Are you a reader who loves So You’re EnGAYged because of the real weddings? Or do you love following the bloggers about what they are planning?
Are you a vendor who has booked couples because of So You’re EnGAYged?
Are you a straight couple who is excited about So You’re EnGAYged because you believe in equality?
We would LOVE to hear from you! So You’re EnGAYged will be turning one next week and we would love to feature ideas/thoughts/love notes from our readers every day next week.
If your write up is chosen to be featured, we will send you a $5 starbucks card. So that’s 5 chances to win $5 and enjoy a cup of coffee!
Happy one-year to your blog! I think I’ve been reading it since it began.
I love this blog and look forward to its posts every day. My fiance & I are a straight couple. Of course, why should that keep me from reading SYE? I love the ideas here, the sentiments expressed, and of course all the real weddings.
We are an interracial couple; I’m black, he’s white. When my fiance was born, interracial marriage was illegal in many states. I’ve spent a good portion of my life fighting racism in every day life, but falling in love with my fiance was the easiest, most natural thing in the world. It’s a shame that we live in a world where the expression of that love could be judged by someone else.
In light of all that, I love that SYE does such a great job discussing LGBT issues as they relate to weddings, and, unlike many wedding blogs, keeping the focus on what matters: love, marriage, and the intention to start a life together. Thank you for being a bright spot in the wedding blogosphere.
I only recently started reading this blog when my friend Michelle became one of your bloggers. Since I started I haven’t been able to stop I read it religiously, checking it almost every time I log onto a computer.
I am straight but I spent the better part of the past year struggling with my beliefs and how they related to the issue of homosexuality. Through many long conversations with my recently “out” friend Monty and witnessing the pure, fair love between Deborah and Michelle, I went from viewing homosexuality with apprehension and even at times discomfort to being energized and deeply committed to gay rights, and especially marriage equality.
I am in love with this site and the stories posted here, I take delight in all the little projects and musings, and I cant wait to see Deborah and Michelle’s Real Gay Wedding among those already featured here. Thank you so much.
I love this website. I found it when I began gleefully pre-planning for what I thought was my very own quickly impending gay engagement. I was wrong. It turned out we wanted very different lives and as of three weeks ago, there is neither an impending engagement nor any longer a relationship. Devastated and shell-shocked, I have found myself coming to this site over and over again. I would have thought that looking at all these happy, beautiful couples would be salt in the wound, but it has been so much the opposite. I come to this site every day, see these loving faces, and say to myself “See? See? It’s out there. It’s out there, it exists, and I can find it. I will find it.” It has become one of my greatest sources of hope during what is otherwise a very discouraging time. So, Happy Birthday, So You’re Engayged. You aren’t just for couples who are planning their nuptials; you’re for the rest of us, too, who harbor the hope that one day, those happy engagement photos will contain our smiling faces.
I’m a (straight) newlywed and I read SYE because it really bothers me that some people who love each other can’t marry legally here in Australia, so I love reading about those who can!
plus, I’m a sucker for a wedding, no matter what the persuasion, so I love to look at the pictures. Happy Weddings full of happy smiling people make me happy!
Happy 1 year to you all!
I stumbled upon SYE one day, and I have been addicted ever since. I am 22-years-old and I just recently came out to my parents, which was a huge deal for me. My parents were amazing through it all. They really were so understanding. I currently am dating my best friend, who I’ve known for 15 years. She is incredible. Today is actually our 11 month anniversary, so today is a special day for us.
I love SYE for every single reason there could possibly ever be. I love that there is a place for same-sex couples to come together and share their lives with anyone who will read. I admire the couples who are a part of this special site.
Being the huge do-it-yourselfer that I am, I tune in daily to see what the brides-to-be have been putting together. Ms.Grrrl, your wedding and projects were amazing!
What I would like to end on, is a big thank you. Keep up the great work and know that you are impacting lives around the world.