{"id":7891,"date":"2016-05-14T12:49:36","date_gmt":"2016-05-14T19:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/?p=7891"},"modified":"2016-05-14T12:57:04","modified_gmt":"2016-05-14T19:57:04","slug":"36-signs-youre-ready-to-get-engaged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/36-signs-youre-ready-to-get-engaged\/","title":{"rendered":"36 Signs You&#8217;re Ready to Get Engaged"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>36 Signs You&#8217;re Ready to Get Engaged<\/h1>\n<h3>As a member and advertiser on WeddingWire.com, I sometimes run across articles there regarding weddings and engagements that are just too good not to share. \u00a0This is a great example! \u00a0Very funny, and also pretty darned accurate. \u00a0I hope you enjoy this as much as I did!<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Golden-Gardens-engagement-photos-006.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7386\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7386\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Golden-Gardens-engagement-photos-006.jpg\" alt=\"Engaged couple walk on the beach at Golden Gardens, with the Olympic Mountains in the background\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Golden-Gardens-engagement-photos-006.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Golden-Gardens-engagement-photos-006-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>by Alex Merriman (from WeddingWire.com)<\/p>\n<p>1. You\u2019re on each other\u2019s family email chains and group texts.<\/p>\n<p>2. Your gifts have gone from &#8220;luxury item you&#8217;d never buy for yourself and an elaborate treasure hunt to find it&#8221; to &#8220;hey here&#8217;s something we need around the house and oops sorry I forgot to wrap it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>3. If her friends can&#8217;t get ahold of her, they&#8217;ll just text you. Same thing.<\/p>\n<p>4. You actually can\u2019t remember the last time you were invited to something as an individual rather than a unit.<\/p>\n<p>5. You share a laundry bin.<\/p>\n<p>6. Your friends and family aren&#8217;t at all shy about asking when you guys are getting married (like, maybe they should be shyer&#8230;please make them be shyer)<\/p>\n<p>7. You know each other\u2019s passwords to basically everything.<\/p>\n<p>8. His mom calls you more than she calls him.<\/p>\n<p>9. The phrase \u201cwhen we\u2019re married&#8230;\u201d regularly occurs in conversation.<\/p>\n<p>10. You spend all of the holidays together.<\/p>\n<p>11. You say \u201cwe\/us\u201d more often than \u201cme\/I.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>12. Her nieces and nephews call you \u201cUncle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/JulikaJess-7.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6749\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6749\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/JulikaJess-7.jpg\" alt=\"Lesbian couple poses for a photo during their Seattle engagement session at the Arboretum\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/JulikaJess-7.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/JulikaJess-7-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>13. You\u2019ve adopted all of each other\u2019s mannerisms and catch-phrases.<\/p>\n<p>14. You could easily program her DVR to all her favorite shows without her help.<\/p>\n<p>15. You&#8217;ve been known to accidentally nuzzle or loudly state a really weird inside joke while waiting in line for coffee or airport security because you forgot you were in public.<\/p>\n<p>16. He would never remember to send his sister a birthday card if it weren\u2019t for your reminders. Or his mother, for that matter.<\/p>\n<p>Related: 7 Signs Your Engagement is Right Around the Corner<\/p>\n<p>17. You can casually say things like &#8220;let&#8217;s please never name our child that&#8221; without creeping the other out.<\/p>\n<p>18. You think he\u2019s proposing every time you go on vacation together. Actually, basically every time he gets down to tie his shoe.<\/p>\n<p>19. You&#8217;ve made up words together (or adopted one of the other&#8217;s made up words) and use them so regularly in conversation you&#8217;ve forgotten they aren&#8217;t actual words.<\/p>\n<p>20. She\u2019s automatically invited on your family vacations and vice versa.<\/p>\n<p>21. Your secret Pinterest board is overflowing with engagement rings and dress ideas.<\/p>\n<p>22. You barely notice each other\u2019s bad habits anymore. What chronic nail biting?<\/p>\n<p>23. You go out in public in your gross gray sweatsuit because you genuinely aren&#8217;t trying to impress anyone anymore.<\/p>\n<p>24. You\u2019re not afraid to be totally weird in front of each other.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/AshJust_006.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7096\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7096\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/AshJust_006.jpg\" alt=\"Engaged couple walking in the Arboretum in Seattle\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/AshJust_006.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/AshJust_006-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>25. You&#8217;ve established a household routine\/division of labor without ever having to actually discuss it.<\/p>\n<p>26. You know exactly what the other one wants from the grocery store\/convenience store without having to ask.<\/p>\n<p>27. Your parents have accidentally referred to him\/her as their son- or daughter-in-law.<\/p>\n<p>28. You&#8217;ve each claimed your official side of the couch.<\/p>\n<p>29. He can tell you that&#8217;s a weird necklace and you can tell him you hate that T-shirt without any offense taken. And then you both continue to wear those things anyway and still think the other person is the cutest thing on the planet.<\/p>\n<p>30. You know how many bites you&#8217;re allowed to take of the other person\u2019s meal before you&#8217;ve crossed the line.<\/p>\n<p>31. You order the same dinner delivery every Sunday night and only need to say &#8220;should we call yet?&#8221; to know exactly what the other is referring to.<\/p>\n<p>32. You know exactly how long it&#8217;s going to take the other to get ready for a night out and can plan accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>33. You&#8217;ve taught the other a skill like golf, cookie baking, or Yahtzee! that you now enjoy together on the reg.<\/p>\n<p>34. When her family asks, &#8220;have you heard this story before?&#8221; the answer is almost always &#8220;yes, but only 15 times.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>35. You now root for the same NFL teams.<\/p>\n<p>36. You&#8217;re recommending their favorite craft beer to your friends because it&#8217;s the only kind you ever drink anymore.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Van-Aman_013.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7039\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7039\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Van-Aman_013.jpg\" alt=\"Engagement photo with Indian couple at Kerry Park in Seattle, Space Needle and Mt. Rainier in the background\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Van-Aman_013.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Van-Aman_013-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>36 Signs You&#8217;re Ready to Get Engaged As a member and advertiser on WeddingWire.com, I sometimes run across articles there regarding weddings and engagements that are just too good not to share. \u00a0This is a great example! \u00a0Very funny, and also pretty darned accurate. \u00a0I hope you enjoy this as much as I did! by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-engagement"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7891"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7905,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7891\/revisions\/7905"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}