2006-12-01 07:38:08 · 25 answers · asked by Through The Eyes Of The Dead 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
When they ask you.
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2006-12-01 07:44:59 · answer #1 · answered by Thanks for the Yahoo Jacket 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The only thing you need for an OFFICIAL engagment is two people who agree that they are engaged:) I know a lot of people said a ring is required but that is not true - I was engaged and married 5 years before I got a engagement ring (just had a wedding band until then) and my engagment was not any less valid then if there was a ring - obviously, lol.
SO- if you asked, and she said yes and meant it - you are officially engaged.
2006-12-02 00:27:12 · answer #2 · answered by Chrys 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A proposal and an acceptance. And don't let anyone convince you otherwise.
When my husband and I got engaged, I did not wear a ring at first. I cannot tell you how hurtful it was that my family refused to acknowledge my engagement simply because I was not wearing a ring. It was a materialistic, overly traditional, and hurtful reaction, when it should have been a celebration.
I chose not to wear a ring because my husband and I simply did not see the point in spending thousands of dollars on a piece of jewelry in order to "prove" our commitment--and we still don't. I now wear a very simple sterling silver engagement ring along with my very simple white gold wedding band.
My point is: An engagement is not a ring-giving ceremony. It's a formal commitment to another person. It's an agreement to start planning the rest of your lives together. It's an open acknowledgment--to each other and to the rest of the world-- that you've found the person you want to spend the rest of your life with. That's an engagement. If a ring comes with it, great. But if it doesn't, who's to judge that it's not a "real" engagement"?
2006-12-01 16:22:51 · answer #3 · answered by psych_donkey 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
when you give a ring or symbol gift of the engagement or announce it to family friends thru a get together party. When you ask the person to be married and give a ring any of those or announcment public in paper.Just because you dated for 5 yrs etc doesnt make you on auto- engaged it has to be mutally pronounced thru something like a ring or announced.
2006-12-01 15:45:05 · answer #4 · answered by gypsygirl731 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
When two people agree to marry each other, they are engaged. Neither a set date nor a ring is necessary.
2006-12-02 21:31:53 · answer #5 · answered by Etiquette Gal 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd say its official when the guy (or girl) gets down on his or her knee and pops the question, with a ring of course. I suppose its not essential to get down on one knee, but its nice. But I suppose once you let the first person know about it, than its official there too, bc the old grapevine will surely kick in.
2006-12-01 15:47:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You don't need a ring to have an engagement...it is the intent and the question, not material things.
2006-12-01 16:09:58 · answer #7 · answered by VAWeddingSpecialist 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
one person asks and other person accepts - that is an official engagement
2006-12-01 15:42:18 · answer #8 · answered by AmyB 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the ring and the proposal itself. when the man offers their life to you and does it in a way where you fully accept and do the same... that's what I call an engagement!
2006-12-01 15:41:36 · answer #9 · answered by girly_sweet 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When a man or woman propose to their partner and the partner says yes and they are given a engagement ring. Or, when you say I love you and I'll marry you...
2006-12-01 16:17:51 · answer #10 · answered by Callie 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You ask her to marry her, she says yes, you give her an engagement ring..
2006-12-01 15:41:03 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋