Is engagement very important?

My husband and I were engaged before we were married. When we finally did tell his parents, and my family, his mother asked us wait another year. We did, and we are glad we did. Not so much becuse we learned more about each other, in fact I think we already knew pretty much everything about each other, but because it gave us time to save and buy for the wedding wtihout much stress, and it also pleased his family and I am sure mine as well.

Of course it is important. It shows the love in the relationship.

all engagement is, is the agreement to get married. so as soon as someone proposes and the other says yes, or a couple have a chat and decide that they will get married, they are engaged. that's what it's called when people decide they are going to marry each other. you don't need there to be a party to be engaged. a lot of people will have an engagement party, to get the families together and celebrate, but if you have agreed to get married then you are engaged.

Well it is kind of a precurser. The moment that two people agree to get married that makes them engaged, just the mutual promise from one person to the other automatically makes you engaged. You don't really need a ring and you don't really need a party or anything like that but once the agreement is made you are engaged and promised to one another.

Personally i dont think engagements are important because i am happy living with my boyfriend and have gone to the extent of doing a partnership agreement.I believe that an engagement is something done just to satisfy the eyes of people outside there to know that the two of you are together All in all whether engaged or not, i think what matters most id the happiness if 2 people.

Yes engagement is very important,apart from the parents knowing the boyfriend or girlfriend or the respective family,the couple themselves will get to know each other,in that way being more committed to each other and this is also a good way of building a healthy relationship and will give a deciding factor whether the relationship will be a prosperous one.

Well, yes because you really need to know what you are in for. Things can happen between the time you are engaged to the time that you are about to get married, and you never know what can happen in that time. Now, if you two truly love each other, then you will stay together no matter what, but if not, then you two will of course part ways. I would say that it is very important.

Yes, it is very important !!! No marriage takes place without an engagement function... Engagement is like Bonding or something they call it Engaged meaning surety of Marriage.. This also opens a relationship and the bride and bride groom can talk freely without having any fear !!! Mutually exchanging the gift items between the bride and Bride Groom side takes place as the main event !! The Parents of both sides sign an agreement during the engagement function stating that marriage is supposed to be held on this particular day at this time !!

An engagement is important to a loving relationship. It is a promise of a future together. it is a way for two people in love to show the world their commitment to each other. An engahement is a vow of what is to come.

Hi dear, In many countries the engagement system prevails as of my knowledge. It gives more comfort and a kind of firmness or assurance comes into both the parties. As this is a practice from very old days, we can assume that it has its own importance among people. Not only know each other, both parties will get ready to the marriage and some people will be much happy at that period. We in India is a multi customary country. Different states and many have different languages. 29 states and almost all states have language difference and many states languages have no similarity even. So there is variety of systems and practices are there. All religion has their own practice. But many are following the engagement before the marriage. Proposed marriages all are like that only. Sometimes it starts with 15 days to 2 years or so. But mostly the situation is important. Normally 3-6 months is the ideal practice and many of the people will not extent more than 3 months time and within that period, marriage will take place. Now, major things are happening based on the convenience as the bride and groom may be at different locations or with so many other reasons. Love marriage and inter cast marriages are also prevails here. In such cases, as unavoidable, a combined opinion is the last word for it. Regards, - thanks

I think being engaged is important because it shows that your committed and if your not you can just take off the ring and walk away. But, in marriage you can't just walk away, it's forbidden from the bible. Engagement is like a little taste of marriage and if you can't handle it well then you weren't meant to be married.

Yes. Engagement has its own importance. If it was not as important, our great grand parents and grand parents and parents would not have followed this custom before marriage. They would have directly arranged for marriage without arranging for engagement. The vital reason for having engagement function is that, when a boy and girl are engaged, both of them get to know each other very well. Not only the boy and girl know each other but also their families comes to know each other. And mean while if any of the families find that the other families customs and traditions do not match the customs and traditions of their family they could give a though on whether to go for marriage or not. This is how things go. That is why culture, customs and traditions are very important part of our life. These traditions and customs are inculcated in our life with passing of time with enough experiences and knowledge. So it cannot be said to be incorrect to follow those, even blindly.

We live in the same place. Most people I know don't usually get into engagements. I find it not necessary because when two people decide to get married, they must have known their partners already. What is more important for me is the marriage, and not the engagement.

i don't think it's important. Believes is the most important thing alone with choosing your best partner. But now-a-days it's become a festival for us that's why we do engagement.

Yes engagement is important but not necessarily the party itself. Its that moment where you say yes to the person who asks you to be his wife then you are engaged. That itself is important because people sometimes learn more about the person when they get into that engagement realm where you have to plan your wedding and all. But for some it is just for formality sakes especially to the girls side. Every woman wants to be engaged and to let everyone know that a person asked me to marry him.

For me it's not really important. I'm sure it's important for the girls that's why couples do it. I bet if the girl suggests that she's not interested on an engagement party or whatever, any guy would be ok with that.