{"id":704,"date":"2010-07-08T12:10:31","date_gmt":"2010-07-08T11:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asiansinglesolution.com\/blog\/?p=704"},"modified":"2010-07-08T12:10:31","modified_gmt":"2010-07-08T11:10:31","slug":"when-should-i-propose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asiansinglesolution.com\/blog\/asian-dating-news\/when-should-i-propose\/","title":{"rendered":"When should I propose?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So you&#8217;ve been together a while and you want to settle down.\u00a0 You&#8217;d love to get married but how long should wait to propose?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-707\" title=\"ringadingding\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asiansinglesolution.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/design-your-own-engagement-ring-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"ringadingding\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.asiansinglesolution.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/design-your-own-engagement-ring-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.asiansinglesolution.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/design-your-own-engagement-ring.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wedding Ideas magazine recently ran a study to find out exactly how long people leave it to get engaged.<\/p>\n<p>The results were very interesting. They showed that most couples will get engaged within two years of their first date. For the next three years after that\u00a0 proposals are very rare.\u00a0 Then they pick up again rapidly between five and ten years.<\/p>\n<p>However, if you have to wait longer than that then chances are you&#8217;ll never get engaged.\u00a0 Only\u00a0 four per cent of couples will get married who have been together this long.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, short &#8220;whirlwind&#8221; romances &#8211; where they had been together for six to eight months resulted in 6.8 of all engagements.<\/p>\n<p>Rachel Morgan, the Editor of the magazine added this : \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcCouples tend to hold on until their incomes are secure before  making an announcement&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>These results seem to indicate that if you&#8217;ve been waiting over ten years then perhaps it&#8217;s time to move on if you aren&#8217;t happy.\u00a0 Some men get comfortable with the way things are are don&#8217;t see the point in officially getting married.\u00a0 After all, they&#8217;ve already got everything they want!\u00a0 However, they might not realise you want to get hitched so maybe it&#8217;s time to drop some not so subtle hints!<\/p>\n<p>The good news is that if you&#8217;ve been together for two years then the odds are you&#8217;ll be getting engaged soon!\u00a0 If you do &#8211; and met through us &#8211; don&#8217;t forget to let us know!<\/p>\n<p>Happy dating,<\/p>\n<p>James Preece &#8211; The Dating Guru<\/p>\n<p>www.asiansinglesolution.com<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So you&#8217;ve been together a while and you want to settle down.\u00a0 You&#8217;d love to get married but how long should wait to propose? 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