How to Support and Celebrate Someone’s Engagement

How to Support and Celebrate Someone’s Engagement

There are so many ways to show people that you care about them, and one way is to always be there for the big events in their lives. This means showing support at the hard times, but also during the happy times.

There are few events as happy as someone getting engaged. This is the first step to their new life, and it’s important to work out how you can help support them.

Before the Proposal

Most engagements go pretty much the same way. One party, who wants to propose, might try to plan a proposal that their future fiance will love and hopefully agree to. Often this comes down to how well they know each other and their preferences.

As a family member or a friend, you might be asked to help plan the proposal and make sure it goes smoothly. This is a huge responsibility and honor.

This might include working out their ring size and preferences, as well as the best place to buy engagement rings, or it might even involve making sure the proposee is in the right place at the right time for the perfect moment.

Planning the Celebrations

Most proposals, whether they’re public and exciting or private and intimate, are best followed up by a celebration. This might be a small gathering of close friends and family or it might be a larger engagement party.

In any case, one of the most helpful things you can do is to help plan this party. The happy couple will likely be otherwise engaged, which means that someone else might have to help guests to turn up at the right place and keep everything running smoothly.

If you’ve been asked to do this, look for ways to make party planning easy, so you don’t end up too stressed to enjoy the day. Even better, it will be a day that everyone will remember for the right reasons.

Photographs and Social Media

Most couples like to have some photos of the proposal, especially of the reaction and the celebration afterwards. One way to make sure you get wonderful photos is to hire a professional photographer. 

A proposal photographer will know how to keep out of view, while also having great angles so they can get a good shot of the reaction. They will also produce beautiful photos that have been professionally edited for a great look.

Social media is both a blessing and a curse, and sometimes it can spoil the surprise for a lot of people. A good rule of thumb is to only announce your own news. So, if someone has just gotten engaged, keep a hold of your own photos until they’ve announced it themselves.

Some people like to leave it a few days before telling people other than their family and close friends, and it’s best to respect that. This means that there’s as little stress as possible and they can share their joy at their own pace.

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