Let me think. How did we tell the world that we are engaged? For starters, there’s the ring.

I actually had a good reason to sulk before he officially proposed to me, because there was a promise he made which he wasn’t able to keep. It shouldn’t have been such a big deal to others, but considering my case at that time, I did had a good reason to sulk. Because of that, I turned off my mobile for a few days. As he was working in another city at that time, he knew something was wrong when he couldn’t contact me through my mobile for more than 24 hours.

The day after that, he was terribly uneasy already. Yet things were still keeping him from visiting me at home to find out what happened. After two days, he knew he had to go and talk to me in person against all odds. He can no longer just sit and wait. He knew I was mad at him about that promise he didn’t keep.

Our mutual friends knew I was sulking and they told him so. He texted me, but I didn’t reply. He tried to call me, but I didn’t answer. That’s it. He had to visit me at home and talk to me in person.

On the evening of the third day, he came knocking at my door. We talked, reconciled, spent the next couple of days bonding, visiting relatives and watching movies. He proposed, then went back to the city where he worked later that day.

A couple of days later, I was with some of our mutual friends. They asked me if he came and talked to me. I didn’t say anything. I just smiled and showed them the back of my left hand. Then they saw it and understood.

That’s the “announcement by showing the ring.”

Aside from that, there’s Facebook. I simply changed my status, from “In a relationship” to “Engaged”. Then I announced, “Can’t stop looking at the ring on my finger.”

I emailed my family and relatives who are abroad, sent them pictures of me and Prince Charming, and that’s it. No newspaper announcements or any big drama. Simple and direct.