I am engaged!!!

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Congratulations!!! That's wonderful! Being engaged is great..Remember that this time is all about you and your fiance, so enjoy it! Sounds like you had a wonderful and memorable Valentine's day 2009
 
Congratulations Babyseal!



Wow! Engagement period is a lot fun! Please do share how your boy friend proposed.
 
I'd have to agree that the engagement period is very exciting and fun. Just don't make the engagement too long or too short. More than 6 months but less than a year seems ideal to me.
 
[quote author="PANDA" date=1234667110]Congratulations Babyseal!



Wow! Engagement period is a lot fun! Please do share how your boy friend proposed.</blockquote>


How do you know her boyfriend proposed?

Maybe her girlfriend proposed - this is 2009 after all. :coolsmirk:
 
[quote author="tmare" date=1234668015]I'd have to agree that the engagement period is very exciting and fun. Just don't make the engagement too long or too short. More than 6 months but less than a year seems ideal to me.</blockquote>


First off congrats! Enjoy this short period before people start asking you questions that you are too excited to know the answers to.



Secondly, you will need about a year if you want to have your wedding and/or reception at a popular location, on a weekend, in a season with good weather. Tmare had exclusive rights to her beautiful reception location, so she could set the date whenever she wanted. :-) I have heard many brides complain that their chosen date had to be moved because the church/park/country club/whatever was booked that day. If you are heading off to Vegas...nevermind.



And I will pass on to you advice I didn't believe until I experienced it myself: the marriage is a piece of cake if you can survive the wedding.
 
Yeah, I guess you need the time to book the place. I just know that it is too stressful if you try to plan it too soon. But on the other end of the spectrum, if you have too much time you can really blow your budget with a lot of "extras" that you just had too much time to think about. My brother is getting married this summer. They set the date the day they became engaged for 2 1/2 years later. His fiancee went all crazy planning every last detail and then had 1 1/2 years to think about it all. She almost doesn't even care anymore, she went from obsessing about everything to a "whatever" attitude now, it's just tooooo long.
 
Congradulations! Just one word of advice... most brides/Grooms Mom's lose their common sense... make sure to set a budget and stick to it....



Otherwise, let us know and post pictures when you get a chance!

-bix
 
[quote author="CalGal" date=1234668193][quote author="PANDA" date=1234667110]Congratulations Babyseal!



Wow! Engagement period is a lot fun! Please do share how your boy friend proposed.</blockquote>


How do you know her boyfriend proposed?

Maybe her girlfriend proposed - this is 2009 after all. :coolsmirk:</blockquote>


Haha read some of her other threads. i believe babyseal is the one that asked whether or not to buy her bf the mountain bike! :)





Congrats babyseal
 
Thank you all!!! I'm still very excited. It finally sinked in that we are really engaged. It feels different. Like....wow.i'm really going to spend the rest of my life with him.



Here is my moment to remember: He took me to Five Crowns where we spent our 2nd V-day, and I ordered this desert Souffle. On the side, there was a small cup of whipped cream with an Oyster shape chocolate on top. I really wanted to take a picture of me feeding him the Souffle, but couldn't get a shot that I like. While we were trying to ask the manager to take the picture again, he asked me if we should ask the manager to record it. I was like...umm..why not, just for the memory. As the manager was recording, we were like this is our 4th Valentine's day together. Happy Valentine's day and stuff. Then I feeded him the Souffle, and he asked if I want to feed him the chocolate. I was like sure, why not? I was going to feed him the whole thing, but he asked me if I want to open up the shell and feed him. As I open up the oyster chocolate, I saw the ring. Then he got the knees and poped the question. He was sooooooo nervous. He was going to put the ring on my right hand. I really couldn't think at that moment and for like the rest of that night. I cried too......He prepared this whole speech but was too nervous to carry it out. :-) He is soooooo sweet. He said he had thought of many plans for the proposal, and it took him so long to plan it since "I want it to be so perfect, but nothing is perfect enough for you. " I'm so lucky :-)



As for the date, his dad said definitly next year because of some chinese calender. But I will be so busy with work from Jan through June, and summer wedding are so expensive. So most likely it would be in September. So far away! I only want a small intimate wedding. I really wish I can have it at 7 degrees @ laguna. How much will it cost for only 50 people? Is $10,000 too much?



Here is a picture of the Souffle and the hiding ring. :-)



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[quote author="24inIrvine" date=1234686758][quote author="CalGal" date=1234668193][quote author="PANDA" date=1234667110]Congratulations Babyseal!



Wow! Engagement period is a lot fun! Please do share how your boy friend proposed.</blockquote>


How do you know her boyfriend proposed?

Maybe her girlfriend proposed - this is 2009 after all. :coolsmirk:</blockquote>


Haha read some of her other threads. i believe babyseal is the one that asked whether or not to buy her bf the mountain bike! :)





Congrats babyseal</blockquote>


Should I buy him the mountain bike now? :roll:
 
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