Ok.  So I am learning so much about being engaged, and I am sure I will learn TONS more after getting married.  So here it is.  Rules of Engagement part 3.

****Disclaimer****

I do not “get in trouble” for these things I am talking about.  I write only about the cute little quirks, and things I didn’t realize would be so difficult during an engagement, or while planning a wedding.  I want to say Andrea is OVERLY awesome about the whole ordeal, and is very understanding about my cluelessness of planning something like this.

She is your fiance NOT your girlfriend.

Yes, I said it.  She is your fiance.  There is NO excuse for calling her otherwise.  You cannot say, “I’m sorry love, I am still getting used to it”, or “It’s just a habit”  And definitely don’t say something like, “Sometimes, I just forget.”  These are all logical things, that really could happen, even to the best engaged man in the world but remember, to a woman, this is a VERY important step, and something she has waited for her entire life.  (Men have too, we are just more hard headed)

Basically, you made the decision to propose.  You want to spend the rest of your life with her.  Learn to call her your fiance.

As for me, I am sure just as I am getting used to calling her my fiance, we’ll be married, and I pray to God that on our honeymoon, I don’t introduce my new wife as “my fiance”.  Pray with me.

When your fiance is talking about these things called “Centerpieces“, and what she wants to put under them. (in this case circular mirrors)  Do not, I repeat, DO NOT refer to these mirrors as “coasters”.

Ok.  So I told Andrea last night that I was going to start writing ‘Rules of Engagement’.  Basically, along the path of our engagement, I imagine I am going to learn some very important things.  Instead of waiting a year or two from now until another one of our friends gets engaged, I figured, I’ll just post them as I learn.  So, I’ll start with the first one.

Rules Of Engagement #1

It doesn’t matter if it is the release date (like in my case), or five years from now.  Never, ever, under any circumstances, ask to go get an iPhone, if you have already promised to register that day.

Registration is number 1 until it is finished.  Go in.  Get it done, and have fun doing it.  It CAN actually be fun.  I’ve had a blast the two days we registered.  Just make sure you get to hold the gun thing.  Then it’s like laser tag.  Except, if you want something, you shoot it.

Anyway. That turned into more of a rant than it was supposed to.  So this begins my Rules of Engagement Series.  I look forward to your comments, or any rules you can forwarn me about.