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Lynnie
WeddingWire Administrator October 2016

Planning Timeline: Modern or Traditional?

Lynnie, on April 23, 2019 at 11:05 AM

Posted in Planning 119

Most people would say the planning doesn't start until after the proposal - but that doesn't seem to be the case with millennials! Maybe it's because we're waiting longer to tie the knot, but two out of three millennials take at least one wedding planning action before getting engaged. Did you get a...

Most people would say the planning doesn't start until after the proposal - but that doesn't seem to be the case with millennials! Maybe it's because we're waiting longer to tie the knot, but two out of three millennials take at least one wedding planning action before getting engaged.

Did you get a head start on your wedding planning? Or did you stick to the traditional planning timeline of waiting for an official engagement first?


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119 Comments

  • Lizzy
    Super October 2019
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    Traditional for the most part. We had been talking about getting engaged for a year, so rough ideas were discussed. But no pricing or planning happened until after the engagement
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  • Olivia
    Savvy June 2020
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    Traditional but I’m one of those girls who already had a Pinterest board made 😂
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  • SraDeCarrillo
    Super August 2019
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    Modern: I had a pinterest board already which I’ve continued to reference as I plan. We got engaged months ago without a ring bc FH couldn’t decide on my ring on his own. I started to plan venue and date. Booked a few vendors. We picked out my rings together. Then when the rings came in (like a week ago) we made an official announcement of our engagement. Everyone is asking when I’ll start planning and I’m almost finished planning already.

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  • Meghan
    Master October 2019
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    We did not do any actual planning until after we were engaged. I had a Pinterest board (who doesnt?) that I would casual pin ideas to as I saw/had them. And I followed a few wedding dress designers on Instagram. But nothing was officially planned or tried on until post proposal.

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  • Tara
    Master May 2020
    Tara ·
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    I suppose I was traditional, but I didn’t start planning until a year after the proposal.
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  • Mrs Sullivan
    Expert June 2019
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    I had a good amount of my wedding designed before we got engaged. We had been together 7 years already, and already owned a house together. I knew it was coming so I started already. He made me wait two weeks after we got engaged to put plans into motion
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  • maryann
    Expert June 2019
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    Traditional for the most part. I mean I seen and looked at things as a I cant wait until I get married, but as far as planning planning... I def waited until we were engaged...

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  • M
    Beginner May 2021
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    Modern, had my colors, photographer, venue and wedding party planned well before the actual engagement. We knew we wanted to get married but waited until we both had steady income and could afford it. However, none of the actual “booking” took place until after there was a ring on my finger 😊
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  • Emily
    Devoted December 2021
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    Modern! I started researching venues in my area (San Francisco Bay Area) to see how early they started filling up with events.
    I also looked at wedding dress styles and daydreamed shopping for them 😂
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  • Morgan
    Beginner September 2019
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    This is hard because we were talking about it before we got officially engaged and had looked at themes and stuff like that, but we didn't actually book or get really serious about planning until a few months after we got engaged.

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  • Mrs. H
    Master September 2019
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    Traditional… I never even thought I'd find somebody willing to put up with me for the rest of their lives, so I never planned any aspect of my imaginary wedding prior to the shock of it actually happening setting in Smiley xd

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  • WifeyPoo
    Devoted July 2019
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    Def 100% traditional. I wasn't even expecting to be engaged any time soon so I was taken by surprise. Once we were engaged we planned for a wedding the following summer just 9 months later. I felt lucky we were able to wrangle the venue we wanted.

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  • Laura
    Master October 2019
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    Definitely traditional. I didn't plan anything until after. The day after he proposed my Pinterest wedding board was startedSmiley smile

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  • MD
    Super July 2019
    MD ·
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    Traditional mostly. I made a pinterest board years ago and have looked at dresses and everything wedding related, but I didn't actually make any wedding decisions until we were engaged.

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  • Sarah
    Expert September 2019
    Sarah ·
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    Traditional, except for pinterest. As I was helping my sisters and friends plan their weddings I created boards of ideas that I might want for mine. My vision has definitely changed over the years.
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  • Lynnie
    WeddingWire Administrator October 2016
    Lynnie ·
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    Modern!! In addition to pinterest (obviously), one of my best friends got engaged a few months before me and told me she wished she had gotten a head start on her guest list - so I already had a rough draft ready to go! Smiley shame

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  • Angerra
    VIP August 2019
    Angerra ·
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    Traditional. We planned right away afterwards; but we were talking occasionally about what we would want beforehand so it helped a lot.
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  • Katie
    Devoted September 2020
    Katie ·
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    I had not put a single thought or taken any action concerning a wedding until he proposed. But ever since he did, I've been obsessively planning and scrolling wedding sites!
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  • C L
    Dedicated June 2019
    C L ·
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    Modern! We actually had our date and venue chosen and locked down before we even got engaged 😜🤪
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  • L
    Expert June 2019
    Lori ·
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    Traditional, engaged first.
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