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Announcing our engagement tiny rant

Lizbeth, on July 4, 2019 at 1:08 PM Posted in Community Conversations 0 19

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Like the title said... I want to announce to everyone and scream it at the top of my longs and take pictures with my beautiful ring and just be over the top, which is normal, right?
Mind you, we have told our parents and I have told my sister and I'm pretty sure everyone is more or less suspecting. But FH wants us to wait to announce it, we are only 320 days away to set date and we have bought so much stuff already. We are mostly done planning and we already have a photographer which is the only big thing we really want.
But he wants to wait more, because is fun, and I get it. Keeping this to ourselves has been very nice and easy as in no one is bothering us over anything. But, again, I want to show off and have fun, take pics and let everyone know... We have been engaged for months now, since April. So I'm feeling. A bit down over it and I did mention it to him but he said just to wait a bit longer.

I am not accusing him of wanting it to keep it a secret because he doesn't want anyone to ever know, I know he wants to announce it, we took engagement pictures and everything, he still wants to wait.

That's is all thought, thanks for reading!

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Courtney · on July 4, 2019 at 1:18 PM
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Has he explained why or when he would like to announce your engagement? I'm sure it may just be he doesn't want all of the attention.
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Lizbeth · on July 4, 2019 at 1:18 PM
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He doesn't want all the attention, and I get it... But I just wanna show off my riiiiiiing 😭
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Courtney · on July 4, 2019 at 1:20 PM
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Have you shown it off here? Since you said you want to show off your ring, do you not even wear it around people who don't know?
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Lizbeth · on July 4, 2019 at 1:22 PM
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I do here but no, I don't wear it around unless we go out to dinner or something.
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Courtney · on July 4, 2019 at 1:25 PM
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I would do what one o my co-workers did- she didn't announce her engagement but just started wearing her ring without any fanfare. It took weeks for anyone in the office to notice.
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CourtneyBrittain · on July 4, 2019 at 1:36 PM
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Maybe ask him when he would feel comfortable announcing it? It seems like he knows you're anxious to show him off, so maybe come up with a reasonable time for you two to show it off?
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Lizbeth · on July 4, 2019 at 1:37 PM
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I've been doing that occasionally... Even my boss saw it and asked about "the boyfriend" lol
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Lizbeth · on July 4, 2019 at 1:39 PM
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He knows for sure. And I understand that there's one tiny family drama he wants to see blow off before we announce it but that can drag for months and even after the wedding... He just says to wait a little longer.
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CourtneyBrittain · on July 4, 2019 at 1:43 PM
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Wow that's hard, I'm sorry. I wanted to shout it from the rooftops the second my man proposed, I can't imagine waiting as long as you have!
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Lizzy · on July 4, 2019 at 1:44 PM
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My FH our our proposal on FB live so I didn't have a chance to announce the way I would have liked. I could not imagine having waited over 3 months though. Maybe you can use your engagement pictures for a sweet announcement?
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Lizbeth · on July 4, 2019 at 1:45 PM
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That's the plan... But he insists on waiting
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Lizbeth · on July 4, 2019 at 1:45 PM
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Oh trust me is getting to me
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Merline · on July 4, 2019 at 1:47 PM
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We waited to announce our engagement. We just wanted to take the time to enjoy our engagement together. During that time we did tell family, close friends, coworkers, etc. We also booked our venue, made our guest list, asked our bridal party and I got my dress, booked our photographer and videographer. It really helped when we did announce it on limiting our guest list or feeling pressured to invite more people. It was my idea to delay the announcement. We were engaged Nov 3rd and announced it after the new year like Jan 6th. We're not really the type to post and announce anything right then and there so it did not bother us a bit.
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Mandi · on July 4, 2019 at 2:31 PM
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I would have waited longer but my fiance was anxious to tell everyone. I wanted to wait a week. We told our parents that night and I rushed to tell my friends before my in laws put it on Facebook. Turns out my mom and my in laws beat me to Facebook weeks in advance. I waited almost a month to tell Facebook. I would have waited longer, but we had an offer accepted on a house and I was scared i might burst if I kept too much locked in.

I'm annoying and would just probably tell him I couldn't wait anymore and want to announce next weekend. That way he gets a week to get any ducks in a row.

I'm just confused on his timeline. He doesnt want to announce til drama blows over, but it might not happen til after the wedding... how are you going to invite people to the wedding?
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Formerbride · on July 4, 2019 at 2:45 PM
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It sounds like you've already compromised by waiting to announce the engagement. So when will he concede?
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Frankie19 · on July 4, 2019 at 3:52 PM
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We waited a month to share our news because I wanted my mom and sister to be the first to know. We had a trip home already booked to see them the next month and thought it would be more fun to do in person!

However 3 months just arbitrarily waiting with no end in sight would drive me nuts! Tell him you want to set a date to announce, have one in mind to suggest as a starting point and go from there.
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Melle · on July 4, 2019 at 5:34 PM
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We opted not to announce ours and it was moreso because we aren't social media people and so I didn't feel like putting up something so huge like that was characteristic of me and didn't feel like I needed an audience for it anyway.
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Kelly · on July 4, 2019 at 5:43 PM
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Because we planned our engagement I had to wait nearly a year. It was SO hard! I just wanted to rip the whole thing off like a bad aid! It was so hard!!
But it is SO satisfying to see everyone when you do tell. I'd set a timeline with him and tell him you're going to have a hard time indefinitely keeping it quiet, especially as you told your parents, it's only a matter of time before someone slips anyway it might as well be you.
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D · on July 5, 2019 at 5:13 AM
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We waited...4 minutes. My mom knew the day before. Her parents knew 8 hours before because I asked for their blessing. They were her first call. 2 hours later it was on her Facebook. She loves attention. Not me. I did like everyone telling me I did a great job on the ring though.

If I were you guys I'd share the news already. Waiting will cause more problems since you've been hiding the engagement. Get it out of the way and start the celebration!
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