 iStockphoto Somebody recently showed me something in another bridal magazine, in a piece about finding your wedding dress, that gave me pause. It said: “Pssst … Don’t wear your ring to the salon. Whether it’s big or small, the staff may make assumptions about your budget based on its size.”
When I first read it, it just made me raise my eyebrows, like, Whaa? … But the more I thought about it, I decided it really sounded like a bunch of poppycock. First, I thought, you are not in a very nice bridal salon, if that’s happening. And the second thing I thought is that it hardly even makes sense. I know that wedding costs are split up a thousand different ways these days—many of them far removed from the way aspects of the wedding have always traditionally been covered—but still, I feel like it’s somewhat rare that the groom, specifically, is footing the bill for the bride’s wedding gown, and, well, the engagement ring? It comes from the groom.
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A lot can happen in a year.
 Sean and Carly on their engagement day. A year and five days ago, Sean asked me a question that changed my life: “Will you marry me?”
And while there are some obvious changes that will come along with the wedding (new marital status, new last name, new ring!) there have been a lot of unexpected things that have happened since last May 12th. I guess what I’m trying to say is: a lot can happen in a year!
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 Today show co-host Savannah Guthrie, flashing her new engagement ring. Some fun bits of celeb wedding news from the weekend! We’ve got one engagement and one marriage.
Today show co-host Savannah Guthrie got engaged to political guy and boyfriend of four years Michael Feldman over the weekend, and then announced it on Monday morning’s show after her colleagues failed to notice her new bling (pictured to the right, as snapped by Al Roker). And, despite Mr. Roker’s jokes, she says they will not be getting married on TV.
And then, I remember back when Vera Wang did her entire Fall 2012 bridal collection in nude and black—she says she was inspired by lingerie—PW’s fab stylist, Lauren Kozaciewicz, and I were talking about how pretty we thought the dresses were, but wondered how many brides would actually wear one for their wedding dress. Well, today we have our answer: 90210‘s Shenae Grimes! The actress married her British model boyfriend over the weekend wearing a black tulle number from that very collection. The only other celeb to famously wear a black wedding dress that comes to mind is Sarah Jessica Parker—and she holds to this day that she regrets it. Hopefully Ms. Grimes doesn’t feel the same way in a few years.
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You know, it’s probably not a good sign if the groom hypothetically throws out there, “So hey, like, if we didn’t actually end up getting married, you’d give me back the ring, right?” Like, that’s not something that I feel should probably come up during a strong and happy engagement. The bride gave him a sure, but whether it was to punish him for simply asking that question or not, that’s not what ended up happening in this messy little situation.
NFL star Mario Williams is suing his ex-fiance because, contrary to her (I’m guessing) shrugged-shouldered response to his hypothetically staged question, she both called off the wedding—and made off with the engagement ring. The engagement ring that cost him $750,000.
No matter what she supposedly “agreed” to, I generally think that whoever calls off the wedding needs to give the other person the ring. Unless it’s a peacefully reached, truly mutual decision—then the couple can amicably reach that decision together. Watch the video below for the deets on this mess.
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 Lady Gaga Well, I don’t know where I’ve been, but every time I’ve heard something about Lady Gaga’s supposed wedding supposedly coming up, I always assumed it was supposedly with some phantom boyfriend who no one actually knew for sure existed. I mean, girlfriend wears enough big, white, crazy dresses to stoke wedding rumors without her actually dating anyone.
So you can imagine my surprise when her actual real-life boyfriend actually piped up this time to address the wedding rumors—and not only was he an actual living, breathing, human being, it’s someone I know! I mean, I couldn’t have told you his name, but I recognize him as the pretty guy on that show Chicago Fire, which I have never actually seen save for glimpses when I walk through a room in which my mother is happily watching it on the DVR.
So, long story short? They’re not engaged. No wedding is currently coming up. That they’ll cop to, anyhow. But you know how these celebs are. Next thing you know, I’ll be showing her dress.
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 Stockbyte We love a good Buzzfeed roundup, and today we came across a pictorial list of some of the most funny and unique ways dudes have popped the question to their girlfriends, with each picture more giggle- or aw-worthy than the next.
If we have to choose our faves, we’re going to have to go with the personalized Ben and Jerry’s ice cream pint and the surprise proposal on the log flume ride. We love that she was clueless as to what was going on behind her until the picture popped out.
Did you receive an unusual proposal, or have you seen any other awesome ones to add to this list? Share your stories in the comments!
Click here to see 9 of our favorite proposals.
RELATED: How to Tell People You’re Engaged
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iStockphoto We know that there are varying feelings out there when it comes to posting pictures of your new left-hand bling on Facebook—some do it as a wordless way of announcing their engagement; some feel a little more private about posting it for all to see—and that’s fine. But regardless of whether you’re snapping a photo of your new rock to post for all 593 of your besties to see or not, chances are pretty much 100 percent that you are, in fact, going to snap one. Especially for female family and friends who don’t live near you, their demands to see the ring are pretty much a guarantee.
That’s why we thought this cute little step-by-step guide on HuffPo on how to shoot a pretty shot of your engagement ring—conveniently, specifically with your phone—was so helpful. It’s five quick steps to a gorg shot of your ring—and as a bonus, they threw in a slideshow of reader ring shots, because, let’s be honest, they’re fun to look at even when you don’t know the person.
How do you feel about where shots of your ring do and do not belong? Do you just text them to family and friends, or did you post on Facebook?
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It’s National Proposal Day! Did you know that was a thing? Well, it is.
(It’s also the first day of spring. Happy spring! And hallelujah.)
To celebrate, let’s do two things today. First, take a look at these very grand, very expensive proposals—including one that took $45,000 to pull off. I totally get where the guy is coming from when he says that dudes usually don’t have much to do with the wedding, and that the proposal is something they get to be in charge of—I actually like that train of thought a lot, and think it’s true!—but I do not agree with the sentiment that simply getting on bended knee is lame, or a thing of the past. However it happens, it’s awesome.
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 Bachelor-no-more Sean Lowe Did you spend three hours of your life last night watching Bachelor Sean Lowe hem and haw over his final two ladies, then finally send Lindsay packing, propose to Catherine, and (literally) ride off into the sunset on an elephant? I sure did!
During the third After the Final Rose hour, which officially exists for the purposes of letting the rejected ask “what happened” and to bring the chosen couple together for the first time ever in public in all their splendor and glory, but really just serves to give the viewing public a gut feeling of whether or not they’ll make it past their triumphant media rounds, Sean and Catherine also revealed a biggie: that, like Trista and Ashley before them, they will tie the knot on ABC, that the world might witness their nuptial love.
No word on when that’ll happen yet, but here’s hoping Harrison does the honors again.
Other big news from last night: Des is the new Bachelorette, and Sean is joining this season’s Dancing With the Stars! Whew.
RELATED: The Bachelorette‘s Ashley Herbert and J.P. Rosenbaum Got Married on ABC Last Night
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This extremely clever proposal has been making the rounds since it appeared on Reddit this weekend—and it really is one of the more creative proposals we’ve seen in a while. (So many videos these days!)
A physicist at the University of Sydney, it would seem, put together this one-page case study of sorts in order to propose to his lady, also a physicist. It includes both a written overview and graphs, and while he actually did such a good job that reading it made me feel the same sort of agita that plagued me during high school physics, a daily one-hour time period in which I alternated between crying and raising my hand to announce that I didn’t understand it enough to ask a question, it’s really just so cute and smart.
Gotta love a guy who put so much thought into it. Did your groom incorporate either of your professions into his proposal?
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