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How long did you know your spouse before asking or being asked? Please elaborate. Thanks.
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NevermoreLenore
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We had our first dinner date, were engaged six week later, and married six months after that–twenty years ago. We just ‘knew’ and I did freak out a bit and didn’t return his calls for a week or two, but after I called we spent all of our time together and still do after two decades together. We didn’t have extravagant dates–we spent most of our time talking. Mr Nevermore is the best thing that’s ever happened to me.
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hope
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Welcome.
We met at college. We dated for about a year. Then there was two years that we did not see each other. We than began dating again for another year and were married. Our engagement was for six months. We celebrated our 48th this month.
I do have a cousin who met on a blind date. The couple they were doubling with had been dating awhile and decide to get married that night. My cousin and his blind date decided to Marry too. They were married for 48 years until he died.
We met at college. We dated for about a year. Then there was two years that we did not see each other. We than began dating again for another year and were married. Our engagement was for six months. We celebrated our 48th this month.
I do have a cousin who met on a blind date. The couple they were doubling with had been dating awhile and decide to get married that night. My cousin and his blind date decided to Marry too. They were married for 48 years until he died.
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Mtatum1958
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About 4 years. First met in college, and were in serious relationships with others. Became good friends over time (both in same field). The relationships with others we both had waned over time as we became more attracted to one another, studied, worked, and enjoyed time together.
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Greenfields
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Not long enough 
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VonDerTann
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We met at a “catholic singles” event. She picked me up (quite shamelessly!) and she asked me out before I had the chance to ask her. We got engaged 18 months later (that time I did the asking!) and got married a year after that. We’re married nearly 20 years.
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Tis_Bearself
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About 9 years before engagement, and 10 years before the actual marriage (our engagement was a year long for family reasons as well as to give time to prepare, reserve the church etc). I always said I didn’t want to marry anyone unless/ until I knew them 10 years. That’s what happened.
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Tommy999
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My future wife and I met as college sophomores and married two years later.
We were just friends for a year. In fact, she had another boyfriend at the time while I focused on my studies. We were more like brother and sister, kidding around in class a little and occasionally running into each other in school cafeteria but that was about it. She was outgoing while I was more quiet and studious.
We became penpals the following year when I went to Spain for a year to study and she broke up with her boyfriend. Our friendship grew through our correspondence.
When I returned for senior year, we started out again as friends but I decided to ask her out for a date one day - risking our friendship - but it wound up working out and our relationship blossomed from there.
We were just friends for a year. In fact, she had another boyfriend at the time while I focused on my studies. We were more like brother and sister, kidding around in class a little and occasionally running into each other in school cafeteria but that was about it. She was outgoing while I was more quiet and studious.
We became penpals the following year when I went to Spain for a year to study and she broke up with her boyfriend. Our friendship grew through our correspondence.
When I returned for senior year, we started out again as friends but I decided to ask her out for a date one day - risking our friendship - but it wound up working out and our relationship blossomed from there.
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PaulinVA
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My wife and I met when we were 18 in college.
We dated and broke up a few times. We were long distance for a few years.
But, we knew. We knew. We were married around five years after we met. This is year 37.
We dated and broke up a few times. We were long distance for a few years.
But, we knew. We knew. We were married around five years after we met. This is year 37.
We met after I got out of high school, through mutual friends (I had a crush on his friend, he had a crush on his friend’s sister!) and we got engaged about a year before we married. I graduated in 1985, we started dating and got engaged in 1987, married in 1988.
32 years and still going strong!
32 years and still going strong!
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Tommy999
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Congratulations, PaulinVA. Sounds like you persevered and made out just fine.
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PaulinVA
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Well, let’s just say I wasn’t the one doing the breaking up!
The intensity of knowing I was the one was too much for her to handle. I’m not joking.
We actually didn’t live in the same state from the time we graduated to the time we got married.
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1ke
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We dates 16 months before we got engaged and were then engaged another 8 months until our wedding. We’ve been married 15 years.
We met on Ave Maria Online.
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Irishmom2
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Was friends with him in high school. Lost contact during college and met again eight years later. Got engaged after two and a half years and married eight months later. Just celebrated our 33rd anniversary last week.
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RolandThompsonGunner
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Maybe two years or so.
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Phemie
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He proposed two weeks after we met and I accepted. But we weren’t in any kind or rush. We were living in different towns, about 100 miles apart and saw each other on weekends when he came back to his mom & dad’s place. We officially got engaged 7 months later by which time we’d both decided to do something different with our lives. I was heading off to nursing school and he was leaving a job in banking to join the military. He went off to basic training in July ‘73 and between that day and our wedding in October ‘75 we saw each other for a total 30 days.
We’ll celebrate our 45th anniversary in 2 months, We raised 3 wonderful kids whom we don’t see often enough, separated as we are by the vast geography of Canada. We have 2 loveable grandsons we haven’t been able to see this summer due to the pandemic. We hope to see at least our daughter and her family at Christmas, covid permitting, as we have done every Christmas since 2011.
We’ll celebrate our 45th anniversary in 2 months, We raised 3 wonderful kids whom we don’t see often enough, separated as we are by the vast geography of Canada. We have 2 loveable grandsons we haven’t been able to see this summer due to the pandemic. We hope to see at least our daughter and her family at Christmas, covid permitting, as we have done every Christmas since 2011.
We met at a Church social event. She thought I was loud and obnoxious.
She was right.
About nine months later, I asked her out. Mutual friends were making bets that she wouldn’t last one date with me. I thought they were right. Happily, my friends and I were wrong. One date led to another.
About nine months later, I mentioned marriage. She was terrified. So I didn’t mention marriage any more.
A little over a year later, she mentioned marriage. Before she had a chance to change her mind, we went ring shopping. We were married a year after that…32 years ago.
She was right.
About nine months later, I asked her out. Mutual friends were making bets that she wouldn’t last one date with me. I thought they were right. Happily, my friends and I were wrong. One date led to another.
About nine months later, I mentioned marriage. She was terrified. So I didn’t mention marriage any more.
A little over a year later, she mentioned marriage. Before she had a chance to change her mind, we went ring shopping. We were married a year after that…32 years ago.
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Patri
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A testimony that the site works
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1ke
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It does. But just like anything else it depends on your expectations, your willingness to put in time and effort, and your capacity to navigate online dating.A testimony that the site works
We were both on the site 2 years before we met each other, and not all of our experiences were good on Ave. it’s just like any other way of meeting people, it’s got good and bad elements.
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Patri
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Yes, and prayers. Every method is valid, so good to know about success stories from Catholic sites.
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