October 2009 Weddings
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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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My Brother's Surprise Engagement
My brother is 20 and when he meets a girl he falls very hard in love. He has been with his girlfriend for 4 months and they got engaged yesterday. He didn't tell anyone and he is expecting us all to be happy. I am trying to be happy for him but I am so shocked by this. Just a few months ago he was talking about joining the marines, he isn't doing well in college and he is working at a part time job. I just don't get it!
Re: My Brother's Surprise Engagement
I hope it works out for them. All you can really do is be supportive. The only other option is to take a stand if you really feel that "against" it, but then you risk the whole relationship.
My sister went through several guys in her day and she lived with several of them after not being together for very long. I always just let it go and chalked it up to being young and stupid. Of course, my parents were upset - it caused awkwardness with her and my parents for a long time. Eventually, they just had to accept it, you know? The alternative was losing their daughter.
Yeah, tough situation. I guess if it were me, I'd be happy and supportive of them, but in the name of being a friend to the marriage, I would start having low-key conversations with my brother about the grown-up parts of marriage (budgeting, sharing finances, sharing a living space, paying off debt, etc).
I agree with Karen... that's a hard situation for a sister. I feel for you.
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