Breaking an engagement is a common plot for many romantic comedies.
In the movies this tragedy is always entertaining.
When it happens in real life or even to you it is never funny.
This single experience can change your life.
How do you handle it? Telling people about this news without totally falling apart can be a huge issue.
How are you going to do it? Another question is who do you need to share this news with directly and who can hear it through the grapevine? Even for problems like this following a simple guide can be a huge help.
Friends and Family members: This part isn't going to be easy at all but you are going to have to call family members and friends and try as hard as you can to maintain your composure and just say *The engagement is over*.
Each and every person you tell doesn't have to know the whole story as to why the engagement is off.
You are more than entitled to your privacy.
If they want to know everything they can fill in the blanks themselves.
Everybody knows that certain things in life just happen and sometimes engagements get cut off.
Everyone will definitely feel sorry for you but in the end this is going to be a lot tougher on you than anyone else.
How to Handle Wedding Gifts: If you have already received wedding gifts you must return them.
The easiest way is going to be simply mailing them back to the sender.
Doing it face to face is going to turn out to be an emotional nightmare that you are not going to want to go through.
If you do it face-to-face you are going to have to deal with the person trying to get you to keep the gift and that will be uncomfortable for both parties.
In the event that you received gifts that were personalized, you cannot send them back.
In this case you must keep the gifts and sincerely thank the person that sent them as they cannot be returned anyway.
If you attempt to get married in the future don't expect expensive gifts from these people and definitely don't expect to get them early.
In the movies this tragedy is always entertaining.
When it happens in real life or even to you it is never funny.
This single experience can change your life.
How do you handle it? Telling people about this news without totally falling apart can be a huge issue.
How are you going to do it? Another question is who do you need to share this news with directly and who can hear it through the grapevine? Even for problems like this following a simple guide can be a huge help.
Friends and Family members: This part isn't going to be easy at all but you are going to have to call family members and friends and try as hard as you can to maintain your composure and just say *The engagement is over*.
Each and every person you tell doesn't have to know the whole story as to why the engagement is off.
You are more than entitled to your privacy.
If they want to know everything they can fill in the blanks themselves.
Everybody knows that certain things in life just happen and sometimes engagements get cut off.
Everyone will definitely feel sorry for you but in the end this is going to be a lot tougher on you than anyone else.
How to Handle Wedding Gifts: If you have already received wedding gifts you must return them.
The easiest way is going to be simply mailing them back to the sender.
Doing it face to face is going to turn out to be an emotional nightmare that you are not going to want to go through.
If you do it face-to-face you are going to have to deal with the person trying to get you to keep the gift and that will be uncomfortable for both parties.
In the event that you received gifts that were personalized, you cannot send them back.
In this case you must keep the gifts and sincerely thank the person that sent them as they cannot be returned anyway.
If you attempt to get married in the future don't expect expensive gifts from these people and definitely don't expect to get them early.