My boyfriend and I have talked about getting engaged, set a timeline, picked out a setting and I know that he made made an appointment to pick out the diamond (a very close friend of mine is a diamond...]]> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:44:10 -0500 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:44:10 -0500 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:44:10 -0500 Dec 2, 2007 MrsB2Be08 0 http://www.brides.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=339959&tstart=0#339959 You don't sound bratty.  I never wanted to be a live-in girlfriend either.  When you agreed that a ring would come soon after, did you decide on what 'soon after' meant?  Like within the next six months?  Within a...]]> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 18:26:04 -0500 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 18:26:04 -0500 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 18:26:04 -0500 Dec 2, 2007 BB84 0 http://www.brides.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=339638&tstart=0#339638 i still haven't said anything about it and up until a couple hours ago i thought it was calming me down too... but then he started sending me messages about how happy he is to be with me. he even said "and i'm really happy that we are...]]> Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:32:51 -0500 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:32:51 -0500 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:32:51 -0500 Nov 30, 2007 Deletedhandle 1 http://www.brides.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=339532&tstart=0#339532 Cool!  I would definitely advise you to tell him what you like and don't like....so you don't end up like me!  Haha.  I really wanted to be surprised too....but then I realized it was more important to me to love the...]]> Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:39:20 -0500 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:39:20 -0500 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:39:20 -0500 Nov 30, 2007 BB84 2 http://www.brides.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=338756&tstart=0#338756 i'm on a roll... WOO WOO!!!

i haven't mentioned anything to him about a ring, engagement, marriage or the like in over THREE days!!! stupid, i know, but it's a big deal since i have word vomit when it comes to that sort of...]]> Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:48:29 -0500 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:48:29 -0500 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:48:29 -0500 Nov 29, 2007 Deletedhandle 3 http://www.brides.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=338207&tstart=0#338207 well, i think your brother is right. i mean, not entirely about the post (i LOVE these things!) but that you should tell him. afterall, it's something you're wearing forever... and like that other poster on the other thread- you don't want...]]> Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:15:19 -0500 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:15:19 -0500 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:15:19 -0500 Nov 27, 2007 Deletedhandle 4 http://www.brides.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=338217&tstart=0#338217 LOL.  Not a bad idea!  I'm thinking of just getting a wedding band that will really accent the ring and not worrying about it.  You've seen that I'm catching some heat on that other post!  I really am so happy to be...]]> Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:00:34 -0500 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:00:34 -0500 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:00:34 -0500 Nov 27, 2007 BB84 5 http://www.brides.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=337796&tstart=0#337796
i'm awful. but hey, it might work!]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:20:41 -0500 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:20:41 -0500 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:20:41 -0500 Nov 26, 2007 Deletedhandle 6 http://www.brides.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=337675&tstart=0#337675 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:05:38 -0500 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:05:38 -0500 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:05:38 -0500 Nov 26, 2007 BB84 7 http://www.brides.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=337247&tstart=0#337247 CONGRATULATIONS!!! and hey, it's only a setting... those can always be changed!

Happy planning ladies!