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Getting
Engaged
For
most people, getting engaged with the prospect of getting
married is a time of great excitement. Yet this event
in life still remains a commitment, which brings change
in life that is not always easy to adapt to.
Getting
engaged also involves taking a decision privately and
as a couple, whilst on the other hand it involves declaring
publicly the decision taken.
It
also means that the newly engaged couple is no longer
just good friends, yet they aren’t yet a married couple.
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Once the engagement is announced, the couple is twirled
from the life they were living into a wider circle with
demands and interests which might sometimes seem like
an unwanted intrusion.
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Everyone
is different so the way people choose to get engaged
will vary. The romantics will proclaim the news from
the top of some roof-top to make sure that everyone
gets to share a piece of their happiness, others prefer
to remain reserved and keep the news as much as possible
to themselves. The latter couple usually prefers to
get accustomed to their new life first, before communicating
it to others.
No
matter how long the couple might have known each other,
the announcement of an engagement always brings some
element of shock; hopefully a pleasant one. Remember
that it is not only you have to come to terms with the
fact of being engaged, but also your family and friends.
Expect different, and unpredictable, reactions to your
decision. Don’t even try to interpret your family members’
reaction to the news; their attempt to get to terms
with the situation does not mean disappointment or disapproval.
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