Escape Engagement Pressure with these three ideas

 

Let’s face it, sometimes the engagement period can bring more stress and pressure than you’d like to admit. You’re planning a wedding, sharing the news with just about anyone you can, and still trying to maintain and help your loving relationship grow and prosper. But with everything going on, there are bound to be times when you question your decision or maybe get overwhelmed by, well, your new status in life. So how do you make sure to focus on you and your fiance and not on the stress? Here are three ideas.

1. Engagement Moon. Before saying ‘I do’ and going on your honey moon, enjoy a weekend getaway and enjoy being engaged. Go on a vacation where you don’t know anyone and you can tell any stranger your news. But enjoy the status of still technically ‘dating’. Don’t talk about caterers or photographers (unless it’s about getting your engagement photos done while away!), continue to enjoy getting to know each other.

2. Solo Time. This is the time to remember to get out and enjoy your friends. You can still do this while being married, but don’t be one of those people who gets engaged and starts being a shut-in with your other half. Go have fun with the girls while he’s out with the guys, or even go see a movie by yourself or enjoy a coffee shop morning with your favorite book. Things like this still happen when you’re married, but it’s nice to treat yourself to some special time before two become one.

3. Predetermined Wedding-talk time. Schedule a time of day where you talk about the wedding and the long to-do list you’ve been making since you first thought of marriage. Then, when it’s not that time, do your best to focus on your typical day-to-day excitement and conversations. Don’t let being engaged push out your typical conversations revolving around the simple, but very important, things like your interests, your work, etc.

Last of all, make sure to be in open communication. Always keep the other talking about their feelings– you want to know if anyone is feeling overwhelmed!

Emily

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