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Creative ways to tell family and friends

Autumnovember

Autumnovember

Ideal_Rock
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Ok so, for whatever reason during this whole waiting process I have been trying to figure out some creative ways to tell the news to friends and family. I don't really want to do the traditional "phone" call or "text"...I wanna do something interesting and creative. I can't think of any ideas though, ha!

Anyone have any?
 
I have friends who had a baby announcement picnic, and they made an surprise announcement at the end, they served cookies on little pieces of paper that said "we're pregnant!" You couldn't see til you picked up the cookie. It was a super-cute picnic, and I thought it was a very creative way to make a big announcement.
 
OoO that is cute! Except I'm not sure how I'd get cookies out to everyone, haha!
 
Well, my parents and probably most of the family member (thanks to my parents :oops: ) know about the ring and the coming engagement. So, there will be no surprises there. Most of our friends probably think we'll be engaged soon since we've been together for so long. I don't know how we'll tell his parents. They probably expected it anyways. We'll probably say it together. Recenly, I am actually thinking about how to tell everyone. I was just telling my bf the other day maybe we should have a dinner gathering with all our friends. Then, after dinner or in the middle of it, we'll be like "we're getting married..." My bf was like "uh huh..." OKOKOK. Maybe it's kinda weird. I didn't want people to think it's a very big deal and it's all about us. (Even though it SO IS!!!) :lol:
 
Mostly everyone I know is expecting it as well but I think thats part of the reason why I wanna get creative :)

I already decided how I'd tell you guys...so far thats the only part I've decided on :Up_to_something:
 
Autumnovember said:
I already decided how I'd tell you guys...so far thats the only part I've decided on :Up_to_something:
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LOL! I was just trying to figure this out today too, how to tell all you LIWs when it happens. Then I realized I have no plan for how to tell everyone else in my 'real' life! Oops!!!
 
I had to consider you guys first, hahahahahah...considering you all have listened to me when I've been at my melting point :D
 
Autumnovember said:
I had to consider you guys first, hahahahahah...considering you all have listened to me when I've been at my melting point :D
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LOL, no kidding. Sometimes I feel like my real-life friends I talk to about anything proposal related are ready to kill me. (But then again, I listened to some of them, so now it's my turn.)
 
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Autumnovember said:
I had to consider you guys first, hahahahahah...considering you all have listened to me when I've been at my melting point :D
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LOL, no kidding. Sometimes I feel like my real-life friends I talk to about anything proposal related are ready to kill me. (But then again, I listened to some of them, so now it's my turn.)
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Since most of my friends are still single, I don't want them to feel like i'm rubbing it in their faces. My best friend knows about it. She keeps on saying how sad she is because I'm going to get engaged soon and she is still single. She's kinda dating now though.
 
I've thought about how to tell all the lovely ladies here, as well.

My only other idea is how we'll announce it on FB. I don't want to just change my status and say First Name Last Name is engaged!! no. no : )

I'll change my relationship status and update my status to "First Last is the future Mrs. Sanchez" I agonize over that : P lol

Everyone else.. no idea? Phone call seems blase.
 
I've been thinking about how I'll change my status on FB too...hahahahahahah.

I swear if there are men lurking here, they probably realize how sorta-kinda-crazy we women are :Up_to_something: ...I love every second of it.
 
Autumnovember said:
I've been thinking about how I'll change my status on FB too...hahahahahahah.

I swear if there are men lurking here, they probably realize how sorta-kinda-crazy we women are :Up_to_something: ...I love every second of it.
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My bf thinks I'm have too much free time. :lol:
 
I really like the dinner/luncheon idea but maybe with the napkin twist? Host a dinner party at my house, and get napkins with 'We're Engaged' on them for dessert! :)
 
That picnic sounds so cute! What great ideas you all have! This is probably the only aspect of getting engaged I haven't thought of. Great, something new to think about! How about a creative youtube video you sent to everyone? Or fortune cookies that tell them you're engaged on the inside?
Hopefully this is a "problem" you'll need to deal with immediately!
 
I like the fortune cookie idea!! I've seen recipes for them too, though I haven't tried to make them.
 
OoOOOO!!! Youtube video would be AWESOME! That could be a good facebook status. Make the video, put it into the status and let the rest of everyone who you havent told find out that way. Very very good idea.
 
OoOOOO!!! Youtube video would be AWESOME! That could be a good facebook status. Make the video, put it into the status and let the rest of everyone who you havent told find out that way. Very very good idea.
 
Have a dinner party for family and close friends. Once everyone's at the table, make the announcement. Tell your parents beforehand though!
 
Take a picture of your hand without and e-ring, and title it "before" then another one with titled "after", photoshop them together, and get it printed (like a holiday greeting card), and send. You can also use the same photo for your FB profile picture.
 
I really like the youtube video idea. I wish I were artsier though, I feel like mine would just end up lame.

I'm secretly hoping SO waits until mid-December to propose since we'll be home with our family and friends for the week around Christmas. So we could tell them all in person then. However, that would mean probably having to wait a bit longer for a proposal, but I think it might be worth it. I'd feel very lame calling and telling my parents.
 
Oooh! I think the fortune cookie idea is just lovely!
 
Oh! The Youtube thing sounds so cool : )

I think I read something about a similar idea on theknot.com (can I post this link? I guess we'll find out).

You better get started on planning it though :D
 
I've been having this same discussion lately. The BF and I share many of the same friends from college and we are all one big family - about 20 or so of us. I'm fearful that some maybe offended if others find out first.

So I'm hoping that he will propose sometime the week before our college homecoming, which everyone will be at. Then we can not put it on facebook, etc and then show them at the Homecoming Dinner or at the tailgate. I have the scene from the Season 6 Finale of Entourage with Sloane and E in my head.

One of my friends really wants to plan a mountain weekend vacation with all of our friends and the BF do it then so that everyone can find out together.
 
Probably we would have a dinner or something and tell everyone then.

But it would be cool to make a slide show of photos of us together (we have tons of photos from our overseas exploits) and make a cute video/music slideshow with Muvee, I would probably put Jason Mraz’s – ‘Im Yours’, I like to think of that as our song, at least at the moment :) and email the link out on Youtube to our friends. We could do that was the invite!

Its really to early for me to be thinking this way lol.
 
OoOoO I like the picture slide show idea!

By the way, it is never to early :Up_to_something: :praise:
 
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