Where I come from, if a guy proposes, him and I are given a chance to get together a couple of times to get to know each other, supervised or unsupervised, preferably at the girl's home, in privacy.

If the girl expresses comfort, they may hang out for a couple of more times (outdoors) to test the waters and see how both are handling socialites and the like.

Families vary in terms of how long they let the couple-to-be see each other. Most probably they won't like it to continue for longer than a few weeks.

Salaam