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Just wondering how is FDS's opinion on how long before it's appropriate in dating before expecting a proposal if I started dating someone now (I'm 24, 25 in March). Is 3 years reasonable?? Or should it be longer? I know it's different when I was in my early 20s because I wouldn't have wanted to marry so young so yeah.
Edit: Thank you ladies for responses. He has told me he is serious about me and intends to marry me + that he is completely set on me. I just was asking FDS how soon is too soon to expect a real proposal.
As a 30-something woman, I'll back up what a couple other respondents have said. If you start dating when you are both 25 or older, 1-1.5 years is the acceptable time frame. Absolutely do not stay beyond 2 years—as in, if your relationhip hits the 2-year mark to the day without a proposal, you should be out of there. You walk out of his life, block, and delete. Do not stay one minute past the 2-year mark.
Any man over age 25 knows long before the 1.5-year mark if he wants to be serious about a woman. Don't let any scrotes or pickmes convince you otherwise.
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If you start dating when you're both under 25 years old, waiting 3 years for a proposal might be reasonable. You're on the border (24 years old), so 3 years should be your absolute deadline. But realistically, any man you start dating now will know long before the 3-year mark if he'll propose, so if I were you, I wouldn't stick around for 3 years.
If you're over 25 and he hasn't proposed within a year, move on. And if you're under 30, I would recommend and engagement of at least 18 months. This gives you six months to vet him as a fiancé but still a whole year to plan the wedding.
IMO - One year, maybe 18 months tops. With continual vetting. Make it a long engagement too, to ensure he doesn't turn like milk once you're engaged.
I'm 23, going to be 24 later this year, and after 2 years if there's no ring I'd cut em loose. Men know if they want marriage early on in relationships. I've personally been proposed to several times and it's never taken more than a year. If you're sure you want to be married and after two years he's "still not ready" or "not sure" then he's just wasting your time. I'd honestly say 3 or more years is forever gf territory.
The older you get the more you know yourself so yeah, after 30 and beyond a year to a year and a half are really all it takes.