Engagement
An engagement marks the decision for a couple to marry. An engagement is also the time period between the proposal and the actual marriage. An engaged couple is also affianced, betrothed or engaged to be married. As for the couple, future brides and grooms are called fiancées or fiancés. The length of the engagement varies according to culture … Keep Reading → and customs. Couples marrying for the second time often forgo the formal engagement ritual. Typically an engagement is announced with the future groom presenting his future bride with an engagement ring to be worn on the fourth finger of the left hand in the US, UK, Australia, Ireland and Canada, In continental Europe the ring is worn on the right hand. Parents of the betrothed couple announce the engagement by hosting an engagement party for close friends and relatives. Learn more about the various cultural traditions of engagements in this Hub.
