What are your thoughts on my situation surrounding a longer engagement?

Hi everyone,I just wanted to see what people thought about my thoughts and situation on something close to me..So Im planning on proposing to my best

Hi everyone,
I just wanted to see what people thought about my thoughts and situation on something close to me..
So I'm planning on proposing to my best friend of 5 years being together. My plan is to propose to her around Christmas 2016.
We will both be about 25 by the end of 2016 and we're both living with our families.
We have already been saving up financially, in regards to our retirement, personal savings, and savings for our first home purchase. We still have a ways to go with saving for our personal goals like our first home together.
I am the oldest of 4 children with the younger 3 still in school, helping out the family here and there with finances.
Were both in understanding of having a longer engagement in order to save up more and to let things settle with both our families related to any assistance financially, mainly my side.
Without adding any more detail, to the community out there, are our intentions of having a longer engagement normal and understandable or would anyone recommend me proposing in 2017?

or:Hi everyone,I just wanted to see what people thought about my thoughts and situation on something close to me..So I'm planning on proposing to my best friend of 5 years being together. My plan is to propose to her around Christmas 2016. We will both be about 25 by the end of 2016 and we're both living with our families.We have already been saving up financially, in regards to our retirement, personal savings, and savings for our first home purchase. We still have a ways to go with saving for our personal goals like our first home together. I am the oldest of 4 children with the younger 3 still in school, helping out the family here and there with finances.Were both in understanding of having a longer engagement in order to save up more and to let things settle with both our families related to any assistance financially, mainly my side. Without adding any more detail, to the community out there, are our intentions of having a longer engagement normal and understandable or would anyone recommend me proposing in 2017?

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