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Good for you Chloe! That's great. I feel your pain, I finished school in December and am still looking for work. And since I'm not working, all the financial burden falls on my partner. Which made me feel like I couldn't bug him about my ring, even though he started talking about getting married last November! And I picked out my ring, etc. in March.

Still, since this is the update thread, for those of you feeling LIW-itis, here's my update: About two weeks ago I finally lost my patience and just came out and asked him what was going on. Sadly, but somewhat predictably, this led to a fight, but then happily it also led to us making up and him apologizing for making me wait so long for my ring (nine months of not feeling like I can talk about getting married because I didn't have my ring yet!). And, to him ordering it! It will be ready in another ten days or so! Yay!
 
Redrose: Which immigration are you dealing with? Moving into the US or Canada? I just ask because I went though immigration hell in my first marriage. Thank goodness my partner now (or future second husband, as I occasionally call him in my head) is a Canadian already.
 
Glitz_n_Glam: What a total bridezilla!?! I'm actually shocked that someone would say that! Although I have a few friends that just pick up my hand every time they see me and say, Where is it? or I don't see a ring yet.

Don't people get that it's hard enough to be waiting without any additional stress?!

Oh dear, I just realized that this is my third post in a row. Sorry ladies!
 
Good Update News!

BF and I have found a house and we're moving in the first weekend in October!

That means everything off our pre-engagment checklist is about to be ticked off!
BF Find good long term job (tick)
I graduate Uni (tick)
I find full a time Job (tick)
We get out of all debt (tick)
BF gets his visa from immigration through (tick)
We move into our own place, just the two of us........ALMOST! :bigsmile: :appl:


'I've not uttered a word about engagment since finding the house and I'm not going to. I don't want to push him into it, I want him to do it cuz he wants to, when he wants to....which I hope is SOON! :lol:

I wonder if he will do it right away or wait and plan somthing......tee hee ::)


EXCITED!
 
4ever, that is sooo exciting!! I hope it happens soon!! ********DUST*******

I also have some GREAT news! I finally secured more hours at both my first and second jobs, which means that I will have plenty of money to be saving for a wedding, honeymoon, furniture for our future place, and anything else! Also, BF got his promotion yesterday!!! :D :D It wasn't the promotion he had originally hoped for. But, his boss really wanted him to take this position as he thought BF would do really well. Now, the only person BF will answer to in the company is the owner of the company. BF likes to say that that makes him "second in command" even though he really isn't. :cheeky: This position also allows BF to switch from hourly pay to salary, and he got a VERY nice raise. It was actually much more than I had ever expected. He should have enough money saved by the end of the year to be able to buy my ring!

He is super excited and last night he couldn't stop talking about how the beginning of our lives is just around the corner! :love: We both just couldn't stop smiling last night! :D

Just wanted to share my news with you all!
 
WOW!!! MayFlowers and 4ever that is sooooo great :appl: DUST DUST DUST!
 
periwinklegirl said:
Redrose: Which immigration are you dealing with? Moving into the US or Canada? I just ask because I went though immigration hell in my first marriage. Thank goodness my partner now (or future second husband, as I occasionally call him in my head) is a Canadian already.
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I'm moving from the states to Canada. I actually just got my visitor extension today and it said that my extension has been denied because of lack of proof of when I entered into the country. Which was impossible to do anyways because the guy that stamped my passport made it SO light that my SO had to search though my passport TWICE before coming upon what appears to be a mark possibly...but theres no way of really telling because its not even really there. Not that it matters though because the extension is void after I leave the country, which I do in 2 days to go to the states for wedding. Upon re-entering I'm under the impression that it voids my old date that I needed to be gone by and actually gives me an additional 6 months at the time of re-entry. So, yay for that. Let's just hope they let me across! That will take me to March (ish) and I think a proposal will be before that! So I'll file an extension right before March and hopefully be planning a summer wedding! :naughty:
 
Sending you lots of * * * * * * * dust* * * * * * * *!
 
Not really any news to report here. SO is currently looking for a job and trying to finish up his PhD. He won't be buying a ring until after he gets a job. So the proposal will probably be sometime next year.
 
I have an update!!!

Well, I mentioned in passing to SO the otherday that I would like to buy him a big HD TV after we get engaged, so if I get a present then so does he. At the time he laughed really and poked fun at me saying "oh is that supposed to be some kind of motivation?" but then today he said "I was looking at TV's online today" and I smiled really large at him and he was like "No just to get a feel out" and then he said "but yeah there are some really good 50" at a great price" then I said I want to look so we sat down with the lappy and browsed together just looking.

And then he said "oh we can probably get better pricing at the boxing day sales, oh wait we wont be back in time for boxing day will we?" and "I said no but there might be sales in the new year anyhow"... and tried really hard not to smile like a maniac, because he pretty much just admitted we would be engaged by the end of the year!

Which I was pretty sure of anyhow but now even more so: Yay!

OMG LOL
 
Great news Natalie! Did he catch on to his slip up there?
 
No real update on the engagement front, but I just had the most amazing time on vacation with the boy. I had been worried that I might be upset since I had originally hoped for a proposal in Disney World, and apparently he had wanted to propose there, too, but it just wasn't our time. So I thought that might put a damper on things, but goodness, no, not at all! It was such a wonderful and happy time and everything was just perfect! Honestly, I didn't even have time to think about rings or proposals or anything other then what fun we were having. We were busy every second of every day. There's so much to do in Disney! We spent a few days with my cousins and my aunt and uncle, and I had been a little worried boyfriend might be bored hanging out with them on our vacation. But everyone got along great. My boyfriend kept saying how much he enjoyed spending time with them, and apparently my aunt liked spending time with my boyfriend so much that she sent his mother a facebook message (after she commented on one of our vacation photos) saying what a great guy her son was. Ok, maybe slightly facebook-stalker-y, but my aunt means well, and my boyfriend's mother was so happy, and now she and my aunt are becoming friends and it's just a crazy love high all around. I still think one of the best things about this relationship is how much we enjoy each other's families, and how easy it is to integrate our lives.

Anyway, we had so much fun in Disney that I quite literally forgot about the gorgeous heirloom diamond waiting for me at home, and it was like a little surprise when I got back--Oh yeah! We're getting engaged soon! So now we're working on getting an appraisal, looking at settings, and finding a house for rent so we can move in together in about a month. And I am looking for a new job, because unfortunately, work is not so rosy as the rest of my life these days (actually it's pretty miserable...just in case I sounded like a Pollyanna in the above paragraph). So we have a busy few months ahead of us, and it's good. There's nothing better than just not having time for LIWitis.
 
AdanaEsq said:
Great news Natalie! Did he catch on to his slip up there?
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Yes, I think so, he did the extended "oh dear" pause he does whenever he realises he said something incriminating. Then he doesnt say anything more about it. So I did the "carry on talking and pretend not to notice at all what he said that could mean something else".

Sometimes he does the pause *before* he says something too, like when we were mucking around and talking about if he would still have wanted to date me if he had have known me as well as he does now, he said: "Of course I would still want to date you I... ... ... am doing more than that right now" ROFL :P

Blacksand, I am really glad you had such a wonderful time in Disney :)
 
Made progress today FF eluded to an Oct 2011 engagement so 11 months to go

Also asked him what would happen if I got my dress before he said that as long as he doesn't pay for it he didn't see why not because I would definitely be wearing! Hope all LIW are going well!
 
Thanks Natalie. Good luck with your travels and end-year proposal!
 
On the engagement side, my boyfriend got a temporary second job working on an election campaign on the weekends and he said that he's going to put all of the extra money that he makes towards my ring :).
 
Dust for all! I am still steadily heading towards my nr1 position on the LIW list :lol:
Boyfriend is traveling a lot abroad for work these days, and the days between the trips are few... not much time to build the relationship to the next level. Feeing kinda sad, but on the other hand feeling also good - missing him a LOT when he is gone, which to me tells that I really love him.
 
Exciting news! My BF secretly flew to my hometown last week to meet with my mother. I didn't suspect a thing until he gave me my birthday present earlier this week, which was one of my childhood craft projects that I haven't seen in years. I asked him how/when he got it, and he said nonchalantly, "When I saw your mom last week". I was dumbfounded! I have to guess that he asked for her blessing, but I have no idea when/how the proposal is coming. My mom obviously knows something, but I begged her not to tell me anything. Can't wait to see what happens next!
 
Sweetpea and Natalie: That's great and exciting news!

mtf: I didn't think your bf would mind you getting your dress if you have to this early. If he honestly feels "your the one" then theres nothing wrong with being prepared :naughty: !

News on my end: Well I've have to be honest, I'm not sure when he's going to propose. As many of you know we are an international couple and I'm going half crazy sitting at home all day and taking a couple of online classes because I'm not allowed to work because I haven't "landed" yet. Our 9 month anniversary is in a couple of weeks but I know I won't be getting a proposal then, I do know we will be storing my car then. Which means we'll be down to one car for the winter. I hate winter. So after I graduate in 6 weeks, not only will I not have anything to keep me sane (like school helps that lol) I won't even have a car to get me out of the house during the winter. I can only hope that a proposal doesn't take to long so I can occupy my time with wedding planning.

I did consider going back to the states after the new year until our wedding (which we haven't set a date yet, but probably this summer) to which he said if that's going to happen we'll have to be engaged before you leave, which is sooner than we both want.(?) I'm not sure what that means, because I know it's coming before March, but that put the time line closer to our anniversary if I choose not to leave (valentines day is our anny). If I go home, I'd have to have a job lined up and I would stay with my dad for 4-6 months, depending on when we'd set the wedding date.
I really don't want to leave, but if I can get a job in the states, there are so many benefits to leaving that it's not realistic to stay any longer. I originally came up to build a solid foundation for our relationship so that way the LDR would work. It turned into me moving up here, which is great! But I am starting to get a little cabin fever and I dont foresee the winter months helping it at all. I try to view things differently (it's only temporary, at least we are together, at least we can afford this so I can stay and don't have to work, etc) but it doesn't change the fact that some days I go half crazy being stuck in the apartment (with nothing around me to do either).

So it appears that if I leave the country, I'll get a proposal sooner (by like 2 months) which isn't motivation enough to actually pick up and leave him until the wedding (probably June). But he can save more money, work more over time, I can save my money and spend much needed time with my family. But if I wait, I'll probably get a valentines day proposal and then I'd just stick around a plan the wedding from up here. We could use the money, it would help a lot, but we're not so bad that I must leave.

Sorry for the long post, I don't have anyone up here I can talk to about it either. Man I need some friends. Thanks for listening guys!
 
Reviving this topic! (because I always enjoy reading updates)

Any updates girls?!

I only have one: less than 2 weeks till we get on a plane! Yay!
 
Ok ladies update.

I finalised the design today the jeweller said I would definitely have it before xmas so now we wait. YAY!!! My SO said he will know when it's the day to propose he said "I might just wake up in a week, a month, 6 months, a year!" he's trying to make me forget about it, as if I will haha try to get a sneaky photo when I pick it up!
 
*************DUST*************** Mif- we are in the same boat.
 
Just a funny story. the SO keeps mentioning rings when something comes up on TV, in conversation, etc. We were flipping through channels and hit the scene in "Legally Blonde 2: Red, White, and Blonde" when Elle Woods is showing off her pink sapphire engagement ring. He said "Look, it's your ring!" to which I replied jokingly, "Yes, but if you show up with a pink one I'm not going to be happy, BLUE"

:)

A photo of Elle's ring in the movie, Oval pink sapphire with trillions. Change trillions to pears and you really do have my ring (and pink to blue), I'm glad I've trained him well :) It's even got Double claw prong,s haha

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DUST to everyone! I'm excited for the holidays and all the pending engagements
 
We're in the new house! Not fully moved yet, just moving a bit at a time and still sleeping at our old places for now, but our lease is now in effect and we picked up our keys on Wednesday. It's huge and amazing. Bigger than I had remembered. We had a little champagne toast under the pretty Victorian woodwork that separates the living and dining rooms, and we walked through and decided where all the furniture will go. I cannot wait to actually make that place our own.
 
blacksand|1291396350|2786349 said:
We're in the new house! Not fully moved yet, just moving a bit at a time and still sleeping at our old places for now, but our lease is now in effect and we picked up our keys on Wednesday. It's huge and amazing. Bigger than I had remembered. We had a little champagne toast under the pretty Victorian woodwork that separates the living and dining rooms, and we walked through and decided where all the furniture will go. I cannot wait to actually make that place our own.
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Congrats BlackSand, that is so exciting. Now hopfully you will get your ring soon. :appl:
 
maebelle|1291383881|2786168 said:
Just a funny story. the SO keeps mentioning rings when something comes up on TV, in conversation, etc. We were flipping through channels and hit the scene in "Legally Blonde 2: Red, White, and Blonde" when Elle Woods is showing off her pink sapphire engagement ring. He said "Look, it's your ring!" to which I replied jokingly, "Yes, but if you show up with a pink one I'm not going to be happy, BLUE"

:)

A photo of Elle's ring in the movie, Oval pink sapphire with trillions. Change trillions to pears and you really do have my ring (and pink to blue), I'm glad I've trained him well :) It's even got Double claw prong,s haha

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DUST to everyone! I'm excited for the holidays and all the pending engagements
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Maebelle, that is so excititng, i cant wait to see your ring....im so excited about the pending engagements too

***********Dust***************
 
Blacksand, I'm so happy for you and your new house! It's amazing how fun placing furniture can be.

Thanks, Jessie, hopefully I've got half a year tops... possibly less. :appl:
 
Thanks! Of course he's sick tonight. And we don't have a bed at the new place yet. So I'm stuck in my old apartment by myself on a Friday night. BUT I ordered pizza. And I accidentally just bought myself some pearls. Whoops.
 
blacksand|1291428139|2786889 said:
Thanks! Of course he's sick tonight. And we don't have a bed at the new place yet. So I'm stuck in my old apartment by myself on a Friday night. BUT I ordered pizza. And I accidentally just bought myself some pearls. Whoops.
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accidentally....lol...uh huh :lol: :lol: .....im so excitied, C is going to ask his friend to bring over his C's moms christmas tree( C's friend Rents his moms house) and we are going to put the tree up with weekend.
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I have a little update! I think BF may be up to something. Last night, he brought up rings and diamonds and wanted me to "educate" him a little bit. I told him a little of what I know about cut, color, etc. Then he wanted to know my specific preferences in terms of color and clarity to which I replied that I really don't know yet. I am planning a trip to a local jeweler that carries their own branded ideal cut line of RBs to help determine my color sensitivity. Anyways, he asked about some local jewelers I thought were good. So, I gave him the two I'm going to visit this week and told him I would let him know what they were like . Then I told him that he could also explore some websites to do some more research and check their inventory. He saved BGD, WF and GOG to his favorites on his iPhone and said he would check them out. But he is really wary of purchasing over the internet. He said he would rather physically hand over the cash.

But, anyways, the point of all this is that it sounds to me like he's thinking of purchasing a ring soon! I had always thought that we would purchase the ring together and then he would propose later. But, he said last night that he doesn't think that is very romantic and he knows that I wouldn't want to wait for that proposal after he already has the ring. We had been talking about these elaborate and crazy over the top proposals that people had done and how I could really care less how he does it. He also mentioned that he wants a place that has a good return policy so that I can return the ring if I don't like it because he wants to make sure I have what I want. This all really sounds, at least to me, like he is planning some sort of surprise proposal that I will know nothing about! Is that what it sounds like to everyone else or am I just going LIW crazy? It makes me so curious and excited! :D
 
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