Engagement Advice (Parents)?

Kk, so I'm 16...and engaged...i'ma regular 16 year old kid that loves his gf to death, my parents are perfectly fine with the idea, never could be happier.





yet...my gfs parents im not too sure about, i think they like me but idk if they like me enough to accept it. One thing is i dont want to wait to long cause then they will feel left out or get mad at the fact weve been silent about it





any ideas on how to go about telling them about us, or any advice at all about anything





help pleeeaasseeeEngagement Advice (Parents)?
No offense but this seems a lot like The Secret Life Of The American Teenager. I think that you should take time to grow up a bit, Marriage is supposed to be everlasting not just a whim. So make sure that this is really what you want for the rest of you life before you decide.


I'm not trying to be a pain in the butt here, I just know that it's hard to make it when your that young going in to this. So just be sure.Engagement Advice (Parents)?
First of all, when have you two decided to get married? That may play a role in this. If you are engaged, you do need to tell them, but you may have a better chance if you tell them you don't plan to get married until after college or at least wait until you are legally old enough, have a good job, and can support yourselves. I would tell them you are engaged, but are planning a long engagement. That way they will take it better than if you were asking them to sign papers or you guys to get married soon!
Dude, you are 16. You think you know what you want out of life but trust me you don't have a clue.





I cannot believe in 2009 there is a 16 year old in the world who wants to be engaged.





If you can stay with this girl thought the rest of high school and college then tell her parents you are engaged.





Odds are one or both of you will snap out of this real quick
please think this over... if i were your girlfriend's parents, i would not understand.


you should not be engaged until you are ready to get married. and you should only be ready to get married if you are done with school and have a job that could support a family.


please think this over....
i personally think u are a bit too young for engagement or marriage.


If she is the love of your life, then she is worth waiting for. respect her parents, wait until they approve. that shows more respect!


and they will appreciate you for it.
My advice is to give her parents the 'vanilla' story. Tell them you would like to get her a promise ring, and tell them it means that you promise to be true and its a pre-engagement.
18 and older to be married ............leagally
You might just use the words your promised to each other, because 16 is to young to be engaged from a mothers point of view. If her parents don't find out soon they might feel hurt about this. It's always important for a guy to ask for the hand of the one he loves, from the girls father. This could not only win the father over eventually, but it shows deep respect on your part. IF they don't like the fact that your so young to be engaged, then just tell them it's like your promised to each other, then when your set with a place, a job, and transportation, you can make the engagement official. I think it's nice to be young and in love, but rushing into marriage can be dangerous for both of you if your not mature enough for the hard work ahead of you. Really, marriage is not as easy as you may think it is. Life is hard these days, and when two different personalities are in the mix, things can be very difficult. That is why you need to be mature enough for marriage when you get engaged.
Stay ';engaged'; but don't get married until you're at least 18, so you don't need the parental consent. I got engaged at 17, and we're still not married (I'm 19 now). We understood that we were too young, so he got me the ring, we made the commitment and promise to be married, but it has stayed at that for over 2 years. We're only just now planning our wedding.





You don't need to be married to be in love. Wait until you're an adult and you have some kind of income! You have to pay for your own health insurance once you're married; your parents can't pay for it anymore. There's alot more to being married than just having a big pretty, expensive ceremony, hun. This isn't something to take lightly; her parents have got the right idea, I'm surprised your parents are okay with it.





Like I said, stay engaged, but don't get married until you're an adult, preferrably when you're in your 20s.