When we got engaged back in 2004, we made phone calls and sent out emails and cards sharing the happy news. I might have had an excited AIM status, too. ;)
But eight years later, Facebook and blogs seem to be the standard in engagement announcements. And until I did a little research for this post, I had no idea there was controversy over announcing your engagement on Facebook. Were you aware? Maybe I'm the only one in the dark on this - what's bad about announcing your impending marriage to friends and family? I'm so curious what the take is on baby announcements now. :)
Anyway, I thought I'd ask my dear readers - How do you plan to announce your engagement? Or how did you announce it? Spill!
Anyway, I thought I'd ask my dear readers - How do you plan to announce your engagement? Or how did you announce it? Spill!
I called my family and close friends, texted a bunch of people, and put a picture up on facebook. I didn't realize there was a controversy about putting it on facebook either...oh well, to each their own!
ReplyDeleteI wonder if there's a difference between updating your Facebook status to "engaged" (which is what I see most often) and posting a cutesy status like the ones mentioned in the Marie Claire link. I think it's totally acceptable (heck, even expected) for people to update their relationship status. Even cutesy/obnoxious status updates wouldn't necessarily make me defriend anyone.
ReplyDeleteWe called our immediate family to tell them over the phone. :) Texted our close friends and emailed our extended family. And Facebook announced to everyone else :)
ReplyDeleteOur life is super technology crazy!!
Immediate family over the phone. Texted friends. Facebook announcement with photos and then a blog post about the whole event.
ReplyDeleteAnnie, I agree completely! The Marie Claire article really surprised me.
ReplyDeleteWe were living overseas when we got engaged so it was really difficult for me to talk with everyone on the phone or text them...so I sent out private messages to my close friends and I skyped my immediate family. After that, I posted a picture and announced to everyone else on Facebook that we were engaged. :)
ReplyDeleteSocial networking is a little nuts in that we got congratulatory Facebook wall posts immediately after we got engaged, so that prompted us to announce it eventually! But I didn't post any status updates directly about wedding planning, and I actually never changed my relationship status until a few months after the wedding. I don't see a problem with it though! I'm not sure how I would deal with having a baby... I kind of feel like you don't have a baby until you really have the baby. But you should be able to celebrate your pregnancy without worrying about offending people.
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