And one month to get divorced.

Hot Bride Thread?

Sounds about right. Of course I also advocate waiting until one is 30 before getting hitched. Kids or no kids.

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.

I give all my personal relationships that official feel by signing legally binding contracts.

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

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.

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

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?

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").

Amateurs. Proposed to the future Mrs. before ever meeting her. I leave it to you to figure that out.

/24 years married.

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.

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?

There will be a mandatory 24 month tryout/audition, including 9 months of co-habitation. If all goes well, then I'll consider proposing.

I got married three years and four months after we met, so I'm the ballpark.

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.

Marriage. It's what Prozac was invented for.

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

Just because he proposed doesn't mean I'm going to accept.

Marriage is for stupid men who cave into their biatchy girlfriends. I have no sympathy for all the married farkers who complain about how they get no sex.
It really makes no sense at all to me.
Get some self confidence and realize that if you take care of yourself, and have a good job, you can just trade in for a younger better girlfriend when you get tired of your current one...
and...
-no messy divorce
-no losing your money
-no custody fights
-plenty of freedom to travel
-hot venezuelan and brazilian pussy

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.

Smeggy Smurf: DON'T GET MARRIED to the wrong person!

FTFY.

/VERY happily married.

Who has time for these long articles?

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

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!

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... :)

Gyrfalcon: Stop whining. No one ever puts a gun to your head and makes you say those four magic words.

"Take All My Stuff"???

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

pudgyv: Amateurs. Proposed to the future Mrs. before ever meeting her. I leave it to you to figure that out.

Mail order?

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.

379 days after meeting her...

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

Mucinex: Giant cowboy booger. Cool.

Before you marry. Read Chaucer. 600 years ago and it's all true.

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.

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?

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.

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)

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?

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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!

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.