How long do you think you should be in a relationship before getting married?

i was once in this relationship with my ex boyfriend for 8 years. i thought he's the one for me. but we ended hurting each other. he dumped me for anotehr woman. and now,i am inlove with my boyfriend for 8 months now. and we are talking about marriage. and i do wanna marry him one day soon. in a year or two, we will get married. there's no specific length about a relationship before getting married. for as long as you two are ready to settle down and if you are both responsible to live together, then it's time for you to get married.

i dont think that there's an appropriate length of time that can determine that you can bget married. It should come from both of you. If you both feel that you're emotionally, physically, financially and mentally healthy to take the plunge then that's the right time. regardles if you've been for a year or a month.

There is no time limit for being proposing. Actually long duration will help them to understand thoroughly their each and every character. But it is better to marry within a year if they are properly aged.

I don't have any time frame for proposal. I believe it comes at different time depending on situation or people. some people can be dating for 5 years and ,arry happily and otehr person might have 5 years relationship but then break up. it's more of finding someone you comfortable with and confirming yourself that 'we're born for each other' in other means we want to live with them and believe taht we'll be happy. that's my personal view

I don't think there is a certain length of time, however if I was in a relationship for 3 or more years without a ring I wouldn't be hopeful of course depending on your age. I was with my ex for 6 1/2 years and had a child together and didn't want to marry him when he asked me, it just didn't feel right. My fiancee asked me to marry him after 6 weeks of dating and I didn't hesitate to say "yes", It just felt right. We were supposed to be married 7/4/06 but he passed away 10 days before. I think it's all what you feel anyway no right or wrong but you must question if you've been with someone a long time and aren't married why that is?

I am going to say one year...but it just depends on how you both feel.....after 2 years of dating u and he should know deep within if u want to marry each other......i myself am in the same sitauation but and am questioning myself......about this same issue but in my case he propsed in 2000...and now it's 7 years later....and brought the issue up with and told him that I don't plan to make it year number 8.....so it depends on the situation...

I proposed to my wife after a couple of months but we didn't get married for almost 3 years. I don't think there's any real time frame for it, you just have to go with what you feel.

My husband and I were only dating about 3-4 months when he asked me to marry him. We took 8 months to plan the wedding and have been married for almost 5 years. We were really good friends for about a year before we started dating. We are very happy and have 3 kiddos. This worked well for us, but I know that this wouldn't work for everyone. I think it's a very personal decision and up to the individuals.

Like everyone is saying - when it's right for you is how long it should be. Everyone is different. I dated my first husband for 2 or 3 years before we got married. That was a horrible marraige - all 10 years of it. My second husband and I decided to get married within 4 months of meeting each other. It took a year to get married because of our family's schedules and stuff. We've been together all told, almost 3 years and we're loving it!

I don't think there is an appropriate length before proposing. I've met people where they've gotten engaged after two or three months, but stayed engaged for nearly two years before they even put thought into a marriage. I think the best time for proposal is -obviously- when your heart is in to it. If you're in a relationship for four..five years, your heart may be in the relationship, but it may not be there for the idea of marriage. My boyfriend now and his ex girlfriend, before they broke up, were dating all through highschool and they broke up for two years then after 8 months together again, he proposed to her, and then she left him a month later.. I think for some people there IS a such thing as too long to wait, because some girls,(and I speak for just girls, as traditionally it's the male that proposes, but I know it's possible vice versa) when they're in a relationship for three or four years, they start to wonder "is he EVER going to ask me to marry him? I want to, but maybe he doesn't" and it makes them paranoid, or panicky. So both hearts and minds have to be in it.

two years is quite a long time hehe. 1 year is enough for a relationship to get merried. The reason for marriage is not how long youve been together its the trush and faith for each other. even if youve been together for 5months but if both of you are very loyal to each other and trust each other. sooo there will be no problem

I think you should know the person for at least a year, you need to get out of that goofy love stage where everything they do is wondderful. I feel at about a year you are in a more real stage and you have gotton to know the other person and them to get to know you. I don't think you are waiting to long. My hubby and I were together for 2 years, got engaged and waited 2 more years to get married.

every thing has its own limits... should have relatonship but within its limit...

1 year

I think the appropriate time to get into marriage is that when both of you are mature enough to commit to the relationship. Both of you knows each others flaws, weaknesses and strengths. Both of you knows how to resolve simple misunderstandings and mistakes. And most especially, both of you believe in GOd, whatever religion/belief you maybe.

You can live with each other for ten years and still face the strangeness when you both change roles. You are now only friends, what happens when you turn man and wife is an altogether different thing. You can propose a one-day acquaintance and still live with each other for long. Now that the divorce rate is high, it is almost a fashion, I have come to know a lot of divorces for disgraceful reasons, they were not reasons to start with. They keep seeing each other even if they are divorced. I can't comprehend how is that possible, if you can bear the sight of each other, can even remain good friends then you can compromise a little more to remain in wedlock. It is just a way of thinking: just think that you two are going to get bound with each other and make it a point to live with each other ever after. Only then you can succeed in your married life. Only separate when no stone is left unturned...

I wouldn't be able to tell you because my people still are not allowed to marry.:(

i don think theer shud b any time limit for it.... coz it s not necesry tht if u spend years with ur fiance u wud knw him completly els u wont,.

i praposed to my girlfriend 2 yrs back but i never like say my girlfrd i love to tell her as my wife everyday..... she is the first and last girlfrd in my life....i am gong to marry her soon........

When I get married this summer, the relationship will be over 2 years old. I was proposed to 10 months into the relationship, and we'd been living together for less than that amount of time. How long you wait depends on you.