How long for engagement?

For a logistic point of view probably 6-12 months; but in my view there is no time limit… it depends on the conection and life experience of both

1/1 and a hals years

I personally don’t think there’s a time limit really. I’d say it depends how long you dated also before becoming engaged.

A year

1 year

I think it depends on the situation. If the couple have known each other for a long time, then I think there is no need for a long engagement and vice versa.

I year

6 months-1 year

Yo creo que depende, no es lo mismo el nivel de conocimiento personal cuando se tienen 20 años que cuando se tienen 40 o más, una persona se conoce mejor cuanto más mayor y es más consciente de la dificultad de la convivencia, diaria. Si hay amor todo se supera, pero las velocidades no son las mismas según la edad. Y esun paso muy importante para no meditarlo el tiempo adecuado

6 month

6 months max !

3 to 6 months

1-6 months

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3-6 months! 😉

Ruth proposed to Boaz, she could show up with a donut We're both priests we can get married before God whenever we like.

3-6 months! If you know, you know! Too long is stretching it 😂

Ill know on the first date js

One year max. I think it is enough to know what do you really desire.

6 months to a year

Two years max. You can learn a lot about someone in 3 months if you asking questions and observing.

3 months x

As long as they believe they need to. An engagement is a cultural tradition. Adam and Eve had none, so it isn't required to become one.

Very different depending on individual, how long they have been in a relationship, and cultural surroundings

The Holy Spirit will give you wisdom for that matter…

Couple of days 🤣 im joking

Depends how long youve known each other. You have to be in agreement, without one person pushing another. Respect boundaries now or you wont get it later.

It depends for how long you’ve known the person. As long as you both had enough time and many opportunities to witness for the other interact with their friends, family members and church community, and you are compatible with with another, I think 6 months would be ok. Just make sure you do marriage counseling / preparation with a mature Christian couple you both trust.

It depends (of course). But I'd say no less than 9 months

6 months to a 1 year…

6 months

Id be happy to wait aslong as my future partner felt comfortable with me. Id give her my heart and let her decide

I agree to the 6 months to a year period because I dated someone or should I say courted someone who within 2 months told me he wanted to marry me, wanted me to meet his mother and sister, and wanted me to meet his spiritual leader before we got married in 6 months period and let me tell you he will surely a gift wrapped straight from satan! So be very careful. And pray alot!

1 year... or at most 2 years. That's enough time to decide whether or not you want to build a life with that person.

After 6 years

I think as long as you become open to one another and you are introduced to the circle of trust and are able to consistently keep in touch and enjoy one another doesn't have to be long. As long as you are both ready and have the understanding of your role in the partnership as what they identify christian should be...as immediate as the heart beats and as you are head convinced and intentionally willing.

I've been in long relationship but still ended.

I would say 6m onths to a year

One year

Id say 2 years

No more than a few months - just long enough to plan a nice (but reasonable) wedding

6 months to 1 year is what my Pastors son recommends to me. My old manager suggested engaging after 5 years and marrying after 10 years.

we plan, God decides

it depends both side but if it is the will of God Why not go for the wedding

if it is the well of God

Durations defer per ages of those involved. 6months is ideal if age is ripe for marriage. Unnecessary long courtship has a downside.

i think it depends on how many times they can see each other in a week or a month but if we see each other quite often 6 months to 1y is enough for me.

This is a tough one for me. I think it should be 6 monnths to a year. But however dating, needs to be longer since I went around the block once and ready to jump back in

We plan,God decides

Its good to have 7 years of bf/gf status. But engagement should be short maybe 2 months.

My parents went from meeting to married in 6 months and were married till they passed on. I personally dont believe in dating long , being engaged for long. You basically wasting a person's time. If you are not calling on the HS for wisdom in this very NB process of your life and the other person's, you pretty much are then not intentional about anything you are doing.

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2years

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It depends how often you can meet. I’d 6-12 months min

I personally think that it depends on how long it will take to get things done. Things to factor in; are you saving money to pay for it? Giving overseas family enough time to save and book flights. ALL the admin… Marage counselling. The list could go on and differs depending on the things the couple wants to do. In saying that, I’ve usually seen it be between 3months to a year. That seems like a good time frame. Over a year (unless for specific reasons) seems like its being dragged on…

6-9 months

1 year or leas personally

depends on answer after they've spent time in prayer and fasting seeking God's will; then counseling with their spiritual leaders...

Contrary to popular opinion it seems on here, I would say less than 6 months. Asking for someone's hand in marriage is when the decision is made, the engagement period is generally more for the planning phase of the wedding. In my opinion a year long engagement doesn't make sense.

1 year

1 year

6months

1y

1 year

6- 9 months

6 months

6month in my own opionion

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If you're living together 6 months max

Between 6 months to one year of deep conversations.

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1 year but if they have the bless of the pastor and parents could be before, isaac was engaged for 3 days

Engagement is where you focus more on preparing for the wedding so I say from a few months up to a year depending on how prepared both of you are for the wedding.

Depends on the couple

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Id say you could start thinking about clearly after about a year and half to 2 years. I don’t think you can really get to know somebody and what they are like through the different trials of life in the stereotypical bible college 6 months.

1 year

Why get engaged if you don’t plan to get married? Are you just getting “engaged” so you can pretend your almost married to get the benefits of marriage 🤔 I’m a strong believer or no dating benefits till you actually as the girl out and when you ask her to get married it shouldn’t take a year to plan it out but there is some stuff that might take some time so 1 year at most, or your just lying to each other that you actually want to get married. Just m 2 cents

As long as necessary and as short as possible

I so sorry, if the man want to marry today I will marry him..I have waited way too long

Once you get an answer from God, it's up to you.

Totally depends

Long enough to make sure you find the time to seek pre-marriage counceling with your church or trusted christian mentor. As well as finalize any weddng planning; venue, out-of-town/state wedding guests having to travel, and overall cost/budget. Id say at least 6 months to a year. :)

Up to a year to plan the wedding succesfully, sometime its longer because of finances.

It really depends but I’d reall prefer one to three months as long as you are so sure you know the person well and you have seeked tye face of the lord over the situation.

Under a year is fine

6 months is good enough

Totally depends

Look, there's truly no formula or a specific time frame. Involve God before it even gets to that stage, ask for direction, confirmation and guidance. If God gives you the go-ahead and you are both ready, aligned and divinely orchestrated , i don't see why you should wait.. the secret is to Involve God from the onset

Totally depends

If I meet the right girl who shares the values I’m looking for, I wouldn’t see any reason to wait too long. Life moves fast and we’re not getting any younger. What happened to love at first sight 😅😅

Probably 8-10 months

A month

Within 6-12 months

It dependsssss

On average, 1 year

1-1 1/2 years

3-6 months

1-2years

Hi am from Brazil

Quite encouraging

Id say about a year or less depends if they’re both ready

3-6 months

1 year

6 months to a year.

3-6 months

To be honest longer than 7 years people change in a instant if you are still physically and emotionally attractive to someone after 7 years then yes marrie then if not than no it's not about to go 50/50 its about 100/100

1 year

Honestly, there is no specific time actually,aslong as you know each other's ins and outs,good and bad side and still excepting each other

I thing 1-2 years. But when you feel it, you feel it.

This is just me lol but i would say 3 years🤷‍♀️

A year to a year and a half

There's no setup time.. sometimes when you know, you know :)...

So before engagement, 1-2 years to really get to know the person and see how they behave/react through the seasons and ups-and-downs of life. Once at engagement, probably 6 months but enough time to go through pre-marital counselling, work through issues that are highlighted and prepare to start married life (practically and spiritually/emotionally). There should be greater focus on planning for a good marriage, rather than obsessively planning the wedding day (leading to a long engagement).

For me I believe it shouldn't take long but it depends when the spirit leads you because marriage is a covenant with God and shouldnt be taken lightly should it be based on finances, so I believe the minute you decide you want to marry it happens instantly n not based on societies expectations but God's expectations...never social because things like how long its acceptable means we are basing it off them and not God

Walking into the court here in Colorado and getting married is $120 it's probably a lot cheaper and other states but the wedding is something else I don't know if I would even want to have a wedding with my own family cuz my family is very dysfunctional and if you don't have a dysfunctional you don't have a family at all I guess lol but I don't trust my family with the woman of my dreams so when to get engaged I would think I believe when I know she's the one have it happen there isn't really

I think as long as it takes to plan and book the wedding to be honest haha

There is no waiting period, if the Source is Christ Jesus. But if it comes from you, duration of time is determined by individuals.

If it's from the Lord there is no need to wait long

If the Lord allows the relationship and you’ve had Godly counsel, I don’t think there’s a minimum amount of time, but I don’t think years of being engaged or playing house “just to see first” is necessary. Either you wanna be with them or you don’t.

I think there are also practical issues, like costs and such. I guess you meant if there was no financial constraints etc.

I don’t believe there is any reason for a long engagement. If you’re both aligned in God and eachother’s person, you’ll know.

3 to 6 months

To me I would continue to get to know the lady in question more before commiting to getting engaged and then marriage. Sadly following the end of my one and only marriage I would be more cautious before a second go.

It is dependent on the couple but i stronly believe they must eldery (godly wisdom) advice to guide and support the process.

You mean they are already engaged right? 😅 case to case basis i guess but i think the ideal for me is 6mos to 1 year unless family situations dont allow it there must be guard rails to avoid temptation of cutting corners 🥰

For me at least one year

For me: - Date, get to know, best from God - 6 months. - Get engaged; I could do it after 6 months. However, Jesus MUST & will be at the centre of everything. - I will consider marriage after a full year of getting to know, friendship, dating, prayerfully hearing from God. At 61 years of age, I am ready for a Christ-led relationship and believe it is in God's plan and will for me. This will be for His glory to fulfil my calling and my God ordained spouses calling as a kingdom partners.

For me as woman, I would rather make more time to know him and be friends until you find out when God brings us into a greater plan. It is very important for me because knowing him first is better than regret it in the end. And always have time to pray to God for that person if he is sent by God.

One year?

As long as it needs to be. I've heard of happily married couples who tied the knot after only a few months of knowing each other. Sometimes sooner than that. Others need more time in order to discern compatibility. It will really vary and there's no correct answer for everyone.

Anyone else read the question wrong? 😅 At first glance I thought this was how long should a couple be seeing oneanother before getting engaged.

There's no magic formula😊

Until they know they want to commit to lifelong unselfish love covenant.

During the time of Ephesians and Colossians, engagements could be weeks or months. In the time of the Old Testament it could be up to two years. I heard one person who got engaged upon first meeting and they quickly married and have stayed married. Another person was with someone for years, and almost a day after getting married, sought a divorce.