Post by midnightrae on Jun 6, 2013 17:46:31 GMT -5
Mine was sweet. He proposed to me in our apartment on Halloween(my favorite holiday) before we went to visit his parents. He pretty much made me Trick or Treat for my ring.
Our decision to get married was very businesslike. We just knew, so we discussed and decided he would. We picked out the ring together. He gave it to me a few days later...
I wish I had a sweet proposal rather than a business deal. lol. I mean, I wouldn't ask him to redo it or anything, but it wasn't exactly the stuff dreams are made of.
Mine was similar to this. I'm not all mushy and romantic and neither is he, so it was kind of typical for us. Still married seven years later so it didn't matter
“Life is not orderly. No matter how we try to make it so, right in the middle of it lose a leg, fall in love, drop a jar of applesauce.” - Natalie Goldberg
Mine was perfect. He proposed at sunset on a ferry on the way back to our favorite town (also where we got married); it could not have been any better or more "us".
Post by ElizabethBennet on Jun 6, 2013 18:40:12 GMT -5
This reminds me of when my uncle proposed to his now ex-wife. My grandma gave him her engagement ring to propose with. It really was a beautiful ring, really vintage-y looking but understated.
My mom (my uncle is her brother) was talking to her after the proposal and asked what she thought of the ring. She kind of moved it around on her finger with a look of disgust and said "eh, it's not really my style.". She got a new ring and I'm pretty sure she still has my grandmothers ring.
I didn't really ever like the woman but the thought of her having my grandmothers ring makes me sick.
Post by LeggsBenedict on Jun 6, 2013 18:46:04 GMT -5
it was awesome, and I loved it. but I asked if he was proposing about an hour before he did it (he was so fidgety) and he denied it. I was still surprised.
I'm going to post my parent's engagement story since I DON'T EVEN HAVE A HUSBAND
Scene: Valentine's Day, 1979. My father's house
Mom: Blah blah blah happy valentine's day! did you get me anything? Dad: I sure did! It's in the spare bedroom, go look!
:mom leaves, mom reenters:
Mom: You're an asshole Dad: what Mom: An asshole Dad: You...don't like it? Mom: My present is dog shit on the carpet to clean up? Dad: You didn't see the ring? Mom: What ring?
Post by pixelpassion on Jun 6, 2013 19:05:14 GMT -5
I really loved our proposal, FI and I spent the whole day at an amusement park/water park and he popped the question on the Ferris Wheel when the sun was setting. I realize this sounds nauseatingly sappy, but it was a special place for us since we were young.
The only thing that sucked was that I had a pretty gnarly sunburn and the worst "chub-rub" I have ever had in my life, due to walking around in wet board shorts all day. Like, my inner thighs were bleeding. THANK GOD there was no photographic evidence of this day.
Mine was awesome. It was a full day of surprises, each one bigger than the last, leading up to him proposing at sunset overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge.
He put a lot of planning and effort into it, and it's still one of my favorite things that DH has ever done for me. I mean, both the asking, and how he did it.
He looked over at a stop light and said, "So, you wanna get married?" lol. And then he had this look on his face like, "Did I really say that outloud?"
My response was "sure."
And in the grander scheme of things, it could've been at a stop light or on the top of Mount Everest and it wouldn't have mattered as long as he asked and I said yes.
OMG I thought for sure I was the only one who was proposed to in a car, but I was the one driving and we were getting on a highway on-ramp when he says "so, you wanna get married?"
He still, to this day, gets grief about it (mostly just from me) but I do it because it's funny and not because I wish he had done it differently.
I'm happy with ours, but it would have been better if it'd been a surprise. We were doing the long distance thing at the time so we spent a lot of time on the phone. We were talking one day, I was on my way to work and he was on his way home from work, so we were both kind of distracted. He was going on and on about something and then just sort of slipped up and said "I would have been on time but it took a lot longer to pick out your ring than I thought it would and so..." and I interrupted him, all WTF did you just say?!?! And he just got all quiet for a minute before muttering "Well, fuck, I can't do anything right." We were already planning for him to come visit over the 4th of July weekend so it was pretty easy to figure out from there.
He still went through his whole plan though. It was really sweet, he asked me while we watched fireworks, but he was still so nervous when he asked. My response was "Sure" like he'd just asked me to grab a drink after the show or something. I give him crap for the slip up, he gives me crap for my response. It wasn't perfect, but I like it.
Post by mirandahobbes on Jun 6, 2013 22:47:23 GMT -5
He did a pretty good job, and knowing he tried is all that matters. He took me to a gorgeously landscaped park along the water, got down on one knee, read a poem (I know this was not his idea, but it was nice) and asked. It was mostly not a surprise, so that made it awkward. Like, should I sit on this bench? Are you going to do it right now, or should we wait? My parents and sister already knew.
Hah, well he proposed after we already decided to get married. If that makes sense. We had one of those " well, we should probably get married sometime soon..." discussions, bought the rings together and everything, then one day I was sitting at the table doing something wedding related and he proposed. Lol, he was nervous and shaking. I was like " Lolol, why are you so nervous?! We already chose our venue!"
OMG I thought for sure I was the only one who was proposed to in a car, but I was the one driving and we were getting on a highway on-ramp when he says "so, you wanna get married?"
He still, to this day, gets grief about it (mostly just from me) but I do it because it's funny and not because I wish he had done it differently.
I tease H about his too, although I'm pretty sure I followed "sure" with "I guess so" so I shouldn't really say shit since I wasn't scoring any being romantic points myself.
I think I said "What?!" LOL so yeah, I am not winning any either.
Ours turned out to be kind of a romantic flop. H proposed in the hustle and bustle of the Rock Center Christmas tree. He said something nice and turned around, looked at me and asked "Do I need to get down on one knee?" while holding the open ring box. He didn't want his pants to get wet and yucky since the ground was slushy- I still give him crap for that. I said yes, we hugged and kissed, it was great. A random passerby decided to point out that a man had closed the entire rink to propose to his girlfriend simultaneously to our proposal. Thanks biatch.
I thought something was up when he kept saying it wasn't dark enough to see the tree yet and wanted to stop in every bar along the way to Rock Center. I am guessing some liquid courage was needed. We went out with my cousins in NYC that night and did lots of tequila shots to commemorate how we went from hs buddies to a couple.
I had been dating DH almost 6 years and was getting really fed up with waiting (we were in our 30s so I couldn't understand what was taking so long).
We decided to take a vacation to the Smokies around our 6th year dating anniversary and I thought - surely, this will be IT!
Yet each day passed and NOTHING!
So, it's our last night before we head back for home and he tells me he needs to stop off at one of the picnic spots so he can hit the restroom.
I wandered over towards the water, standing on some rocks, and fuming, arms crossed, thinking I am going to have to dump DH when we get back since clearly he has no intention of EVER asking me to marry him.
DH comes up behind me and says my name. I turn around, my mouth open to say "What?!?" and there he is, down on one knee, holding up a ring (the same ring I had shown to my friends as THE ring - obviously he did his homework).
I honestly can't remember much of what he said because I was stunned that finally, finally he was going to propose, but I will never forget the look on his face - the way he looked so in love, expectant, and scared shitless all at the same time.
actually, the proposal was the most romantic thing that my husband has probably ever done
Same here. I'm a big sappy romantic and am always trying to think of sweet, romantic things to do for him. DH occasionally has his moments, but overall, is not romantic at all.
I definitely suspected he was going to propose on a weekend getaway. I had JUST come back from a 2-week trip, and he insisted that I take a Friday off of work because he was so stressed from work and needed to get away for the weekend. Then he planned the whole weekend himself. That threw up some flags, because I'm the one that plans all our vacations. (We still joke about that- he says he thought the fact he planned it might arouse some suspicion, but also thought it would be crappy to make me plan my own proposal weekend lol.) He rented a vacation house right on the lake. We spent the weekend touring wineries and hiking the local trails. Then on our last night there, we set up a fire out by the like and opened a bottle of wine to watch the sunset. I thanked him for a perfect weekend, and that's when he pulled the ring out of his pocket, got down on one knee, and said, "will you truly make it a perfect weekend and be my queen?" It was definitely the most over the top gesture he has ever made, but also low key and private, just like us. I loved it