How long were you.....???

[sas85]

I met DH when I was 17 when his suburb moved into my cong's territory. Wasn't interested at all, not my type. Lived on next block, same church, same gym we were great friends since there wasn't any interest on my part anyway, we really got to know each other warts and all without reservation. Finally decided would give him a chance at 19, we were engaged 6 months later. Married 5 months after that. Didn't live together etc due to our religious values. Been very happily married for over 4 years now. Also, I still lived with my parents when we got married, and for that matter, his mother had moved down into the area and moved in with he and his flatmate before we started dating as well

[human bean]

DH and I had been strictly online friends for 9 yrs when we decided we should probably meet up - and it was just a friends meet, well I thought so anyways. During the 9 yrs I'd wondered at times if he could be the "one", but our friendship just stayed that - a great friendship. We both had other relationships during those years. The minute I laid eyes on him and he walked up to me I just knew he was the one, and he later said he came with the intention of telling me he'd fallen in love with me over the 9 years!

It took us 3 days to 'get together', I moved over here and in with him 5 months later and we were married exactly a year and 1 day later. We've been married just over 2 years now.

We have friends that have met and married very quickly, and friends that have been together for many years without marrying. It is so uniquely different for everyone!

[Loveinamist]

Met DH when he was 24 and I was 23 and he was backpacking around Australia. He spent a week with me in the country town I was teaching in and then left to continue his travels down to Sydney (leaving me a list as long as his arm of addresses I could contact him through!!) Got a phonecall from him a couple of days later saying he was coming straight back to be with me!! He moved into my place straight away and from that day we were just together. That was 12 years ago.

We lived together 5 years before buying a house together and getting married (which was when we unofficially started TTCing ) So we have been married 7 years now and are finally having our first baby!!!

[Fleur]

umm, together a week when he unofficially moved in, (stayed the first night and never left!) -

Snap - we were married 14 months after getting together. I was 19, he turned 24 two weeks later.
We will have been together 14 years in February, married 13 years next April.
Boy have we been through some s*** along the way.

Like Trillian said - I knew people who were together for years, got married & then pfft... all over just like that - so I figured why wait...