No matter how long you and your soon-to-be spouse dated or how many times you have been a bridesmaid in your friends’ weddings, there are some truths you just do not find out about until you get engaged. 1. You will not be able to stop staring at your hand. You have this amazing new piece of jewelry on your finger. That alone, plus the once-in-a-lifetime significance of the symbol, is enough to make you want to stare compulsively at your ring finger. Even if you are not a “jewelry person,” you are still obsessed. Our Advice: Everyone is going to want to see the ring, so get a manicure and be careful gawking at your hand while driving or crossing busy intersections! 2. You will have to tell your proposal story a million times. As soon as you get engaged, one of the first questions people will ask is how you got proposed to. Get used to it. Telling and retelling the story is part of the fun of being engaged. Our Advice: To make it easier on yourselves, submit your proposal story to How He Asked and put it on your wedding website too so your friends and family can get all of the details. 3. Recently married friends will suddenly become wedding planning experts and give you (oftentimes unsolicited) advice. There are plenty of reasons this happens. Some friends may be going through the post wedding blues and miss the excitement of planning their own weddings. Others may just think they are doing you a favor. Our Advice: If a friend offers wedding planning advice, take it in stride. Graciously accept it as a sign of their friendship. If you agree with the advice, take it; if not, thank them and move on with your plans. 4. You may not be wearing the perfect outfit on the day of your proposal. Whatever fantasy proposal you had dreamed up at the most romantic place in the world, wearing the most perfect dress, with the best hair, nails and complexion you have ever had, may not happen in reality. Our Advice: Your proposal story—whether it happened on the couch in your pajamas with no makeup on or in the middle of the Caribbean in a hot bikini—is more important and special than that fantasy proposal you might have had in your head. Why? Because it is your story and no one else’s. 5. People will ask you about a wedding date and location before you have even had a chance to think about it. You know how it goes: Everyone is excited. But before you have had time to begin working on your checklist, your family and friends are already asking for details like the venue and your wedding dress. Our Advice: If you have no idea where and when the wedding will be, come up with a blanket statement you can use whenever someone asks. Say something like, “We are so excited just being engaged right now. I am sure there will be plenty of time to figure out the details in the coming months.” They will take the hint. 6. Not everyone will be happy… There is usually at least one person who may come off as less supportive or elated as the rest of your friends and family. If this does not happen to you, be thankful, because you are in the minority. Our Advice: A not-so-positive reaction to your good news is a reflection of that person, not you. Do not dwell on negative feedback. Focus on the positive—you are getting married! 7. …But your best friends will be there for you. You will know the people you can count on. They are the ones who post five-exclamation-point messages to your Facebook wall the minute you announce your engagement, take you out for drinks the day after you get engaged to celebrate and tell you they are ready to help you with whatever you need. Our Advice: Lean on the friends who express excitement for you (and celebrate your newly-engaged status often!). We had the best unusual wedding reception venues Austin TX
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March 2022
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