contract work and living in a hotel room.

I'm pretty confident things will work out. Maybe these are famous last words, but I feel good - even these fark marriage threads don't scare me!

 
kunibob 2008-02-17 09:30:53 PM  
Hrm, so I have 11 months and 4 days to go. Sounds pretty close to what I would expect.

/foolishly engaged at 22
//wisely un-engaged at 24
///now all grown up, have a solid career and a man whose long-term plans actually align with mine... :)

 
Danger Avoid Death 2008-02-17 09:31:05 PM  
Gyrfalcon: Stop whining. No one ever puts a gun to your head and makes you say those four magic words.

"Take All My Stuff"???

 
bigd29 2008-02-17 09:31:05 PM  
My parents tell me the story about how they went on their first date on Valentine's day, "talked" all week about everything, and my dad proposed a week later. They were married that August and are still together 26 years later.

/not entirely sure if my parents are just messing with me on that

 
altinos 2008-02-17 09:31:28 PM  
pudgyv: Amateurs. Proposed to the future Mrs. before ever meeting her. I leave it to you to figure that out.

Mail order?

 
luigibrasile 2008-02-17 09:32:25 PM  
img505.imageshack.us

 
Fonda Furburger 2008-02-17 09:32:39 PM  
Yeah, I was an undeniable idiot and married after 5 short months. The annulment hearing is on Tuesday.
If there ever is a next time I will insist on a prenup.

Worst. Mistake. EVAR.

 
BMFPitt 2008-02-17 09:32:55 PM  
379 days after meeting her...

83 more (from now, out of 364) til the wedding...

 
Nick Nostril 2008-02-17 09:34:39 PM  
Mucinex: Giant cowboy booger. Cool.

 
Delay 2008-02-17 09:35:00 PM  
Before you marry. Read Chaucer. 600 years ago and it's all true.

 
Miss Cellania 2008-02-17 09:36:34 PM  
My last husband knew me 23 years before he said. "Hey, when are we going to get married?"

But it was only 21 years after our first date.

 
Gyrfalcon [TotalFark] 2008-02-17 09:37:45 PM  
Danger Avoid Death: Gyrfalcon: Stop whining. No one ever puts a gun to your head and makes you say those four magic words.

"Take All My Stuff"???


"Sign on this Line."

 
Ground_Hog 2008-02-17 09:39:27 PM  
altinos: pudgyv: Amateurs. Proposed to the future Mrs. before ever meeting her. I leave it to you to figure that out.

Mail order?

Chat room?
Stupidity?
Blindness?
Arranged wedding?

 
El Uno Magnifico 2008-02-17 09:39:28 PM  
Just got engaged Friday night. Due to graduate school (her) and the Air Force (me) we're not getting married until September 2010. Ah well, such is life.

 
l-to-tha-ind-say 2008-02-17 09:39:43 PM  
my fiance basically told me on our second date that he was going to marry me, we essentially moved in together on our third date, and have been living together for about a year now...getting married in 3 1/2 mos

/can't wait to spend the rest of my life with the most wonderful man in the world :0)

 
Yeah_Right 2008-02-17 09:39:51 PM  
Miss Cellania

My last husband
knew me 23 years before he said. "Hey, when are we going to get married?"

But it was only 21 years after our first date.


Whadidya do... off him right after the wedding?

 
technicolor-misfit 2008-02-17 09:43:38 PM  
cowsspinach - Im at an age where almost everyone my age is getting married and having kids.
Havent heard of anyone getting a divorce yet...Im sure in 5 years I will hear "Im getting divorced" instead of "Im getting married!"

I think when getting married...you really have no idea what your spouse might do. Its like the luck of the draw...some get lucky and some dont.



I'm 37, so I'm well past that 'everybody's getting married' stage, and none of my friends have yet divorced.

It's kind of disappointing, because I'm really wanting a crack at some of those chicks.

 
PuppyDanger 2008-02-17 09:45:14 PM  
Delay

What memories you've brought back!

My catholic high school made us all memorize pieces of the Canterbury Tales. I landed up with the Wife of Bath, her virginity speeches and her contempt for the Church (or was it all institutions?). The school never saw much irony there.

 
mrsdish 2008-02-17 09:45:33 PM  
My hubby and I waited to get married until he graduated from college, which was about 3 years after we started dating. We've been married for almost 3 years. And we couldn't be more in love.

 
technicolor-misfit 2008-02-17 09:46:29 PM  
Oh, but I totally agree with you on the 'luck of the draw' thing...

The one woman I've been absolutely in love with, and would have married without a doubt in the world, went kind of crazy after about 3 years, and that's really scared the crap out of me, because it's like shiat... how long do you have to wait?

 
Tat'dGreaser [TotalFark] 2008-02-17 09:49:33 PM  
technicolor-misfit: how long do you have to wait?

I'd say when she is dead you're good.

 
altinos 2008-02-17 09:49:47 PM  
technicolor-misfit: The one woman I've been absolutely in love with, and would have married without a doubt in the world, went kind of crazy after about 3 years, and that's really scared the crap out of me, because it's like shiat... how long do you have to wait?

For some women, dating is like a software demo. She does everything in her power to make herself marriage material. It's after you sign the paperwork that she stops trying, and all her flaws come out.

 
pudgyv 2008-02-17 09:49:58 PM  
altinos: pudgyv: Amateurs. Proposed to the future Mrs. before ever meeting her. I leave it to you to figure that out.

Mail order?


We have a winner!

 
Pimple 2008-02-17 09:50:01 PM  
Damn, I'm ahead of the curve.

/Waited 8 years.
//Til done with college.
///Married 2.5 years, gotta sex it up to keep it going.

 
fanbladesaresharp 2008-02-17 09:51:44 PM  
technicolor-misfit: cowsspinach - Im at an age where almost everyone my age is getting married and having kids.
Havent heard of anyone getting a divorce yet...Im sure in 5 years I will hear "Im getting divorced" instead of "Im getting married!"

I think when getting married...you really have no idea what your spouse might do. Its like the luck of the draw...some get lucky and some dont.


I'm 37, so I'm well past that 'everybody's getting married' stage, and none of my friends have yet divorced.

It's kind of disappointing, because I'm really wanting a crack at some of those chicks.


300 million people in this country, a few less in neighboring countries and you're holding out for your best friend's ex? Slacker. Go get your own pie.

 
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