How Did Your Husband Propose To You?

[THUNDER HANDS]

Supposing, of course, that you're a woman who has been proposed to.

Or, if you happen to be a man, how did you propose to your wife?

[nickinSTL]

1. Well, she's not my wife yet...

But I proposed while we were taking a walk in the woods, one of our favorite activities. I told her how much she meant to me and how lucky I was to have her in my life, and then asked the question.

That was four years ago, and one of these days...we'll actually get married :D

[Crunchy Frog]

2. Oh no! You're not thinking of proposing are you?

After all the shit that I saw go down on those threads, (yes, I saw them), I think it would probably be a good idea to wait awhile.

And yes, I'm being an interfering busybody, but you're the one who asked the question on a big public message board.

[THUNDER HANDS]

6. actually, I'm trying to win a contest

Fortunoff is having a contest for the best marriage proposal idea. You win $5000 to make it happen, plus a ring, I think.

[redqueen]

3. Oh good God in heaven if THIS isn't a depressing thread.

I need the sad, drinking smiley from bella's site.

[Squatch]

4. Ummm...we were engaged in carnal pleasures...

when it came to me like a flash. I need to marry this woman. It's been a great 5-year relationship with our first due in April

[Left Is Write]

21. Congratulations!

All new babies are exciting, but there's nothing quite like experiencing the first.

[skygazer]

5. My sweetie has proposed to me three or four times

In the past four years. Usually it's while we're dancing and he's gazing into my eyes in the candlelight. Very romantic and lovely.

Every time I say no which he knows I will and it makes him laugh. But he likes to ask.

[fudge stripe cookays]

7. My first visit to Calgary...

after he'd come to visit Dallas 4 months before.

We'd been corresponding for 7 months. We were so in love, and it was so hard being that far apart. We knew something would have to happen ot be together. Either I'd have to move up, or he'd have to move down.

We'd come back from camping with friends in the Kananaskis, and were warm and cozy in his apartment. He sat me down in front of his computer, and started playing this file.

He'd done a lengthy Flash animation showing Alberta and Texas separate, and then morphing together into a heart, and had onscreen narration tell me everything, and pop the question. He hovered behind me to see what I'd say.

:loveya:

I melted.
We were married approximately 1 year later in Dallas.
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[GOPisEvil]

31. Holy smokes! That is AWESOME!!!

[fudge stripe cookays]

37. No, HE is!

Too bad we don't have the blushing smiley. I'm a lucky gal.

:D
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[Midlodemocrat]

8. With champagne and roses, seriously.

[Mr. McD]

9. Actually my wife proposed to me

We had been living to gather for over two years. She said she wanted to be married to me, I said OK. :loveya: :pals: We have been togather 20 years now.

[progressoid]

13. Same here - now married for 17 years

If she had waited for me, we would still be living in a crappy apt eating ramen noodles. Ahhh, those were the days.

[chuckrocks]

10. i knocked her up

.

[Dora]

11. After 10 years of courtship, and a deep discussion

We agreed that well, yeah, we both did want to get married and have children and make a family with each other.

Then I told him that I wanted to be asked. He even told my parents first (both sets, brave man), and then he proposed about six weeks later.

It was a picnic proposal that I saw coming a mile away. I loved every moment of his beautiful nervous tension as we were shopping for the picnic goods at the grocery store, and when we got to the picnic, he couldn't hardly stop laughing enough to get the proposal out. The engagement ring was a vintage garnet/sapphire ring I found on eBay (it was lost eventually in a home burglary).

My advice: Don't try to plan a dramatic "event" of a proposal. If it's a surprise, that's fine, but if it's a scene, then the proposal becomes less about your love for her, and more about the drama of the moment. A deep and sincere expression of your love and commitment to her and the relationship you have together and the desire to be her man for ever and ever is what you need. Not a carriage rental.

Although a mariachi band might be nice.

Good luck, and I wish you much happiness!

On Edit: I just read your Post #6. I hope you win.

[yewberry]

12. Mine

I used to work at a restaurant in Seattle (Jitterbug, across from the Guild theater) and I pulled up to park on the street. The marquee read "Shakespeare In Love" as I parked and when I got out of the car, I saw that the other side read, "Marry Me Rachel?"

Uh. "No way," I thought. I walked over to a nearby Thai place and got some fried tofu to take back to work. Looked up, and, sure enough, the sign still read "Marry Me Rachel?"

I walked over to the guy in the theater window. "Um, hi. I'm Rachel." He said he didn't know anything about it. "Maybe I should call home." He said that maybe I should.

I went into work, where everyone was grinning at me. There was my funny husband, waiting in my bar with orchids. What a sweetie.

I did have to spend the entire shift answering questions about the marquee ("Are they doing a special showing? Is that the name of a new movie?") and regulars brought it up for years afterward.

[Lavender Brown]

14. That's a wonderful story

:loveya:

[yewberry]

19. Thanks

I do get all choked up about it. The other part of the story is that we went to Scotland and got married in a charity garden...kilts, bagpipes and all.

He's a romantic.

[Lavender Brown]

22. Oh geez

You have stolen all my romantic fantasies. I want to get married in a garden. :)

[baba]

23. That is the best story I have ever heard!

Seriously. I love it!

:)

[fudge stripe cookays]

25. Whutta guy!

Great story. You can tell him we said so!

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[fluffernutter]

15. 3 mos after we met.

in a hotel in Anchorage, in the sack. he popped a ring out from under a pillow or blanket or something and said he didn't want to live without me.

[AlCzervik]

16. We were at the beach and someone had on When i'm 64

and my boyfriend now husband asked me if i'd still love him when he's 64 and i said "yup, unless you have ear hair" and then he asked "Are you willing to take a chance on that and find out?" and i said "Yup" and then he pulled out the ring and asked me to marry him and i said yes.

[gollygee]

17. I don't think I got a proper proposal

We just assumed we'd eventually get married and then his parents were visiting and we figured as long as his parents were there we might as well do it then. Obviously, we had a small wedding.

[stlchic]

18. He didn't actually ask, and I didn't actually say yes...

We were in our senior year of college, and I was shacking up at his matchbox of an apartment. My lab class didn't start until 10 am, and when I woke up there was a ring on my left ring finger. Apparently I'm a very sound sleeper.

I called him at the Student Union office where he hung out between classes, and I said "When would you like to do it?" and he said "I was thinking September."

[Left Is Write]

20. We went to dinner at the restaurant where we had our first date.

He privately told the waiter he was going to be proposing, and arranged for a bottle of champagne to be brought out at "the" moment.

After we ate, he excused himself to the restroom. When he came back, he dropped down on one knee, pulled a white ring box out of his pocket, flipped it open, and launched into a speech about love, lifetime and commitment. At the end of his little speech, he said, "So...will you marry me?"

And then the champagne arrived.

[fudge stripe cookays]

24. Good thing you said yes, huh?

;-)

Or he would have been getting stinking all alone!
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[Left Is Write]

27. Oh, he knew I would say yes.

It wasn't the first time the subject was raised. :)

[arwalden]

26. That Assumes That Women NEVER Do The Proposing, Right?

And it also assumes that MEN don't have HUSBANDS as well. :hi:

I'm shocked! Shocked I tell ya!

[the Princess]

28. He didn't.........................

I did. :)

I said "You wanna get married?"

He said:

"OK"

I like being the assertive one. Besides who cares who leads as long as we get where we are going?? :)

[CO Liberal]

29. That Was The Best "OK" I Ever Made!!!!!

We had been dating for several months (after being friends first), and slowly realized that we were meant to be together. So when the Princess asked, of course I said "OK" - and this coming February, we celebrate our 12th anniversary.

:loveya: :loveya:

[flamingyouth]

30. "I guess we're going to have to get married so I can come live in the US"

Yeah, it was real romantic. :eyes:

[fudge stripe cookays]

38. Ha....you too.

Sorry it wasn't quite the stars in your eyes scenario....

:-(
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[Jose Diablo]

32. I never proposed to her

I made the highest bid in an auction and she came with the article I was bidding on.

[dr.strangelove]

33. Christmas day, Rock Center, Under the Tree

We were living in Oregon at the time and were missing the hustle and bussel of New York City. So we flew home to surprise the parents, and I talked her into stopping at the tree before showing up at her parents house. After the proposal, we grabbed a hot pretzel and took the subway f=to her mom's house.

[foreigncorrespondent]

34. Ok...

We were staying at Stinson beach for a week. Our last night there we took a walk down to the beach at Sunset. She lead me to a log I could sit on, while she got down on one knee. She then talked about her feelings for me, and what I mean to her, then asked me to marry her. I said yes, and she then began telling everyone on the beach that I had said yes.

It was one of the most romantic moments in my life.

[fudge stripe cookays]

39. If I'd been there,

I would have given you both a BIG HUG!

Someday you'll be together again and it will be wonderful.
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[foreigncorrespondent]

49. Thanks FSC!

Means a lot. :)

Yeah we will be together again. :) Right now though, I think we are both looking forward to spending Christmas together. :) I can't wait to see her.

[kittycat1164]

35. On the very first date

yep! He got down on his knee on the first date, and we married 2 years later. Just celebrated our 16th anniversary in October.

[Maestro]

36. My wife proposed to me

in front of 45,000 people at a Texas Rangers game. I'm a baseball fanatic.

[Thtwudbeme]

40. We were lying in bed in Sarasota, FL

and he said, "I wonder if I should take the day off, and we should go down to the courthouse and get married."

I adore him.

[Maddy McCall]

43. Gasp!! You had premarital sex???

;-) :P

[Maddy McCall]

41. Which one? There've been a couple. :-)

The first did it the traditional way. The second did it at the Beer Barn on Hwy. 80 in Longview, TX. He said, "Hell, we might as well get married." :-)

Three years later, we got divorced.

[EstimatedProphet]

42. I proposed this summer

The Prophetess and I were getting a cheap vacation on Hilton Head-one of those timeshare deals. She was telling the staff that we were engaged (so that they wouldn't think it was suspicious that we were checking out a timeshare, and not just trying to get a cheap trip). After the mandatory hard-pitch selling session, we were talking about their reactions to our being "engaged"; I had said that for all practical purposes we were, but she came back with "Hey, you haven't asked yet".
So I did, and she said yes.

[EstimatedProphet]

51. On edit-the Prophetess says it was much more romantic

Her words:
"Awww, honey. It was a bit more romantic than the way you explained it.
Earlier that morning we were dancing in the surf with the sunrising.
And you did get very serious as you put your arms around me when you
popped the question."

[lizzieforkerry]

53. LOL!! n/t

[mzmolly]

44. He took me to see "Phantom of the Opera" and later to a cheesy overpriced

Hotel and popped the question ... for the second time. ;)

[TahitiNut]

45. (First wife) I took her to NYC; on my knee; top of Empire State Bldg.

I'd already asked her father (traditional people) for permission, not only to marry her but to take her on a trip to NYC to propose. (It was a secret.) For her birthday, I gave her some nice luggage. I placed the ticket to NYC inside the suitcase. She said "yes" ... and then, after we were married, found a new lover while I was 'touring' Vietnam. (sigh)

[propagandafreegal]

46. I've seen this question on so many boards..... :)

and No, I don't have a husband waaahhhhh!!!

[sleepyhead]

47. Fancy-schmancy restaurant

Down on one knee with the ring in his hand, along with a long letter about our relationship and how much it meant to him. I have no idea what we had for dinner, nor how we got home. The waiters were grinning the entire time.

[rug]

48. I proposed to her in the bathroom after the line appeared

[kayleybeth]

50. Down on one knee

in the middle of the night. At the boat launch across the street from the house where we lived at the time. It was pleasant outside and the river was singing and the sky was full of stars. I said yes, of course, and the rest is history :0)

[Longgrain]

52. Don't know...

ain't met him yet...

Sadly I'm a guy...

[mtnsnake]

54. I proposed by putting her engagement ring in a box of Crackerjacks

inside the little surprise packet they put in there. I had to carefully open the box, pull out the packet, carefully open it, put the ring in the packet, carefully re-seal the packet and then the box. My wife's eyes almost popped out when she saw what was inside. Worked like a charm!

[auntAgonist]

55. He didn't

We were talking about how if we want to be together in the USA He'd have to marry me. He said call the court house set up a date. Find a lawyer to handle immigration ... ...

that was it.

[Bouncy Ball]

56. He drove me out to a park

but took a wrong turn and we ended up near a pasture of cows. The sun was setting, so he just decided to stop there. He got out, got down on one knee, gave me the ring and asked me to marry him. Before I could say yes, a cow very near us moooed very loudly at us and we both laughed. I said yes, we kissed, I admired the ring, we got in car, went back to apartment, announced to friends and family, who weren't surprised. (I wasn't either.)

It's not the best story. How we met is a better story.

On edit: we've been married 13 years now.

[dryan]

57. During the gold medal...

game for the US Hockey team during the 1980 Olympics. My husband made a wonderful steak dinner outside on the grill and we sat and watched the game. It was wild at the end when they won the gold medal and Al Michaels kept saying 'do you believe in miracles?' I said that this was terrific and I personally hate hockey. My husband said that there was only one thing that would make the day better and that was if I agreed to marry him.