According to brides.com (and it seems like they would know, right?) the average couple today is together for about 2-5 years before getting engaged to be married.
And, yanno, that seems about right.
But some folks just don’t want to wait. Sometimes, they’re sure. Or at least in a real big hurry. That’s what went on with the people who left these anonymous confessions about quick engagements. Let’s see just how long they went – and try to determine how short is too short. Random time references added for funsies.
10. About 5 months
According to some modern research, that’s about how long it takes the average job searcher to land a decent gig.
Source: Whisper
9. Four months
In 2020, it once took this long for a “rapid delivery” letter to travel the 500 miles from Nuevo Leon, Mexico to Dallas, Texas.
Source: Whisper
8. 3 months
Research suggests that’s about as long as some dinosaur eggs took to hatch.
Source: Whisper
7. 3 months
That’s the amount of time it took one weirdo to create a working bass guitar out of legos.
Source: Whisper
6. 2 months
That’s about how long you need to do something consistently before it becomes a habit.
Source: Whisper
5. 8 weeks (aka 2 months)
That’s the amount of time it takes a goat to eat an entire cart of hay.
Source: Whisper
4. 1 month
That’s about as long as William Henry Harrison was President.
Source: Whisper
3. 3 weeks
According to traditional wisdom, that’s how long it takes to break a habit.
Source: Whisper
2. 2 weeks
That’s about the time it takes for a vaccination to become effective in your body.
Source: Whisper
1. Quickly
That’s about the time it takes for you to read this sentence?
Source: Whisper
Get me to the church on time, I guess.
But what do you think? How fast is too fast?
Give us your opinion in the comments.