
A close friend of mine even started planning her marriage with her boyfriend within a month after they start dating, and their reasons for doing so is because "it's a long waiting time for us to get our house, and wedding preparations takes at least a year. We can date while preparing for our marriage, it'll be just nice that by then we've date for at least a year or two, more than enough to be ready for commitment in a marriage."
Partly true. Because over here in Singapore it's freaking hard to get a flat. If you had been reading my blog for the past few years, I've been whining and procrastinating about how hard it is to get a place for me and Joeness before we finally settle down at where we are right now.
And with Asian's "kiasu" mentality, wedding preparations need at least a year in advance for the bookings of hotel ballrooms and restaurants. If you happened to chose a hot date to tie the knot, chances are you might even need to book your dream ballroom 1.5 years in advance.
For myself, Joeness and I dated for almost two years before we decided to start looking for house, then planned our marriage registry within 2 months because we've gotten a chance to select our home and it's the government's requirement for us to get married. (Sounds as if we're being forced, LOLs.) Even though we've gone through the registration for marriage and considered married for more than a year in the eye of the law, we've not undergo the Chinese customary wedding yet, hence in the eye of some relatives we're still not considered married (and hence I'm still receiving red packets from them during Chinese new year!)
Joeness and I are thinking of holding our Chinese customary in 2013, which means that's about 4 years after our registry. And plus the 3 years of dating before registry that's a total of 7 years before we're considered "officially married".
Comparing this with those who decide to start planning for marriage even before they date, this duration is almost 4 times of what they need from dating to marriage. Some say when the relationship is being dragged too long, the feeling of wanting to get married will not be there. But I beg to differ because my point is, if both parties are committed and truly love each other, it doesn't matter how long the duration, married or not. Marriage is just a piece of paper. Commitment and love is then the key.
Also, there's a lot of cases where couples already registered for a flat, and while waiting for completion of the flat they broke up and the marriage is call off. This wouldn't happen if they had dated and know each other better before applying for flat isn't it?
So my questions for you readers is this:
If you're single, would you rather date first then decide on marriage, or to decide on marriage even before you start dating the one you fancy? If you're attached/married, how did you and your partner started your relationship? Dating first or talk about marriage first?
Till next time~
XOXO
A.C.


























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