How long for you to know a person before marrying??

It was 6 years before me & my husband got married. i definatly wanted time to get to know him, but i could have married him after 2 years. I think that is plenty of time.

I think that what you say is really important. Broken marriages are probably the most unfair to children that have to deal with the situation and probably don't even understand why. Yes, not rushing into marriage is a massive factor. It is essential you get to know your partner well, to understand what they want from life and to ensure that you are on the same wavelength. I think it is equally important to make sure you give a relationship/marriage 100% rather than walk away from problems when it gets tough. I know of many marriages which have lasted because people have decided they want to fight for their relationships. I personally do think that there are many people who give up too easily these days.

Me and my husband were together for 6 years before we got married. We did live together for these 6 years and had 2 children together before marrying plus I had one from before we were together and he was daddy to my oldest from the begining. We purchased our house before we married and now we have been married going on 8 years. It does take time to know if this is the right person forever. We were together for 6 years before marrying but it definatley did not take 6 years to know that he was the one that I would spend the rest of my life with. We just never felt that we had to rush down the aisle. We were together and we were happy and knew for years that this is how we always would be.

I think you are right people should know each other very well. They should not just fall in love and have enjoyment in life but share different ups and downs with each other so that they can understand each other very well. It should be minimum 6-8 months because we can know each other very well in that period. Well maximum limit no one can recommend because it is really hard to say.

I do agree with you but I dont think that always works.. My aunt and Uncle Dated since they were 14 years old.. They got married at 20 years old.. After 25 years of marriage they got divorced.. I guess you just never know how things will turn out. I myself got engaged after 5 years of dating my husband and then had a 2 year engagement. So I got married after 7 years with him.. We also lived together for 4 years before marriage too. Which I highly recommend before marriage. We are now married for almost 6 years and we are still very happy and very much in love. Hopefully it will always be like that

Ever before with married is not guarantee. Marriage can be very durable depending on both parties. Togetherness that must be maintaned and treated like. There is no perfect, but the intention is improve to absolute. Important things in marriage is : 1. Trust 2. Respect and appriciate 3. Protect 4. Want to sacrifice 5. Having a goal 6. Love 7. Faithful Marriage is sacred and exalted, not the easy thing. Love is the foundation of marriage.

i think there is not enough time to get to know a person, even married people for like years are still discovering things about ther loved ones. for me, as long as you love each other and are committed, it is the right time to get married.

for catholics, they would disapprove on couples living together on the same house without having married first. practically, i am not against on this way even though i am a catholic. because when you live together, that's the time that you will really get to know each other and you will be surprised to discover so many things that you still don't know about your partner. in this way, in the end of the "living together" and both of you decided that you are perfectly matched with each other, you can get married. but honestly, there's a lifetime of knowing your partner. i guess its not the "how long must you know your partner", rather, its how you take the situation where you must prevent your family from falling apart.

my wife and i known each other a year before we got married, i guess it all depend on the couple really. if they get to know each other really well.

if i may let the facts speak for itself.. in India, most of the marriages take place under the consent of parents and family and the get-to-know period of a to be couples is about 4-8 months on an average in which all they may get to be within the same room maybe for a total of 48 hours at max. I have heard of stories in olden days when they didn't even see each other's face even after their first night together,... But statistically speaking, India has one of the most high rates of successful family relationships... ...and that's that.. but my theory is... you don't need to know anything about your partner before marriage since there's a whole life time ahead of you to do so.. But if your partner isn't exactly the brad pitt or Angelina material, you can always go looking for someone better...But the thing to remember is You aren't Exactly the Brad pitt or Angelina Material either...

Yes I agree that every couple should know each other first before getting married or creating a family. I think that we should all devote enough time to know well each other before settling early. I and my husband went on a live in first before we got married. That way we were able to see each others attitude at home, and that is the natural way and the most honest way. In my opinion there is no definite time for each and every individual to determine the character and background of the person they love. Some people may need two years, some six months and still others may need five years or more. It does not mean that some couples who only met for a short period of time like six months will not have a long and lasting relationship. For me it depends on how much they have already known from their partner. Being compatible means that you need to know the important characters of your better half. The only permanent thing is change and so you must also be open to possible changes that may took place while you are in a relationship or even when you are already married.

knowing a person is an essential thing to do before marriage. it has to do with you being able to monitor and study the opposite partner to see if he or she can really spend the rest of his/her life with you. i think, someone should take his time to know a person before jumping into marriage.

It is very difficult to understand one person in short period of time. On the other way nothing is perfect in this world and the thing are always not going according to your expectations so marriage and proper management in marriage is depend on both person.

Selecting a person to be yours forever is hard to decide you cannot say this guys forever inlove with you those families got broke up this are those possible reason why? 1. their husband not contented to her wife, then they have an argument until they decided to give up. 2. their husband force her to do sadistic 3. Money 4. always arguing. 5. they find out that they are not compatible for each other. 6. jealous in this world their's lot of Plastic people just to used you for their own needs. but God will find way to make us Happy. Pray for it about your Family to guide them, always love them, show your care to your Family Pray to make it stronger and stronger.

I think you will have to spend your whole life to know her or him.there is no possible to know a person very well before you get married.but there some important things you should know,such as his/her habits and kinds of friens,which can be helped to know a person.

Well,honestly,as i think it depends,somebody hide their mood privade well,we must take time to understand.and we should go work everyday,so the time for we to get together is so short,then it'll need more time to know one.

Well, I would absolutely want to wait at least for two years, so that I can create real picture of my partner, and not the one created with "pink glasses". And also, living together for at least on year, so that would be, three years at least, in my case, ofc, considering you're both 25+ y old.

For myself,I think the question is easy.I will marry a guy until we know each other several years,or to say until we reach the married age.In my opinion,I won't get married before I'm 27 years old.I will keep this guy as my boyfriend,I have to know his personality,charater,temper,hobbies.The most important is that we have mutual inspiration.Otherwise,I won't marry hastily.

i think alot of people do rush into marriage i have been with my partner for 3 years now and not marryed yet i think people should maybe move in togetther and see what its like to be with someone all the time and see how they get on coz theres going to be things you dont like about you partner jsut little things that get to you when you around them all the time and if your marryed and it dosent work out then its so much harder to get away, so i think more people should take time to really get to know the partners before marriage.

Hi Tontunan, I am not married yet, so i don't understand why people get together, then they broke up? I agree with you that if you know you are going to break up, why you are together from the very beginning? But i still have to say, things are changing, people changes when time goes by. For me, to be honest, i don't know how long will take me to get to really understnad one person, most of time, i trust people by following my own feeling. If i ever get married, i hope to be with that guy for the rest of my life.