"Someone I was dating once told me three weeks after we had first met that she was ready to get engaged to me. That seemed a bit early and was before the "3-6-9 rule" was circulating around the internet as it is now. But it turned out that the 3-6-9 rule would have held for that relationship, as once the relationship passed the three-month mark, things turned all "Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!" Yeah, us getting married would have been a bad idea."
"Like most relationship rules, the 3-6-9 rule isn't a hard and fast one that has legal consequences or holds all the time for everyone. But it does provide some rough guidelines as to how soon may be too soon to make long-term commitments and how long may be too long to stick with a relationship. Each of the three numbers-three, six, and nine-stands for the month that a different common stage of a relationship tends to end."
The 3-6-9 rule divides early relationships into three rough stages. The first three months are the Honeymoon Stage when judgment can be clouded by hormones and sexual attraction, making long-term commitments unwise. Months three to six often become the Conflict Stage when disagreements reveal how conflict will be handled. By nine months the Decision-Making Stage arrives with enough information to decide whether to continue or break up. The rule serves as a guideline rather than a universal law. Rapid early commitments can lead to poor outcomes, and some relationships will not follow this timeline.
Read at Psychology Today
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