An engagement, betrothal, or fiancee is a promise to wed, and also the period of time between a marriage proposal and a marriage. Being engaged is not the same as dating. During this period, a couple is said to be betrothed, intended, affianced, engaged to be married, or simply engaged. Future brides and grooms may be called the betrothed, a wife-to-be or husband-to-be, fiancee or fiancee (from the French word of the same form), respectively. The duration of the courtship […]