How to tell everyone you are getting married? HELP, I'm so confused!

What kind if industry do you work in for people to get called into HR for posting their engagement on FB?

FH and I called family and close friends to let them know. Once word started to spread that way, we put it on facebook. That seems to be the norm in my social circles.

First, Welcome and congrats!

Not sure why you would be called into HR over announcing your engagement on FB unless you did it while you were at work...

I posted a pic of the ring on FB and thats how most people found out. We did this after we called our parents and siblings and his grandparents. The rest of the family found out through my mom and his mom. You can post an announcement in the paper but no need to send an engagement announcement to every one you know, they may expect an invite and not sure if you want to invite EVERYONE you tell.

Well... first things first- tell your parents and important family members, before you go changing your FB status or tweeting about it or something.

We didn't do anything to "officially" announce our engagement.... after telling parents and family (by phone since they live in different states), we just began telling friends, some noticed the ring, some knew it was going to happen and asked, and after a week or so I updated my FB status to "engaged" so that informed a lot of my long-distance friends or acquaintances.

It depends on your social circle... but mailed or emailed announcements would have been overkill with my friends and family.

Congrats! Have fun planning!

I called my parents and closest friends to let them know. Others found out in general conversation. I agree, I don't know why anyone would be called to HR for posting their engagement on FB, so perhaps it's time to look for a new job. I actually still haven't posted my engagement to FB, we're not even in an FB relationship.

I say tell the important people, your family and best friends. No need to announce it to people that don't matter that much, ya know? Especially if you're overwhelmed about it, don't stress yourself out.

I called my mom first, then texted close friends a pic of my ring and said he finally popped the question. As soon as I got home I put it on facebook. I called my dad and grandmom early in the morning the next day because it was so late that night. They don't use facebook and would have heard from somebody else first so I had to make sure I got to them!

Do you work together? Is that why you would be called into HR? Why in the world would your work be looking at FB in the first place? Are you friends with your boss??? What would cause all this strife at work?!?

I did as the other ladies did. I called close friends and my family first. I also sent out a text to everyone I did not call with a picture of the ring and "I said Yes!", so that most people knew. We then put it on facebook so that everyone who hadn't heard would find out.

Me and him got engaged 1 week before my family thing and we decided to tell my parents that morning (I work with my dad so I had to hide my ring everynight when he came to my store lol) we told them before we left. At the family thing we were celebrating other things so I wasnt going to announce, but my cousin noticed my ring, and asked about it and it slowly made its way around the crowd. lol before I knew it they were all congratulating us on the way out the door.

His parents found out at dinner a week later when his sister was in town to visit, and then after that we made a facebook announcement (by then most people knew lol)

BUt PARENTS are always first!!!

Word of caution - don't blatantly announce it to people you don't plan on inviting to the wedding.

Brides get giddy about their engagement and so once they start spreading the word, people tend to assume that they're getting an invitation. Impersonal announcements like Facebook announcements aren't really an issue, it's when you go out of your way to tell someone you're engaged - telling them in person, sending them a text, etc. Once you make it their business, in the back of their minds they're going to want an invite.

I would hate it if someone called me or messaged me and told me they were getting married, then come around and not invite me later. It's one thing to mention it in conversation when you've already plan to talk or meet anyway. It's another to make it the sole purpose of the conversation.

His parents were there and knew he was going to propose, then I called my parents and sister, close friends, then put it on FB so everyone could find out.

We called and told my mom since we were in another country. I called and told my Best Friends and we went to his moms house to tell her. Word of mouth and most people knew. Then I changed my status on FB a week or so later.

We called our immediate family first and then they helped us spread the word. It was getting close to Christmas season for us, so it wasn't unusual for us to get more calls or make more calls to our family than we normally do.

Once word started getting out, we got a bunch of phone calls. I also sent out a mass text to my cousins and some of my friends, which worked well.

I don't have facebook and I can't remember exactly when DH put the news on facebook.

Date twin!!!