Stage 1 of 4
Getting engaged
Who buys what, what it costs, and what to write in the card, before a date is even set.
An engagement is the one milestone with no settled rulebook, which is why people search for one. What follows is what is actually customary in the UK, in the order it tends to come up. None of it obliges you to buy a thing.
The reading, in order
- Who buys the engagement gift?
- Engagement gift ideas
- Personalised engagement presents
- What to write in an engagement card
Buying for a newly engaged couple?
And after that
The stage that follows this one is the wedding: The etiquette, the spend, and the words: what a guest is actually expected to do.
Written by Craig Fearn, Printed Weddings.