Were you engaged before getting married?

**Sara Noel** · 12-28-2003, 04:32 PM

Who picked out the ring?
We weren't engaged first and picked out our rings together. I have a gold band with diamonds (like an anniversary band) and don't have an engagement ring. Gabe has a gold band with a cross on it.

**AmyBoz** · 12-28-2003, 04:38 PM

Dh and I got engaged in August of 1997 and married in October 1998. He said he woke up one morning and said to himself, "I absolutely cannot live another day without knowing that Amy is going to be my wife." He called in sick, went to Fidelity Diamond and bought me a ring he thought I would like (LOVE IT!) and then tried to go ask my father for my hand, but couldn't figure out how to get into my Dad's office. So, then he came to my house because he said he couldn't wait another second and proposed. He put the ring on a Rangers hockey keychain because I had lost one just like it a few weeks earlier. He came over and gave me the keychain and said how much it had cost him. I started railing into him on spending a lot of money on a keychain (I didn't see the ring because it is platinum and was on the silver keychain part) and he patiently waited until I saw it. I almost passed out, then he got down on one knee and said the most beautiful words and asked me to be his wife. I said yes, and we went to my Dad's office together. We picked out our wedding bands together. Mine is platinum with diamonds in it (as Sara said, like an anniversary band) and Rob's is a plain, thick platinum band.

**couponchic** · 12-28-2003, 04:48 PM

Engaged in July '99 and married in May '00. DH picked out the engagement ring with help from his mom and sister, but we picked the wedding bands together.

**sixfreds** · 12-28-2003, 05:16 PM

We were engaged and both picked out the rings I guess, we had gone out looking and he went and bought it (without me knowing) gave it to me at Christmas 1991 and we were married September 1992

Eileen

**homesteadmamma** · 12-28-2003, 05:24 PM

Yes we were engaged for 2 weeks before we eloped. He picked the ring set out. On our 15th anniversary, we had it redesigned and made into one band with the diamonds from both rings and tiny little leaves around the diamonds.

**Heather** · 12-28-2003, 05:27 PM

We were engaged in May 1987 and married December of that year. DH picked out the rings himself.

**SewCrafty** · 12-28-2003, 05:30 PM

Engaged in Oct. 1986, picked out the rings together, married in Dec. 1986.

**guest2** · 12-28-2003, 06:35 PM

We got engaged on July 8, 1984 (my 21st birthday) and married on March 9, 1985. We had my ring made since the diamond in my ring was the original middle stone of my great grandmother's ring and we had to wait for my parents to come for a visit to bring the diamond with them. I had seen a similar setting to what we had made and loved it, but my diamond would have been too big for it. I really love my wedding ring set!!! DH's ring had 6 little diamond in 2 rows going on the diagonal and he also loves his.

**KKCondrey** · 12-28-2003, 06:39 PM

Engaged in Sept 2001 married in June 2002.

We got the diamond from my moms old enagagement ring my dad gave her in 1969. I picked out aobut 4 bands I liked and then he went to the store and picked out one (it was the one I wanted the most...he's so smart...lol). As for the wedding bands we picked those out together. His is a comfort fit gold band and mine is a 2 tone anniversary band with 7 little bitty diamonds in the center that matches the one we had made perfectly.

**Lori Biever-Launder** · 12-28-2003, 06:58 PM

We got engaged inOctober, 1979 and were married in December, 1981. We chose my ring together and I had to replace it last Christmas. The band was worn almost all the way through. We used the large diamond in it with another diamond and put a sapphire in between them on a double band that a friend of mine designed and made. I get compliments on it all of the time! DH has a plain gold band that he wears at home and after work. I am GLAD he doesn't wear it at work; as a mechanic, it is dangerous to wear things on your fingers!

**seadream** · 12-28-2003, 07:17 PM

We were engaged before getting married, we picked out all the rings together.

**PrairieRose** · 12-28-2003, 09:28 PM

We were engaged and dh picked out the ring. It was a simple, small engagement ring with a matching band. His band matches the set. When we had been married 25 yrs. he had it made into another ring for me which I love. I still have the original band and he still wears his.

**bamamomto4** · 12-28-2003, 11:08 PM

Steve picked out my engagement ring and proposed December 1988 and we were married June 2,1989. We both picked out our wedding bands.

**sunshine** · 12-28-2003, 11:21 PM

We got engaged late Nov. '81. Originally planned to get married in April of "82, but dh was farming and that isn't a good time for a honeymoon- so we moved the date up to Jan. 9th of '82 (boy did the tongues wag for the next few months).

We both picked out our rings.

**crdurham** · 12-28-2003, 11:28 PM

We got engaged in December of 1998 but didn't get married until Sept 2001....my dh picked out the engagment ring all by himself...its a 1/2 caret marguite(sp). We picked out the bands together a few weeks before the wedding.