Engagement
"The purpose of engagement are to confirm a decision to marry someone, make wedding preparations, and strengthen new extended family relationships. When a couple becomes engaged, they promise to "forsake all others" as the couple finalizes their plans to marry. The practices of this stage involve strengthening relationships with extended family members, meeting regularly with priesthood leaders, preparing for a wedding, and making specific plans for early married life.
President Spencer W. Kimball has commented, "The successful marriage depends in large measure upon the preparation made in approaching it...One cannot pick up the ripe, rich, luscious fruit from a tree that was never planted, nurtured, nor pruned."
By and large, couples will be better served by having longer periods of exclusive dating, followed by shorter engagements."
Hawkins, A., Dollahite, D., & Draper, T. (2012). Successful marriages and families. Provo, Utah: BYU Studies and School of Family Life, Brigham Young University.
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