Engagement

Definitely make an announcement! People will be happy for you. I'm in similar situation. We have started planning our wedding and have all of the big things done. We knew exactly when we wanted to get married (this October) so we've been planning since December. He's still waiting on the ring and he wants to do the properties proper way still.

View Quoted Comment Thank you and congratulations! I love this app. We are all strangers in a the same exciting boat and sharing is so much fun! I will look into doing something a bit bigger once the time comes. My ring should be arriving this week so it's all I can think about lol!

When we got engaged, we called important people first (parents, grandparents, siblings, and close friends), then I made a Facebook post after all the VIPs were informed. I don't know anyone who mailed out formal announcements or anything.

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I’m the oddball, but I skipped the announcement on social media. I called my close friends and family and am sharing as it comes up with others, which to me just draws out the celebration. 😁

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It's up to you. I'm super private and refrain from posting personal details about my life on social media

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Same for us. We didn't feel the need to announce it beyond our nearest and dearest closest people

View Quoted Comment I am an open book for the most part in life and with the friends on social media I do have. To each their own. I am just me and unfraid to own it 100% but also careful who I share with in ways since I know overdoing it can be too much to manage. I will give anyone a chance and can make a friend for life on an elevator ride lol. We all so different though, that is what makes humanity beautiful if you skip all the BS. We shouldn't all be the same or expected to be. There is no righetousness in anyone's personal choices in my opinion...only basic rules of respecting eachother as people who have feelings that need to be applied as a rule. I think it's as simple as that. Thank you for your feedback and Congratulations on your personal journey into marriage that brought us both here!

This advertisement not only makes no sense at all but you have also just offended probably every bride you insinuated possibly isn't "real" right off the top. Just no. You need help writing this.

View Quoted Comment Thanks. Unfortunately, I've seen so much negative things on social media. I even had a friend post a pic his daughter playing with her friend. Then spmeone comment "your daughter is prettier than the other little girl." Oh boy. The other child's parents saw the comment and got super upset as they should but then started replying with profanities. 😞 it ended up resulting in an over 200 comments back and forth.

Congratulations!! Sounds very sweet and exciting for your family. I think posting something on social media (or sending an email for older relatives or people not on social media) is just fine! No need to announce it in the newspaper in this day and age. I think it might be a good idea to wait to post so you can inform your VIPs first, but also to take some nice family engagement pictures to post! Or proposal pics, if that's included in his plan. Makes it a little more special and official than a "oh btw we engaged" text post.

My hubby surprised me with a weekend getaway where he proposed. We had taken a funny photo in one of those cardboard cutouts on the trip so I texted that along with an announcement to friends who I knew for sure would be invited to our wedding.


I’m not on social media and am more private too so I’m not sure I would have shared that. But DO be prepared for people to ask questions, ask for an invite, assume they’re invited, etc., if you post an announcement there. A few brides here got annoyed with some of the silly replies people post. 🤪
Congrats!!!! How exciting. 🎉 ♥️