Engagement ideas are always popular whether you're a potential groom trying to determine a unique way to pop the question or a bride-to-be wanting to compare her special moment to that of the celebrities. So let's look at half of two celebrity pairs of twins who've recently gotten engaged.

Tia Mowry & Cory Hardrict
Most recently, actress Tia Mowry announced her engagement to her boyfriend of six years, Cory Hardrict. Tia is probably best remembered from the sitcom Sister, Sister in which she stared as a twin who was separated from her sister (played by her real life twin sister, Tamara Mowry) and adopted by different people. Cory, who is also an actor, gave her a card saying he wanted to be committed to her, then he used his little brother to trick her into thinking he was joking while at the same time playing a song called "Let's Get Married." After all the joking and mixed signals passed, Cory dropped to his knee and proposed the old-fashioned way.

Sophie Monk & Benji Madden
In other twin engagement news, Benji Madden who plays guitar for the band Good Charlotte, asked his girlfriend, Sophie Monk to marry him in December 2006. Benji's twin brother, Joel, is the lead singer for Good Charlotte. Like the girls Joel has dated (specifically Hillary Duff), Sophie is an actress and singer. Sophie was part of a girl group called Bardot that was formed through a television show in 2000. She also appeared in Date Movie and Click.

When Benji asked her to marry him, he took Sophie on vacation to the Australia's Gold Coast where she grew up. He popped the question while her parents watched, then he presented her with an amazing engagement ring: a platinum band holding a 2-carat diamond surrounded by 100 smaller diamonds.

Lessons to Learn
So what can we learn from Tia and Benji's experiences. Well, we can learn that just because one twin gets engaged, it doesn't mean the other one has to as well. While rumors suggest that Benji's brother is currently dating Nicole Richie, there's no word on who Tia's twin is romantically linked to.

But, more importantly, we can learn that above all else it's important to involve family in your engagement plans. Tia became engaged at her parent's house, and both her brother and Cory's brother took part in the plans. It was truly a family affair. With Benji, he flew all the way to the other side of the world just so Sophie could be with her family when he asked her the all important question. That's love.

Of course you don't have to fly to Australia or play a joke on your future wife to make the engagement moment special. All you really need to do is at least call her parents and let them know of your intentions. If she's close to her parents, then consider inviting them all out to dinner together, maybe even including your parents, when you ask her the question. After all, over the next few months as you plan the wedding, all of you are going to become very close, hopefully.