How long to wait before marriage?

I think three year is suitable between dating and getting married. 7 years may be too long ...you will waste your youth in this 7 year . Time is treasure.It's too late to find another person who loved you after 7 year....

I don't feel as if there is an appropriate "timeline" between dating and getting married but personally I think that If a person wants to get married 1-2 years after meeting the person they feel is the one for them its wonderful. Life is too short to always be waiting for the "right" time. I have seen people who courted for seven years and were married for over 30 years get divorced it can happen to anyone. And if a couple has been together for seven years and still doesn't know if they love each other enough to get married somthing must be wrong...I understand not buying into the marriage hype but I wouldn't understand still trying to figure out degrees of love after seven years.

I don't think you can put a certain arbitrary timeline on it. It depends on the individuals and their ages and experiences. I got married after about two and half years of knowing her and about a year of being engaged. The marriage lasted five years. I don't think more time before marriage would have made any difference in how long the marriage lasted and would have just likely made us older when we got divorced. It is hard to get to know someone really well no matter how much time is spent trying and it really depends on the people.

Hi, Raelynsmom!! I think it will take a long time before your true marriage. Whatever, it worth!! ^_^

For me it doesn't really matter how long you've been together to get married. Getting married is a choice, its a feeling of being ready to be tied up. When you feel like you have found him, and when you feel that you're ready enough to marriage then go on. There's no such thing as the right time and the right place, it's the feeling that you'll gonna be happy with the person you love that matters.

there are advantages and disadvantages of long and short engagements, I courted my ex-girlfriend for a year then she became my wife. there are things and stuffs no matter how long you were dating or engaged that you would only know when you are married to your partner. there would still be revelations. the disadvantage of long engagements is that you would lose interest and just become friends, short engagements rather could create lots of incompatibility. but both engagements still require lots of work and sacrifice in order for marriage to work. whatever you choose, choose well, and commit. commitment is the key element to a happy life.

I think 1 - 2 years could be enough. I'm not sure - the rest of your life seems like an awfully long time compared to one year. And people change, too. I think 7 years is a bit long. I have a friend who has been with her boyfriend for 6 years, and I think she's starting to get a bit upset about the lack of a proposal, so to speak.

It depends upon the circumstances. If they see each other often, they need not wait for long to be married. But if they are far apart and talk to each other just once in a while, they would not know each other well enough in a period of short time and so they should not get marry yet until they come to know each other very well.

It depends upon the circumstances. If they see each other often, they need not wait for long to be married. But if they are far apart and talk to each other just once in a while, they would not know each other well enough in a period of short time and so they should not get marry yet until they come to know each other very well.

I am not really waiting for the marriage time, it would only depend on the availability of funds and only when we are ready emotionally and financially. Its not an easy chapter in our lives, its something that we should think of a thousand times.

it depends on how much you love that person... never it's too long or too short.. I've seen people getting married after some months of dating, and I've seen people dating (and being engaged) for 10-11 years and neither getting married or living together whether getting to know a person in 1-2 years, it'll also depend on how much you see and talk to this person

I don't think there's really a set timeline here as every relationship is different. I would say at least live with the person first and maybe give it 1-2 years after that before you even get engaged, but then again, some relationships can go strong for 5 or more years and they turn out sour so even that wouldn't work in some cases...my old-hat answer to everything "trust your instincts and follow your heart in every situation" holds true here I think