Sometimes, just seeing the happiness of couples on this blog inspires our readers. We hope to continue to inspire and bring a smile to Holly’s face even during this tough time.
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.
Holly–I have tears in my eyes as I’m reading your post. Thank you for writing in, for reading, for believing. More than wanting to gush about my wedding, I really wanted to write to show that it was possible, that love was possible. I look forward to seeing your smiling face in those engagement photos someday.
I love reading through this web site. It gives me great ideas for my wedding. My girlfriend and I are getting married in may of 2012. However, since it is not legal for same-sex couples to wed in ohio we are having a commitment ceremony but treating as a wedding. we are so excited!! Its all we can talk about from time to time.