engagement rings, bad luck????

scaredycat

hi all, i just have a question regarding the above.
we got engaged 2 weeks ago and we went over to antwerp last wk to get the ring. its going to take 3 wks for the ring to arrive back here due to it being made and jewellers are on holidays etc.
we had both agreed to tell people we were engaged as soon as we got home, but now my partner is worried that its bad luck to tell people before we get the ring? did anyone ever hear of this, as i'm not that superstitious a person but i would prefer not to tempt fate!!! on the other hand, i'm bursting to tell people and sortof disappointed that i can't.
can anyone shed some light on this?
thanks

hunnymonster

I've never heard about it being bad luck but we told a couple of people before the ring arrived (it was a custom design) and it was a real pain. People asked endless questions and wanting to know when it would arrive to the point where I started wishing we'd never said anything.

scaredycat

yeah suppose never thought of that really, i can only imagine that would be some pain alright..
i know i prob sound stupid asking such a question, i just want to be sure.

era its not the end of the world not saying anything for another 3 wks, i'm just getting carried away with it is all..
just when we had confirmed when to tell people, i got disappointed when i heard him say he heard it was bad luck

hunnymonster

Think of it another way, you have this amazing "secret" just the two of you for the next three weeks. That's a really nice excitement to have. Once you start planning a wedding, you'll find everyone and their mother has an opinion.

Alliandre

I didn't get my ring for about 2 weeks after we got engaged, but we still told people. It was a little annoying not having the ring (as you tell people you're engaged and they automatically look at your finger), but it wasn't really a huge deal.

Cicero

50% of people I know have got engaged 1st, then got the ring...other 50% went shopping for the ring, then got engaged.......in your case, it's a bit different again...you're engaged two weeks- told no-one?- ....then I'd wait for the ring to arrive- simply because otherwise, you'll end up having to explain why you waited so long to tell everyone...plan a date around the time the ring is due to arrive, and make a big splash of it then..(if you can wait that long!!!!)

How Strange

We got engaged, told everyone and got the ring a week later. Never thought anything about it.

It's only bad luck if you think it is. That's just some silly superstition so if you tell everyone before the ring arrives and something bad happens then you can choose to attribute it to not having the ring when you announced your engagement or you can put it down to 'sh1t happens'.

Maybe you prefer to wait to have the ring when you tell everyone, it definitely makes everyone more excited, but don't believe in that bullsh*t. There's enough things to worry about without looking for more.

Good luck and enjoy your engagement. It's a lovely, exciting time when everyone is so happy and thrilled for you both.

Toots

Congratulations on your engagement!!!

I'd never heard it was bad luck to tell before you get the ring! Probably just an old wives tale or something. We got engaged on a friday night, and told our families within about an hour of it happening We hadn't got a ring at the time. It turned out we saw the perfect on when we were in town on the Sunday but we weren't in a rush to buy it. If you want to tell people, then do, or if you want to wait until the ring arrives that's fine too, do whatever you both feel is best

partyguinness

We have our engagement ring ordered and ready for collection this Friday.

I am buying it in England for £1800. It is worth £3500 and fully certified...the jeweller (and doing a nixer)is a friend of herself and she told him what she wanted. I will pick it and pay for it and she doesnt get to see it until I propose....:D

magicface1

Congrats on the engagement! Myself and my now fiance got engaged the friday before valentines this years. But because we live in Dublin and wont be home(both of us from Galway) until next weekend we decided not to tell anyone until we say it face to face to our parents first! So I feel your pain as we are itching to tell people.