Comments on: Once Upon a (long) Time

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 04:57:52 +0000

We got engaged in November, got married 3 weeks ago, so were right at about 6 months. The holidays were busy, so we didn’t truly start planning until January. It was just right — 5 months was long enough that I didn’t have to stress. We knew we were ready to get married, and didn’t see much point in having a long engagement.

By: Jo

Jo — Fri, 29 May 2009 18:41:32 +0000

Wow, the exact same thing has happened to me with a guy at work getting engaged. I felt quite jealous to start with, but then I realised how stupid (and selfish) that was. It's actually worked out quite well, as I get to see how they go about their planning while I'm swanning around procrastinating! Jo’s most recent blog post: Flowers: part 3

By: Karen - The Last Detail

Karen - The Last Detail — Thu, 28 May 2009 19:58:56 +0000

Speaking as a bride: 6 months – get in and get out! ;)

Speaking as a planner, though, I think a year to plan is perfect.

By: koandpo

koandpo — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:42:37 +0000

Our engagement will be a total of just over 15 months. I think 10 months would have been ideal: a month to enjoy and nine months to plan. My reasoning: it shouldn’t take longer to make a wedding than it should to make a baby! ;-)

By: notsojenny

notsojenny — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:11:37 +0000

when we get married it will have been 9 months, 3 of which were spent celebrating holidays and what not so we did nothing really wedding related. for me, this 6 month time frame has been perfect! i wouldn’t change it for anything. even the 9 months is cool.
i have zero patience and am used to planning events with a rather tight turnaround so anything longer might just drive me insane anyway. as it is already i can’t wait to see the results of the decisions we’re making! i’ve got serious wedding ants in the pants!

By: Angelique

Angelique — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:38:13 +0000

A year in a half…(18 months) is perfect for us. It gives us a little time to enjoy our engaged status and just enough to plan ahead without the date feeling so far out. But if I was given a few extra months…I would definitely take them.

By: Jessica H

Jessica H — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:28:50 +0000

We had/are almost through our 17 month engagement. Truthfully, I wouldn’t have changed it for the world. I like time to make decisions, and hate feeling pressured. I’m getting anxious/excited now and can’t wait for October to get here, but I know when I look back I’ll be glad we had so long to really “take in” our engagement and plan our life together :)

By: shelley

shelley — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:27:25 +0000

By the time we get married in September, A and I will have been engaged for just about 9 months. That was a good time frame for us, seeing as we'll have been dating for 7 years by that time (like your co-worker!) but if I had my druthers, a full year would have been nice. There wasn't much time for us to savor and appreciate the engagement moment - we pretty much had to jump right in to planning! But! I wouldn't want it any longer than a year. Planning has been stressful and I don't need it stretched out! shelley’s most recent blog post: This weekend brought…