He Put a Ring on it! Now What?

You just made one of the biggest decisions of your life. You said yes! Who do you tell? How will they respond? These are important questions to ask yourself as you decide who and how to tell your great news of your engagement.

Who Do You Tell In Person Verse Through Social Media?

It might come as a surprise to you but telling as many people as possible in person about your engagement before posting it on social media is the best way to go. How do you think your mom would feel if she saw you just got engaged via Facebook? She would feel as though you are not close to her at all. Now in the same way, when you choose to tell other friends and family before posting your engagement on social media it makes them feel important to you. You do not need to feel pressure to tell people that are not as close to you in person but make sure and let those important to you hear the news from you first.

How Will They Respond?

Be ready for their responses. Someone might be busy and not get the chance to give their full reaction that they are really feeling inside. Don’t let someone’s reaction bring down your excitement. They don’t fully understand your relationship. What do you think would be the first question you get? No not how did he propose but when is the wedding date? Be prepared to give a general idea of when you are thinking of getting married. That can be that you want to wait awhile or some actual time ranges if possible. It is not a good idea to give a specific date before you actually start planning and finding out what places are available on the date you want.

My Story

Right after he proposed

The lobby

My boyfriend, at the time, proposed to me on our year and a half dating anniversary in the same spot that he asked me on our first date. Keep in mind our dating anniversary was a Tuesday night in November. There was snow on the ground and we were freezing. Tears of joy were welling in my eyes as I answered the most important question I ever had in my life. I was shaking with excitement as we walked back to my apartment wondering what we were supposed to do next. Right when we got inside the building we stopped in the lobby and called our family. After that we went to my room and told all of my roommates. Everyone was so excited. The next day we began calling our aunts and uncles. To our surprise everyone was asking when our wedding date was. We were like “we got engaged less than 24 hours ago… we do not have a date set yet”. We informed them that we were waiting until graduation and we would let them know a date when we set one.