Just Engaged and Proposals — The Knot Community

crazyiest ever

Sparkles229 — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:31:14 +0000

So after 4 yrs n a house fire n which we lost everything we owned last yr my fiance proposed to me on valentines day. We set a date right away 2/29/12 and have been planning a full on formal 115 guest wedding...(no its not shotgun)... in 14 days!! I wouldnt advise it ever again lol but we fortunately have mostly everything done with 8 days to spare. So new brides to be dont fret it can be done in any time frame. I did hire a planner for day of coordination and making my centerpieces n decor n 2nd favors (uplighting too). That saved me so much time n aggravation plus she came up with better ideas then i ever could have w the time issue. So worth the money plus she handles anything that goes wrong day of. Whew. Excited but nervous would have loved to enjoy my engagement a lil longer, but we fell in love with a leap day wedding & the wow factor. Everyone was shocked!!

HE PROPOSED!!

jacksondevin1 — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 04:38:33 +0000

Well finally after 6 (going on 7) years, my boyfriend popped the question! im super excited. i really just want to enjoy the moment before i start planning, but i cant really shake the feeling that some of my family members arent happy for me.
I don't know maybe i just envisioned everyone being more excited when i got engaged.

help please

ginalei — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 06:29:24 +0000

how do i change my wedding date on my profiile???? errrrg

Brother Engaged....ALMOST!!

Nindakay — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:49:44 +0000

So I just wanted to share this, because I am so excited!! My baby brother (I'm the oldest of 4) just bout a ring for his GF. I think it should be here by the end of the week. And after talking to my mom today, I'm pretty sure they will get married this summer, too. I am so excited, because this means all 4 of us will get married. AND I ***adore*** his G/F. YAY!! What happiness!!

:)

Mom will think it's too soon...

elmeadors — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:14:21 +0000

I am soon to be engaged, and my boyfriend intends to speak with both of my parents about it before he proposes. My dad will be fine, thrilled for us, as long as I am happy. My mom, on the other hand, ever the cautious and careful one, who dated my stepdad for 7 or 8 years before getting engaged, will think it is too soon. A little background: my twin brother and I are 23, and we are her only children, so she's still getting used to us being grown. My boyfriend and I will have been together for a bit less than a year when we get engaged. We found each other on eHarmony (which I would highly recommend to anybody), and we began dating with the express intention of finding a spouse. This practice aligns with our faith and religious beliefs and values, which my mother does not share. He is 26, I am 23, we both have good jobs and have already discussed almost everything from finances to children to chores, and we know that this is right.

I am very close with my mom, and I am really worried about how she will react when the time comes. I know he is going to talk with her first, and while I know she will not do anything to try and deter us from getting married, she may not react favorably at least at first. She, by the way, had already been married to my dad for 2 years when she was my age.

Any suggestions for how to cope?

New here

maryrinne — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:22:13 +0000

My boy friend of 5 years engaged to me on 2/5/12 and we are looking to marry in April 2014. Is anyone else having a 2 year engagement? if so have you started planing?

18 and engaged :)

Britt1893 — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:37:35 +0000

Hi everyone! I am sure you have all seen my posts on here at one point or another. T and I got engaged June 3rd, 2011. I was 17 and I turned 18, nine days later! I am 18 currently and we have been engaged for 8 months now and everything is going perfectly! I noticed some people have made remarks about being 18 and engaged and how we aren't mature. I was just trying to make a point when I say this but isn't this website for Brides to support other Brides? Not to make comments and rude remarks? I may be 18 years old, T is 20, we are both in college and we have decided to wait to get married until we have bachelor's degrees and a stable career. We have been together for 3 years, and we have known each other for 15 years. He is my bestfriend and I love him very much. It is funny how things work out. But before you make statements about being so young, please remember it is how you handle your engagement, wedding and future. We decided not to rush into things because we have other goals. Maybe there are other 18 year olds that see it like that too.

Engaged! But I can't tell anyone...

Chloeagh — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 23:14:44 +0000

Last night I went to my boyfriend's house to celebrate Valentine's Day (my school is 45 minutes from his house, so we don't see each other much). I had a feeling that he was going to propose this weekend. It wasn't super romantic or surprising, but it's still so nice to call him my finance. And he's a jeweler, so he made my ring and hand picked the stone (a white sapphire with a bit of blue). I'm in love with it! I'm so excited, but kinda put out. We were going to wait until I was a senior in college to get engaged because our parents are against us getting married. My mom says I can't get married until I'm 27 (she married my dad when she was 23 and they got divorced). And recently my dad explictly told me he doesn't want me to get engaged. Most of my college friends haven't even met FI. But we're been together for 3 years and have been talking about marriage for so long, we didn't want to wait any longer to make it official, at least between us. So we'll be keeping it on the DL for a year and a half until every one we know won't either think it's weird or be extremely upset.

But I love my ring!

Engagement pictures?

joshysgirl1220 — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 03:48:43 +0000

What is or did everyone do for their engagement pics? We plan on going in a few weeks

Engagement Party

litlred99 — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:09:28 +0000

My FI and I were engaged on January 1. I would really like to have an engagement party, but don't know when a good time woulf be. I'm a teacher and have Spring Break in April. The reason I'm looking at that time is because I'm also the musical director for the school musical which is in May, and that keeps me very busy during the week as well as on weekends. Having the party during a vacation would just allow me to enjoy it more. Is April an acceptable time to have the party? It would also allow me lose a few more pounds.

3 months salary for engagement ring???

trancy211 — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:49:00 +0000

Is anyone going by the old rule that the FH spends 3 months of his salary for your ring? My FH is insisting on spending that much on my ring and I really think it is WAY too much! Plus, I doubt I've already pregnant now. We should save some for our kids but not to just enjoy life, right??

If he had spent 3 months salary on a ring, I would have smacked him silly! Then made him take it back. I just want a ring similar like this.

Am I wrong to think like that??

2 year engagement

xweddingbutterflyx — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:35:53 +0000

My bf and I are planning on having a 2 year engagement. When is an appropriate time to announce our engagement (to extended family, friends, etc.) and have the engagement party? Does it even matter?

XP: Wedding date bad luck?

crb2013 — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 04:14:06 +0000

What are your opininons on this?
We picked June 21, 2014 - basically I gave B a couple of dates and that's the one he chose.
I literally just found out that that is the day my parents got married on. Ordinarily I would think that this was good luck, but they divorced when I was two.
However they are still good friends and have a good relationship.

Do you think that this date would be a sign of bad luck because they are divorced?

POLL: Would YOUR guy wear a "man-gagement" ring?

Knot Kathleen — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:50:16 +0000

Mind answering a quick poll for The Knot Live team? Thank you!

Does anyone have a ring similar to this? I am looking for a lifelike picture! :)

meltanne — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 01:23:15 +0000

If not, any ideas where I can find one? It is not available in the store to look at.

Thanks!
:)

Rushing it or Divine Intervention?

joeyleon210 — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 19:28:52 +0000

I was engaged last year and broke it off two months before the wedding. It wasn't meant to be before it even happened. I was extremely pressured into the engagement. I started dating my girlfriend a month or so after and she knew my background and exactly what happened. We started off slow, but over the past couple of months have grown to a deep love that I have never felt before. We talk about our future and getting married and our lives, but I am just hesitant to get back into that when it hasn't even been a year. I know she is the one. There is no doubt about that, but sometimes I feel like if I take that step I will be rushing it more than it has to be. I want my friends and fmaily to have my back, and I know they will, but I still can't help to be hesitant about it.

Can use some suggestions from an outside standpoint.

Just engaged! Question about thank yous!

c0bester — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:44:32 +0000

Hi everyone! My fiance and I just got engaged last weekend, and his parents hosted an impromptu engagement brunch with a bunch of our close friends the following day. I was writing thank you notes for those who brought gifts and was wondering what the proper etiquette was for putting return addresses on the envelopes. For now, I just wrote our separate names and our address (we live together), but I wanted to buy a set of return address labels or a cute stamp set for the inevitable many more thank you notes we will have to write before the wedding. Is it tacky to not hand-write the return address? Do people generally put just the bride & groom's first names and then the address? And finally, does anyone recommend a website or place to order cute labels or a stamp set for cheap? Thank you!!!

It's official

ginalei — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 05:47:44 +0000

Well it's official the ring is on my finger.. He asked me to be his wife down on knees and all. Feb 15th @ 2am.. Where do I start now?

hair/make up trials?

craigdana — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 03:16:52 +0000

Hi Everyone,

I just got engaged two weeks ago. I live in Boston, but I'm getting married in Westchester in August. How many trials of hair and/or make up do people do? I found some recs here on the knot ,but it is hard to do multiple trials, esp when you have to pay.

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

Dana

the ring

ginalei — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:47:16 +0000

Hi, I am new here and I wanted to ask you what you guy's thought of a ring that is a engagement and also a wedding band. It has 3 rows a diamond's and a princess cut in the center. they call it a bundle package,,,

Help!

Toomer2014 — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:10:04 +0000

My fiance Cliff and I decided to wait to 2014 to get married. One reason was my mother saying that she wants us to get married in 2 to 3 years. And another reason is because we believe that our parents are not going to help us pay for the wedding. I want to have the big beautiful southern wedding but I am lost on what I should do or not do.

READY TO PROPOSE?

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Engaged Last Night Amazing race style!!

Dannij1214 — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:57:55 +0000

Hello all!!!
My boyfriend of 9 years just propsed last night!!!! I am the Happiest person in the world.

When I walked upstairs, I noticed that he had hung a note on the door to my place. It said “Welcome to Your Mystery Valentine’s Day Challenge”. In the note, he told me how I would have to figure out clues and mind-boggling riddles to find my way to his heart and to my destiny. I was so happy and excited!! Immediately, he gave me the first riddle. It was a simple one – “Miss me, miss me, now you have to____” Kiss me! I yelled. After the kiss, he told me that all the other clues are on his iPhone. I found out that he had pre-recorded some voice memos that had him speak the clues to me. To top this off, he had hidden several gifts around the room including one of my favorite movies on DVD and a two-night weekend getaway to a place of my choosing.

As we neared the end of the game, my last clue said “Hey Babe, this last clue is no clue at all, it is just a distraction to get you to turn around. Now, please go to your baby and hear what he has to say”. When I turned around, he grabbed my hands, told me how much he loved me, got on one knee, and asked if I would do him the honor of marrying him. AAAAAHHHH!!!! I could not believe it!! This was truly the best Valentine’s Day ever!! I am truly grateful and have not stopped smiling since.

Common Law Marriage???

lostinlove22 — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:10:16 +0000

My boyfiend and I have been together for almost 4 years and have lived together for 2. I know he's the one for me, and we have talked about tieing the knot for a while now, but the timing has always been a little off. And now once AGAIN timing is ruining everything.

My lover boy is going into the basic training for the airforce in 2.5 weeks!! He wants common law marriage so that I can get all of the benefits while he's away for 6 months of training... but I am feeling like I might lose out on a romantic proposal because he's rushed, or he just won't ask at all, and instead randomly drag me to the courthouse to "take care of business." Should I tell him not to rush it and make sure that he gets to do the proposal right or just take it for what it is and keep my mouth shut?

So I am thinking of proposing

BikerCar13 — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:23:15 +0000

So I know if I wait for a proposal I will wait forever. Hes mentioned before that he doesnt really care about the whole process (recently divorced) but in the last couple of weeks I jokingly proposed and he actually sounded like it was an option for him and since has been making comments about how 'when his divorce is final it will open up doors for us'. I dont want to wait. I am happier that I have ever been and I know he feels the same way. And plus it would really help us out as he just moved to the states to be closer to his daughter and I am having a hard time landing work in my field to move down.

Looking it all up I found theres a very old leap year tradition where women are allowed to propose on leap year and even theres old laws in some places that if men refuse they have to make up for it. Not that I care about that just found it to be a sort of sign.

So basically do you guys think its a good idea and what about the whole ring factor. I have a nice ring my mom gave me years ago and I figured I could just wear that or do I get him a ring or no ring at all? How should this work.

I said YES!!!

jasmahenry — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:33:57 +0000

My handsome boyfriend (now fiancee) took me to where our first day was and popped the question. :)))

what size ct do you think this is?

meltanne — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:40:54 +0000

I have no idea what it is...does it look like a 1ct or 3/4? It's not my ring, I just like how the center stone looks, it's not too overbearing :)

Engaged on Valentine's Day - Dream Proposal!

crb2013 — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:03:33 +0000

Hi guys :)

I've been a lurker/occasional poster on TK since B and I started discussing getting married a couple of months ago. But no ring yet, until tonight!

For Valentine's Day we went to the Columbus Blue Jackets v. St. Louis Blues hockey game - my team versus his team! I've always wanted to be proposed to at a hockey game, ever since I first saw it down when I was only 10! And B has known this... I've totally been dropping hints like mad for the past few months!

So after the game was over, I went pee and then came back to our seats. He said to me, "Even though my team lost, will you still make me a winner? Will you marry me?" And then while I was trying to say yes, he started to put the ring on the wrong hand he was so nervous! But it was adorable!

Anyway, I'm super stoked now!

Just thought I'd share since I am now officially a Knottie!

Engaged on Valentines Day to my True Companion!

Luckycharm87 — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:00:13 +0000

I am still in shock! After a wonderful dinner at home with our 3 year old and 2 week old , we sat down in front of the fireplace for some Wine and Cheesecake. I gave him my card first, then he gave me his- he had written in it and at the end it said " now that our family is complete- it is time for you and me... and I was thinking "what does that mean?" and he pulls the box out and says the magic words " Will you Marry Me?" I burst into tears and we hugged and then I said yes!

Waiting on the ring ...VENT!

babygrl283 — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:14:19 +0000

So my boyfriend and have been together for 5 years, and lived together for 3. I am 25 and he is 27. We're at the point where everyone keeps asking, "So did he propose yet?" "When is he going to propose?" "What's taking so long?"
Like seriously people, LAY OFF!
We talk about getting married all the time - stuff like the colors, the wedding party, the songs, etc. We've gone ring shopping a few times as well. I've told people this too, to get them to stop asking and they've replied "Well shopping isn't buying". LIke WTF!
Money is definately an issue and one of the reasons we are not engaged yet. We're trying to save and pay off debt (each of us had quite a bit) and want to have the wedding we want!
So how in the heck do I respond to these people that are asking me over and over!
Like it's nice that they want us to be engaged, but when I am, I will tell you! Stop asking me! You asking isn't going to make it happen any faster!!
I feel like it's going to take away from when we actually do get engaged. I feel like I'm going to be like "Here, we're engaged, are you happy now?"
wahhh how do I make them stopppp!