Yes, we got engaged in February. We’re both 35 and had been together for over 5 years, so we didn’t want a long engagement. My favorite part was seeing all our family and friends and knowing they were there for us, it was very touching. I was happy with all my vendors as well – I loved my flowers, the music was great, hair & makeup artists were great, and the photographer did an awesome job and she sent me some preview photos a couple of days ago and I love them. It also took me a while to find a dress I liked, but I finally found one and got a lot of compliments on it, which felt good!

5 months. He said it at Christmas time. My niece, 4 at the time, prompted it. Clever little girl.

I don’t like to be mushy, but I pretty much knew by the third date, or maybe second, that we’d get married. I definitely knew I loved him when a few weeks in to dating, he sent hilarious texts while on one of his dude trips. Speaking of, he’s leaving tomorrow to go on a trip with that same group of friends.

Congrats @K!
I love getting updates on this thread and get so excited when I see someone has posted.

@TheLadyE – it has depended on the relationship, anywhere from under 3 months to 6-8 months. The one that has taken the longest is my current one and I would call this the healthiest relationship I have ever been in. We became exclusive and started to spend a lot of time together fairly early on, but we are taking it more slowly to progress into a longer-term commitment.

It was a few months but he said things leading up to it that were “soft I love you’s.” I already knew.

Thanks, everyone! I knew a couple of months ago – actually I knew on his birthday at the end of July which was the same night my little girl dog passed away. I knew when he held me at the vet as I held her body and cried. I knew when he pulled me into his arms outside the vet at 4am when he had to work in 2 hours. I was too afraid to say it, though. (I come from a family that says “I love you” on every phone call.)

He shows me that he loves me, but we haven’t said it yet. Every time I go to his apartment he has gotten something special for me to have while I’m there. He found out I like pickles on my burger so he got a ginormous jar of pickles when we were planning to grill out. He saw hard seltzer at my house and knew I liked grapefruit so he got a 12-pack of grapefruit hard seltzer for when I was spending the weekend. He gave me kim chi for the first time and I said I liked it so he got ingredients for us to make it together so I could have some of his homemade. And recently he texted me that I am “the sweetest person he knows and he cares for me very deeply because of that”. <3

It’s been almost 7 months. I feel like I am not going to be able to hold it in any longer very soon.

Congrats @ K and how very exciting TheLadyE! Sounds like you’re both on the verge of saying it!