Now we all hope that it won’t come to this, but there’s no point in disguising the fact that whilst the vast majority of engagements will go pretty much without a hitch, the odd few will not go to exactly to plan.
Your partner may have said ‘No’, the ring may have become lost or damaged, the parents may have clashed during the engagement party – these are all possible scenarios that you may be facing right now or dread facing at some time in the near future. But all in not lost. Let’s look at each case in a little more detail.
You partner turned you down!
This is obviously the worst case scenario, but it needn’t mean the end of the road for you and your relationship.
Try to find out exactly why the proposal was rejected – perhaps it has just come too soon, perhaps your partner just needs time to think about it, or perhaps they do love you but are just not ready to commit long term at the moment. There are a multitude of reasons that your partner may give and to be honest, very, very few are terminal. If it means that you need to wait a little, or that the relationship needs to develop in one particular way or another, then that’s fine – if you do truly love each other and are meant to be together, then a bit of patience and effort is a worthwhile investment.
If the worst has happened however and they have not only turned you down but have also broke the relationship off altogether, then whilst it may be hard to accept right now, it is better to have it happen at this stage rather than a few years into married life. As the saying goes, ‘there are more fish in the sea’ so whilst it may seem like the end of the world right now, you can trust us, it’s not.
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