When are you officially engaged?

Question

Is it when your partner asks you with no ring

Or just when he asks you?

Answer 1

It is when he asks you and you say yes.. You don't need a ring to prove you are engaged. I don't have one.

Answer 2

You are officially engaged when you have mutually agreed to be married at some time in foreseeable future. No ring is required. So if your partner asks you to marry him (her) and you agree, or you ask your partner and he (she) agrees, you are officially engaged. The decision to marry has been made. Nothing else needs to be done to formalize it (except, perhaps, an announcement to family and friends).

Answer 3

You are officially engaged, in my book, if your partner asks you to marry you, and you accept. Lots of people get engaged poor, and can't get a ring for a while :)

Answer 4

A true official engagement is when you have a ring and a date.
However, my bf asked me several weeks before I had a ring.

Answer 5

You're engaged when your partner askes you to marry him/her and you accept. Some people don't get engagement rings, so the ring has nothing to do with it.

Answer 6

A ring is just a symbol. You're officially engaged when he's asks and you accept.

Answer 7

If I have a dime for each man that have asked me to get married without a ring, I would be rich!

To answer your question. If you are in an established relationship and you are both mature consenting adults, chances are that yes, you are engaged.

Answer 8

When your partner asks you with or without ring and you say yes. The ring is only a symbol.

Answer 9

When you both agree to get married and start planning the wedding. You don't need a ring to be engaged. But there is a huge difference between saying you want to get married and agreeing to actually get married.

Answer 10

When he asks you with the ring. I'm not trying to be materialistic, but if I guy can't get enough money together to buy you even a $100 from walmart. Does he really care about you?

Think about it. Getting a ring meant he thought about this decision. He took time to find something you would like, he saved up to get your something nice. The ring shows others you two are committed to. Without the ring, are people going to take your engagement seriously......Not Many.

A ring has little to do with materialism and much more to do with showing a commitment. Similar to a guy buying you dinner on the first date. Yes, I could very well afford my own dinner, but it's the principal of the matter. If he thinks you are WORTH enough to date, he'll pay for your meal. If you are just another "girl du jour", you aren't worth a penny out of his pocket.

It think this is the same up until the engagement. I've if you two have been dating for 5 years. The ring is one of those confirmations that you are WORTH being married to. There are lots of men that have the intent to marry their girlfriends, but just never do. With a ring, you have a bound agreement.

If he can't buy you $100 ring, then is he going to be able to sacrifice for what you want in life (this is anything, not just items) It's the little things in life, like saving up a month's worth of work to buy that $100 ring. It was the fact that he sacrificed his own needs, in order to do something traditional and meaningful. That money he saved up was him longing to be with you. Yes, he could have asked you without the ring. But, a man that sacrifice for his girlfriend, (who will later sacrifice when she is his wife, and then sacrifice for their children) is someone who is very honorable.

Getting a ring has to do with doing what's right and honorable.

Answer 11

When one asks the other, "Will you marry me?" and the other person says, "Yes, I will." Then and ONLY then are you engaged. (with or without a ring)