You dream about the moment, you play it in your mind, you imagine it... but nothing, NOTHING, prepares you for the moment when it happens!

We got engaged just a few days ago on our anniversary. He planned everything to the most precise detail, in a place that has such meaning to both of us over the course of our relationship. I knew that it was coming, and I did have an inclination that it was going to happen when it did.

But when he was standing in front of me, both of us so wrapped up in the moment, and getting down on one knee... I couldn't have wanted anything more.

I also wanted to share and say that there IS hope. In my previous relationship before this one, I was with someone who I had to beg to consider engagement and marriage with. He made me feel insecure and unsafe. I stuck it out because I am a little older, and really thought that this was my last shot.

But with my fiance (!!!) I can't believe how gentle, warm, and open he is. I love how genuine he is, and how I didn't even have to ask about marriage: he was all in, we could talk openly about it, and we walked towards this moment together, as a team.

May we all receive the love that we know that we deserve, and with that, joy and peace!

Hi! My boyfriend and I were talking about marriage recently, we always joke and it’s never serious. But today, when discussing engagement he said “it’s coming don’t worry” I felt awkward and laughed it off. Tbh it’s because I think it’s because I can never imagine him asking. Would a man say that if he was totally messing around?!
Side note, he recently told me he “will marry me one day” after having never said anything like this before…

We went on a vacation to Europe and I finally got a chance to propose to the love of my life and my best friend ❤️ Suffice to say, she said yes! 💍

I keep looking at the ring and I’m SHOOK
and I look at my man and I’m SHOOK

I AM SO INCREDIBLY BLESSED

Every 15 minutes we say
“hey guess what?”
“What”
“We’re engaged”

“Can you take the trash out?”
“No sorry I’m engaged”

“First laundry folding session as an engaged couple!”

“First grocery trip as an engaged couple!”

We are stupid silly over each other
🤣🤣🤣

It doesn’t feel different or real yet - we are still on cloud 9 lol. Unfortunately we both got sick after the music festival so our first few days being engaged has been full of tissues, tea, cold meds, and tv🤣

Ring:
FIVE??!!!??!! Carats
Emerald / Bezel
Hidden halo diamonds

it still doesn’t feel real!!!!!!! i didn’t think id feel very different afterwards because i’ve known i would marry this man for years, but i have so so many new emotions. i look at him and just start tearing up over him putting thought and his hard earned money into giving me this extra commitment 💘

how long did you give yourself to let it sink in before you started planning?

Got engaged a few months ago and wanted to share some photos of my ring😊 It’s a kite-shaped diamond with a custom band he designed, and I’m just so in love with it! He took me back to the spot where he first asked me to be his girlfriend, and this time he asked me to be his wife!🥹💕

Just excited to share that we’re engaged!!! He set up the proposal at the Opera House, a private tour, in secret with my best friend.
2 ct, Dark Honey brown diamond with inclusions. Exactly what I wanted! It was such a beautiful moment. I cannot wait to spend the rest of my life with this man.

Edit: Thanks everyone!!

He gave the camera to my mom so she could get some photos but we didn’t have a photographer or anything fancy planned out. It was perfect and now I need to share my joy with the world 😍

Edit: if it’s not obvious by the nails, I helped pick my ring out and knew what I was getting before I saw it lol. I am totally happy with the way we did this because, after all, I’m the one who gets to wear it every day! 😅 I picked a genuine sapphire as my stone.
We had this ring custom made based on my preferences, the stone is AA clarity and it’s in a gold 18K bezel set band. The inside of the band is not rounded but the outside is just for comfortable wear. Because my bezel setting is not cathedral set (up on top of the band) I will be limited to a V-shaped or semi-circular wedding band, but I’m okay with that and it was my preference anyway so it just worked out!!
Almost forgot- we went to a local jewelry store in our hometown and had them create this custom ring for us. TBH- they don’t even specialize in sapphires. Unless you want something really particular or special, any good jeweler should be capable of sourcing a gorgeous gemstone for you!!

Link to some better pics of the ring -

https://imgur.com/a/m5Ej1ED

My fiance chose another perfect ring. I didn't think I would like this style, but I'm absolutely in love with it.

I absolutely adore my boyfriend and cannot wait to spend the rest of my life with him, and we’ve been so excited to get engaged! Between the two of us being excited, and both of us being bad at keeping secrets from each other, I know he’s proposing next weekend. It’s not a question, he’s literally told me what’s going to happen.

I helped pick out the ring, have tried it on a few times, and we’ve already started the wedding planning. It feels like such a natural progression of our relationship (and I’m so excited!) but I haven’t told anyone yet because it feels like I can’t say anything until we put on this romantic performance for everyone else.

He hired a photographer and now that I know everything, I’m worried I’m going to look super awkward or be self conscious while he’s proposing (or worst case scenario laugh because I get weird with genuine emotion sometimes). Does anyone have any advice or can share how knowing about their proposal went?

This is definitely in the future, we’re far from ready now, but I know I want to propose to my girlfriend. The issue is she does not wear jewelry as she doesn’t like it and has bad sensory issues. I don’t want to propose to her with something she will never touch again, so I’m just not really sure what to get her?
I’ve seen some people do guitars or swords as wedding rings, but she already has so many guitars. Also she wants the proposal to be at a theme park and I’m not sure I could sneak a whole guitar in without her noticing.
Help????

If it helps we’re young, alternative, and queer.

What has they done to prove to you that you want to put a ring on that finger?

I’m not just talking about the easy stuff, but how have they shown up for you?

In love with my ring! 😍

Hello all! I am planning to propose very soon and getting very excited. My plan originally was to keep the proposal a little more private and intimate with just my partner and I on a little camping/hiking weekend trip (both our favorite activity) and I even booked a super nice hotel for after that she doesn’t know about. I was planning on just using a tripod to pretend like I was taking a cute or cool picture of us and then just record the moment and we could take more pictures together after. I feel like this would be easier to play off as being natural and actually making the moment surprising vs. a hidden photographer that comes out after the moment to take more pictures. I have a few photographers in my family and they charge an arm even for family so I guess that’s another big reason why I think the tripod could be better. But recently on our feeds a lot of people we went to school with have been getting engaged and I would say it’s about 70 professional photographers and 30 tripod/phone pictures. I guess my question is, should I hire a photographer or is the tripod idea still good?

TLDR: Is a tripod with iPhone good or should I hire a photographer?

Hi everyone! Is it weird or bad etiquette to invite only our friends to our engagement party and skip family? To give some context, we want to have a casual dinner and drinks, and we feel like a lot of our family members are either older, or way younger (under 21). Our families also haven't met each other yet and we wanted to wait closer to our actual wedding to introduce them.

In a couple weeks, my son and her best friend are throwing a surprise engagement party with all their close friends and family. Id like to get them an engagement gift.

1. Is this a “thing” or will I be “too much”?
   
2. Ideas I’ve had- a nice picnic basket w/fancy grocery gift card or a couples cooking class (I’d present the gift card in a cute wooden spoon or something).
   
3. I’d love to hear what other MILs have gifted the couple or what is a thoughtful gift you received at your engagement

Longgggg time looker on this page and I’m so so so excited to report I’m engaged 😭
I finished designing this ring December last year and I’m so excited to see it in real life 🥹 don’t mind my disease looking hand lol I had a bad allergic reaction to a jellyfish sting but I think the ring makes it look much better haha

I’m a jeweler so it’s extra special to see this ring come to life!! I really love an old mine warmer color diamond and I designed this ring with a 2-2.5ct in mind... I never thought my boyfriend would swing for it but he did and he picked so good😭 it’s so perfect and I’m so so excited!!!

Well, I’ve been in relationship with this guy for more than 3 years now.

When we first started dating, I told him i wanna get married at 25 , he said we’ll get married whenever you want.

Last year I told him lets at least get engaged(mind u I never met his parents nor talked to them properly on call). He said let’s do it by next year when we go back home, we we’re gonna go back in October I was looking for rings so does he and we finally booked tickets he backed off saying i need time to tell my parents.

His parents know we are in relationship not that he wants to marry me. Now its been 6 months he didn’t still mention this to his parents but I wanna take next step. He is saying let’s do it on our anniversary that’s in august

Should I wait, what if he doesn’t say anything to his parents

I don’t want to force him but i was always firm about these things

Hi all! I’ve attached a pic of the vibe I’m going for. My buddy did this at her wedding but she doesn’t remember what she used for the paper. Her sister handled the printing for it so she isn’t sure how they did it

Where do you get something like this printed? What type of paper? Thank you!

Super excited to marry my fiancé!

Long time lurker, first time poster.

It’s been a few weeks and I still can’t get over my beautiful ring….he did goooood customizing it!
2.9c center oval with round and marquise stones and peekaboo diamonds on either side of the ring. I love the milgrain detailing on the ring which gives it a nice vintage feel. We sourced the center stone and got the rest of the ring made at a local jeweller.

I told him I did not want a white diamond and he got a local jeweler to custom make a moonstone engagement ring for me. It has a feather design engraved into it and does have two small black diamonds as accent stones. He proposed this summer and I'm still in awe of it.

Hi all! I just got engaged this past weekend to my favourite person ever and wanted to share my ring! We designed it together. She's a 2 ct fancy vivid pink marquise diamond on 14k rose gold band. I have short hands so I selected an elongated shape and fell in love with the marquise shape. I choose a coloured diamond because I love blush tones on my skin and this one is a chameleon! She can be blush pink/white in daylight and a peachy/amber tone at night! Just so much personality! 🤩

I can't stop looking at her!! I'm now learning to use my left hand for everything! 🤭