Introduce yourself!

[icekid]

jcrow- that picture of you and your boy is SO SWEET! love it

Agnes- I forgot to welcome you in your thread, so welcome to the LIW! you and your bf are just further proof that the LIW are a fabulous looking bunch of ladies

 

[jcrow]

thanks icekid!!

 

[dixichick983]

Me: Patience, 21

Him: Mason, 25

Location: Franklin, TN

Started dating: We met June 25,2001, but didn''t start offically dating until January 26,2002

How you met: We met through mutual friends

Expected engagement date: Very soon I hope. We have looked at rings for awhile and he has just been waiting to save up enough money( he wants to pay cash and not have to finance anything). I don''t know how much he has saved but I know he is almost to where he wants to be. I can''t wait!

 

[Croí]

heh, I just read this entire thread, all eight pages ! while I''ve been here awhile now and have ''graduated'' but I realise I never actually posted our info here and this is such a great place for checking up on details and not missing anything !!!

so here goes ! sorry if it''s long, you all know I''m a chatterbox once I get going !!

ME: Croí
HIM: Peadar

AGE & WORK: Top Secret !

LOCATION: Boston, MA
(he''s from here, I''m from Ireland (heh, like no-one knows that by now!)

MY NAME/AVATAR: Croí is the gaelic (Irish) for ''heart'' and is a nickname I''ve had for years, ever since someone from home told me I was the heart of the business where I was working at the time. It''s the name I use for everything online and some ''real life'' friends use it too.

The avatar is a girl playing fiddle, it was the logo for one of the Fleadhs (fleadh, Irish music festival) and I just liked it.

HOW WE MET: Work. We worked together for ages (over a year) during which time we were both in other relationships. I liked him fine but thought he was very ''military'' (he''s ex-army and never lost it !) and wasn''t too sure what the story was (and in any case wasn''t interested and wasn''t ''looking''). We didn''t hang out and weren''t friends; just knew one another through work. Mind you, once we got together, he did recall the first thing he ever said to me, so that was ''hmmmmmmmmm'' !

HOW WE ''REALLY'' MET: Early December 2002 - I was at work and upset (had been crying) because it was going to be my first Christmas single and out of the place I had called ''home'' with my ex for eight years. I was having a really hard time. He came by my desk and rather than walking away embarassed when he saw the state of me, he (COMPLETELY out of character) gave me a spontaneous hug.
That was it !!!

TALK OF SPARKS !!!!!!!!!!!! wow-ee !

After that we were hyper-aware of each other and just drawn like magnets !
It wasn''t that easy though, with work and my emotional state and all sorts of stuff (his relationship was ending too). I felt I couldn''t take all that on. So it took another few months for us to get together but really there was never a question that we wouldn''t. It was all too strong and too ''right''. There were innumerable walks, lunches and long, long phone-calls and a lot of support, shoulder-to-cry-on stuff (by him for me) and one day I just decided to stop being afraid of letting him into my heart and I made a conscious decision to try to go forward without letting my past disappointments affect what was going on with us, telling myself he wasn''t ''him'', they are not all ''the same''.
Once I did that, he just fulfilled all my hopes - he promised he would never let me down and he never has. He is my rock and my safe harbour and the star I make all my wishes on.
I am so grateful, every day, for the blessing of him.

PROGRESSION: Moved in together in December 2003, were on a weekend away in October 2004 when he took me into a shop looking at rings. I was astounded - in fact, I kind of went into shock, we had to leave the shop and go for a drink !

PROPOSED: At home, on the sofa, January 17th, 2005 - I thought I''d die with joy ! (JCJD, only realised on this thread that it was your birthday ! I''ll never forget your b-day now!)

WEDDING: Church, April 30th, 2005, Reception, May 1st, 2005. Yes, crazy ! Just fourteen weeks to plan our wedding - but it couldn''t have been more special if I''d planned it for fourteen months or years - I just couldn''t WAIT to marry him !!! Literally !!!

Without a doubt, the most amazing, wonderful, joyful, happy, INCREDIBLE weekend of my life.

that''s it !!

NEXT: house, deciding where to live ........

 

[Angel7]

Hi guys, I never introduced myself.

Me: 26
Him: 26
Location: Chicago, IL
Started Dating: 03/04/03
How you met: We pretty much grew up together. Met him in high school when we were 15, we became best friends and then about 10 years later decided hey, we both have dated crappy people that didn't work out well, how about we try to date each other?

So, here we are now!!!!
Expected engagement date: Oh god I have no idea. Just like looking at rings and I HOPE he lets me go with him because I have seen his taste and expertise and HE NEEDS HELP!!

 

[MissAva]

Date: 8/23/2005 5:54:00 PM
Author: Angel7
Hi guys, I never introduced myself.

Me: 26
Him: 26
Location: Chicago, IL
Started Dating: 03/04/03
How you met: We pretty much grew up together. Met him in high school when we were 15, we became best friends and then about 10 years later decided hey, we both have dated crappy people that didn''t work out well, how about we try to date each other?

So, here we are now!!!!
Expected engagement date: Oh god I have no idea. Just like looking at rings and I HOPE he lets me go with him because I have seen his taste and expertise and HE NEEDS HELP!!

Dont they all?

 

[flutterby]

Another girl from Chicago,glad to hear from you Angel7. Hopefully he will help you pick out the ring, have you dropped hints? I talked about how in britain its the first big decision a couple makes TOGETHER, that seemed to work, as I seem to have all the say, its to the point the jeweler calls me not him.

 

[Angel7]

Date: 8/25/2005 10:45:13 AM
Author: msflutter
Another girl from Chicago,glad to hear from you Angel7. Hopefully he will help you pick out the ring, have you dropped hints? I talked about how in britain its the first big decision a couple makes TOGETHER, that seemed to work, as I seem to have all the say, its to the point the jeweler calls me not him.

He knows the type of ring I want. To be honest, I think I scared him and his wallet a bit!!

 

[stacyQ]

Me: 27
Him: 29
Location: Dallas TX
Met: American Singles
Started dating: Oct 2004
Engaged: probably never, but I am still hoping (I am going to amend my prophecy written when I was upset. He said "boy soon".

)

More about us: I am a neuropsychologist at a med school, he is a mortgage broker looking to go back to law school. We have lived together for most of our relationship, but as some of my other posts have documented that hasn't always been easy. I will post some pics when I get them.......

 

[VuittonGal]

Me: Kristin, 27
Him: Jonathan, 26
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Started dating: September 11, 2004
How you met: Through a mutual friend at a Pitt football game
Expected engagement date: Within the next few months

 

[sarita]

Me: Sarah, 22 (23 in a little over a month), bank teller/student
Him: Dario (middle name per his request), 26, Engineering gradstudent/lab assitant
Location: in Beltsville Maryland, near DC
Started dating: December 2000, moved in together end of Februrary 2004
How you met: Through an online message/debate board. We chatted only for the first 2 yrs or so, until I finally agreed to meet in person. (I was scared to death of how awkward it would be after knowing each other so well online). We hung out intermittently for the first year and began officially dating after that.
Expected engagement date: Sometime next year, hopefully sooner rather than later.
Anything else you want to add?: On the night we both decided to acknowledge we were more than good friends we had gone out to see the film CastAway with a friend and her blind date. When we dropped her off home that night after the movie I noticed the moon from the parking lot - it has a faint milky-white ring around it. I don''t know what that means (never looked it up in an almanac, etc) but I thought it was a cool sign. I asked everyone else if they saw it too, just to make sure I wasn''t crazy!

 

[plantationcatt]

Hey yall!

Me: Catherine, 20 (Urban and Regional Planning/Historic Preservation Student)
Him: Joel, 20 (Christian Education Student)
Location: Me, Greenville NC; him, Misenheimer NC
How We Met: Long and twisted story...but the first time we actually met was in 5th grade, and we became close friends until junior year of high school when I finally got up the guts to tell him I liked him...Actually I tried for about 45 minutes on the phone to get up the guts...I kept telling him I was blushing too hard to tell him what I wanted to tell him. But after I got out the words, he said, "Good, because I''ve liked you for a long time!" Hence, the rest of the story.
Started Dating: December 11, 2001
Expected Date: Between May and December of 2006, perhaps. We know it''s coming, it''s a logistics matter.
Anything else: So good to have some empathy!

The picture of us this past weekend, grilling out (the boy knows how to cook, too--he got it from the Italian grandmother--he makes calzones from scratch! Damn, am I lucky!)

 

[sizedoesmatter]

Me: 27 (network technician)
Him: 36 (Director of finance)

Location: He lives in new jersey; i live in new york (i''m not moving in until i get a ring...i guess i want to be at least a little traditional...LOL)

Started dating: October 30 2004.

How you met: We met through a mutual friend.

Expected engagment: soon since we have already begun looking at rings...

 

[LisaV]

Me: Lisa [21, grad student, Princeton Theological Seminary]
Him: Jamie [23, grad student, UW Madison]
Met: A year ago Sept. 15th, met at church and ended up going for coffee and talking until 3am. fun!
Progression: At Christmas we exchanged promise rings b/c I was going overseas to france for six months. We weren''t sure if the relationship would survive, but we wanted to promise to try to make it work, bc we both saw it going somewhere. When I got back I spent the summer by him to make sure we could also do the short distance relationship thing [as we worked at LD] and that worked out too, so now I''m out on the east coast waiting for him to finish his degree and come join me!!
Expected Engagement: Maybe, maybe maybe this weekend. He was going to do it on Sept. 15th, but the ring wasn''t finished and I was absolutely crushed b/c I had so hoped for it to be then. I pointed out that he could have done it without the ring, but...he wanted to do it his way. I get to see him next this weekend, and he wants to get married in the summer, and I''ve told him this is basically the last weekend he can ask and still give me enough time to plan a summer wedding, so we''ll see. I think he has the ring now, so fingers are crossed. My mom has already started planning [he asked them a month ago!] and is driving me up the wall, but soon I hope to be sporting a ring and trying on dresses!

...gah! boys are dumb sometimes! He keeps on the one hand hinting to the fact that he''ll propose this weekend, then he asks for my plans for November. I''ve made it very clear that I will not plan on marriage until he asks, so I won''t figure it in to my reasoning, but at the same time, who flies where when will be very determined by this weekend, so if he does ask I don''t want all our plane tix to be pre paid for and unchangeable.

I think thats it *ring vibes* to everyone!!

 

[Lunch@Tiffany]

Me: Christine, 24

Him: Justin, 27

Location: NYC

Started dating: October 26, 1994/Summer 2003

How you met: Originally, a high school play, after which we had a brief but very significant relationship... we thought about each other for almost a decade, and then found each other on Classmates.com!

(I had tried numerous other ways to find him; interesting that the first and most direct route I tried ended up working years later when he finally signed up!)

Expected engagement date: We had a big discussion of "boy soon" vs. "girl soon" in early spring and had pegged Spring 2006 as our mutual target (hoping for an October 2007 wedding)... but as he needs to get his act together a bit more, and after my recent imposition of some "space", I'm hesitant to really peg it right now. We are going to Ireland in May '06, however, which seems like a rather romantic place to propose...

Anything else you want to add?: I don't post very much but I'm glad this site is here. As noted in a previous thread, The Knot's section for not-yet-engaged ladies is spiteful and awful. My co-worker teases me ALL the time for having my future with this guy so "planned out" (insofar as we've actually discussed marriage and approximate timelines to make sure we're on the same page, and that he knows the ring I want, and that I've given a lot of thought to what I want for my future wedding), but I'm glad there are others who understand that it's perhaps not so appealing to leave one of the biggest decisions/events/transitions of your life to the romantic notion of "total surprise". Justin's glad I know what I want; he knows I'm opinionated and he'd be nervous as hell picking out a ring totally blind to my preferences, or proposing to me if he didn't know if I was thinking about marriage yet! And, as I've pointed out to him, I'll be a less stressed-out fiancee if I start my wedding planning with a small, edited cluster of already-investigated options to choose from, rather than starting my research from scratch when the ring's on my finger!

 

[Hunali]

Me: 25 (med student)
Him: 31 (resident)
Started dating: 07/29/04
How you met: set up
Expected engagement date: Hopefully within the next couple of months! I''ve been impatiently waiting and waiting and waiting.........

 

[Blue824]

Welcome to all of the new Ladies in Waiting! As always, I think we all wish you short stays!

Lunch@Tiffany - I love your story and how you guys finally ended up after a decade apart, that is really sweet!

It automatically hyperlinks your name, oops!

 

[ellewoods]

Me: Elle, 27, student/lawyer

Him: B, 29, lawyer

Locations: I''m on one coast, he''s on another (its temporary, we''ll be together on the left coast in the spring)

How long together: 6 years, 6 months

How you met: college

Some background: We met in college and dated for about 2.5 years. Then our graduate school goals took us across the country from each other. Through 4 years of very long distance we stayed together. We planned to finally move to the same location together this fall. But an unexpected but great opportunity came up for me to pursue advanced education across the country (yet again). We are still together but the distance is extremely tough. We both feel its time to settle down with each other in the same place, and we know we''ll do that when I move back. But it''s hard to determine if we should get engaged now, or wait. I am highly in favor of getting engaged sooner rather than later, even if we''re apart. For sure I''d estimate an engagement within the next 6 months. If it hasn''t happened in about 4 months (our 7 year anniversary) then I''m going to turn into a monster.

I am especially excited today because tonight he suggested we make appointments with some jewelers and go look at rings in a couple weeks when he comes to visit.

Woo hoo! He also wants to see/hear about the research I''ve already done about where to buy diamonds/settings, averages of prices for what we''re looking for, etc.

Expected engagement date: 2-6 months

Anything else you''d like to add: I am in the New York City area and I would love any suggestions regarding jewelers to visit for a diamond and/or settings. I am aiming for a emerald cut stone, carat to be determined still, but we''ve talked about 1.5-2 carats. I actually want to find something exactly like my avatar, if anyone has seen that setting before and knows where it came from I''d be eternally grateful for the information!

 

[MissAva]

Ha! I take it you are a Legally Blonde fan? I would say visit Facets ASAP! Very friendly.

 

[ellewoods]

Hi Matatora!

I''m the biggest L.B. fan in the world!

In some funny ways my life parallels hers (well not the fabulously wealthy family and Porche Boxter part!)...but a girl can dream right?

Thanks for the advice on Signed Pieces. Have you heard anything about Engagement Rings Direct? I''ve been searching through their loose diamonds and they seem to have very good prices. But then again I am very new and not good at figuring out what all the specifications mean yet either.

 

[MissAva]

No worries you will get there! If you do a search for ERD you will find a number of threads about them!

 

[azure13NJ]

Ok, I''m taking the plunge and emerging out of lurker-hood with an introduction!

ME: Jasmine, 24
HIM: Joe, 24
LOCATION: New Jersey
STARTED DATING: May 1, 2001
HOW WE MEET: Honestly, drunk at a frat party our Freshman year at Rutgers, then we re-met, drunk, at another party our sophomore year. Somehow we clicked that day and were inseparable ever since.

EXPECTED ENGAGEMENT DATE: Well.. I know he''s ring shopping, but honestly I have no clue. I''m hoping before this year is out. But if I have to wait, I will- I just won''t be happy about it!

ANYTHING ELSE: I cannot wait to be his fiancee!!!

 

[goldengirl]

A huge round of welcomes to all the new, recent, and OG LIWs!!!

 

[CoutureFemme]

Me: Veronica, 23 medical office manager
Him: Jon, 23 design student
Location: San Francisco, CA
How you met: we actually met at church...when we were 3 years old we didn't get to know each other really well until I moved back from MN after college! and the rest is history - we're inseparable now!
Expected engagement date: he says within the next TWO years, but we've started on the e-ring process, though. yay!
Anything else: thanks for the opportunity to introduce my bf and myself - i'm a former lurker and intend to lurk no more!

 

[ello]

Me: 28, Him: 36

 

[SoonIHope]

ME: 24

HIM: 25

LOCATION: NYC (Astoria to be precise)

STARTED DATING: October 12, 2002

HOW WE MET: Through a mutual friend in 1999. Dated briefly, stopped talking for a while, slowly became great friends, finally got around to dating for real!

EXPECTED ENGAGEMENT DATE: "Before the end of the year." His words, not mine! YAY!!!!

ANYTHING ELSE: We went ring shopping a couple months ago, but now he will not tell me ANYTHING about the ring shopping experience because he wants to surprise me. So, since I''m not allowed to discuss specs and styles with him, I had to find somewhere to satiate the need! And this really is such a nice community, thanks guys!

 

[kimberlina13]

Me: Kim, 24, HR Assistant

Him: Ryan, 24, Accountant

Location: Atlanta, GA

Started dating: Oct. 13, 2000

How we met: At school.

Expected engagement: Summer 2006, we''ve been to look at the ring I want, and we''ve also been back to get my exact size, and he has an idea of what kind of diamond he''s looking for, so summer cannot get here too soon!

 

[sparkly_stars]

Me: Michelle, 20, (student/working on opening a greeting card company!)

Him: Dan, 20, (works in a warehouse type thing)

Locations: East Coast of Canada

How long together: year and 8 months...

How you met: through a friend(thats the short version..its veeeeeeeery complicated hehe)

Some background: We met and liked each other, but I was just out of a relationship, so we went on a date...I realized I wasn't ready, and he was WAY to sweet for me to make him a "rebound" guy... so we stayed friends. I dated a bit where I was(we were in different cities at that time because I was in university in a different town-this was 2 years ago), after that I dated a verrrry bad "apple" I realized this soon, and broke up with him. We were friends through all this and he was there for me through all the stuff I was going through.. I realized I was being crazy by not dating him...I told him this... he still liked me and so five months from our first date we started going out!
Expected engagement date: ahhhhhhh who knows... parts of me think he already BOUGHT the ring.. but who knows.. lol whenever we talk about it, he is so vague and it usually ends up with him saying "MICHELLE I'm NOT going to tell you when it is.. I want it to be a surprise. now stop it.."

Anything else you'd like to add: I love this site hehe.. and Dan,....well not so much. HAHAHA. each night I always find something new to show him..
but Like I've said in previous post... where I live anything over a carat looks like you should own a 8 bedroom house with a pool and tenis court.. people here just don't splurge on rings..

PS- i dont have any facial piercings anymore ,the pic is a little outdated... but we look the same.

 

[sparkly_stars]

OH! heres a more updated pic!!
better.. lol

this was on our way to my aunts wedding... where the question of "when are you guys getting married" seem to happen way too much

 

[larussel03]

Me: ~*Sweetpea*~, 24
Him: B, 24 (25 soon)
Location: Boston, MA
Started dating: September 2001
How you met: washing dishes in university dining hall
Expected engagement date: prob 2-6 months