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Proposals & Engagement

How to propose to your boyfriend, alternative engagement ideas, engagement stories, unique engagement rings, and more!

Proposals & Engagement

Avoiding engagement ring envy, or: How I learned to love the symbolism
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Budgeting Advice · Proposals & Engagement

Our gay discount: how same-sex couples occasionally come out on top
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Proposals & Engagement

5 engagement ring style tips from Brilliant Earth featuring their ethical origin jewelry
Read article →: 5 engagement ring style tips from Brilliant Earth featuring their ethical origin jewelry
Proposals & Engagement

Where to start with wedding planning when you never dreamed about being a bride
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Advice · Proposals & Engagement

The “less-than-photogenic” couple’s guide to engagement pictures
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Proposals & Engagement · WTF!?

The F word
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Friends & Family Advice · Proposals & Engagement

I feel left behind by my engaged friends
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Proposals & Engagement · Relationship Advice

Is it possible to wait TOO LONG to get married?
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Proposals & Engagement

How I proposed to my boyfriend with the help of his buddies
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Proposals & Engagement · Relationship Advice

So, people think you’re too young to get married
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Philosophizing · Proposals & Engagement

Being the Lesbian in Brideland, Farmtown, Indiana.
Read article →: Being the Lesbian in Brideland, Farmtown, Indiana.
Proposals & Engagement

How to propose without a ring: Engagement ring alternatives for guys and masculine folks
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Proposals & Engagement

What Timothy Leary can teach you about having BIG CONVERSATIONS with your potential fiance
Read article →: What Timothy Leary can teach you about having BIG CONVERSATIONS with your potential fiance
Proposals & Engagement

We gotchoo with this wedding band style guide
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Proposals & Engagement

A nifty tip for ring shopping from a UK bride
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Proposals & Engagement

Brent & Jess’s unique custom fingerprint wedding rings
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Proposals & Engagement · Real Weddings: Western US

Christina & Aaron’s bug and dinosaur-infused wedding at a sake factory
Read article →: Christina & Aaron’s bug and dinosaur-infused wedding at a sake factory
Proposals & Engagement

Proposing Part 2: How to propose to your boyfriend
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Proposals & Engagement

Proposing Part 1: Why you should propose to your boyfriend
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Proposals & Engagement · WTF!?

Who picked THIS engagement pose?
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Proposals & Engagement

Diamond as dick size
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Proposals & Engagement

Can you skip it and have NO engagement ring?
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Proposals & Engagement

Non-sucky wedding bands
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