Dating is a tryout for marriage. Dating offers you the chance to explore and learn before you make the serious commitment of marriage. You can move in with someone and share different aspects of your life to test out what marriage would be like with that person. Its not, however, the same as being married.

How many years of dating until you are legally married?

While responses are clearly varied, data supports that the average length of a relationship before marriage is between two and five years.