How long did you know your husband/wife for before you were married?

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My in-laws have just celebrated 75 yrs married. Still a team, supporting each other, still living independently in their own house. They met at school.

From starting dating to being married was 11 1/2 months, engaged 4 months from our first date, first baby arrived 11 months after wedding, his parents weren't too happy with any of it, they thought we were rushing everything but we are still happily married 34 years later

6months. —Engaged after 6weeks,married after 6 months and been together now for 52 yrs.

Met on the Wednesday, engaged on the following Sunday and tied the knot two days later...that was 30 years ago and still together.

Met in the December, engaged by February and married by June. 32nd wedding anniversary this year. I can't believe we did that!

We met at school at seventeen and started dating. Then I went to college and so began a five year, long distance relationship. My husband to be was working all over the country. We used to write to each other almost every day. (No phones at college in those days) . At one time we lived on opposite sides of the country and met in the middle at the weekend.
We married at 23 and have been together for 50 years this August.
Long distance relationships can work if you really want them to.

We met at a party in 1975 and moved in together not long after.
We got married in 2014, for legal and financial reasons.

So we’ve been together for 44 (happy) years and the gap between meeting and getting married was 39 (happy, living together) years.

I will not be surprised if some of you are horrified at our story. My husband and I worked together for a company in London. He was married to his wife for 5 years. We always got on well but nothing more. Walking to the station in the evening or sitting on a bench together at lunch and eating a sandwich was the extent of our relationship. Showing me photos of the puppy they had recently acquired, that sort of thing. Tragically, his wife (aged 27) was killed in a car accident and my husband never returned to our office. He had been due to leave in any event and take up another job in the West Country. I spoke to him on the phone to express my condolences and offer support if needed, as did most other people at work. Out of the blue, 6 weeks after his wife had passed away, he rang me at home to ask if I would like to meet for a farewell lunch before he moved job and house. We met for lunch on a Saturday and at the end of that day, he asked me to marry him and move away with him. I said Yes! It just seemed totally right! We married 4 months after his wife's tragic accident. The rest is history, we have been married for 36 years, have three grown up children and still live in the area we moved to. His parents were horrified and did not speak to him for 6 months and cut him out of their Wills. My parents were more sanguine. Most of our friends were supportive to our faces but I've since found out who was appalled and that they assumed 'something' had already been going on. I'm not going to pretend that being a second wife when the first has died is easy. The first time he called me by her name was terrible for me but worse for him. I love him to bits and that is all that matters to me.

I thought we were very quick but some of you put us to shame. He was a fireman, newly come to my local station. My friend (a firewoman) told me about this gorgeous man, I saw him, wasn’t impressed at all. Lots of us girls went out at weekend, We all went dancing, that was it. Got engaged six weeks later and got married 9 months later. Celebrated our 50th anniversary this year. We get on better now than we ever have!

Started dating on Valentines day, engaged on April Fools day, and married on the 3rd June. All in the same year, 42 years ago. Still happy and going strong.

I married my first husband after a year or so. Holiday romance. They said it wouldn't last and they were right.

Married my second after a year or so and 'they' said it wouldn't last either

Been married for 30 years now so 'they' were wrong

2 weeks! I was on holiday and we were introduced by a mutual friend, we married 2 weeks later ,17 years married now

Not long enough!!!!

Knewmy husband as in a group of friends for a while then married after about year 60 plus years together when widowed.

Well, I just had to respond to you sprinters. DP and I got together in 1983 and got married 35 years, 2 children and 1 GD later. Still not entirely sure what gave us the final push - I was determined not to be his ‘third time lucky’ and been strongly in favour of equal rights for cohabitees but we had been retired for 6 months and thoughts were turning to the future. We still drive each other mad at times.

I first saw my OH when I was sixteen, and disliked him on sight. He doesn't remember me at all from that time. We moved in the same circles for a couple of years without any spark; and then surprisingly became friends. The relationship developed from there. Married now for 50 years.

Met at school. I was 17, he was pushing 16, not first serious boyfriend. I was married at 23, first child at 29, second at 33, separated at 42, divorced at 48. I've been very independent and happy since then. I don't think he's been totally happy, although wouldn't admit it; the grass wasn't that green!!

We met and married within a year. We worked together for about four months, went on a date, and he moved in about two months later, I don't recall exactly. I didn't take any notice of the dates as they didn't seem significant at the time.
You just know when you've met the 'right' one, don't you? We were soulmates. Sadly he died not long after our 30th wedding anniversary, just over nine years ago. We were everything to each other and he simply cannot be replaced. If he was still alive I've little doubt we'd still be together.

went out together for 11 years.we wanted to be sure.30 years later still happy .

I met my husband in the February (I was 18, he 19), got engaged in the July, went to live together the following April, then got married 11 months after that - so 2 years and 3 months until we actually got married

We met when I was 15 and he was 21. 1 month later I turned 16, 7 months after that we were married. 4 1/2 months later our first child was born. 47 years 3 children, 3 grand children and 1 great grandchild and we are still together

It will be our ruby wedding in May this year

Engaged after 6 months, married after a year. We didn't really know each other although we were together for almost 20 years. In my 40's, it was clear we had grown apart so I left. Reading these comments, it's clear that it really doesn't matter how long you know someone before you marry. If they are right for you then the marriage will last. They are the lucky ones.

I was 22, when I met my husband, I gave it a week , we've been married 27 years, in August and now at the age of 55(56 this year, we still laugh) X

Met in May, married the following May. Now over 36 years married, and I would marry DH again in a heartbeat.