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[nun ya]

I see no harm in it.

[colliemom4]

Not really.

[brewhaha]

Long engagements is good but I like girth too.

[Catitude]

How long have Brangelina been engaged?

[Mama Mia]

Absolutely not, you either want to or don't want to.

And now everyone who lives together calls the SO their fiance.

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[brii]

It's kind of weird...either do it or move along

[tansy]

On 5/16/2014 brii said: It's kind of weird...either do it or move along

That's fairly close to what I said to my son, much to my now-DIL's delight :-)

[brii]

Tansy, good advice. Lol

[maryebrown_1]

I didn't have a long engagement, and that worked out fine for me. A month after our wedding, DH got laid off from his job and we moved to Houston. Newly married, new state, new adventure, with plenty of jobs available.

[biancardi]

On 5/16/2014 straykatz said:

IMO an engagement means you are ready to marry and you start planning the wedding, set the date, etc....depending on how much time you need to plan your wedding the engagement could be very brief...or last a year or little longer...I think after 2 years and there is no date set that something is amiss.

I agree - actually, I was trying to quote Yuban's response - that is what I agreed with!! lol

I don't agree that something is amiss because there is no date set - my example below

btw - in my family, there was a 13 year long engagement. They had a bucket list of things that they wanted to have in place before they got married. They are still married today (after 18 years) and have two beautiful children.