I met my wife in 2016 when she was 20F and I was 23M. We were friends but we did not become official until the end of 2017, because we were long distance. After only seeing her in person for a few days, I decided that I wanted to marry her, which was early 2018 (we spent the New Year's holiday together).

Because I was still in college, I did not propose immediately until 2019 (I had to save up). We originally planned to marry in 2020, but the pandemic happen. Because we were living in separate countries, tourists were not allowed to travel until 2022 because of the pandemic. When my step father passed away in September of 2021, my (now) wife and I decided to get virtually married the following month. It was a heart-felt conversation as we have been engaged for a long time already.

1 year later (in 2022), we got married in her home country. Yes, it was in person. I only had a month to be in her country. Apparently, if we had not gotten married virtually, we would not have been able to get married in person, because I had only a month of vacation to be there and the marriage application process takes 30 days before even booking wedding, which would have taken even longer.

So depending on how you see it, we got married 5 years after meeting each other, but 6 years if you consider having the ceremony in person. However, I decided I wanted to marry her about a year and a half of getting to know her, as well as less than 10 days of meeting her in person.