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by Admiral Woehrle on January 7th, 2009

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I plan to ask my girlfriend to marry me on our 1 year anniversary. I don't have a whole lot of money to spend especially after buying a ring. How should I do it?

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  • by Arisztid on January 10th, 2009

    Arisztid

    Johnny's Girl has the best answer here, in my opinion. I recommend her advice because I truly think her idea shall make your girlfriend feel special.

    Here are a couple of things I do for Keysha and she does for me (we are both very poor):

    She is excellent at PSP and makes custom images for me (some of them can be found in my profile). They cost her nothing but time.

    To me, that time means everything. She either surprises me with these things or does them with me looking and my input. She keeps everything in PSP to edit as I wish. To me these images are, actually, better than anything she could buy for me, even if we had the money.

    If you have any editing program that would work. She says that you do not need any real skills to do this but I am unable.

    I do not have any such skills but I am good at finding things on google.

    I do not have the money to buy her fancy things but I find that leaving her just a perfect rose copied and pasted off of the net causes her to light up. She knows that I am broke and knows that these things would be "real life" if we could afford it.

    The thing about such things is the care and consideration that go into them.

    Good luck Admiral!

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  • by johnny's girl on January 7th, 2009

    johnny's girl

    Ask her to give you the entire day. Stay home and cook for her (breakfast and lunch). Rent some of HER favorite movies so that it makes her feel special. In the evening take her on a long drive, somewhere far away, away from the public scene, where you can see the sun set together and while there's orange in the background, get down on one knee and propose.

    You can also wait till you drop her back home after dinner and propose her on her doorstep.

    Hope this helped.

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  • by Wrong Answer on January 7th, 2009

    Wrong Answer

    you dont have to go straight to the wedding you and her will talk about the wedding after your engaged. and you can start saving once she has said yes : ]

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  • by Leeses Pieces is COATed in chocolate on January 10th, 2009

    Leeses Pieces is COATed in chocolate

    (i apologize ahead of time for the long answer)

    i haven't been proposed to yet, but in my opinion, there are still women out there who want to be swept of their feet, especially with a proposal, and it doesn't have to cost a lot of money, or be extravagant.

    [I am quite aware that I am a hopeless romantic, who still believes in the good in people, and as a result, may provide answers fit for a fairy tale, or imaginary land dissimilar to reality these days.]

    Anyway, my point is that, some women want the audience, some want it intimate. But I truly mean it when I say that I would rather take a poor man with a heartfelt proposal, over some materialistic performance with no meaning. I think that it's hard for people to get creative, but half the time, it really is the thought behind it. I know that's idealistic, but to me, it still counts.

    Granted, I wouldn't want a ring shoved in front of my face in brown paper bag on a public bus on the way to work... unless it represented some kind of inside joke.

    I know proposals are a big deal to some women, and some women bitch and moan that they don't want anything special, but patronize those who do not deliver the romance and picture-perfect proposal they secretly wanted the whole time.

    But, I think, that the most important step is WANTING to make it special. That's half the battle, and I commend you.

    Good luck! I'm sure she'll love however you choose to propose.

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