Courtenay’s engaged!!! And more importantly, we've got opinions about it:

1. Lab-grown diamonds? Yes.
2. Danielle Bernstein? No.
3. Mountaintop proposals? Sometimes.
4. Balloon arches on the beach? …Reluctantly.

But we’re here for more than just hot takes. Two weeks of expertise in being a fiancée has emboldened Courtenay to take on the entire wedding industrial complex in an attempt to decide whether changing social norms around proposals represent newfound freedoms or the corruption of true intimacy.

With the added perspective of an old, married, anti-feminist hag (Cecile*), this convo offers a truly comprehensive analysis of engagement culture in 2026—one you’ll be tempted to drop in the comments of every collabed Insta proposal post you see this summer.

If you do, just make sure to tag @supremecourtenay for creds 😘 xoxo

*Cecile would like it to be known that she is, in fact, 30 seconds YOUNGER than Courtenay