Engaged but don't have ring yet

Agreed, people put too much weight on the ring and the proposal story. If you both say you are engaged then you are engaged.

Your friends are shallow and full of shit. If you and your partner have decided to get married then you are engaged. (Congratulations!!) The ring and proposal are completely optional formalities.

They can kick rocks. A ring does not define a relationship. They'd probably tell me that I'm not really married because H doesn't wear his ring 99% of the time.

God forbid you guys put more importance on putting food on the table for your kid and hosting the wedding you want over buying an unnecessary ring. The horror!

Tell your friends to take a fucking hike!!! They don't need to concern themselves with your private life. You don't need a ring to be engaged. My parents have been married for 44 years and there was no engagement ring or wedding ring and guess what? 7 kids, 11 grand kids and a cancer recovery later they are still married!!

FOH with this shit

Our wedding is in 2 months, have a kid together, no ring. Who cares?!

You allude that the ring isn't a big deal but you also say, "I know he's going to propose". If you already say you're engaged/ planning your wedding, why would he need to propose? Because it is a big deal.

Our wedding is in 2 months, have a kid together, no ring. Who cares?!

Our wedding is in 2 months, have a kid together, no ring. Who cares?!

@janel because he wants to get me a ring and I want a ring but I don't feel it's necessary to be engaged. We believe in living debt free so we wanted to have some other more important things paid for before buying a ring.

FH and I booked a venue and most of our major vendors before FH proposed with a ring. Some people will never have a ring because it's not what they want, they can't afford, or for any number of reasons. A ring doesn't make you any more or any less engaged. People put way to much emphasis on a piece of jewelry.

You're engaged. Your "friends" are being a-holes. Quite frankly, your actively planning a wedding says way more than a ring. I know a few people who've purchased and wore engagement rings but broke up before they ever started planning. It's also perfectly fine for you and FH to both want a ring and the down-on-one-knee proposal.

Ignore them! Congratulations on your engagement. Plenty of people get rings then divorce tomorrow. So a ring doesn't mean anything...enjoy your engagement and don't let the haters bring you down!

My fiance and I were engaged for over 8 months before we could afford the ring. My parents knew and his mom, our friends, Facebook, everyone knew we were engaged just no ring because food, house, bills were more important.

FH and I were planning our wedding for about a year before we were "officially" engaged with the down-on-one-knee proposal and ring. We were both totally fine without having a ring for the time being. I have a ring now, but that doesn't mean that the time before I had the ring was less significant or that we were not engaged before that. A few of my friends knew and there were a few who thought it was weird and others who didn't care one way or the other. I wouldn't put a lot of stock into what they think about it as long as it's what you want to do.

My fiance and I have been together for years...We are engaged with no ring and we can care less what people think...We actually do not have a problem because we did everything backwards. We have our house...we have our careers...we have our child....and we have been together for over a decade...Sooooooo...No one is questioning our engagement at this point. They just want us to hurry up and get it over with already and we finally think it's time....lol

I got proposed with out the ring for six months started planning together. We had bad argument had ring. Congratulations. I must say it was worth the wait.

Im no ring engaged too! I said I'd be fine with a band at the ceremony but since he wanted to get an engagement ring Im designing it and its taking a while for it to come in. Everything is almost planned. Its really not a big deal

@nikki there concerns are that it will be more fun once it's official with a ring. Nothing to do with our relationship. We have a very happy healthy relationship. We're both involved in the planning, he picks out stuff and I pick out stuff. He went and booked the venue to hold the date after we found the one we liked.

Have you thought about ordering a faux E-ring on Groupon or somewhere to shut them up? You'd think the kid things would be enough

If your booking dates ect.. your engaged the only ring that will matter is the wedding band anyway ..