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▲ 1 r/JustEngaged+1 crossposts

Did your fiancé hire a photographer for your engagement?

Hi all! Like the title says, did your fiancé hire a photographer for your engagement? Is it something you told them that you wanted beforehand or did they do it all on their own?

I’m 27F and I think my boyfriend (28M) of 11 years is going to propose in a couple months and now my head’s starting to spin! Out of no where a couple weeks ago he said he booked off the long weekend in July to stay at his family’s little cabin we love to go to out by the water and watch the fireworks on the 4th. He put in the time off request on April 25th and got it approved the same day so I’m also guessing he told his boss his reason for the time off so it got approved immediately lol.

I know he has a ring already cause I found it (lol) but also we went ring shopping a few times in the fall and I was VERY clear that I liked that one certain ring and heavily hinted at buying it when I checked the website to see it was 63% off! So the ring isn’t a surprise which is no problem for me cause I’m very very happy he got it cause I can be quite picky! (I even told him in the fall not to propose yet cause I would rather it to happen in spring or summer during the happiest months :-))

That being said, I’ve been watching proposal idea videos and of course there’s a lot about posing for proposal photos. I’m having a hard time deciding if having a photographer there is important to me or not. If you can’t tell, I’ve given him specific input already, so I don’t want to take away all of his excitement for planning and his creative freedom, but I also don’t want to be disappointed!

Years ago one of his best friends asked him if he would hide in the bushes and take pictures for his proposal, so I know the idea of having a photographer isn’t lost on him, but still. Not sure if it’s a necessity, or if a purely intimate moment is all we really need.

TLDR; Did your fiancé hire a photographer for the proposal and did they do it all on their own or did you tell them to hire a photographer prior? I’ve already given my boyfriend specific input on the ring I want and when I want to be proposed to, so I don’t want to take away too much creative freedom. I just also don’t want to be disappointed if I just didn’t communicate enough!

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u/PeculiarTangerine — 5 days ago
▲ 2 r/tomatoes

This is my first time growing any vegetables and I’m very excited but worried I may have overdone it!

I’ve had these plants for a month now and my bell pepper plant on the right is growing some amazing peppers, but my tomato plant hasn’t produced any fruit yet. I figure it just needs more time as there’s a ton of flowers on it now, but I decided to look into pruning as I had a lot of leaves close to the soil and many leaves in the middle that were brown on the edges and crispy (see picture #4).

While pruning, I also decided to clip some middle branches that had healthy leaves but were dense and I kind of regret it. Did I mess up by doing that? Will my tomato plant not be able to photosynthesize as effectively without them? I ended up pruning about 1/3rd of the branches on my plant so I’m worried I may have stressed it out and that I don’t have enough strong branches to shade incoming fruit.

(Also in picture #5 I made the rookie mistake of trying to snap the sucker off with my nails rather than actual clippers and peeled some of the stem!)

Very appreciative for any and all help!

u/PeculiarTangerine — 19 days ago
▲ 4 r/vegetablegardening

This is my first time growing any vegetables and I’m very excited but worried I may have overdone it!

I’ve had these plants for a month now and my bell pepper plant on the right is growing some amazing peppers, but I my tomato plant hasn’t produced any fruit yet. I figure it just needs more time as there’s a ton of flowers on it now, but I decided to look into pruning as I had a lot of leaves close to the soil and many leaves in the middle that were brown on the edges and crispy (see picture #4).

While pruning, I also decided to clip some middle branches that had healthy leaves but were dense and I kind of regret it. Did I mess up by doing that? Will my tomato plant not be able to photosynthesize as effectively without them? I ended up pruning about 1/3rd of the branches on my plant so I’m worried I may have stressed it out and that I don’t have enough strong branches to shade incoming fruit.

(Also in picture #5 I made the rookie mistake of trying to snap the sucker off with my nails rather than actual clippers and peeled some of the stem!)

u/PeculiarTangerine — 19 days ago