Announcing Engagement...

aligross

Last night FI and I went down 2010's memory lane and then set goals for 2011. It was a very special way to spend the night together. 
We got on the topic of announcing the engagement (and just how fun it was)! 

It got my curiosity wondering... when you became engaged how did you announce it to... immediate family members (Both sets of parents, siblings, grandparents etc), extended family members, friends etc.?? 

Happy 2011 ladies! 

golden1215

Our immediate families where there when he popped the question, so that was taken care of.  But other family & friends we just called later that night or the next day and told them.

Steph0871

I think everyone but me knew it was coming, so it wasn't too much of a surprise.  That and we'd been dating almost 5 years

I called my mom and dad and told them over the phone.  Sent a quick text to most of my friends (in between dinner and the play).  By that night, it was on facebook anyway, so we just announced it to "everyone else" there.

SuperRNluvsChef

Pretty much everyone in his family already knew.  And he'd talked to my mom earlier that day.  He proposed at a graduation party for my college graduation at my aunt and uncle's house so a lot of our family members were already there.  I told my dad and grandma the next day before the graduation ceremony. 

musicalsunlight

Mine was sorta similar to Stephs. We were close to my parents house so drove over there immediately, figuring that everyone would be home (it was around 8pm on a Monday night). Of course my mom wasn't there but I was too excited to wait and told my brothers and dad and then waited for my mom to get home. We called her to see when she would get there and she got all suspicious but we wouldn't tell her why we were there. She didn't get home for another HOUR and so during that time we called all of FI's close relatives since they live about an hour away. I texted most of my friends and called my best friend. When my mom got home we told her and she was a little overwhelmed but happy.

We also went over to my grandparents house the next day because we wanted all my relatives to know before we put it on FB. And then everyone else more or else found out from the internet.

leggwilliams

We drove over to my parents almost immediately after to show them the ring, FI's parents had helped him pick out the ring so they knew it was coming, and everyone else we called.

graysquirrel

I let my friends know by texting them a picture of the ring when it became official. Our families already know it was coming-- I don't think that I even remember how I told them. It was pretty casual.

jenn920

We called our parents, grandparents and siblings, and each of our two best friends, who all live out of town (Duluth and LA).  Then the next night, I had a birthday dinner planned for FI at Chino with 12 of our best friends, and we announced it then.  It was kinda cute, FI stood up and started making a toast to celebrating with great friends (he does this all the time) and then threw in there that he got a great birthday present from me, when asked me to marry him the night before, and that I said yes.  A lot of the people around our table were clapping and congratulating us, but the best part was being able to tell our friends in person.   We kept it off Facebook for a few days until we had spoken to or seen all the most important people in our lives to tell them directly!

olivehim

Great stories!  We have a funny story about this.  FI proposed at his b-day party with most of our friends already present.  We had planned to have our parents over the next day for a BBQ.  FI came up with an elaborate story and plan to surprise them.  While showing them his new grill, he was explaining the new "engaging stone" feature that ignites the grill.  I was pointing to the area inside the grill with my ring hand saying "See, it's right there, look closely!"  It took a few moments for anyone to get it - his dad whispered to me "It's beautiful." He saw it first...then FI's mother who screamed and my mom jumped back because she thought something was about to blow up!  Then she saw it too...finally!  Everyone laughed and cried all together - it was an amazing moment!

SSaltzman87

I sent a mass text message to my sister and all my friends, I kept getting calls for 2 hours straight :-P

A couple days after that, my parents announced it at dinner with my grandma and a family friend.

Everyone else found out through Facebook since almost all my family members are on it.

FutureMrsSheeler

I got engaged during my FI's family weekend, and his family helped plan our engagement night, so his family knew already. But, I called my mom, who knew it was coming that weekend since FI asked her permission. And I called my close friends that night after celebrating with FI and his family!

tegdirb2001

We called both our parents right after it happened.  I also called my best friend and sister.  We then texted all of our good friends and my brothers.  We waited a couple days for our parents to tell our relatives before posting on FB to tell the rest of the world

tlbattaglia

I called everyone I knew right away.  Dad, then sister, then mom, then aunt, then friends.....

wittyschaffy

Our immediate families knew ahead of time and we had dinner with both sets of parents right afterwards.  I called my friends and family that I cared to tell about it personally.  Everyone else found out via facebook. 

europa494

Our immediate family got phone calls, though they were tough to reach at the time. My parents were out to the movies and his dad wasn't home either (his mom was in Israel visiting his brother). I got a hold of my parents that night and told them and they were excited. They had just met him the night before and it went really well (he had the ring with him and wanted to show them, but couldn't get a moment alone with them because I was there the whole time). We did get a hold of his sister right away and she was so happy. Once immediate family knew we updated our Facebook status and that took care of the rest.