Newlywed

If a couple don't date long before getting married, it increases the chances that they're getting married when they don't really know each other well. If I get married someday, I want to know a lot about the woman before tying the knot.

The only mantra for a marriage to stay longer is commitment to make it work and keep the expectations realistic. I knew my husband for 7 years before marriage and we met and talked some 7 times in those 7 years and that too in a huge family gathering. We actually had a real date only twice before we got married and I am happily married for long 18 years.

My wife and I dated for three months before I asked her to marry me. We married a year later. We're still married 30 years later. I know couples who dated for a longer period of time than their marriages lasted.