What do you look forward to most about being engaged?

[roxy7]

the title''s self-explanatory, ladies. Thought while we are all killing time, we''d might as well look forward

What is it that you look forward to the most about being engaged?

 

[roxy7]

For me,

(1) Having the beautiful ring on my hand

(2) Registering at my favorite store and getting tons of great cooking stuff

 

[Caribou]

I''m already engaged but can I add some??

1. Planning a wedding...even though I''m slowly wishing it was all over with.

2. The ring.

3. Knowing that my FI wants to spend the rest of his life with me.

4. Planning for our future.

 

[stermag]

Great thread.

For me, it''s having one less question about what the rest of my life might entail.

 

[AmberWaves]

1.) Getting to wear the ring we picked, and show all the people who said he''d never marry me what I''ve got.

2.) Getting to feel like a princess planning a party that is just for us.

3.) Knowing we''re finally going to be legal!!

4.) Finally getting to introduce myself as something other than "Paul''s Girlfriend" or at occasions where Paul isn''t there, but his mother is, "My other son''s girlfriend".

5.) Did I mention the ring? Finally having something to sport when I buy more bridal magazines, and not just a ring I turned upside down to look like a band.. Yes, I did it.

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6.) Getting to finalize the planning of a wedding, because right now, people think I''m crazy.

7.) Setting up OUR home, even though we live together already, it''ll be different. Our dog will be legal!

8.) Having a mother in law, and two sisters in law, and two brothers in law!!

 

[SoonIHope]

For me, it was having real official confirmation that we are going to spend the rest of our lives together. And making that known to people. (We''d been living together ~2.5 years by the time we got engaged but people would still say things like "oh are you guys serious?" when they heard me talk about my "boyfriend." I just like the idea of people KNOWING you''re actually in a committed relationship without my having to explain it to them!!)

And the ring.

[and yes, I''m engaged already, sorry if you don''t want our answers in here! I''m a very recent LIW graduate though, and I just can''t get off this forum!!]

 

[MissAva]

Getting married to my FH.

 

[roxy7]

I want everyone to respond, especially the already engaged!

Have to add: (3) Having it be official with him, making that commitment.

 

[Mandarine]

(1) Having the ring to to signify that he is the man I will spend the rest of my life with,

(2) Being finally able to plan the wedding so that we can start waking up next to each other every day and not just the weekends! (we live far apart so we only get to be together on weekends)

(3) and start planning a family...I just want him and I to be an "official" family and start planning for having kids, etc.

Just thinking about it makes me smile!!!!

M~

 

[Mandarine]

8.) Having a mother in law, and two sisters in law, and two brothers in law!!

I''m not really looking forward to this part, LOL... (a whole other story that would take a big message to explain!!!)....but it is part of the package!!!....so I guess I will have to learn how to handle that situation...but maybe bein engaged will give me more of a "say" in this department and I will be able to stand my ground with more authority...for her right now, I''m just the girlfriend.

M~

 

[goincrazy]

-the wedding planning (without feeling pathetic).

-the terms "fiance" and "engaged" -- much better than "boyfriend" and "living in sin".

 

[regalada]

I''m already engaged but I looked the most forward to (in no particular order):

-Wearing the ring I fell in love with to show the world that this amazing man wants to marry me!

-The end of uncertainty (I tease him that my motto is "I don''t handle uncertainty well.")

-Calling him my fiance and saying we are engaged.

-Seriously begin planning the rest of our life together.

I did not look forward to planning the wedding and now that I am actually doing it I still don''t like it too much. I''d be happy with a civil ceremony, I just want to be married to him!

 

[anchor31]

1) Officially planning our future together. No more "If we are still together" and that kind of stuff.
2) No longer being his girlfriend, but his fiancée. We are both starting to feel like boyfriend/girlfriend is just not what we are anymore.
4) The proposal itself. "Will you marry me?" is a question I am dying to hear and answer, and it will finally make official what we have been talking about for months.
5) The ring! It''s such a beautiful symbol, I can''t wait to wear it. And the diamonds of course...

6) Planning the wedding with my sweetheart! I''ve already started browsing the net for dresses, BM dresses, bouquets, cakes, venues, etc. I can''t wait to be doing that for real!
7) Getting married to the man of my life. No explaination needed.
Living together and sharing every day together, which also means no more long distance!!! I hate that, it''s so hard!

 

[sunkist]

I am most excited to be officially on the road to spending the rest of our lives together. I''m excited to start living our lives together and being a family! I''m excited for the good times and the bad so that we can get through them together and look back at them still side by side. I''m also excited to finally have the ring so at family get togethers as well as friend get togethers people will stop grabbing my hand and saying "No ring! Come on, when are you two going to get engaged!?"

 

[AmberWaves]

I forgot to add: Making Babies!! (We already have names picked out)

And: Thank God, finally having my Dad stop asking, "When is he going to buy the cow?" And then hear my boyfriend say, "I''m leasing with the option to buy"

 

[sunkist]

Date: 2/7/2006 5:17:05 PM
Author: AmberWaves
I forgot to add: Making Babies!! (We already have names picked out)

Amber you''re so lucky you two can agree on baby names! I have names that I would love to name our babies, but I don''t think BF likes them

And we''re always saying, hey do you like this name? No, but do you like this name? No. So I have no idea how we''re going to get a name we both like!!

And yes, I too am looking forward to making babies and raising them with him!

 

[XChick03]

1. Knowing I get to marry the greatest guy I''ve ever known
2. Getting the ring
3. Being able to say "fiance" instead of "boyfriend" and "girlfriend"
4. Planning the wedding
5. Knowing at least a little of the future holds

 

[XChick03]

Date: 2/7/2006 5:17:05 PM
Author: AmberWaves
I forgot to add: Making Babies!! (We already have names picked out)


And: Thank God, finally having my Dad stop asking, ''When is he going to buy the cow?'' And then hear my boyfriend say, ''I''m leasing with the option to buy''

LOL. Sounds like you have two funny men in your life.

I''m also looking forward to starting a family together, but it won''t be for a while. I still have to finish law school and I''d rather wait until we''re more financially secure. But we do already have names picked out.

 

[AmberWaves]

Yeah, it''s just hilarious... I''ve got to admit, I thought it was funny. My boys are crazy, but at least they get along. And we actually picked out one of our baby names from a PBS Kids show we watched while babysitting for his nephews two years ago! Anyone heard of Jakers! ?

 

[SoonIHope]

Date: 2/7/2006 5:17:05 PM
Author: AmberWaves
I forgot to add: Making Babies!! (We already have names picked out)

And: Thank God, finally having my Dad stop asking, ''When is he going to buy the cow?'' And then hear my boyfriend say, ''I''m leasing with the option to buy''

hahaha, that''s awesome!!! Soooo funny!

And yes, also looking forward to the babies, even though it won''t be for a while.... We have names "picked out" but every once in a while when I reference them he gets this expression like, "THAT''s what I agreed to??" and I have to remind him that he really DOES like the names...

So we''ll see if he''s still agreeable by the time the babymaking actually happens!

 

[nytemist]

1) Knowing that we are in this together- no matter what we deal with it together.
2) Knowing there is a match for everyone- since I''m unique, you might say? He isn''t perfect, but perfect for ME.
3) Showing folks around us that real love is far more important than color.
4) No more hearimg from my mom when will I "stop playing on that side of the fence."
5) Feeling him curled around me at night going to sleep (as he always does when I''m at his place) and our mandatory cuddle time waking up in the morning.
6) Looking in his beautiful blue eyes everyday.
7) Lots of our award-winning pillow fights!
The wedding that will be the talk of my friends. (She''s doing what?????)
9) Having some fabulous in-laws. Sounds weird but his parents are so great. Plus they still act like 16 years-olds in love- singing old Irish folk songs to each other and such.
10) No more "sympathy stares" from other married people I know. Come on ladies, we all know what that looks like.
11) Many more naked dinners and board game playing!! (Sounds crazy but try it!)
12) Having the person I''m completely at ease with since he knows everything about me, the good, bad and ugly; and vice versa.

 

[nytemist]

oh yeah-

13) Hearing him actually ask me those words. Watching his face as he asks me to be his partner, his buddy, his confidant, his other half, his drinking buddy, his shoulder, his rock. And me bawling my eyes out trying to answer, although I''m really not a crier.

 

[AmberWaves]

Nytemist, the sympathy stare.

Sadly, I got that from his 21 year old cousin who just married the guy who got her pregnant a few months after dumping the girl''s sister! And I''m like, don''t give me the stare!! How dare you!! I stare at YOU!!!

 

[anchor31]

Date: 2/7/2006 6:18:23 PM
Author: AmberWaves
Nytemist, the sympathy stare.

Sadly, I got that from his 21 year old cousin who just married the guy who got her pregnant a few months after dumping the girl''s sister! And I''m like, don''t give me the stare!! How dare you!! I stare at YOU!!!

Geez, I''d be giving her the sympathy stare too! Poor girl...

And nytemist - #6 Looking in his beautiful blue eyes every day... I want that too!! He''s got the most beautiful blue eyes I have ever seen.

 

[TxBlonde]

Date: 2/7/2006 5:17:05 PM
Author: AmberWaves
I forgot to add: Making Babies!! (We already have names picked out)

And: Thank God, finally having my Dad stop asking, ''When is he going to buy the cow?'' And then hear my boyfriend say, ''I''m leasing with the option to buy''

HAHA! I tell Kevin I''m leasing with the option to buy! Apparently we have the same sense of humor

On a side note he hates all of the baby names I like.... that should be fun

 

[LaurenThePartier]

Well, since the wedding is already completely planned and paid for - the most exciting part of becoming "engaged" officially will be actually showing the rest of the world our intentions. At this point, my colleagues who work in California don''t even believe there IS a Weston, let alone that we''re "engaged". . .

I just want to marry my honeybear and begin our lives together as a family . . .

 

[firebirdgold]

Mine

Mine

Mine
Mine Mine Mine Mine!!

My fiance.

1) being able to call him my fiance.
ok, ok, the truth:
1) being able to call him my fiance w/o hiding my hand or looking guilty afterwards. Because, let''s face it, I already do sometimes.

Boyfriend just doesn''t fit anymore, I actually feel more uncomfortable saying that than fiance! But I can''t do what my older sister does, she and her S.O. call each other ''my partner''. If I did that in this area everyone would assume I was talking about another woman! For some reason this seriously bothers me, which is a real surprise.

2) not having to hide my stash of bridal magazines and reference books. Particularly the ones I bought in June!

3) getting a firm answer on what time of the year he wants to get married. (we want a barefoot beach wedding so location will be based on season).

4) being able to tell everyone.

5) being able to (officially) plan the wedding with his input. -He thinks I''m obsessing about the ring. Little does he know that''s only because I can''t do anymore wedding planning w/o talking to him about it, and I can''t start asking detailed questions before we''re official! *argh*

6) Stop worrying he has doubts. ........ But that''s left over from the unpleasant June to January delay w/o real explanation. He''s still baffled that this upset me. I''m still baffled that he''s baffled.

7) have an inescapable reason to get off my a## and lose weight. (Although you''d think that trip to greece this spring should be motivation enough!)

have a legitimate excuse to practice my new signature! And I''m the girl who always said I wouldn''t change my name!

9) Being able to look down at my hand everytime I start to feel insecure and knowing that in a few months I''ll place my hand in his and we''ll start our life together! I''m looking forward to everything, the good and the difficult, being young and in love to being old and in love! I may feel insecure and anxious sometimes, but yet I never doubt we''ll be together for the rest of our lives and beyond.

 

[sunkist]

Date: 2/7/2006 7:40:53 PM
Author: Wren

have a legitimate excuse to practice my new signature! ...

Heehee!! I''m guilty of this one too, Wren!! I know exactly how my signature will be! So yes, it will be nice to have it be a "legitimate excuse" to practice

 

[Rhapsody]

1) The confirmation that we''re on our way to marriage, although we''re eloping so no wedding to plan.

2) The ring I''ve been waiting for for over 2 years.

3) The end of the badgering and annoying comments from friends, family and strangers about not being "official" even though we''ve been togther for 7 years and living together for 4.

4) Some ammunition against his mother who hates me and doesnt think he should be making plans around some girl who is "just his girlfriend"

A few months ago my boyfriend while drifting off to sleep said, I can''t wait to get married and have the same name. It will really feel like we are a family then.

From the boy who a few months prior to that tried to talk me out of getting married claiming it was "unnecessary" I was shocked and just about cried and I think that sums it all up for me.

 

[Sunmoon]

1-Knowing that is the first step towards spending the rest of our lives together.

2-I always wanted to be engaged,he,he!

3-OMIGOD! We are getting married



And, like everyone else, have nosy people stop the: Are you engaged, but where''s the ring, he makes $$$,why he hasn''t buy a ring yet, blah,blah,bs,bs....

I mean, honestly!!

PAZ