Hello blogworld. I just got engaged to the love of my life last Friday. The weekend was filled with an enormous amount of well wishing and congratulations. Nothing I have ever posted on my facebook page has ever had so many comments (ranging from congrats to congratulations) or likes.
It was great.
everyone talks about the post engagement "bliss" which I have to admit has been wonderful, we have been calling each other future wife and future husband and I have to admit I like the way it sounds.
Of course now comes the harder part, everyone told us to give ourselves a week to enjoy our engagement but we have already started looking at venues (gotta get em quick). I know the stereotype is that men take a backseat in planning the wedding, but i am determined to buck the trend. I may not make all the decisions....this has nothing to due with my gender but rather my knowing that my fiance has much better taste then me......but I do intend to be involved in the planning part.
To that end, everyone has told me about www.theknot.com to help me out....so I went there, a wedding novice (besides drinking a them) to see what I can learn. Was not looking for anything specific, just the broad strokes. So I was happy when I saw the title of this article on the planning basics page "Just engaged: do these ten things first" http://wedding.theknot.com/getting-engaged/engaged.aspx
I was very surprised to see that the number one thing to do after getting engaged, the number one thing to do, is "send a funny e-card:tell everyone your getting hitched with a video starring you".
Just like my father did, and his father before him. It is actually a tradition that goes back to Moses.
If this is the extent of advice I will be getting online, I may have to go with it alone.
For guys who don't know what to do, the correct answer as to "just got engaged: what to do first" is call you mother, then the rest of your family.
Hope this helps.
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