"umm, together a week when he unofficially moved in, (stayed the first night and never left!) - engaged 4 months later, married 12months 4 days after we got together. been married almost 3 years, weathered some pretty intense stuff in there (loss of his brother, family breakdown, miscarriages, IVF) and still very happy with our relationship"

Yep I have to agree. DF stayed over during our second date and he never left... we got a house together after about 6 weeks as I was living in a share house.

Doesn't matter how long you're together, like Briggsy we have been through some major stuff- cutting off my mum (not good influence at the time), huge family problems with his mother and many many more.

I think that some people are put here to have a pretty whirlwind experience, and I feel that we are some of them, at 21 I keep getting told that I've been through alot more life experience typed things than many people my age.