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  • i went to san diego. or a place your loved one likes. and i got a nice hotel, overlooking the beach. and we were on the balcony. and i asked her. and she said yes
  • "I didn't have any good ideas...And, I asked my mom and she didn't have any good ideas either. So, **holds out ring** will you marry me?" -My husband
  • One morning in bed i proposed to my now husband.
  • Well i always like to take a girl on a great night for the first date something really romantic so i guess i'd just take them back to the place where we had our first date and just go O.T.T with a private band, 18 red roses and stuff then i'd pop the question... i dunno i'm only 17 so i've got plenty of time to work out the minor details lol
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  • I knew about all this. He called my parents and said he would like to speak to them along with his parents. They came over & we had a very nice dinner with my siblings as well. After dinner my dad asked his dad and him over to his study. They spoke for quite a while, then they came to the living room and he then officially asked me to marry him, gave me the ring and handed the band to my mother as he said "will you accept me in your family?" My mother and his parents were very happy they all hugged and my mother said "Welcome son", then he turned to my dad and they all hugged. Then champaign, things were easy, smooth and very nice. My parents and husband were always very good friends along with his parents too, we were one big happy family. I say were because both of our parents have passed.
  • My husband picked me up from work on a friday after I'd had a really crappy day at work and he said let's go get ice cream and go for a drive so i could unwind before we went to his parents house for dinner. So we got ice cream and drove out to this big bluff that kind of overlooks this big woods. It was the end of october so all the trees had turned all these beautifull colors and we just quietly ate our ice cream looking out at this beautifull picture in front of us. After we'd finnished eating my hand were really cold so he said "why don't you put your hand in my pocket" he had on his sweatshirt with those big kangaroo pockets in front. So I put my hand in to warm up and I could feel the velvet box. I just remember laughing and crying at the same time and saying "are you kidding? are you kidding?" He just laughed too and asked my to marry him. It was perfect!
  • Nope, I doubt I'll ever get married anyway. No girls like me.
  • I made mine special. Got front row seats for a baseball game (she was/is a baseball fan) Ahead of time I bought some crackerjacks, peeled open the prize and inserted the diamond ring. She got the prize. That night and the next we stayed in a four star hotel and had a great meal at a four star restaurant and saw a Broadway show. 22 years later we are divorced. It was a fun but expensive weekend.
  • I would do something that I thought was really special - something like ... A summer dinner, at night, near the water, against the city skyline - with the lights shimmering and reflecting off the water....I think that would be nice :)
  • As a woman who just recently got married, my suggestion is to make the proposal something original and unique, something that she will remember forever. There are a million different ways to do it, but try not to do something cliched and boring. Look to your lady, and your relationship, for hints on something she might like. For instance, if she's a shy, private person, proposing to her in a crowded restaurant might not be the best idea. If there is an event coming up where both of you will be there, and you know that she won't be mortified to be the center of attention, then use that to your advantage -- such as a concert, perhaps. Christmas is coming up, and that's a very common time for men to propose, by making the engagement ring a gift. If you choose to do that, then make it something totally original, such as going to a hobby shop and finding ornaments for the tree that you can decorate yourself. Perhaps fill one with wedding confetti, and bury the ring inside it, and paint the words "Will you marry me?" on the outside. Put it on the tree after she goes to bed (or before she arrives) and then ask her what she thinks of the new ornament you bought for the tree. When she sees it, she can open it and find the ring inside. My husband proposed to me on the radio - he started his own internet-based radio show, talking about one of his passions (independent movies) and once he had a chat room full of people (including our family and friends, who he notified in advance of what he had planned so they could share the moment) and two of our close friends had called in to the show, he proposed during the last 10 minutes of the show while I was on the phone with everyone else. I was able to download the recording of the show and burn it to a CD, so I will have the proposal - and my answer - forever. A co-worker of mine, who also got married recently, was proposed to by her boyfriend taking her on a weekend getaway. He knows how much she loves M&Ms, so he bought a specially-printed bag with half of them saying, "Will you" and the rest "Marry Me?" He snuggled up with her, and started feeding her regular M&Ms, then switched to the special ones, and said, "Gee, these look different. They say stuff on them... what do they say?" and handed her the "Will you" one first... and then while she was reading the "Marry me?" candy, he popped the ring box open and had it waiting when she looked up in amazement. Best of luck, and congratulations!
  • My son proposed to his wife at the spot where they first kissed...they both had just graduated from Palmer and they were coming back home....the night before they were to move he suggested they take one last walk around the school and surrounding area that had been such a big part of their lives....she was surprised...had no idea and was very happy to say yes....then after they went and grabbed a friend and recreated the scene with numerous pictures and sent them to everyone for the announcement....
  • I can't help an awful lot with this question. I never really proposed to my Lady. Getting married was just something we both knew we were suppose to do. Honest!
  • Today, anything goes. I have never been a fan of proposing, while down on my knees. it just seems to set a bad example, from the beginning. I have only made one proposal and thats it for me in my lifetime. Still married.
  • "at universal studios....when jaws pops out of the water" :D (Mall Rats)
  • I've often thought that the big, romantic, public proposals that you see on TV and in sports arenas might make a woman feel pressured to accept and that might not be good for the marriage. I guess it probably depends on the personality of your intended, and only you can know that. For my husband and I, it was a gradual coming to an understanding. We talked it back and forth. There was no "big moment." However, the marriage is about to celebrate its 11th anniversary and has stayed strong through some pretty tough times. We've nursed both my mother and our daughter through cancer at the same time, with only one bathroom. If a marriage can survive that, it can survive anything. Concentrate on the marriage and not on the trappings, through both the proposal and the wedding. Talk together about what your goals are. What kind of house do you expect to have? Do you want children? How many? Will you be church goers? What church? What are your beliefs? Then talk about what you will do if none of it comes true and everything turns out differently, because that is how life goes. Once you've talked about all those things, the proposal will have taken care of itself and the marriage will be on solid footing.
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