Ok, it's like this... My FH never actually "proposed". We kind of floated into it, so I couldn't even tell you when the actual DAY we became engaged. In December is when we had this conversation when it went from "We're pretty sure we'll get married" to "You're the one, but we don't know when." At that point, we didn't tell because, there was nothing to tell... not really. In the weeks that followed it evolved. We started talking about the fact that we'd have to pay for a wedding ourselves and should probably start saving money. We set a day for over 2 years out but it's recently that my FH told me that he doesn't want to wait that long and now it's less than a year and a half away.
I didn't mean to tell my mother, but she noticed some things and started asking questions so I had to tell her or lie. SHE told my sister, which sucks because I wanted to be the one to do that. I asked him about telling his family but he wanted to do it in person, and we just don't see them very often at all. Since it was SO far in the future, we chose to wait till Christmas when we'll be at his mom's house to make the annoucement... but now that we've decided to leave a deposit, we're going to tell.
Also, my FH hasn't bought me a ring yet (he refuses to buy it on credit and is saving), so he didn't want me to tell my family because he's convinced they'll care that I don't have a ring (I don't think they'd care at all but whatever) but as soon as he tells his parents I'm goign to tell my very large (and budinsky) family.
On November 3, 2007 I marry my love!!
