DPP: As Time Goes By

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Hey shippers, Today let's talk about the passage of time, shall we? Here's a link to the BSG wiki's rather elaborate estimated timeline of when things happen in the series. (I used this to come up with a Kara-centric timeline as well, which may be a bit easier to navigate/more relevant to our discussion today.) 

At the beginning and at the end

So I wanted to talk about time in relation to our fair pilots. We have certain perceptions on how long things took based on how long it took us as viewers to watch them unfold I think. For most of us, it seemed like there was a long time of pining, and dancing around each other and USTing it up before anyone made a move. Does it change things to know:

--it was actually less than two months from the miniseries to Colonial Day?
--it's seven months before they get all handsy and try to frak their problems away in Scar?
--Lee has been with Dee for roughly six months and Kara with Sam for roughly four months when they declare their love on New Caprica?
--that Kara and Sam have been married for roughly 9 months when Leoben captures her?
--it's 18 months between when they sleep together and when they finally make up at the dance?
--their affair lasts less than two weeks?

What do you make of this timeline? Things happen quickly and intensely in a time of war. But does it surprise you that pilots spend so little time together in comparison to how much they spend apart (including those two pre-mini years between funeral and the attacks?) Feel free to discuss...or fill in some of the gaps in the timeline.