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How Did You Propose?

Very simple. I was still in college (but had a job offer, so I knew we were in good shape). We were walking our dog on a Saturday afternoon through the middle of the campus as we always did, and we stopped at a small ampitheatre to let him off his leash and run around, like we always did.

Dropped the boom right there.
 
maflynn said:
I proposed at a restaurant in Cape Cod. I called the place in advance asking them to make up a cake that said Will you marry me. During dessert they brought the cake out and I got down on one knee and proposed. :D
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very creative, good work!
gsugolfer said:
Very simple. I was still in college (but had a job offer, so I knew we were in good shape). We were walking our dog on a Saturday afternoon through the middle of the campus as we always did, and we stopped at a small ampitheatre to let him off his leash and run around, like we always did.

Dropped the boom right there.
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BOOM!
 
At sunset, I took my girlfriend up to a roof garden in a hotel where we were staying together. Then I got down on my knee and asked her if she wanted to marry me, whereupon her lips started trembling and she barely managed to say: "of course!"
 
Flew to Cairo, Egypt and did the whole "in law thing", which was more important to me than to my wife :).

Then we went to the JW in Cairo, where I had to smuggle the rings through the metal detector with my fiancee not noticing (trust me, they're just not fit for proposals there :D).

We sat on one of the couches, ordered some whiskey, and then talked for a bit while I went down on one of my knees ....

Next thing I know I'm engaged and partying with pretty much my entire in law family the next day, celebrating with food, good drinks and good people.


Oh, and I just got married on the 9th of March this year too :) :D
 
Squilly said:
After a year she gave up? Lol. What was her reaction?
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Well, like I said, no-one sees this coming at 6:30am. She was speechless but found her voice before the ranger showed up. One pretty much knows what the answer will be [or I wouldn't have asked] but the whole thing is about creating a moment to treasure. This story has been one of our fondest of all our years.
 
I proposed in front of the castle at Magic Kingdom, Florida.

Fireworks, Music, lights! Thanks, Disney.

Yes I was bricking it. :D
 
My girlfriend has asked me so many times by now that a future proposal would probably go unnoticed by both of us.
 
My husband and I had talked about it. He wanted to get married in October on his late grandmother's birthday. In August, I said "I can put you on my insurance if we're married before the school year starts." So in between junior and senior preregistration, we ran down to the courthouse and got married. I have friends who still refuse to believe we're married, even though it will be 18 years in August.
 
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Not terribly romantic. We were getting ready for church on Christmas Eve and she was sad because she 'was ugly and had no nice clothes' (her words). I got down on one knee in her kitchen and said 'Heather Marie .... will you marry me?' She sobbed 'yes,'

That was 2 kids and 15 years ago.


I met her in late October in 1999 and married her in mid February of the following year.
 
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Took my wife on a picnic to High Park in Toronto and proposed at the flower gardens that are there. It worked, cause here we are 20 years later.
 
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KylePowers said:
Just merely out of curiosity, for those that have posted and those that will post, can you mention how long you dated your significant other before proposing? :)
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We dated for one night.:eek::oops: The next morning, farmer Brown (in his dress overalls, the one with only one oil stain) called the local pastor. It was a beautiful ceremony witnessed by farmer Brown and his Remington 870, "Sebastian.":p:p:D
 
I proposed to my wife on my birthday because I knew she wouldn't be expecting it then. We had talked about marriage to the point that she knew I was likely going to ask, but I wanted to think of a way that she could be surprised. We've been married 12 years now. :)
 
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Well, I met my now ex-wife 20 years ago. She proposed to me and I said yes! How's that for screwed up! :D Maybe that was a bad sign huh? But we did last 20 years. We recently divorced and I became a single Dad (proud to be) with 3 amazing Kids, so it was worth every painful moment at the end. If I could go back in time and do it over, I would do it differently of course! Oh well. Live and learn. Every day I wake up and see my Kids, I'm still thankful that my ex and I met, no matter how painful the end was.
 
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My girlfriend knew this was happening - we met in February, so been dating just around a year, she didn't know when or how I'd ask, but she knew. I did the ring work alone aside from getting her sized one day. I did formally ask her dad as well.

I chose my house for the location as a) it was where we met, and b) my backyard is awesome

But basically I told her we were going to the zoo, and she came over. I had a note on the front door to "follow the roses" when she opened the door I had rose petals leading her to the back yard ($40).

I cleaned my back yard really nicely, so she came out and I had a scrapbook ($110 for custom made scrapbook a replica of Our Adventure Book from the movie Up + around $20 for photo printing and scrapbook stuff) on my garden chair with more roses.

I watched her through the window and when I knew she was near the end, I went out.

I learnt one of her favourite songs (You & Me by Lifehouse) on guitar (guitar cost me $80 from GumTree, lessons were self-taught using tabs). After playing for her, I poured my heart out and proposed.

She said yes.

My tips: really understand her - don't go out and do a big public proposal if you know that she would get embarrassed and conscious. Keep it simple. Think about your relationship, the key parts to it and what makes you and her special.
 
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We went skydiving and I popped the question mid-air. I also mentioned that I had full control of her parachute.
 
My wife and I sorta decided we should get married so she could actually live with me on the Army's dime. So we went to a store and picked out a ring then we drove to the north shore and I got on my knee and asked. I don't have a romantic bone in my body.
 
I met her in August 1996 and we started dating a few weeks later. I knew she was the one for me and that we would get married. Talked about getting married and got engaged in October that same year.
We didn't live together or get married for another 2 years though as I was in college.
Been together 17 happy years.
The marriage is more important than the proposal/wedding. If people put as much effort into that, there would be much less divorce.
Doesn't mean I'm not romantic though. In many ways I'm more romantic than her!
 
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