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New york times courtship
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2024. 1. 10. 02:21

Regarding duration between proposal and wedding, the UK poll above gave an average of 2 years and 3 months.

In the United Kingdom, a poll of 3,000 engaged or married couples resulted in an average duration between first meeting and accepted proposal of marriage of 2 years and 11 months, with the women feeling ready to accept at an average of 2 years and 7 months. Courtship may be completely omitted, as in cases of some arranged marriages where the couple do not meet before the wedding.


Furthermore, there is vast individual variation between couples. The average duration of courtship varies considerably throughout the world. "Southern Courtship" by American painter Eastman Johnson (1824–1906).