Brides.com: Just Engaged? Do These 3 Things Before You Start Wedding Planning

Here's today's post from Brides.com:

Rare is life as sweet as the first hours, days, and weeks of being engaged.  Our advice? Prolong that lovely period for as long as possible

How to prolong it? 

Easy:  do not – we repeat – do not get into the nitty-gritty of wedding planning right away. Why?  Because as soon as you start making real, actual plans, you’ll face  the pressures of sticker shock and other people’s opinions.  We want to help you postpone these complicating realities, since you’ll be living in them for many months to come.  Just sayin’. 
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Don’t get stuck in the weeds of wedding planning.  Do these 3 fun things to prolong the sweetness of this time:

1. Tell everyone, together.

Don’t text your engagement news or post it on Facebook. 

Instead, you and your fiancé meet with important family and friends to share your news.

Or at least make a phone call with both of you on the line.

Contrast how different you’ll feel by getting a lot of Facebook “likes,” “OMG!” and “Congrats” responses versus hearing friends’ excited screams at your announcement, feeling their happy hugs, accepting their heartfelt congratulations, drinking their celebratory Champagne, and sharing your joy. 

​The latter sure sounds like a lot more fun and will create a lasting lifelong memory, marking the beginning of your engagement. Now that, we “like”!

2.  Fantasize about your wedding.

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