Pondělí říjen 02, 2006

The Engagement

It happened quickly, smoothly and -- as it is with everything unplanned -- it was a wonderful experience. I am talking about me being engaged with Veronika.

Although I was planning to propose to her for at least half a year, it wasn't easy to plan the engagement as a surprise. And finally it was no surprise, because Veronika knows me very well and already knew what the surprise might be and she made everything to get it out from me. So I had to reveal my plan and eventually I was happy to see that she would like to come with me and select the engagement ring together. And she insisted not to follow the traditional process and let me propose to her at the very near restaurant just after we bought the ring. As I said, it was quick, smooth and even very funny. I can recommend this way of engagement to those of you who are not sure if your girl would appreciate a surprise or if your girl is not from a traditionalistic family.

Now some practical info for those of you who are going to buy an engagement ring for the first time:

• One stone only. A true engagement ring has only one stone, preferably a diamond (but you may choose a syntetic diamnod, such as zircon). The stone is mounted so that it rises from the band.
• Look at the wedding ring. Some traditions favor wearing both engagement and wedding rings at the same time, so plan wisely if you think your wife would like to wear both rings together.
• Don't buy yourself a ring. Men can wear an engagement ring as well, but they don't buy the ring themselves. It is expected that the bride-to-be would buy the engagement ring for you while she gets engaged.
• Giving an engagement ring indicates the engagement to be married, so it IS the marriage proposal.

So now we have a year to plan the wedding, because we have agreed we want the wedding to be in summer. And our dream is to have it on a beach, ideally on the first island we spent our holiday on together: Lefkada (GR). And I have already found a good way of spending our honneymoon: a transatlantic cruise to New York (or other great destination in the US). Or, if we suddenly become very rich, a all-over-the-world cruise on Cunard's Queen Marry 2. It takes 110 days and you visit nearly all ports in the world!

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