Marriage Proposal

BrettFarve04 · Mar 25, 2008, 06:08 PM

Hey all,

Well I finally broke down and bought an engagement ring for my girlfriend and I'm desperately trying to think of a good way to propose too her. I know she loves animals and is a real outdoorsy kind of girl. And she told me if she ever were to be proposed too that she would want it to be a total surprise and something that'd she remember forever and ever. So my question is does anyone have any advice or ideas that I can think about. This ring is burning a hole in my pocket and I'm really excited to give it to her!!

mactastic1971 · Mar 25, 2008, 06:10 PM

Fly her out to San Francisco. Take her to the Zoo. Rent a brass band to play along as you propose to her outside the tiger enclosure. Run for high ground.

SuperCompu2 · Mar 25, 2008, 06:12 PM

Does she have a dog? You could visit pets at a local shelter and hide the ring on a puppy's collar. If that's no good, maybe a trip to a local mountain or something, and a proposal on the summit?

I doubt Zoos are open, but that could be a nice place too...

timsutcliffe · Mar 25, 2008, 06:39 PM

I'm not really any help i'm afraid, i just wanted to say it's pretty bad that she wants you do something to make it unforgettable, just the fact that you propose should be unforgettable.

I worried a lot about doing something amazing for my now fiance, in the end i wrote a poem and we took a trip to Niagara falls. We took some pictures too, which should help us not forget about it.

Good luck!

Maui · Mar 25, 2008, 06:58 PM

Make a thread on MR asking her.

shu82 · Mar 25, 2008, 07:01 PM

It doesn't matter what you do, as long as you do it. I did it during a rerun of Frasier in my underwear. Same outcome, and she was very surprised

Leareth · Mar 25, 2008, 07:05 PM

Take her rock climbing in an indoor wall
leave ring with note on top of climb
with something sappy like "the struggles we tackle together lead to rewards..." ...
"and that is why I wish to marry you"...

Or if the weather is cooperating where you life , hike or horseback ride to a beautiful secluded spot and have picnic with the ring being the last thing you serve... : P

one of my colleagues took his GF on a helicopter ride to the glaciers here, had a two hour picnic and hike, at the end proposed to her.
she said yes...

skunk · Mar 25, 2008, 07:05 PM

Drug an 800lb gorilla at the zoo one night, shave the words "Will you marry me?" into its fur, and take your girlfriend to the primates enclosure the next morning. That should do the trick.

Abstract · Mar 25, 2008, 07:10 PM

Do you have a store that sells those teddy bears with a little voice recorder inside? Buy one of those bears and record your voice saying, "Will you marry me?" on it.

chas0001 · Mar 25, 2008, 07:10 PM

Text Her. Especially if you have any free text messages to use up before the end of the month.

Hello.there · 02:55 AM

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Originally Posted by skunk

Drug an 800lb gorilla at the zoo one night, shave the words "Will you marry me?" into its fur, and take your girlfriend to the primates enclosure the next morning. That should do the trick.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maui

Make a thread on MR asking her.

A pair of incurable romantics

Quote:

Originally Posted by Abstract

Do you have a store that sells those teddy bears with a little voice recorder inside? Buy one of those bears and record your voice saying, "Will you marry me?" on it.

But what if she marries the teddy?

R.Youden · Mar 25, 2008, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Hello.there

But what if she marries the teddy?

The OP will have dodged a bullet!

Seriously though, just do what feels natural to you. You obviously love each other for who you are so just be yourself. Good luck.

ghall · Mar 25, 2008, 07:34 PM

I've had plenty of marriage proposal ideas, here are just a few:

1. If she's geeky make a website about why she should marry you and send her the link.

2. Order a pizza, and before you start eating, when she isn't looking put a sign underneath the pizza that says "Will you marry me" the message will be slowly revealed throughout dinner (just make sure you finish the pizza)

3. Write her a letter and somehow hide the words "will you marry me" somewhere in there.

4. Jvyy lbh zneel zr?

Hello.there · Mar 25, 2008, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by ghall

Jvyy lbh zneel zr?

Have you been drinking again?

juanm · Mar 25, 2008, 08:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hello.there

But what if she marries the teddy?

... or the 800pd gorilla?

macmama · Mar 26, 2008, 01:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maui

Make a thread on MR asking her.

If MR had been around when my husband and I got engaged, your idea totally would have been the way to go! Win!

OP, I would be most "surprised" to receive a proposal during something that was totally mundane, but I'm funny like that. Lying around on the couch or in bed, maybe as you're giving her a nice shoulder-rub? For me, romance is an everyday thing, not just for special occasions.

Good luck!

iBlue · Mar 26, 2008, 02:55 AM

I always thought I wanted some big elaborate gesture but the fact is, the proposal (regardless of presentation) IS the big elaborate gesture. I was proposed to in bed (less dodgy than it sounds, honest) and it is every bit as special to me as some huge ordeal.

Even just getting down on one knee at the top of a hill after a hike would be really cool, I think. Turn around and bend down to tie your shoelace and pull it out of your pocket silently and hold it out for her. Anything you think works for the situation.

It'll be brilliant any which way you do it, I'm sure.

Best of luck!

MarkCollette · Mar 26, 2008, 12:41 PM

How about going to an Improv comedy club, and pay them off so they'll select you two to go up on stage and do a skit, but the skit will be about proposing marriage, and you can pull out the ring and make it real.

Or you could go to a garden supply store and pick up some sod, and spray paint it some bright colour, and arrange it on your lawn to spell MARRY ME. Have her be out somewhere, and setup the lawn, then meet her wherever, have a nice date together, and then come home to the lawn question.

But the most romantic method would be to pay a bunch of hobos, so that when you walk past them, they could expose themselves and ask her to marry them. Like, at least a half dozen hobos. When you get home, pull your pants down to your knees, pull out the ring, and ask her if it can be your turn. Guaranteed she'll say yes.

scr1968 · Mar 26, 2008, 12:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BrettFarve04

Hey all,

Well I finally broke down and bought an engagement ring for my girlfriend and I'm desperately trying to think of a good way to propose too her. I know she loves animals and is a real outdoorsy kind of girl. And she told me if she ever were to be proposed too that she would want it to be a total surprise and something that'd she remember forever and ever. So my question is does anyone have any advice or ideas that I can think about. This ring is burning a hole in my pocket and I'm really excited to give it to her!!

I had a friend go down to San Diego (might have been SeaWorld) and did the swim with the dolphins thing down there. Ahead of time he set it up to have one of the dolphins deliver the ring to his girlfriend. If your girlfriend likes animals this would be cool.

SCR

Shotglass · Mar 26, 2008, 12:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MarkCollette

But the most romantic method would be to pay a bunch of hobos, so that when you walk past them, they could expose themselves and ask her to marry them. Like, at least a half dozen hobos. When you get home, pull your pants down to your knees, pull out the ring, and ask her if it can be your turn. Guaranteed she'll say yes.

I'd marry you.

Stampyhead · Mar 26, 2008, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Shotglass

I'd marry you.

Not me, I pick hobo #2.

mactastic1971 · Mar 26, 2008, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Stampyhead

Not me, I pick hobo #2.

Hobo #2 is a granny Sicko! Shoulda went for Hobo #3

Mikey- · Mar 26, 2008, 02:03 PM

You could take her to the zoo and get one of those planes that have a message attached to the ends saying "Will you marry me?"

Like this one: http://www.destinationknowlton.com/u...le2-736702.jpg

chrismac00 · Mar 26, 2008, 02:31 PM

Here is what not to do:

Put the ring in a balloon and let it go in accident :/

smokeyrabbit · Mar 26, 2008, 02:44 PM

How many women are going to marry a hobo that flashes her?

Mar 25, 2008, 06:08 PM	#1
BrettFarve04 Banned Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Milwaukee, WI	Marriage Proposal Hey all, Well I finally broke down and bought an engagement ring for my girlfriend and I'm desperately trying to think of a good way to propose too her. I know she loves animals and is a real outdoorsy kind of girl. And she told me if she ever were to be proposed too that she would want it to be a total surprise and something that'd she remember forever and ever. So my question is does anyone have any advice or ideas that I can think about. This ring is burning a hole in my pocket and I'm really excited to give it to her!!
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Mar 25, 2008, 06:39 PM	#4
timsutcliffe macrumors regular Join Date: Jun 2007	Harsh I'm not really any help i'm afraid, i just wanted to say it's pretty bad that she wants you do something to make it unforgettable, just the fact that you propose should be unforgettable. I worried a lot about doing something amazing for my now fiance, in the end i wrote a poem and we took a trip to Niagara falls. We took some pictures too, which should help us not forget about it. Good luck! __________________ www.daventrychristadelphians.org
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Mar 25, 2008, 07:01 PM	#6
shu82 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Rocket City, AL	It doesn't matter what you do, as long as you do it. I did it during a rerun of Frasier in my underwear. Same outcome, and she was very surprised __________________ Mini 1.66 CD, PB G4 1.67 17" thx RichP!, ibook g3 466 LIME, "Does Jimmy have Fear? 1000 times no...Jimmy has Fancy Plans, and Pants to Match"
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Mar 25, 2008, 07:05 PM	#7
Leareth macrumors 68000 Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Vancouver and Montreal	Take her rock climbing in an indoor wall leave ring with note on top of climb with something sappy like "the struggles we tackle together lead to rewards..." ... "and that is why I wish to marry you"... Or if the weather is cooperating where you life , hike or horseback ride to a beautiful secluded spot and have picnic with the ring being the last thing you serve... : P one of my colleagues took his GF on a helicopter ride to the glaciers here, had a two hour picnic and hike, at the end proposed to her. she said yes... __________________ Sometimes the appropriate response to reality is to go insane.
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Mar 25, 2008, 07:05 PM	#8
skunk macrumors G4 Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Republic of Ukistan	Drug an 800lb gorilla at the zoo one night, shave the words "Will you marry me?" into its fur, and take your girlfriend to the primates enclosure the next morning. That should do the trick. __________________ "The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted the spoons." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Mar 25, 2008, 06:10 PM	#2
mactastic1971 macrumors regular Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Bay Area, CA	Fly her out to San Francisco. Take her to the Zoo. Rent a brass band to play along as you propose to her outside the tiger enclosure. Run for high ground. __________________ 2.6GHz Penryn MacBook Pro 17-inch Hi-Res Matte Bad Malloc! Very Bad Malloc!
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Mar 25, 2008, 06:12 PM	#3
SuperCompu2 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Woostah	Does she have a dog? You could visit pets at a local shelter and hide the ring on a puppy's collar. If that's no good, maybe a trip to a local mountain or something, and a proposal on the summit? I doubt Zoos are open, but that could be a nice place too... __________________ PowerMac G5 2GHz DP/3GB/1TB/10.5.8 Canon Rebel XT MacRumors Scavenger Hunt Score: 1
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Mar 25, 2008, 06:58 PM	#5
Maui Registered User Join Date: May 2007	Make a thread on MR asking her.
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Mar 25, 2008, 07:10 PM	#9
Abstract macrumors G3 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Location Location	Do you have a store that sells those teddy bears with a little voice recorder inside? Buy one of those bears and record your voice saying, "Will you marry me?" on it. __________________ "Hard? It's supposed to be hard. Hard is what makes it great!" - Tom Hanks.
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Mar 25, 2008, 07:10 PM	#10
chas0001 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Alicante, SPAIN	Text Her. Especially if you have any free text messages to use up before the end of the month.
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Mar 25, 2008, 07:34 PM	#13
ghall macrumors 68040 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rhode Island	I've had plenty of marriage proposal ideas, here are just a few: 1. If she's geeky make a website about why she should marry you and send her the link. 2. Order a pizza, and before you start eating, when she isn't looking put a sign underneath the pizza that says "Will you marry me" the message will be slowly revealed throughout dinner (just make sure you finish the pizza) 3. Write her a letter and somehow hide the words "will you marry me" somewhere in there. 4. Jvyy lbh zneel zr? __________________ Follow me on App.net or check out my blog. PlayStation Network: ghall89
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Mar 26, 2008, 02:55 AM	#17
iBlue macrumors Core Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: London, England	I always thought I wanted some big elaborate gesture but the fact is, the proposal (regardless of presentation) IS the big elaborate gesture. I was proposed to in bed (less dodgy than it sounds, honest) and it is every bit as special to me as some huge ordeal. Even just getting down on one knee at the top of a hill after a hike would be really cool, I think. Turn around and bend down to tie your shoelace and pull it out of your pocket silently and hold it out for her. Anything you think works for the situation. It'll be brilliant any which way you do it, I'm sure. Best of luck! __________________ ‎(•͡. •͡) Nothing lasts but nothing is lost.
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Mar 26, 2008, 12:41 PM	#18
MarkCollette macrumors 65816 Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Calgary, Canada	How about going to an Improv comedy club, and pay them off so they'll select you two to go up on stage and do a skit, but the skit will be about proposing marriage, and you can pull out the ring and make it real. Or you could go to a garden supply store and pick up some sod, and spray paint it some bright colour, and arrange it on your lawn to spell MARRY ME. Have her be out somewhere, and setup the lawn, then meet her wherever, have a nice date together, and then come home to the lawn question. But the most romantic method would be to pay a bunch of hobos, so that when you walk past them, they could expose themselves and ask her to marry them. Like, at least a half dozen hobos. When you get home, pull your pants down to your knees, pull out the ring, and ask her if it can be your turn. Guaranteed she'll say yes.
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Mar 26, 2008, 02:03 PM	#23
Mikey- macrumors regular Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: England	You could take her to the zoo and get one of those planes that have a message attached to the ends saying "Will you marry me?" Like this one: http://www.destinationknowlton.com/u...le2-736702.jpg __________________ Aluminum iMac 20" iPod Nano 16BG (4th Generation) http://www.xpango.com?ref=91667566
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chrismac00 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Dec 2007	Here is what not to do: Put the ring in a balloon and let it go in accident :/ __________________ MacBook Pro 13inch 2.4GHz; iPhone 4S 16GB White iPad 2 32GB White
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