How did you propose to your SO? or how did you SO propose to you?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

any good/funny stories you guys have to share?

any disasters?





(and yes, my personal experience with buying rings made me think of this question)

[crim son]

1. The STBE took me up to New Hampshire in February

and proposed, sans ring, on a snowy mountainside. It would be charming had we not discussed a thousand times how much I despise snow and cold. Then we got married and he moved me to Maine where I will be forced to reside until my kids have grown and I am seven hundred years old. :grr:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

2. sorry babe.

moving to maine sounds like a nightmare to me

[WritingIsMyReligion]

3. The best nightmare ever!

Maine is so kick-ass sometimes it isn't even funny.

:P :P :P

[La Lioness Priyanka]

4. i am a tropical person. the cold makes me unhappy

:hi:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

5. Ah, see I hate heat.

HATE it.

*swoons*

:hi:

[crim son]

9. Me too, lioness.

I don't ever seem to get used to it!

[skygazer]

6. No romantic stories here

With Husband #1, it was a matter of his mother nagging us to death about how she was ashamed to hold up her head around her friends because we were "living in sin" and how she had to go to confession every week because she'd lie and tell people we were married. So we finally caved and one of us (I foreget who) said, "Well, why don't we just do it and get her off our back?"

With Husband #2, I didn't want to get married at all (I didn't the first time - that's why we were "living in sin"). By the time my son was born, I knew it was a disastrous relationship but was between a rock and a hard place. It finally came down to him telling me he'd set the date and we were getting married then. Since you didn't say 'no' to this guy, I caved yet again. Fortunately for me, he was arrested some 6 months later and I divorced him before the ink was dry on his conviction.



Present SO proposes sweetly about twice a year. I always say "no." One of these days, I'm going to say yes just to see the look of panic on his face. :rofl:

[Breeze54]

7. He took me out for breakfast

at The Pewter Pot near the Boston Common and asked me to marry him,
as the waitress was serving coffee. Everyone clapped. I was embarrassed
but happy! ;) After we ate, we went to a jewelry store and picked out an
antique ring. My father and mother had a conniption fit! I was only 19.
We waited another two years though. ;)

[trof]

16. I KNOW The Pewter Pot. Been there.

[Breeze54]

18. It's gone now...

and so is my marriage.

I think the Pewter pot went out of business but I loved their muffins! ;)

Only thing close to it now is the Mug -N -Muffin in Norwood.

[AlCzervik]

19. was that the one on Arch street?

[Breeze54]

23. Tremont St.

Across from the Park St. station, on Tremont St, across from the Boston Common.

I think it's a McDonald's now.

[AlCzervik]

24. my mother worked at the on Arch street forever.

[Breeze54]

26. I don't know where Arch St is!

I know Arch St. in P-Town though! :P

I loved the PP because it was dark inside and was great for early morning.
Plus the food was really good and the waitstaff was always friendly.
I went there many a morning on my way to school, on Marlborough St.

[AlCzervik]

27. you know where Filenes is, it's right next door.

[Breeze54]

28. The basement, on Winter St?

I know Winter St.; sort of...it's been a long time.

[AlCzervik]

29. Basement downstairs, Filenes on top, although now i guess it's closing.

I worked for the May Co. when they owned Filenes and i worked in that building on the mezzanine, it used to be the beauty parlor but they converted, that floor reminds me of "Being John Malkovich" because the ceiling were so damn low.

[Xipe Totec]

8. I took her to a Mexican Seafood Restaurant

In Houston.

Hired a Mexican guitar trio to serenade her with our song, "Scent of Gardenias", and asked her to marry me.

The place no longer exists, and we have not set foot in Houston for 12 years.

But every time we hear the song, we remember....

This is a funny Valentine's day video that uses the song as background.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnykPS4KVdg

BTW: They had to take the kissing scene 23 times because the poor kid would get the "cooties" kissing a girl.

:rofl:

[JackBeck]

10. He peeked through the gloryhole after I was finished

and said, "I think I'm in love. Will you be mine forever?"

[La Lioness Priyanka]

11. .....

:rofl:

[Mad_Dem_X]

61. OMG LOL

:evilgrin:

[Broken_Hero]

12. Proposed to her, on

2/14/04...on Valentines day. She came home from working overtime on a Saturday, and she was uber pissed off about this coworker and that coworker...I sat her down, and gave her 10 cds, that I burned for her, for valentines day, and then I started saying things like "You know I love you, you are very special, and important" and I started rambling on, and on in that vein....

She started crying a bit, and I pulled the ring out from under the mattress, and proposed....she didn't say YES, she just cried, nodded her head, and hugged me for about 3hrs.

[Maineiac]

13. You haven't lived

Until you go out in the morning and the base temp is -25 and there's a 30 knot wind lowering the wind chill to -40 or -50. At that temp, exposed skin freezes in 45 seconds and a deep breath will put ice crystals in your lungs making you think you've inhaled a cactus. maine . . . the way life should be.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

14. Hell yeah!

:thumbsup:

[Broken_Hero]

17. is there a story behind this?

I'm born/raised in Alaska, so I do know "something" about cold temps....:D

[AlCzervik]

15. i thought ours was pretty romantic.

We went to our favorite restaurant on the night of the 4th anniversary of our first date and then we went outside and "when i'm 64" was playing from somewhere, to this day i still don't know from where and then he looked at over at me and said "Will you still love me i'm 64?" and i said in my typical gentile way "Of course, don't be an ass!" and then he got down on one knee and proposed.

[grannylib]

20. Disaster?? Guess that depends on how one looks at it *lol*

We were way broke when we got married, and I had been married briefly once before, so we didn't want to do the big church shebang anyway, so we were really trying to get by on the cheap, but have a nice day to remember and focus on the important stuff, like the marriage, maybe...anyway.
I like vintage and estate jewelry, so we found rings that looked as though they could have been a set, but they weren't, and they were unique and lovely and the antique store had a payment plan, so we got all three rings, sized and all, for about $150 :-) When Hubby "officially" asked me to marry him, we were on our way home from having visited his newly-married younger brother and his bride, and we had a great time and it was really fun and about half-way home, he turned to me and said, "You know, we oughta do that." "Do what?" I asked. "Get married."
"Oh! OK. Really?"
"Yeah, really (big shit-eatin' grin)."
"OK. (REALLY big shit-eatin' grin)."

So we were waiting to announce the engagement to the families until we had my engagement ring at least, and we had like $10 left to pay on it, and Hubby was going to go get it on payday right before Christmas so I'd have it for the holidays when we told our families. And naturally, we had the FIGHT OF THE CENTURY that day, and I thought it was all over, and he was storming around the house getting ready to go out and play a gig that night (he plays bass) and I was thinking, well, bought the damn champagne for nothing, didn't I...and all of a sudden, he said, "I gotta go somewhere." And he abruptly left the house and came back about half-an-hour later with a little brown paper bag from the antique store, and he dropped it on the kitchen table and said, "Well, there it is. Wear it in good health. I gotta go." And then he left to go play his gig!

So after he left, I took it out to make sure it was the right one, and that it fit, and all that, and thought, "Well, if he still went to get it, maybe he DOES still want to marry me..."
So I put it back in the box and put the box back in the bag and put the bag back on the table, and left it right where he had dropped it. When he got home at about 3:00 am, he came into the bedroom and lit a candle and came over to my side of the bed and woke me up and said, "Let's try this again."

And we did, and here we are, almost 22 years later, typical marriage I guess: lots of love, a few dry spells here and there, some REALLY tough times that, for us, have brought us closer...so I guess it worked!!

[rug]

21. Ribbed or not ribbed?

[maveric]

22. We'd only been together 6 months...

I was planning on asking her to marry me on Valentines day. You know, flowers, a dinner at a decent restaurant...I was going to buy a ring and surprise her, hoping that she'd say yes. Then... about two days after Christmas, she was planning on exchanging the watch I gave her for another that had a larger face. The other one had a small face with no increments. While discussing it she said,"if you want to exchange it for a 'ring'..." I then asked her if she wanted to marry me and she broke down and said YES!
I'm a very lucky man this time around!

[YankeyMCC]

25. On the beach as moments before fireworks were set off

and after a very fine dinner at an Italian restaurant.

It came with the news that I was going into the Air Force though and that she had to know what she'd be signing up for.

[RetroLounge]

30. Well, I guess they both turned out to be disasters in the long run

Wife #1) Asked her to marry me while we were on the livingroom couch both stoned out of our minds on some amazing california bud... Got married while drunk a year later. Lasted one year before we divorced.

Wife #2) I Bought the antique ring she wanted, but told her someone had bought it already when I went back. But I got her a bunch of stuff at the antique mall while I was there. I surprised her with a set of books from the 1910's that she liked, plus a bunch of other stuff. After about a 1/2 hour of her opening gifts, I told her that was all and stood up to leave the room, paused and said, oh, wait, one more gift. And I handed her a box which she opened and found the antique ring. Even though she knew I was buying a ring, she was shocked that I pulled off the surprise. Now after 10 years of marriage, she becomes an episode of "The L Word," and I am out on my ass once again.

So yeah... :shrug:

RL

[bicentennial_baby]

31. ...

:P

:hug:

:*

[RetroLounge]

38. ...

:hi:

:hug:

RL

[Guava Jelly]

32. They say that the third time is a charm

I miss_charm ;)
I hope you become charmed.
I have said to much..:hide:

[RetroLounge]

37. ...

:hi:

RL

[Guava Jelly]

39. ....

Yeah :hi:

[smoogatz]

33. I proposed shortly after our first date.

"Don't mess with me," she said.
"I'm serious," I said.
"You are?"
"Completely."
Silence.
"Yes," she said. "Let's get married."

[momophile]

34. after he flew me to Hawai'i

and after a wonderful dinner at Roy's, he got down on one knee next to the bay. I was totally surprised and even said something like, "Are you serious?" And then I cried and said yes. It was very sweet.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

35. My dear lioness!

We were out on the freeway...

And I said....

You ever going to propose?

And he said, oh, I dunno.....long pause.....You're not going to turn me down, are you?

And I gave him the look.....and said: Oh...probably not!

Shortly after that, we started talking about engagement rings, and that took care of it!

It'll be 42 years this June....

[WritingIsMyReligion]

36. My mom and dad had kind of a funny one, to hear them tell it.

My dad was a sailor, and while dating my mom he'd gotten her into sailing as well. They'd been dating on and off for about 3 years (on for the last year) by late '86/early '87. (I'm not sure when they officially decided to get married, but I know the wedding date: August 22nd, 1987.)

Anyhow, one night after a sailing race they went out by themselves to celebrate placing well. (This makes me think it was during the sailing season, which in Maine runs 'til about October, so maybe it was fall '86.) My dad was talking to her about detailed plans for his sailboat--long-termed plans. After a few minutes of silence, he blurted out, "You know, I think we should do that stuff for the boat together--we should get married."

My mom laughed at him. Literally laughed right in his face. She thought he was joking, since my dad was, and still is, kind of a goofball. When he looked surprised and a bit hurt, it dawned on her that he wasn't joking or fooling around. He'd proposed to her so casually that the proposal had gone right over her head. She looked at him like he was crazy for a moment, then said, "Well, if you're serious...."

They went out and bought an engagement ring the next night or so.

[yewberry]

40. He proposed via a movie marquee.

I was tending bar at a little place here in town. I drove up, parked the car, and looked across the street to see that the little theatre had on one half of their marquee, "Shakespeare in Love" and on the other half, "Marry Me, Rachel?"

Well, now, that's strange. I wonder...naaah.

So, I walked down to Sea-Thai and got myself an order of fried tofu. As I was walking back, I saw that, yes, that's really what that marquee read. So, I walked over to the ticket-seller and had the following conversation:

"Hi."
"Hi. Can I help you?"
"Uh, maybe. I'm Rachel."
"I don't know anything about it."
"Um. Maybe I should call home."
"Maybe you should."

So, I went over into my bar, passing my chefs, who were beaming and looking fit to bust. I walked in, and there was he was, waiting with orchids and a ring. I said yes.

Of course, all night long, customers kept asking me if the theatre was having a special showing or something. Regulars asked me about that for years and it became a little bit of local lore. Very sweet.

[momophile]

41. that is very cute

congrats

[yewberry]

42. Thanks. It makes me smile to think of it.

I wish I remembered what I've done with the pictures!

[emmajane67]

43. Well, I've got s good one.

My boyfriend of 6 1/2 years looked at me very lovingly about 3 1/2 weeks ago and said he was going to propose very soon.

2 weeks later he had freaked out and dumped me.

That was 11 days ago.

Bitter? NEVER!!!

[Phillycat]

46. Jesus Christ.

That sucks so bad. I'm sorry. :hug:

[eridani]

44. He showed me his GI Bill application--

--and pointed out that we'd get more money if we got married.

[tonkatoy57]

45. My odd story

My wife and I had been in a very brief romantic relationship when we first met in graduate school. We were housemates with two other people at the time and it was short lived but ended without any hard feelings. We remained friends over the years as we went our separate ways.

Fast forward ten years. I had been transfered back to St. Louis and called her to ask if she would hunt for an apartment for me since I was on a very tight schedule. I couldn't arrive in town until a Saturday and had to be at work on Monday morning. She was gracious enough to find a place for me and she and her boyfriend even picked me up at the airport. Over the next several months her relationship with her then boyfriend was winding down, my lease was up, and she helped me look for a house. Well, she came with the house....again, just as a roommate.

There was always some sexual tension between us, we did lots of things together, constantly picked apart each others dates, and our neighbors and people out in public always thought we were married or partnered.

About a year after we became housemates I came home from work and was standing in the living room drinking a beer and looking at the mail. She came in, asked how I was, and told me that this loser she had been going out with had asked her to marry her. I looked up from the mail and said, "Jesus Christ. Why would you even think about marrying such a putz? If you want to get married I'll fucking marry you".

That was 17 years ago.

[MissMillie]

47. People actually still do this?

You wouldn't know it by any of the men I've dated.

[SteppingRazor]

48. I'm pretty proud of my proposal story.

OK, so, on our third anniversary (that's the anniversary of when we met, obviously not our wedding anniversary, since we weren't married. Actually, we still aren't We're engaged. But I digress.), I took my girlfriend out to a really nice restaurant that's right across the street from the beach. It was also a special place for us — we'd gone there on our first anniversary as well.

But what she didn't know was, while we were eating, I had enlisted her stepdad (the only fellow I knew with a large pickup truck), to drive to the beach and, under cover of darkness, set up a card table with a tablecloth, two chairs, a candle in a hurricane lantern, champagne on ice, and two glasses. After dinner, I told my girlfriend we should take a walk on the beach. We did, and lo and behold, there's this setup waiting for us. I got down on one knee and popped the question. She slipped the ring on and forgot to say yes, and then we popped the champagne bottle and had a toast.

And then she called, like, everyone she knew while I sat and drank champagne. :P

[La Lioness Priyanka]

49. i forgot to add the caveat. just because i wrote a question about proposals

doesnt mean i want you to propose to me.

:rofl:

[sniffa]

52. damn it!

[La Lioness Priyanka]

55. awww!

[NewWaveChick1981]

50. Mine was kind of sweet...

:) My boyfriend (now husband) and I had known we'd be getting married at some point. We knew each other for nine years before actually getting married. I suspected I'd get an engagement ring at Christmas 1991, because he was doing some things that made me think. He asked me what my ring size was during the summer, and he made arrangments to sell part of his toy collection a couple of months later. At the time, I had a few vintage Barbie dolls, and my Christmas present from him was wrapped up under the tree and had a suspicious Barbie doll box shape to it. :P On Chrismtas Eve, he said, "Why don't you unwrap that gift early this year?" I did, and it was a Bride Barbie doll. I thanked him very much for it, and he said, "You really need to look at the doll more closely." I did, and he had put the engagement ring around her neck like a necklace. He got down on one knee and proposed, and I said yes. :) We got married in August 1992.

[SPKrazy]

51. Well it was ...

at Christmas time...

I put the ring on a Christmas ornament with a note attached to it...

It was a mere formality, but it was kind of neat. That same ornament goes up every year and I remember that...

Right now it all seems kind of sad


:shrug:

[Burma Jones]

53. After a "romp", my now wife untied me

and I said, "we should get married you know" She Agreed. We moved in together. My sister in law called us after we had been living together a year and asked us when we were going to get married as we were keeping everyone on pins and needles and goddammit, there are schedules and plans to be made. So, as I held my hand over the mouthpiece, I asked my wife, what day do you want to get married, and she got out her datebook, and said, hey look, how about June 18, it's Father's Day and in June, and I said "it's a propitious date in alignment with the Summer Solstice".....That was in September of the previous year, we were married the next June 18th.....

[CatholicEdHead]

54. First Saturday of Feb this year

During the coldest weekend of the year (bad timing with the weather), on top of one of the bluff lookouts over the Mississippi River. It was after church, I did not say anything until I took the exit. She gave me a "there better be a good reason for this" as I climbed the bluff with the car.

The ring I had picked out before at a joint browsing trip in December at a larger mall in Wisconsin. She liked the ring and it was less than my 3 month's pay as is suggested.

She did say yes but we did not linger in -30 windchills on the bluff.

[AllegroRondo]

56. fun story

my wife and I first met in front of the bear exhibit at the zoo. I was a single dad at the time and taking my daughter out for the afternoon.

so when I proposed, I gave her a stuffed bear with a ring tied around his neck. cheesy, but true.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

57. you just gave me an idea...thanks man!

[AllegroRondo]

58. wow, thats wonderful!

please let me know how it turns out!
:)

[Jimbo S]

59. Wasn't even a surprise

We both decided we may as well get married, so we went out and bought the rings. A couple of months later I got around to proposing.

[underpants]

60. Sunset at Malibu

not on the beach but sitting inside Gladstones. The day after Valentine's Day Feb. 15th 2002 (GREAT deals on flowers that day :bounce: )

I didn't have a ring I just asked. She cried and said yes.

The waitress walked up and said "Did you guys just get engaged?!?!?" they comped us the appetizer :grr: