Planning a wedding without an engagement ring...

We got engaged in September and I didn't have a ring until March. When people asked me, I told them the truth. FH was so busy with work and our boys had tournaments every weekend. We were waiting for everything to slow down for us to be able to go pick one out.

Celebrate and enjoy! A ring doesn't make you any more engaged

I’m in the exact same boat! We’ve been designing the ring together for the past few months but it’s custom so it’s taking longer. We already booked a venue for July 2019. The venue we loved had limited availability and we didn’t want to push things back another year. We’re waiting to tell friends/family until the ring is complete. But there’s no right way of doing things, just do what feels right for you both.

You can be engaged without a ring! Geesch people didn't even use to give engagement rings really until the 1940s. This is just the wedding hype that has been created. Everyone is so focused on the ring and not the couple or marriage.
My only thought you be, if you can't afford a 1200 ring, how are you going to afford a wedding?

View Quoted Comment Agreed!!!!!

A ring is a lovely thing to have, but the most important factor is the commitment that you and your fiance have made to each other's futures. Be joyful, spread the news and enjoy that eventual ring.

The ring doesn’t matter. He asked you to marry him and you said yes! You are engaged, post it and be excited!

My fiance and I have been engaged for months, we just now decided to make it "Facebook offfical" been planning since the beginning.

Dont worry about the ring. The ring isn't important at all. What is important is your engagement & commitment to each other. I say go ahead post your status, let it be known you're engaged & be excited! You're certainly not the only one who doesnt have a ring & you surely wont be the last.

I didn’t either at first. You have to plan considering it’s next year. Don’t worry about it

The right doesn’t matter or make the engagement. I have a friend who isn’t really I to jewelry. She just wanted a wedding band. So her now husband prosposed to her with a dagger. She is really big into swords and such so he got her a dagger she had been wanting and gave her that when he asked her to marry him.

We got engaged and went to the store together a few weeks later and had a 7 week wait for my ring(custom) but we posted it the day she asked me to social media everyone was really cool about not asking

I know what you’re going through. I had a “sort of” engagement at first. In my case, it was just FH expressing his feelings but not REALLY ready to take the plunge. As in...he didn’t really think I the next step was marriage. But I told a few select people, and the first question was about the ring! My situation was different because within a week we got it clarified! But it sounds like you both are moving forward with the intention to get married, so by all means, it’s an engagement. When FH finally for real proposed, I posted it somewhat sly and put it with another picture and status update. People asked to see the ring, but I just ignored them. I’m not one to do that sort of thing.

My situation is similar we know we are getting married, paid for venue, found my dress, bridal party selected, but haven't gotten the ring yet so we haven't officially announced it.

I had a clearance ring from Zales (like white sapphire sterling silver $50 ring) for 3 years of our engagement. I just recently got my dream ring but it doesn't make a difference in planning at all! The commitment is there. The ring is just some metal and a rock! (Albeit pretty metal and pretty rocks)

We custom ordered my ring as well. We were engaged for 5 months before I received it. The ring doesn't make the engagement.

I definitely started planning before we were "officially" engaged (I even found my dress talk about hard to not post about!!!) We also picked out a date and made a deposit on the venue lol!

It sucks but it's pretty normally I think? A few of my friends that knew what we were up too told us they did the same thing!

Agree with people here...a ring doesn't make the engagement. Shout it from the rooftops! Jump into wedding planning if you wish! Go forth and enjoy your engagement.

My DH proposed with a temp ring so I could pick my own. We were so busy (and I didn't want to feel pressured to hurry up and get one), I got my ring 6 months after he proposed!

My FH and I set a date and started planning before I had my ring. We did hold off on making official announcement until after I had the ring. Only thing that totally sucked was that when we did tell people we were engaged they didnt really seem to take us serious. I noticed a huge change in people's response once the ring was on my finger.

It is important that you celebrate the joy you share with each other with your family and the people who love you. Wearing a ring is a Western custom that has made some people feel is an expectation. I don't really wear jewelry often, so I only wear mine when we go to formal events anyway. Many women have been gifted small, inexpensive rings that they cherish because, ultimately, the engagement is simply a decision to commit to marriage. Congratulations on your engagement!