How long after you met face to face, did you get married?

[Cdagal]

Met online in October 2008
Met in person July 2009
Engaged November 2009
Married March 2010

In love forever and ever

 

[batesmotel]

This is based on another discussion by another poster....


Anthropos: {EDITED}

I have a strange situation, and it's really starting to stress me out. My husband and I (he is the sponsor) started dating in August of 2008. We became engaged in April of 2009. We got married in August of 2010.

Here's the tough part. They don't know we're married. My husband insists that here in Canada people just don't get engaged, and certainly not married, as quickly as we did. He would feel embarrassed to admit that he got married so quickly.

So I wanted to conduct a little survey on the forum to kinda figure how soon after people got married after physical contact.

Me:
Hubby and I met June 2009, Engaged Feb 2010 and Married May 2010. All the time this was long distance eh. Appx 1 year. But we talked online from June 2008 thereabouts.

I too am a Canadian and I do feel a little uneasy telling my family that I am engaged to be married so soon after we met....

I met my sweetheart from the Philippines August 28th 2010 (online dating service). We became close and started talking of marriage in October 2010. I flew to Cebu January 4th 2011 to see her...Everything was fantastic! I met her family and I sealed our engagement with a ring on January 7th 2011.

I will be returning to marry Lylee this April/May 2011...

My family is concerned how quickly it took to get engaged...but we had to make a decision...I am definitely not very good at long distance relationships...

After we met face to face, it has been very hard for us to go back to being apart....Chatting on YM with a webcam just cannot replace actually being together...Life is short...so we're going to take the plunge...

It feels right....

So my advice to all those Canadians out there is: Follow your heart...not your crusty Canadian friends and family...

Greg 8)

 

[jdwhite21]

Met Feb. 14 2008
Started dating March 2008
Moved in together November 2008
Engaged December 2008
Married April 26 2009.

It was fast but we knew from the moment we met we'd be together for the rest of our lives. And we love each other more today than we did when we met. You know everybody is different.. doesn't make a marriage less genuine because you got married right away.

 

[RobsLuv]

Our timeline

Met online: Sept 2002
Met in person: Aug 2003
Got engaged: Nov 2003
Moved in together: Dec 2004
Got married: Sept 2006

Our timeline is a bit "skewed" because when we met online we were each only about 6 months into the divorce process from previous spouses. Mine didn't take that long (finalized in April '04) but his took until July '06. Had that not happened, we'd have gotten married when we first planned to - in Feb 2005.

So, actually, if we'd had the freedom to do it, we would have gotten married only 18 months after meeting in person. As it was, it was 3 years and a month, almost to the day. A pattern of delays certainly seems to follow us around. The only thing that took longer was our immigration timeline!

 

[imp]

We met face to face on November 26, 2009 and are getting married March 12, 2011. Had talked online sporadically since 1999, and regularly since the beginning of 2009. Even if you don't count the online talk time I don't think we are getting married unreasonably fast. We love each other and want to grow old and have a family together, that's what matters right?

 

[garytheoiler]

met online May 2008
Met in person July 2009
no formal engagement
married in June 2010

we really love each other and orayubg for the best!

 

[Stumpedmom]

Met online in yahoo poker Aug 2008
Commited to Long distance relationship Sept 20 2008
Met in Person in Las Vegas April 2009
Asked me to marry him there, but waited
October 15, 2009 I got my ring
July 16, 2010 we got married....

Just waiting on the FBI clearance and then we are going to file!! Yaaaaaayyyyyyyyy can't wait to have him here!!!

 

[Love_Young]

May 26, 2008: Met online
Oct 25, 2008: First said, "I love you!"
Oct 26, 2008: Started dating; hubby was going to wait to ask when he came to the US but couldn't wait anymore
Nov 12, 2008: Met in person; hubby lived with my mom and I in the US for 4 months
Mar 15, 2009: Flew back to Canada with hubby to live with my now in laws, been here ever since
Mar 01, 2010: Celebrated birthday and hubby asked to marry me
May 28, 2010: Said our "I do's" with friends and family around; my mom couldn't afford to fly, has injuries, and didn't have passport
July 13, 2010: Mailed our application off with lots of luck *crossing fingers*

Sorry for all the detail so I will make it simpler hopefully.

5 months: Was how long we had been talking before dating
5 months and 14 days: Was how long we had talked before meeting

1 year 9 months and 03 days: Knew each other this long before engaged
1 year 4 months and 03 days: Dated before engaged
1 year 3 months and 17 days: Lived with each other for this long before engaged

2 months and 28 days: Engaged this long before marrying; didn't believe in long engagements
2 years and 2 days: Knew each other this long before marriage
1 year 7 months and 02 days: Been dating before marriage
1 year 6 months and 16 days: Lived together this long before marriage

2 years 1 month and 13 days:Knew each other this long at time of application
1 year 8 months and 01 day:Been living together this long at time of application
1 year 8 months and 18 days:Been together this long at time of application
1 month and 13 days:Been married this long at time of application; wanted to be living together and start family soon

**Additional notes we are a US/Canadian couple, never lived apart, first time marriage for both, he is older by 4 and a half months, no children, no criminal record, and applied inland.

 

[shandymoo]

met online dec 2004
met in person aug 2005
engaged dec 2009
married dec 2010
applied for PRV jan 2011

 

[spacey]

began talking online september 2002
Met in person march 2007
Moved in together May 2007 talked about marriage from the begining.
officially Engaged December 2008
Married July 31, 2010
spent the last 6 months of engagment and first 6 months of marriage long distance.

 

[angtao]

Hooked up in July 1999 but have known him as an acquaintance since 1993.

Got engaged Sept.12,2010 and married on Oct.24,2010

 

[BaukjeBecka]

Met/started dating in Canada in April 2007, on my internship for university. (When I was 19)
He came to Holland for 6 months in 2007/2008.
I came to Canada again, for another internship and graduating project for 12 months in 2008/2009.
He came to Holland for a holiday to see me in April/May 2010.
I came to Canada to live with him 'ever after' in November 2010.
Still not married, just Common Law

 

[canadianwoman]

We met in Taipei in the summer of 2001.
We started going out together right away.
We were boyfriend-girlfriend in Taipei until the end of 2003.
He went home to Nigeria in 2004 and I went home to Canada in 2005.
We continued our relationship long distance.
I went to Nigeria in October 2007 and we got married then.

 

[emmagail]

Met/Started dating: March '03 in Ireland
Moved in together: August '03
Get engaged: Nov '04 (when she was pregnant)
Married Sept '05

Still struggling to get pics of us together! -took pics of her, she of me, very few of us together!!

 

[BeeSisk]

Met in London, England in July (or was it June...?) 2008
Engaged in Ottawa on 3rd June 2009
Married in Ottawa 12th September 2010

He's Canadian and my sponsor. I have no idea why your husband would be so hesitant to tell them you're married. If you provide enough evidence in your application that the marriage is valid then it'll be fine. If they still question the validity of the marriage then they'll call you in for an interview. I think omitting such an important piece of information will be detrimental to your application if they find out. Plus, as you can see from this survey, it's very common for people to get engaged and married within the same time frame as you did. xxx