How long should you be in a relationship before you get married?

My husband and I were together for 5 years before we decided to get married and yet he still have some attitudes and habit that I did not know existing. They say no matter how long you know a person you’ll never really understand his/her true attitude unless you live in one roof, and that principle is true in our case. But I don’t think we should count the years of your relationship to determine whether or not you’re marrying the right one. If you really love your partner you should not be afraid to think about marrying him, remember that when there is love no disagreement will be left unsettled. For a Marriage to be successful partners should meet in the middle.

Hi Mayenskie , I am still single but for me i don't think they have measurement or how long they take the relationship to get married ..Maybe as long us both of you love each other and knows the responsibilities the married life then that is the time you go the next plan in your life...

Hi mayenskie, being in relationship before marrying doesnot require time gap. But for understanding the differences and accepting his/her dissimilarities in character, attitude or thoughts, time gap plays a major role. Love will be same, but a max of 2-3 years will help to understand he/she at happy and sad moments. By understanding this, we can keep in mind on how we can make our partner happy without hurting him/her and make the love more lovable for ever.

I don't think that there is a magic number of the years that you should have been together before getting married. It will really take a lifetime to know someone. Two years will barely scratch the surface of the person. We have women intuition so if you feel like something is wrong then maybe something is although sometimes we tend to over act :). If you really love the person and he truly loves you back then I think that 2 years enough time. If he respects you and your family and is responsible and treats you the way you like to be treated then I think you can marry him. Two years is better than six months. I think that like me, marriage for you is a one time thing only so you want it to be the right person the first time. Don't worry.

I married with my husband after having only 6 months relationship. I think time isn't the right measurement of relationship. for me, if someone have found the one, they know each other well and wanted to get married then just do it.

2-3 years, I guess. It's longer enough 2 know someone, really know him or her. But one of my friend actually dated his GF for 7 years before marrying. People say marriage is the tomb of love. I guess U need 2 know the life habits, this is much important than his or her interest. Because U don't have 2 do everything together, but U'll live together. Surely u don't wanna marry someone watching TV until 4 in the morning, while U r sleeping by his side. Just make sure he or she is the one, and u know U 2 can live together, under a roof. Well U can always get a divorce, if anything happened, regretted... Hope not, the Divorce Rate is too high now.