How did you announce your engagement?!

We didn't.

Tbh, we didn't see the need for a big announcement.

I texted my mother and I tweeted and Instagrammed a pic of my ring. The next day I told people at work and then that evening we changed our relationship status on Facebook. That was it really! The first person I told face to face was the barista in my local Starbucks, which sounds really odd but I go in every day and they know me by name. It's still pretty sad though.

My family and friends are scattered all over the world, I don't live in the same country and I'm the youngest of 8 children in my family so I want to tell everyone as it's a bit weird I get engaged and don't tell anyone.

i don't think wanting to tell my family and friends is a bad thing. I'm just excited to share my news!

haha inked doll I like that. That's certainly funny but bet it sounded great and you obv remember it. I'll do the relationship status change for fb but for my family and good friends id like a bit more personal.

We didn't really, but we did it all backwards. We booked a venue and set a date. Then told parents/close friends that we were getting married, then a few weeks later he actually proposed with the ring, so by then most people knew it was coming. The night we officially got engaged we announced it on Facebook. 2 months later we had an engagement party (well just drinks in a pub!).

We got engaged in Budapest at midnight. The next day we rang my mum and dad to tell them then we rang oh's mum. I text my best friend and when we got home we went to see a couple of oh's friends to tell them. My group of friends were going out for a meal for someone's birthday so I announced it then. We didn't want the people closest to us to find out over fb but once all the importanat people knew I flashed a pic of my ring and changed my status to engaged.

My parents know as my oh asked my dad ..!! We also picked my ring together before he proposed. And visited a venue months ago lol

I just end up texting I'm sure but I think I'm just really excited and happy so I'm overthinking lol

Bliss balloons that sounds fab, I agree with you my close family & friends etc I want to tell but I don't live near or even in the same country. I thought if doing a funny pic and sending it to them all.

its hard to describe on this but if you knew my personality I'm a big kid and want to have fun with it

After 2 kids as living together for so long as we moved in with eachother when I was pregnant, fell pregnant in the first year of being together, so lived together around 7 and a half years, our friends and family have said for a good few years ' so when are you going to get married?when he did ask me we called our family's then the next day I posted a picture of my ring hand with a beaming picture on Facebook ( I only have people I know and like on there!) as we had the best response, so many people had been waiting for it to happen as we're the first out of our friends circle to get married so their all hyped up about it

We were in Paris, so I skyped my mum and stepdad, then my dad in the evening, his mum already knew as she'd been looking after the ring!! It was really nice to have some time where only we knew we were engaged!

When we got back, still on the plane we texted our close friends and once home we announced it on Facebook. All my friends were waiting as they knew we were going to Paris! It was a very exciting time!

When we eventually got to see my mum she had a bottle of champagne ready for us! It was a random Tuesday evening! Lol

Seems like it was ages ago, but it was only last December the 1st!

Because we have children, albeit grown up, from previous marriages, we wanted to tell them all face to face just in case there were any concerns. There weren't - they were all lovely. We told our parents face to facce and I'm so glad we did. It was the last time I saw my mum's face filled with joy and happiness.

After that we rang a couple of other people and then it went on FB.

We had a small party where we took our children and their respective others and OH's three grandkids to our local indian for a meal. Had the most amazing night and was perfect for us.

What works for one couple doesn't necessarily work for another as we are all different with different family dynamics so if you want a big bash then go ahead, if you don't then don't.

After ringing my closest family & friends, it was Facebook. ?

In this day and age, it was the quickest way to let everybody know.

H2b proposed on Christmas Eve. We were having close family from both sides round for Christmas Day lunch (maybe it wasn't such a good idea to celebrate with 2 bottles of bubbly when there was a mountain of sprouts to prepare the next day!!), so we waited until after the meal then asked our 9 year old to announce that she & her sisters were going to be bridesmaids! I texted everyone else important then I put a photo of my ring on Facebook with the caption 'look what Father Christmas brought me! X

We called our closest friends & family to tell them, then put a picture of my ring on facebook x

I think fb is the way forward!!! ☺️

Thanks ladies, I'm sure it must seem a menial task as you all seem to be well into wedding planning.

Just hope everyone is happy for us and excited too

We got engaged Christmas Day 2012 so I called my mum but OH announced it at his parents house that day. Everyone else just gradually found out. Didn't have an engagement party or make a big thing out of it.

We were in a Martello tower, on a spit in Suffolk with next to no mobile phone signal. So there we were waving our phones around like lunatics on the roof trying to get text messages through to our nearest and dearest. Luckily nobody could see us as we must have looked very strange.

A couple of days later we finally had enough signal to make phone calls to our parents and at that point we also updated facebook but just through the life-event type notification things which then received loads of 'likes' and comments. No soppy statuses although I did post a photo of the ring when we picked it up the day after and we were on our way home from our holiday.

About a month later we had a BBQ/party at home which we invited our local friends to. M/FIL2B and H2Bs cousin came along to that too.

We got engaged in the back country of New Zealand, with no mobile reception or wifi. Because of that, it was our secret for a couple of days, which was nice.

When we got back into places with reception, we rang Mum and Dad (in another part of NZ), and OH's family in UK. Called a couple of close friends and emailed some others. The final "announcement" to other friends etc was on FB.

We told family and close friends first, then people at work (I basically just said look I brought back from holiday and showed them my ring) then OH put a picture of the ring on Facebook with 'She said yes'.

Don't be silly! Not menial at all, it's the start of your wedding journey! I rang my mum and dad the next day, then my grandparents, and then sent a private fb message to the girls I wanted to be my bridesmaids with a picture of the ring and a message that said something along the lines of hello bridesmaids, look what happened! It then went on facebook, said something along the lines of best night ever last night, we're engaged! It was lovely to have all the nice comments. My cousin announced hers on fb by saying he must like it coz he put a ring on it! That made me chuckle. Have fun!

OH phoned his parents to tell them, we had to wait til later that afternoon to see my parents and tell them face to face. I texted my close friends and brother after that and just changed my relationship status on Facebook later that evening. No big announcement as such. It was lovely to see all the congrats messages on there though.

OH proposed to me in his parent's back garden when we nipped out for a crafty ciggy (it was more romantic than it sounds). The immediate announcement was me banging on the window waving my hand around.

Then I rang my parents and my best friends, we skyped his parents as they were on holiday and then it went straight to Facebook. Pretty sure it said something cheesy like "he liked it so he put a ring on it".

Didn't put a picture of my ring up though.

Facebook status. The whole family were there when he asked me so I just put up a status for everyone else ?

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Ha I love that!!

We were on holiday, but still in the UK, when my OH proposed, but he had called my dad earlier that week to ask his permission. After I said yes, I made calls to my mum, dad, grandparents and sisters ("So, how do you feel about being a birdesmaid for me at some point?") and then text my brothers (I knew they'd be like "Umm, ok, congrats?" so I figured I could get that in a text!).

Next I sent a picture of my ring to my closest friends because I didn't want them just finding out on Facebook...

Once I had got a reply from those people, I put it up on Facebook for all to see. With hind-sight I probably kind of wish I'd left that until I got back from the holiday so I could fully enjoy the attention, rather than thinking it was getting in the way of our holiday!

I use FB to introduce a lot of stuff in my life as my family and friends are all so far apart, so it wasn't weird for me to do it like this

We kept it to ourselves for a week! Still not sure how we contained our excitement. This was because we wanted our parents to know first and face to face. When we went to my dads we had only just walked through the door when my stepmun announced that her son was about to propose to his girlfriend. Then of course we told them our news. She unintentionally spoiled the moment slightly!

I proposed in front of a lot of friends on a day out. With hindsight not the best idea since it meant a race against time to tell all my family before word leaked out on Facebook.....and i have a lot of family! Thankfully friends seemed to understand and no-one let the cat out of the bag until we changed the relationship status.

We took a bottle of bubbly round to my mum's house (my sister and niece were there at the time, by coincidence) and fiance rang his parents (they're too far away to pop round) then I put a photo of my ring on Facebook.

I love all the stories, I'm very close to my family and being the "baby" of the house and 8th child I know there will be lots of excitement..

Ill be sure to share how I do it once I decide.

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I rang my mum and sent my dad a photo of the ring, OH's parents knew before he proposed so nothing to announce there. We were with 4 friends at the time and I think one of them put it on Facebook that evening, as did my mum, OH and then I think my sister did. I didn't post anything (I never do anyway - although I did change my relationship status eventually), and then we had an engagement party a couple of months later.

I don't think I've replied to this thread before, although I can't be entirely sure!

We were staying in a hotel that is special to us from Saturday to Monday in February, on the Monday morning at around 10am, I turned around to speak to my OH in our hotel room and he took my hands and started waffling about how the ring he had bought me 4 years ago when we first got together was too big now and so he wanted me to have something that fitted... he then got down on one knee, pulled out a box and proposed with a necklace. The idea was for us to choose a ring together that day but we only finally chose one last weekend!

The first person we told was the hotel waitress, she was so excited for us and told all the other staff. When we went back to our room they had left us a card that said 'congratulations to the future Mr & Mrs xxx' and bottle of champagne. When we went home (we live with OH's mum and 2 brothers) the next day, we just gave mum the card... it took her a good few seconds to realise what it meant!

My Dad already knew as my OH asked his permission, we then called close family before just changing our status on FB - this worked well but still some people managed to miss it!

Dawn