A long engagement WOW or WOE?

I'm engaged to the love of my life... that's a big WOW.. so here's the story from then to now..I got engaged on July 4th 2015 (yes, America won its freedom on July 4th and I lost my mine... in a great way ofcourse!) Soon after, my wedding was set for July 2016. In our culture the time between the engagement and the wedding is generally short. When I say short it can be as short as one month. To top that, in our culture the bride and groom don't even set a wedding date, the families do that along with the priest and our horoscopes. So you really don't have control over when you might get married, the little bit control you have is picking a season like winter or spring (when most weddings in India happen). This courtship between the engagement and the wedding is actually spent in planning the wedding rather than spending time with your fiancé. So how did July 2016 become possible against such odds? Let's just say I had to be very persuasive with the right