Average Amount of Time People Spend Together Before Getting Married!

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A new survey of newlyweds has discovered that couples spend about 4.9 years in a relationship before they get engaged or married!

The survey interviewed over 4000 couples and here are more of the facts for newly married couples:

  • They Dated for 1.4 years (17 months) before moving in together.

  • They lived together for 1.83 years (22 months) before getting engaged.

  • They were engaged for 1.67 years (20 months) before getting married.

  • The total average time they lived together before marriage totaled to a whole 3.5 years.

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