{"id":41283,"date":"2018-12-12T10:00:01","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T10:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.co.uk\/blog\/?p=41283"},"modified":"2018-12-12T11:52:42","modified_gmt":"2018-12-12T11:52:42","slug":"untold-guide-engaged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qa.weddingdates.co.uk\/blog\/untold-guide-engaged\/","title":{"rendered":"The Untold Guide About Being Engaged"},"content":{"rendered":"

You can\u2019t stop grinning at your left hand and for the first time ever you\u2019re bursting to go into work.<\/p>\n

CONGRATULATIONS \u2013 YOU\u2019RE ENGAGED!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Enjoy it – jump around, get a manicure quick and accept every celebratory glass of fizz that gets thrust into your hands.\u00a0 Sh*t gets very real, very quickly, so enjoy being on Cloud 9 for as long as possible.<\/p>\n

Now, planning your wedding is a whole new world of welcome chaos and you don\u2019t need us to tell you to research venues and nail down your budget, right?\u00a0 So instead, like your honorary Big Sis, WeddingDates is here with the untold guide about being engaged \u2026<\/p>\n

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  1. Here come the bubble busters.<\/strong> Within hours you\u2019ll hear, \u201chave you set a date yet, have you set a date yet, have you set a date yet<\/em>\u201d\u2026 \u201cErm no Susan we haven\u2019t set a date because we only got engaged two days ago and your bad vibes are dulling the shine of my Princess cut!<\/em>\u201d.\u00a0 This is perfectly normal.\u00a0 Why? \u00a0Because the engagement doesn\u2019t involve them but the wedding does, so thoughts quickly turn.\u00a0 Just accept it with good grace and playfully say, \u201coh we have some ideas but you\u2019ll just have to wait and see\u201d, <\/em>they\u2019ll take the hint. \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n
  2. If the ring don\u2019t fit<\/em><\/strong>\u2026 lots of girls come in to venue visits ring-less. Either it didn\u2019t fit or the gamble didn\u2019t pay off. Resizing is a very straightforward job \u2013 don\u2019t worry, you\u2019ll have your baby back soon.\u00a0 If, however you genuinely don\u2019t like it then it\u2019s a tough conversation to have but now is the time.\u00a0 Don\u2019t be upset with your partner, it\u2019s not a reflection of how much s\/he knows you, appreciate how much they tried and have the conversation before wearing (and possibly scratching) it.\u00a0 I know one girl who conveniently \u201clost\u201d her ring two months before the wedding – all a clever ruse to get an upgrade.<\/li>\n
  3. Suddenly everyone is an expert.<\/strong> Not just your friends, but your colleagues, relatives, the woman on the reception desk at the gym \u2013 all of sudden they\u2019re all wedding gurus and start offering (unsolicited) advice. It can be terribly frustrating as you nod through your fake smile (I don\u2019t even want a naked cake so why are you still talking?!).\u00a0 Often they think they\u2019re helping, sometimes they just want to reminisce and perhaps they see it as a chance to bond with you.\u00a0 Work on that fake smile and graciously accept it nothing more than friendly flattery.<\/li>\n
  4. The venue comes first.<\/strong> Don\u2019t rush into big purchases such as your dress or event stylist until you have chosen your venue. I know it\u2019s terribly tempting to start dress shopping or toying around with colour palettes for linen and flowers (and there\u2019s no harm in looking) but once you have selected your venue then you\u2019ll know how to compliment it and it will flow from there.\u00a0 That uber-stylish, halter-neck Jesus Peiro gown won\u2019t work in that rustic barn in July.<\/li>\n
  5. Wedding Fairs can be a big disappointment!<\/strong> I\u2019m sorry to break it to you but you won\u2019t be handed a glass of Champagne upon entry and very few people will congratulate you. They sound idyllic, but I\u2019ve heard Brides describe them as cattle markets and leave terribly deflated.\u00a0 Instead look for open evenings or venue showcases \u2013 this is your chance to see venues that you genuinely like, often styled for a wedding, and you can talk to the coordinators 1:1 (usually with a free glass of fizz in hand).\u00a0 They are much more welcoming and a lot more productive.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Photo by\u00a0Tiko Giorgadze<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"You can\u2019t stop grinning at your left hand and for the first time ever you\u2019re bursting to go into work. CONGRATULATIONS \u2013 YOU\u2019RE ENGAGED! Enjoy it – jump around, get a manicure quick and accept every celebratory glass of fizz that gets thrust into your hands.\u00a0 Sh*t gets very real, very quickly, so enjoy being on Cloud 9 for as long as possible. Now, planning your wedding is a whole new world of welcome chaos and you don\u2019t need us […]","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":41287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1679,1680,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qa.weddingdates.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41283"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qa.weddingdates.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qa.weddingdates.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qa.weddingdates.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qa.weddingdates.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41283"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/qa.weddingdates.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41291,"href":"https:\/\/qa.weddingdates.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41283\/revisions\/41291"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qa.weddingdates.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qa.weddingdates.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qa.weddingdates.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qa.weddingdates.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}