How long should you date a person before you say "I Do"?

2 months and a wedding already? I don't want to sound like a downer, but most relationships don't last if they're formed that soon and already want to walk down the aisle. It sounds like they're in their "honeymoon" phase where everything is all "I love him, I love her" until they get to know eachother better. My mom made that mistake of getting engaged after two and a half months. They never got married, he ended up job hopping from one place to the next and after three years together, they finally broke up. I'm not saying every relationship is like that, but it is something to consider. I really hope that everything with your sister goes well!

I think at least a year. This way you get to know this person and I think you should also live together. You know there habits.

I would have to date someone for at least a year before I were to propose to them or say I do. I think at least a year is good so you two can get to know each other and spend time together and see if you still get along well after some time has passed. I think it is bad to rush into a marriage after only spending a short time together.

my wife and I dated about 2 months before moving in together, 3years and 10 months later we married and just celebrated our 1 year anniversary dec 5th :)

In a relationship, their is nothing to be prove using time. Many people end up broke up or divorce even they been together for many many years. Sometime a relationship is a fate and you can't really resist it when it comes. A thunder-lighting wedding doesn't mean that the marriage will not long last, it is depend on how they manage their relationship. It is just like managing a business, your partner is your biggest customer and you must do the best to keep your customer and do all the best for your most important customer, even if you had already run the business for 20 years, once you lost a control and start to not concern about it, the business still falls. If you really put all your effort in it and manage the relationship well and even is a very very fast " I DO ", you still can do well in the marriage.

I say you should give it about 1-2 years before you dish out the I do's.

i do not think there is any prescribed time before you are ready to marry a person, it depends on your and your partners situation.

2 months is a short time. i think she should try to know him more or she might have regrets in the long run.

My wife and I dated throughout highschool and a few years after before we were married. We were friends for a good 5 years even before we started dating. We had known eachother more than 10 years before we were married. That is much longer than most, but it worked for us. I don't believe in a dating relationship unless friendship is already in place. You shouldn't marry someone unless you know that your atrraction to them is based on their personality. It shouldn't be about their looks or anything else. I can guarantee you that that hot bod won't be so hot when they're 84.

Unfortunately, I'm not sure how well this marriage will go. With most people, it takes some time for them to open up fully to somebody new. It takes quite a long time, and if that experience is rushed, then so will everything else. If it only takes 2 months before someone gets married, then it'll take about 3 months before she has a child, then about 6 months before she has another one.

6 months until 1 year i think it's good. Make sure in to heart he is the right man to getting married.

I would say wait at least one year. Dating for such a short time, how can you really know how someone is or what they are about. I dated my wife for three years, and we have been married for seven, and I am still learning things about her. If you are in love, you know it from the start, but you should still take your time, learn each other as best you can. God bless and good luck.

I think you should date at least one year in order to know each other very well and be sure that you are made one for other.

its up to you, noone can answer that .-.

Unfortunately, there is no hard and fast equation. Sorry to say that all laws and rules and experiences fail in this case. There is success even in marriage without knowing each other before. On the other hand, there are instances of failure even when both were known to each other since childhood. What I feel is -- It is a matter of luck.

till u fall in love nd just love everything and anything about the person... till u jus cant imagine any moment without him... till u realize he can do anthing for u till u know u can die for him

I think marriage is all about maturity. People who've known each other for years aren't mature enough to handle a marriage. On the other hand, two mature people can enter into marriage after only a few months of knowing each other. Simply because they are mature enough to know the difference between love and lust. Personally, I'm just too timid to enter into a marriage unless I've known the person for a while. I consider myself a christian woman. But at the same time, I can't see how two people can get married when they've not lived together. I believe there are many many marriages that end simply because of natural personality conflicts that would only arrise within the home that they share.

This really sound too short, but my parents got married after 3 months of dating. In my case it took 2.5 years, but if that have been my choice I would get married after about half a year, because it doesn't take 2 years to get to know a person, you can see if he is a good person after much shorter time.

2 months 2 soon. Besides what do u mean by brother?

it would be better for your sis to get know about her fiance more for a year. that would be enough for any man to manifest his true worth and attitude.