How long should two people be together before they get married?

Well, Maybe he is waiting for you to ask him the Q.. :) .. Not all men are the ones to make the first move.... You could hint to it.. But there is nothing wrong with being together without marriage too.. Some people love that production and ceremony, others do not. I would just sit down and generally talk about marriage or drop hints, that you are waiting for the question... I would say to wait just one year... But some people move faster and their marriages go good, others move slower are together for a long time before running into marriage... There is nothing wrong with that either.. As in the end the love, relationship and bond count more than the ceremony, and state certificate :) - DNatureofDTrain

there is no time limit for living together and for getting marriage. if u both agree u can get marriage soon within a week also if u understand him more ,with in a week . it all depends on both of u;r agreement to get marriage. if u think that ,to take more time to know about him ,wait and see how he will be and how his attitude is. but 5 years is more time. upto now , u knowed him more and u knows all his behaviour .u should have asked him within one year or two years about marriage .u wasted so much time and missed family life after marriage. so get marraige soon and enjoy family life with u;r kids. in india ,we won;t live together before marriage. if we love each other,we will get marriage within 6 months and we will enjoy married life more. and have kids after marraige only . no one will get kids before marriage, as getting kids before marriage is like a sin in india.

I think if it is working, why fix it? If marriage is something that you really want, then, in my opinion, I would be honest with him. Get his viewpoints and reasoning behind things. Just remember, any relationship, to last, needs to be open and honest. Talking about it sure could not hurt and then you would know where marriage is on the list. Why do you want to get married if it is so good now? Is it so you can say you have a husband? I would say you already have one. It takes more than a ceremony and certificate to create a husband. Financially, you probably are better off being each single.

you just need to ask him. thats it. go go go...

I think it really varies. there's no such thing as the right age or the the right number of years to be married. you could be 20 and planning your wedding or you could be 30 and still think it's too early. With regards to how long, you could have been together for 2 months and feel like you're already ready or you could be together for 10 years yet still not be ready. I suggest you just be patient and wait for it to come to him. It will come, the right time will come.

There is no time limit that says after a certain tim you automatically get married. It sounds like you and your man have not discussed what you both want. You already live as though you are married so he probably sees no need to change thing. Your situation is what older people call having the honeymoon first or playing house instead of getting married. I hate to say it, but depending on how things are in your culture he may never ask you. As long as you arae sitting around waiting and as long as you think you are trying to not make him do something he doesn't want to do you will never get married. What will you do if he tells you he is perfectly happy with the way things are now?

I don't think there is anything wrong with it. Maybe you should express your interest in marrying. Not all men get the hint. If you express an interest in getting married, maybe he'll take the hint and realize that maybe it's time to start doing some planning and pop the question.