Getting Engaged

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Initial thoughts:

  • Fiancee is a horrible word. Fiancée is even worse. Why is it that boyfriend / girlfriend and husband / wife have masculine / feminine whereas fiancee just has the one? (also, isn't it odd that people say that English has dropped the use of the masculine and feminine and yet we still use it all the time. I think it would be more accurate to say it has dropped gender when it does not add to the meaning of the sentence).
  • I'm getting married.
  • It's currently 12 - 11 on our respective Facebook walls, but about a thousand apiece over the phone, thereby proving that if you have to Facebook someone congratulations, you maybe don't know them that well (apart from you obviously, me and you get on great).
  • I think we might make up a lot of the planning as we go along.
  • When it happens you won't realise how big a decision you've just made is.
  • About 7 hours after telling most, I'm finally getting around to replying to text messages.

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Mark wrote this at 21:57, Tue, 01/01/08, Link
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Hayles

well.... i made a facebook comment, also read this post (not many people do).....

and i met up with beth, izzy and anna this afternoon and didnt say anything (although this nearly killed me)... until they nrought it up....


Written by Hayles at 00:05, Wed, 02/01/08

David

Where do blog comments come in comparison to Facebook wall posts?

Anyway, congratulations Mark and soon-to-be Mrs Mark!

Written by David at 10:31, Wed, 02/01/08

Benjamin

Congrats! Your initial thoughts were a lot different to mine though. I suggest reading through lots of Christian marriage prep stuff, which is good, and also reading through lots of secular wedding planning stuff, which can be hilarious. Confetti.co.uk was alright, it suggests (and from the forums - many people do) that husband and wife buy a present for each other! Yeah, because being married isn't that great so you have to buy a present too y'know.

Written by Benjamin at 23:28, Wed, 09/01/08

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