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Welcome to the Bee! you will find tons of ladies here who are great supporters on the waiting boards! i hope they can chime in as i found weddingbee after getting engaged so i never made it to the waiting boards.
Sounds like you guys are on the right track though!
My husband's family sounds like your SO's - very non emotional - where my family is the complete opposite. I think i make them uncomfortable with my hugs haha but hey they are family so they get to live with it :)
I just thought "waiting" meant you weren't engaged. I'm sure it means different things to different people. Anyway, welcome!
A bit like you really. We'd talked about it a lot. But I classed myself as "officially waiting" when he asked my Dad's permission. Silly ol' Dad let it slip to me and I've been waiting ever since. :)
@redheadem:i think of waiting as someone who is expecting to be engaged soon. i'm not engaged yet and i'm not waiting. i know when we are ready, my bf and i will be engaged. i hate people asking when my bf will propose as if he's the only one who's in charge of deciding when!
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Hi everyone, I've checked out this board for the past month or so, so I thought I would sign up and at least introduce myself instead of just lurking...
Not sure if I'm "officially" waiting yet...here's my story:
BF and I have been dating for 11 months. We're very close with each other's families, including extended (aunts, uncles, cousins, etc). We have talked future together, ie. where we would potentially like to live, buying a house (not in concrete terms yet though...just in general), etc. BF has mentioned "our" future kids in conversation before (as in how he would handle a situation if it were our kids).
My BF comes from a family in which they do not outwardly express emotions, do not say I love you to each other, etc. I come from a very emotional family. I said I love you first in October and he wasn't quite ready to say it (although we had a very deep talk about why he has such a hard time verbally expressing it) and he finally said it to me (with no prodding or anything from me) about 2 weeks ago. Now he's saying it more and more. He kind of expressed that he equates I love you more with commitment, whereas I express it when I feel it, not equating it to anything.
In October we went to my cousin's wedding, and he randomly was mentioning things he would like at his wedding. He also told my parents, "if <my name> and I get married, I would like...." and was talking about things. My mom of course got too excited so he followed it with "hypothetically!" haha.
He calls my parents Mom and Dad, and we went on a wine tour yesterday and he mentioned the one place looked like a nice place to have a wedding. Another couple just got engaged on Christmas, and her ring was HUGE. Later, he told me (again in front of my parents) that "If and when we get engaged, don't expect a ring like THAT one!" My mom said "what is it? if or when?" and he said "when".
So bees, I guess I was wondering when you all considered yourself "waiting". Was it after ring shopping, or a talk about actually getting engaged? or was it like my situation, BF is bringing up marriage and wedding stuff without any input or influence from me? (honestly! I don't bring it up at all)