We have rituals for getting engaged, for bidding farewell to departing colleagues, even for graduating from kindergarten.
Programming takes a ton of time, and it's hard to get engaged for something I've done a thousand times before".
Experts in climate science, joined by hard-headed businesspeople and citizen activists, all agree that it's time for Congress to get engaged, for Congress to stop this act of denial and come together on simple, commonsense steps that we can make to strengthen our communities.
I got engaged recently, for my sins, and though I am naturally overwhelmed with joy to be marrying a man who adds Tabasco to any delicately flavoured dish I cook while complaining about how many books I own, it does also mean that I have been sucked into the terrifying, pastel-hued vortex that is the world of the online wedding blog.
But then our other director, Mick Gordon of the Gate Theatre, went away too: first for a weekend to Argentina, which turned into 10 days because he got engaged; and then for a weekend to London from which he never returned.
Enclose an insert in your holiday card that announces your engagement, or you could use a picture of the day you got engaged as the photo for you holiday card.
"When we got engaged, I aggressively campaigned for elopement," she said.
What will they say: 'Darling our marriage is over, Sir Elton John has just got engaged to David Furnish' Mike Freerer, Conservative MP for Finchley and Golders Green: "I say to my colleagues that I sit alongside them in committee, in the bars and in the tea room, and I queue alongside them in the division lobby.
Every relationship is different, and many couples who got engaged after being together for just a year or two can have marriages that are just as successful as those of couples who waited five or ten years to get married.
