s/o those that were dating less than a yr before marriage?

[mrsjuleshs]

We met and we just clicked. He is totally not my norm but he had a strong family ethic and was just an amazing person. I introduced him to my daughter and my parents and brother after less than a month which was totally not anything I would do with most guys. I knew on our first date that he was someone worth it. He pretty much moved in after about 4 months and was the father figure dd needed and she loved him. We were engaged officially after he asked my parents and brother and most importantly her if he could marry me and be her dad (her bio dad is a work and even to this day she doesn't want much to do with him). She said yes and so he asked me. We were officially married 14 months after first meeting. There have been rough patches but he is so devoted to being a dad and being a partner in my life. For her 18th birthday she has asked if we can file a petition to change her last name to his and then she and I are going to get matching tatooes of our life motto to each other and she asked him if he will come to get the same. We always say I love you to infinity and beyond so we are getting the infinity symbol.

[ErinExpat]

Jules, what a great story! How nice that the three of you will get the tattoo together. That's really special.

[Deleted]

He jokingly said he would marry me on our first date. I later found out he wasn't joking.

We finished each others sentences. Agreed on almost everything. When we kissed we didn't come up for air for hours.

Lol. I was 21 and he was 25.

Our story has the potential for disaster which is where most people though we were heading. Luckily, all of those gut feelings were correct. We will be married 5 years next Friday any issues we have are pretty normal marriage issues and not related to us getting married so quickly (I have friends and see posters on here who complain about the exact same things - and they took years to get engaged).

I still truly feel lucky to have him. I've never felt more loved by someone. We were crazy about each other instantly.

[isabel]

DH and I waited 3 years to get engaged, but we knew we were going to get married within a month of our first date. We met our freshman year of college, so we were both 18.

He drunkenly asked me if I would marry him about a month after we met. I said yes. We just clicked from the beginning. I don't know why and I can't pinpoint anything specific that made me realize he was it, but we both felt the same way very early on. He even told his parents he was going to marry me and they basically laughed at him.

Because of that early moment, we often joked about getting married when we were dating. He would always ask "will you marry me?" When he proposed he got down on one knee, held out the ring, and said "I'm asking for real this time."

We got married almost 2 years ago and have been together almost 7 now.

[snorky]

My H and I got married after being together for a year and a half, but first discussed marriage about a month or two into our relationship. We both have antisocial tendencies, so when we met, clicked, and didn't want to get away from each other at the end of the evening, it just sort of made sense to spend the rest of our lives together.

We will have been married for seven years next month.

[AlpineSlide]

Well, in my first job after college we worked at the same place but never had interaction at all, just saw each other around the building. I left that job after 9 months and some coworkers had a going away thing for me at a bar. He was there. I thought it was odd that he came because we never spoke to each other, but we did talk a little bit that night. A few months later I went to visit my old co-workers at a happy hour thing and he found out I was going to be there, so he asked me out that night. We went on a few dates and things moved pretty fast from there. I was staying with him every weekend after 1 month. We were talking about rings after 2 months. I knew he wanted to propose ASAP but I honestly wanted him to wait (I was worried about what people would think). I was only 23 at the time and thought what's the rush. But the more we were together, I just knew we were right for each other so I said why wait?!

He proposed after dating 3 months and we had a 1 year engagement. I was 24 and he was 29 when we got married in 2006.

I know some of my extended family members thought I was pregnant when we announced that we were engaged so fast. But then we didn't rush to get married and never had a baby, so...

[rugbywife]

I didn't post in the other thread but here is our timeline:

Met Jan 2009
Together May 2009
Living together August 2009
Engaged October 2009
Married October 2010.

So we did have a 1 year engagement but we were only together 5 months when he proposed.

Our relationship came to be under interesting circumstances, he was my teaching partner, he was new to the profession, considerably younger than me (6 yrs, 3 months), he was in an 8-year long relationship (unhappily). He didn't cheat but he did break up with his ex and we immediately started dating. We just 'knew', I honestly think we told each other that we loved each other within a week to ten days. He is genuinely the person I am meant to be with and vice-versa. My closest, dearest friends, say that he is exactly who I need, to mellow me out a bit.

My parents met and were married within three months and had a wonderful 31 year marriage that would have lasted longer had my mother not died. I think sometime you just know. I never had the slightest doubt. I just asked DH what it was for him, he sort of shrugged, then said we have very similar values...lol, hope it was more than that!

[lola]

We met in October 2007, moved in together in January 2008, got engaged in August 2008, and married in July 2009.

I didn't know "right away", but was confident by the time we moved in together that we'd end up  married. Best decisions I've ever made.

[rodeored]

I met my husband when I was 20 and he was 24. We ended up in a class together (me as an undergrad and him as a grad student) and he asked me for help as the class was in a completely different field then his undergrad degree. We started hanging out and a couple weeks later I broke up with my boyfriend at the time and started dating him. I think I knew he was the one when, after two weeks of dating, he drove 1,000 miles one way to see me and meet my parents over winter break. We got engaged one day shy of 6 months together in May of 2009 and that felt like forever to me.

We originally intended to get married the next spring by eloping in Sedona over spring break but we ended up waiting and getting married in the gardens at our university with our parents and some of our siblings in attendance in September of 2010.

My friends did not take my relationship with my husband well as they were also friends with my previous boyfriend. In fact I would really only consider one of my friends from that time a friend today after all the drama. My previous boyfriend took it really hard and was very vindictive for a while. He made up a lot of stuff that was not true and apparently they decided to side with him. I ended up pretty much living with my now DH right away because my roommates were friends with the ex-boyfriend and he lived in the same complex so it got really awkward (and scary when ex started threatening me). My DH's friends didn't seem to care and were welcoming to me.

DH's parents really liked his previous girlfriend so it was rough for a while but I get along pretty well with his mom now. I really dislike his dad though and I don't see that ever changing. My parents were ok with it and they like my husband. My DH actually lived with them for 6 months last year (without me) to apprentice with my dad.

Although it was hard to have to choose between friends and my DH at the beginning I don't regret it.

[pinkeggs]

We met at a mutual friend's house for 10 minutes or so. I had a boyfriend, but I though DH was so hot lol

Eight months later, boyfriend and I broke up and my roommate convinced me to ask someone out. DH had made an impression on me, and I wanted to see him again. I didn't know his last name, just his first and which program he was in. I used the university directory to find his phone number. I called him, reminded him of our meeting eight months prior, and asked him out. He said no because he was leaving for S. America for the summer (he was in anthropology). Three months later he got back, called me back, and our first date lasted about 22 hours lol We were basically living together within a few weeks.

My "yes, I am absolutely marrying this man" moment came about three months in. I had a nasty form of lupus and was on methotrexate injections once a week. They made me pretty sick for about 12 hours after I took them. One night DH was over when I was doing my injection. I warned him how long the night could be. He stayed. He stayed up all night with me while I vomited and sweat and cried. He rubbed my back and said sweet things. Then, at 7:30am when I felt better, I went to bed, and he got dressed to go teach his classes. He never brought it up again.

Married 8 years this August, and I stand by my decision

ETA: Oh, and my mom was thrilled. She met him shortly after we started dating and to this day claims she knew that day that he would be my husband. All of DH's family and friends were happy bu really surprised because he had always been vocally anti-marriage lol

[LaceyV]

We met in December 2009, haven't spent more than a day apart since that day. He was pretty much living with me about a week later. We got engaged two months after that in February. I came home after our first date and told my sister I was going to marry him. We got married in march 2011.

I'm not sure how I knew. It was just a gut feeling. We clicked right away, we clicked with each others families right away, and wanted the same things in life. It still makes me laugh though because I had been dating someone in October who was talking about getting married and moving in together after two weeks and I broke up with him not long after that because I "wasn't ready to settle down yet."

[nightandday]

We took awhile to actually get engaged, but I knew within a month that I'd marry him. He was dealing with depression and was having a really rough day. We had a dinner/movie date planned, but when I got to his apartment, he couldn't even get out of bed. I laid in bed with him and hugged him and we didn't even talk for hours. There was no place in the world I'd rather be.

[Deleted]

It was my friends 21st birthday. I took her to a bar and her friend knew of a party so we planned on that. We had to stop at HEB for something to drink our rum with and some cups for beer pong. We stop at the store and that's where I saw him. All I could muster was a quiet hi.

We were driving to his (our) house and I told my friend he had better be single. He was. I ragged on him all night. He ragged on me. I kicked his ass in beer pong. We got hella drunk.

I just knew he was the one because we got along so well. I liked hanging out with him. And when he asked me to move in with him I didn't think twice. We just knew that we were going to be together forever.

[tacokick]

We met when I was 24 and he was 31. We were both dating other people but liked each other a lot. We broke it off with them and started dating. We booked a trip about 6 months after starting dating and decided to make it a honeymoon. We ended up getting married just under a year after starting to date. That was eight years ago!

[redlipstick]

Lurker chiming in...

I met my H at a bus stop when he asked me for directions. We ended up getting a drink, then hanging out the next day, then the next, then any day we could after that. We fell in love pretty quickly, and he proposed 2 months later. We got married 3 months After that. Yep, going from strangers on the street to exchanging vows took a little over 5 months!

Our friends and family were all really supportive of our decision, which was great. I think it's because they knew our personalities and saw how well we suited each other. We had some naysayers- I think they were just looking out for us, but sometimes you just have to do what's best for yourself. It was a little sad too, some of the nasty things people can say to you. H and I were both serious, responsible, and had good jobs, it wasn't like we were irresponsible kids. 

Looking back, it seems crazy how fast it all happened, but we just had an instant connection that made me realize this was something special. Being together also meant big changes for both of us (international move, career paths, etc) so by our third date we discussed it and decided right then that either we were committing to making this work or we were calling it off before we got attached. When we started off thinking long term it kinda made sense to be like, why put this off?

he drives me crazy sometimes (like most H's do) but I love him to bits and have no regrets.

[Deleted]

We started dating in September, got engaged in April and married the following September.

We met in a college Social Theory class and hogged class discussion debating Marxist theory (natch). He told his best friend "that's the girl I'm going to marry".

A year later we dumped our respective SOs and hooked up that same night lol. 9 months later, engaged. We both just knew.

We've had a tough first year of parenthood but at the end of the day, I know I couldn't ask for a better partner than him.

[Chib]

Just like everyone else, my H and I just knew.

We met online and we had set a year from the day we started dating to meet in person because I wanted to make sure. That didn't happen 2 months after dating he planned an impromptu trip to come see we were inseparable with phone calls, skyping, and texting. We knew we couldn't wait a year to meet. When we met it was instant chemistry and I knew he was the one when in real life there wasn't any awkward pauses when conversing and the making out was amazing. He said he was going to ask me to marry him but my engagement ring was being sized so he surprised me with a placeholder ring on our 3 month dating anniversary because he said when he left back home to GA he wanted me to be fiance and not just a girlfriend.
A few weeks later I got my engagement ring, 4 months later he came for Christmas and the official meeting of extended family, and we got married last july and will be married a year on July 8th.

My friends approved him instantly they had saw how I was in another relationship that lasted for 4 years and said I was happier with my H than the long term guy. My family was like if you're happy we're happy for you.

[azurely]

It sounds cliche, but we just knew. We were pretty much inseparable once we started dating, so getting engaged after 10 months just felt right. I was 23 and he was 25, we were both done with college and had just started our careers, and we were just ready.

We started dating in August and were talking about marriage by Thanksgiving. We didn't get engaged until May though, after he asked my dad, and got married the following April.

We have been married just over 5 years and he is still my best friend <3 (balls love!).

[EmilieMadison]

Special Snowflake! 
We weren't dating less than a year, but close. We met in June and were married the following September (so 15 months from meeting to being married). We just sort of knew within the first month or two that we were great together. Our 10 year anniversary is this year