does engagement really important?

Engagment is very important,it gives you time to save up and get used to the big change in your life.It gives you a chance to get to know each other better as well.You also get a nice ring as well,a party ,which is always nice.A wedding takes a long time to plan even a small one.

When my husband proposed, he took me out to dinner and surprised me with a ring. It was nice, romantic and private. We announced it to friends and family over the next few days and didn't bother with a party or anything like that. We decided on a date for the wedding and announced that a few weeks later. If I had to do it again I wouldn't want it to be any different.

An engagement is just a period to get to know your spouse a little better. It need not be a long one. I had said yes to my husband, so we told the folks, set the wedding date, and one day before the wedding, we got engaged. Just a formality and one more way to enjoy the wedding period with friends, food and laughter. We have four days of ceremonies before the wedding, full of fun. Engagement is one of them.

Yes, now days I think engagement is a thing of the past. A nice dinner with all family members is all that is needed. Quite a difference from earlier years when men and women were engaged for a time and then had a big wedding. I have never even had a wedding. Judge's chambers is the closest I have had to one. It is not that important to me. Things change.

I don't need the family dinner and all of that. If I have it though I won't mind either but make the proposal beautiful and memorable between us because we will only do this once. I hope LOL

I guess I am quite a romantic and would love to be proposed too but also in front of my family. My family are really important to me so if would mean alot to me if he took this into account and proposed to me in front of everyone. I would still love it though if we just went to a movie and dinner or something and proposed when it was just me and him. Ohh you've got me all dreamy now!

We didn't do anything with family when we got engaged, because we were living out of the country at the time. We got engaged eloped 4 month later, and then a year after that when we were able to get home to Canada we had a second wedding, so that we could celebrate our union with friends and family.

My hubby proposed to me on Thanksgiving while I was holding his newborn neice. I was hoping for something a lil more memorable. We didn't do a formal announcement or anything most of his family was there at the time.

These types of questions always depend, on the people involved, the culture they live in and the financial situation.

I don't think engagement is really important cause we just need approval of both the parents so have a small get together and announce it but marriage in front of all close and invited friends is must cause this is our big day so share and have fun with everyone...