How many years and kids later did you finally get proposed to? Maybe I’m just impatient.
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Got engaged after 8 months married at a year and 5 months pregnant with our first together just 3 months after our wedding. But we have known each other for years. I think it really just depends on the relationship itself
Got engaged after a month; married after a year; had child 11 months after marriage. Have been together now for 35 years and married for 34.
Engaged after being together a little over a year. Married a few months after that. We’ve been married 5.5 years now
Married after 2 months of dating 
Got engaged after 3 years. Been together 21 years, married 10 years with 2 kids age 8 and 2.
We were married after 6 years together.
I think everyone is different. There is no standard etc. You do what is best for your relationship. We were together for 3 years before we got engaged. Got married at 4 years and we’ve been married for 9 years. We have a daughter who is 5.5.
Is he working towards buying a house ? . Have you got money saved ? If the answer is no to either of those then he may just want to do those things first befor marriage. Since you already have kids he might not see it as that important. You
May have to literally tell him how much it means to you to be engaged to him
married after 7 years and 2 kids together and been married 15 years now and together for 24 years now with 4 kids
Moved in together after 6 weeks, fell preg year later and proposed to and had surprise engagement party that night 6.5 months preg, together 17 years n married 12, and have 3 kids, we where married about 2 years after engagement as bought house and had second child in that time
Married after 7 years & 2 kids together. When we met I expressed that I had no real interest in marriage anytime soon. Later, when I expressed my desire to get married he proposed 8 months after & we got married that following year.
Engaged at a year and half into dating, married at 4 years together and been married for 3 now. When you know, you really do know !!!
Dated for 2 years, lived together for a year before he proposed, married a year after that. It was another 7 years before we started having kids. Now married for 26 years and together for 30.
We were together for 1.5 years and got engaged, we started planning to get married then I became pregnant and had 2 sons. We are still together after 20 years but never married 🩷
3 kids and was together 16yrs together before marriage and now been married 11 years 27 yrs together
We had a baby the day after our 3 year anniversary. We got engaged, after almost 10 years. And got married after almost 11 years. We are recently married and our 11 year anniversary of being together is next month!
4 years & 2 kids — We both had been married previously & had a lot of damage to work through from those relationships. We’ve been together 22 years.
1 month after we met. Didn’t have any kids. Like someone said every relationship is different. You need to talk to your significant other
We’ve been together over 4 years and have a 2 year old together. I don’t expect we will ever get engaged/married. He made that clear years ago. But neither of us is going anywhere so 
Was with someone for 6 years (engaged for 4 of those 6 years) and we never actually got married, the engagement was just his way of keeping me around. Was with someone for 3 years after that (engaged for 2 of the 3 years) then divorced within a few months of getting married. Been with my boyfriend now for almost 3 years and we still aren’t engaged, we just bought a house together and are expecting a baby so it’s serious enough to get married I just don’t want to waste money on a wedding or a ring right now.
1 kid 10 years 
before we got engaged. Now 16 years together and married for 2. Wasn’t really my husbands dream getting married. I wanted the same surname as my family. We had a beautiful day xx
He said he never wanted to get married or have kids. I was OK with that. Proposed after 3 years. Didn’t believe him. Broke up, got back together, got married. 6 years in oopsed Baby #1, he was upset, then happy about it 3 months later after lots of discussion. Ecstatic at the birth of our son. 3 years later oopsed baby #2 (30 years later she still has him wrapped around her little finger). Divorced fairly amicably after 18 years and much counseling.
Talk about what you both want. Talk about money. Go to counseling together if you have trouble doing that. Learn how to disagree without arguing.
1 kid I was very newly pregnant with our second we were together almost 3 years
We were together about 3 months, got pregnant had our son. Got engaged when he was about 4 months old planned the wedding and boom got pregnant again. We got married 2 months after our second son was born. Total time from the day we met was less than 3 years with 2 kids and here we are 13 years later.
Been together 22yrs never married
Dated 3 years and 8 months before being proposed to. We have been together 5 1/2 years together at this point with no wedding plans as of yet, but we sold and purchased a house last month, so we wanted to secure some bigger goals before spending money on a wedding.
Together for 5 years and our first was 1 when he finally proposed. Got married at the court house a year later. Together 17.5 years now with 3 beautiful girls.
Now days, it seems people just get married without getting engaged. Years ago, it was a couple year long relationship then engaged. Now people have no patience, get married then divorced… 
So, i met my husband thru a mutual friend 15, almost 16 years ago. We clicked instantly. We were inseparable after the 2nd day together and engaged a week later lol… here we are almost 16 (Jan 8th) year and 4 kids later going strong and more in love than anything
Proposed to after about 6 months. Married around 5 years later
We started dating in May of 2022, a flash flood came through in August 2022 me and my son lost pretty much everything. My boyfriend said that we were coming to live with him. We got engaged in November 2023 and got married on our dating anniversary May 8th 2024
It depends on the relationship. I was proposed to twice. First time was just before one year. Second time(current husband) 6 months. No kids were involved with either at the time.
U don’t have to wait to be asked! U make the move and see what happens!