Of course there should be a limit on being engaged. That limit is whatever the two see fit. With that said, personally I wouldn't want to be engaged for a long period of time. To me, an engagement is in preperation for the marraige. So the marriage ideally should happen within two years of the engagement.

Limit? A man should know what he wants within the first year, within the first 6 months the ideal is there, especially if he is mature and ready to settle down. Some women get the ring and be engage for 2,3,6,sometimes 10 or more years waithing for the date to be set. The reality has hit home for those that wait for a long time, oh they know that he is just pacifying her with fake tendencies...why buy the cow when you can lock it down with an engagement ring.

I couldn't have said it better myself Sharay, but I would have to say that the standard engagement should be no longer than a year...year and a half...TWO years tops. If it's longer than that, than the coulple should remain simply boyfriend and girlfriend without the fiance title even tho that's kinda trife in my opinion. I think it's ludaris that there are individuals like T.I. and Tiny who have been ENGAGED for over 7 years....that's a dang shame to me...people need to stop playin house and BE about it. Sadly there are many people I know of who have like 3 year-5 year engagements. Honest, if you're not ready to get married, your simply not married. But don't tie the other person down with an engagement. I love my boyfriend, and someday, if he ask I would enjoy being his wife, BUT I honestly don't want to get married within the next 2 years so if he asked tomorrow, I would it break my heart but I'd have to say "no" 'cause I don't believe I'm ready to be someone's wife just yet. I personally believe that wives are supposed to do certain things like cook, clean, build a home, and support her spouse/family and while I would love and enjoy doing ALL of that....I still have my own indiviual desires and goals that I wish to obtain before I commit myself 100%+ to someone else as a spouse. So yeah, if my boyfriend and I get engaged, it would have to be like 2 years from right now 'cause I don't wanna experience a long engagement.

Of course there should be a limit on being engaged. That limit is whatever the two see fit. With that said, personally I wouldn't want to be engaged for a long period of time. To me, an engagement is in preperation for the marraige. So the marriage ideally should happen within two years of the engagement.