How long did you date your wife/husband/partner before moving in together?

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

Uhm, ok...she didn't look like the pictures she sent. Did bring some good Vodka though.

Did she at least share the Vodka?

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Locke

Did she at least share the Vodka?

Well ya. How do you think she was able to get my kidney? I wouldn't give that up sober.

[Cali Panthers Fan]

Met my wife on E-Harmony.

Spent 2 weeks chatting online.

Met her in person and spent the night with her on the first date, which is funny because she's a bit of a prude.

After that things happened roughly a year apart:
Year 1-moved in together
Year 2-proposed while on vacation in Hawaii (picnic dinner on the beach with the sunset...really special)
Year 3-got married at Lake Louise (her choice)
Year 4-got her pregnant
Year 5-first born child
Year 6-trying for child #2

It may have taken me a little time to make sure, but I knew after 3 months we were going to get married.

[D as in David]

Being dating for four years, as of today. Plan to move in together in two years due to where our six (three each) sons will be in their schooling.

[Robo]

moved in after 6 months, we have been together 8 years, we have two beautiful girls and another on the way. no plans of getting married common law is good enough lol

[FlamesAddiction]

I think we were dating for almost 2 years before officially getting a place together. We were together for about 7 before getting married. We have now been married for 8 years.

Just had our first baby a year ago. We really took our time.

[Looch City]

Been dating for 6 years now and plan to move in together within the year.

[Street Pharmacist]

3 years

[Dion]

Originally Posted by Iggy City

Been dating for 6 years now and plan to move in together within the year.

Be careful! She might be after your 70 grand.

[manwiches]

been together since we were 15. didn't get married til 25. Her parents were very traditional, so we didn't move into until literally the day after we were married, although I did move all of her stuff over the 2 weeks prior to our new home. We bought the house together a year prior, and I lived stag by myself for a year.

It was more an adjustment for her than me, as she's really close with her parents, whereas my parents had split when I was 21, and I pretty bounced around between them and myself for 3-4 years prior.

[Mass_nerder]

She moved into my condo at 9 months, because she was looking anyway.
We've been together for 6.5 years.

[Buff]

We met working at the same place to pay for schooling. I was part time throughout the year as I went to school (and close to full-time in summer) and she came in for a full-time summer job. I went to school in Lethbridge and she was at Medicine Hat. We started dating close to the end of summer and we had a long distance relationship during her schooling in Medicine Hat and then later at U of A. When she was going to school at U of A and I was working, it didn't make sense for me to move to Edmonton to find a job because she was home for summers and many weekends anyway... and it was Edmonton.

So, we dated for 6 years and got married the summer she graduated. We were engaged on the date of the 5th year when we met... I didn't plan it that way, it was just a coincidence, but don't tell her that! ...So, we bought a house and took possession of it only a week before our wedding so we didn't move in together until we were married.

When we meet new people and they are impressed at how long we dated before getting married, we just say "We wanted to be sure". But really it was all just situational to our life events. I knew after 4 months of dating that I was going to marry her.

[Peanut]

Met at work. Bought a house together after 8 months of dating. Had a baby about 9 months after that. Then got married 4 months after having the baby. You know, the old fashioned way to do things.

[Rathji]

Dated 7 months before we got married.

Was probably shorter than it should have been, but I was sure and didn't want to mess around forever. Been married about 10 years and she isn't sick of me yet.

[PaperBagger'14]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

"Dated" for 6 months online. Payed big bucks for import fees, she moved right in, married took all my money and left.

Did you have issues with air canada during the importation? :P


As for us almost 2 years. We started dating as I was already in school and she moved in a month ish after I finished.

[Fuzz]

Naw, she came in on an Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-104. Lucky she made it here alive. Joke's on her though, she booked Air Canada on the way home. Probably ended up stranded in Toronto for a week.

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by Kybosh

Sounds like most marriages are just people looking for roommates.

Honestly after having now lived with two separate girlfriends and moving out both times, I can honestly say I don't really understand why anyone would do it other than for financial reasons. How many times a week do you really need to see the same person? Eventually you run out of things to talk about. I guess you could have kids. Wait is that why people have kids, boredom and existential dread?

[keratosis]

2 months, married less than a year later. Celebrating our 28th Sept 3rd.

[Nufy]

We met at a bar...Out on Chesapeake bay...

[OutOfTheCube]

Dated 10 months, engaged 11 months more. We moved in together the day we got married (she was moving out of her parents place to do it too).

Been married three years in October and haven't regretted waiting til we were married to live together.