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"I was one of the first girls I knew to get engaged. Emphasis on &amp;amp;#8220;one of.&amp;amp;#8221; I saw a few couples agree to head to the altar while I was desperately wishing for a ring. If envy is grass green, I was usually celadon. But one time, jealousy got the better of me&amp;amp;#133; At the height of my quest to get Paul to propose, I saw a newspaper engagement announcement of a girl I didn&amp;amp;#8217;t get along with growing up. She was popular and pretty; I was, well, neither of those. But while she got her heart broken over and over, I always had Paul. And I assumed I&amp;amp;#8217;d wind up married to him before she even had a serious boyfriend. Wrong. There she was, smiling ear to ear in the photo, in the arms of a guy who could have been a Swedish model, blonde and chiseled. Not my type, but I had to admit, he was objectively hot. I&amp;amp;#8217;d usually feel a quick pang of jealousy and then quickly get over it when I heard about other couples who got engaged. This time, though, it really got to me that she was getting married and I was stuck in the cohabiting stage for what seemed like an eternity. Through sobs, I confided in Paul. He thought I was being silly (rightly so) and assured me that a proposal was on the way. Sure enough, we got engaged a couple of months later. A little while after that, I heard through the grapevine (OK, Facebook) that her engagement ended. And not in marriage. (Facebook tells me she&amp;amp;#8217;s engaged again now, albeit to a guy who could pass for the loser who punched Snooki on &amp;amp;#8220;Jersey Shore.&amp;amp;#8221;) Have you had any less-than-proud moments since you&amp;amp;#8217;ve been wanting to get married? How do you deal when you hear of someone else getting engaged or hitched? Got any fabulous coping tips? More About Not Yet Being Engaged Would You Plan Your Wedding Before There&amp;amp;#8217;s a Ring on Your Finger? How I Almost Spoiled My Engagement Surprise Quick Comebacks to &amp;amp;#8220;When Are You Getting Engaged?&amp;amp;#8221; More Ways to Get Glamour Visit Shopglamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10! Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Follow us on Twitter Add us to your iGoogle homepage Photo: Creatas"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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