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I'm kinda curious about another aspect, but not sure it is thread worthy. That is, has anyone married someone after a very short courting period and had success doing so.
I'm kinda curious about another aspect, but not sure it is thread worthy. That is, has anyone married someone after a very short courting period and had success doing so.
Met my wife 6-9-90.
First date 6-16-90.
Engaged 9-16-90.
Married 4-21-91. And we would have gotten hitched much faster if her mother hadn't freaked out over making the arrangements in such short order.
She hasn't left me. She hasn't clocked me with a skillet. We still make each other laugh and we still love each other's company. Sometimes you just know.
I'm kinda curious about another aspect, but not sure it is thread worthy. That is, has anyone married someone after a very short courting period and had success doing so.
Is the question just for guy? My ex-hubs pressured me to get married sooner than I wanted to, and we lasted 20 years. His new wife had to pressure him, big time! LOL.
We originally had a nice long undetermined engagement period. We wanted to wait at least a year so folks could make plans and save some cash for a very cool beach party.
She was diagnosed with skin cancer and at the time didn't know how serious it was, so we eloped. Cancer was beat, and two years into the marriage I realized just how deep her psychological issues were.
In my case, a long courtship would have ended after a couple of years or so.....culminating most likely with a traditional breakup.
Looking back, a much better scenario than almost ten years of hell on earth culminating in a nasty divorce.
Internet romance, married after after knowing each other for three months, divorced her 10 years later.
She is a good woman, but was not who her on-line profile said she was. I believed what she wrote about herself. My bad! I won't make that mistake ever again.
p.s. We were in our very early 50's, so can't blame youthful immaturity.
I'm kinda curious about another aspect, but not sure it is thread worthy. That is, has anyone married someone after a very short courting period and had success doing so.
My grandparents met and married two weeks later. The marriage lasted until they died, over 50 years.
It's all about how two people work together. What we have learned from dating, short-term, and long-term relationships is that for each one that's successful there's likely another that failed. If that wasn't the case, we'd still all be with our first loves or even the very first person we dated. As time goes on with one person, we not only learn more about them, but we also choose if we want to evolve with them as well.
My mother was the very first in the entire Greek community in Denver to refuse an arranged marriage.
This was in 1966. Instead, she married an Irish Catholic (my father) & was promptly disowned; which
lasted about 10 years. They are still married.
All of her aunts, uncles, cousins & friends complied with their arranged marriages & NONE of them
are divorced.
I realize the context of this thread is more towards "pressured" as in by the intended spouse but I
have always found this topic interesting.
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