How were you proposed to?

[sm4987]

I love romantic stories. I was wondering, how were you proposed to?

My husband sang to me in a restaurant. It was so beautiful and embarassing to me all at the same time. I'm not one for muc attention. Then he walks over, bends down and says will you marry me. Talk about pressure. Luckily I wanted to, so I said yes and there was an uproar in the restaurant.

Any one else have a good one to share???

 

[Serena]

No, he told me I "was marrying him and he didn't have to ask". He didn't propose at all. I made him ask me, and he did it grudgingly.


I want a romantic proposal next time.

But I hate those big proposals when there are a bunch of people watching. That's not romantic, that's a show.

 

[LisaSt]

Well Lisa was inthe hospital having our first child and I asked her after our first daughter was born. She laughed and said I guess I have to now eh. Paige was only about 2 hours old at the time. The ring wouldn't fit her finger at the time either as she was pretty puffy from having the baby.

 

[birdiesunshine]

O.K. DH and I were dating for two months, yes you heard me right, two months and we knew we were each other's soul mates so we went to a high school reunion where DH was the DJ at and he told me not to drink too much, so I said o.k. and While he DJ'd the party I preceded to polish off about 6 Crown Royal on the rocks see I didn't even listen to him back then! so once the party was over DH decided I was in no condition to go back to where we first met so he could ask me to marry him in a romantic way so he drove me back to his house and as we were standing in his driveway I was rambling on about this girls ring I saw and how pretty it was and he said to me "did the ring look anything like this?" and slipped my ring on my finger. It took me a few minutes to register so I looked at it and said "what?" and he said again "did her ring look anything like this?" I started to cry in disbelief and he said "will you marry me?" I said "what?" and he said again "will you mary me? I want you to be my wife" Finally, I said "YES"!!!!!!!!!! :

We've now been married for 4 yrs this October and we are still living happily ever after!

 

[TinkBoo&ElliesMum]

He didn't!! We'd been together 6 months and decided to do it, got married 2 weeks later! He said he had the ring to propose to me with but we got into a debate and he wasn't in the mood after that - we're still debating to this day!

I think he may have proposed after the wedding, but I was so tired I don't remember!

It's fine, it's been almost 5 years and we're still married, we even like each other most of the time!

 

[Disney Doll]

We were in his car, stopped at a stop sign. He said that if I said no, he was going to push me out of the car and drive away!

 

[deirdrefitch]

My DH came to my house to pick me up for a date, and back in those days I used to have a bad habit of running late. As usual,
he came in, turned on the TV, and settled on the couch for a brief rest. We went to eat Chinese at OUR fav resteraunt. He sang to me all the way home. I invited him to come in, and he asked me if he could have a sode. I opened the refrigerator, and inside was my engagement ring and a bottle of wine. When I screamed and turned around, he was down on one knee and proposed.
Happily Ever After So Far!!!!

 

[cheyita]

My DH had his private pilot's license and we used to go for rides, usually with his instructor, though. On my birthday, we were just driving around in the car, and I asked, "Don't you even know it's my birthday?" He said, "Yes. I have an appointment for us and I'm passing time." He had a plane reserved for 9:00 p.m. He used to fly out of Gary Airport in northwest Indiana, which is very close to Chicago. We rode north over Lake Michigan and were flying past the city. The Chicago skyline is gorgeous at night. While I was admiring the view, he pulled out a ring and proposed.

We've been married for ten years now!

 

[chell]

Originally posted by Disney Doll
We were in his car, stopped at a stop sign. He said that if I said no, he was going to push me out of the car and drive away!

 

[Sonya]

Well he meant to be romantic. He came over to my house at 8:00 in the morning on my birthday (a Saturday) and gave me breakfast in bed along with proposing. However he had woken me up and I had bed hair and breath. Yuck! I guess that means he really loves me!

The ring thing was very creative. He got me a box made out of chocolate. Inside there were a few pieces of chocolate and the ring!

 

[sm4987]

being pushed out of a car if you said no!!! How funny

 

[zagafi]

My dh is a cop and I have a lead foot. These two things figure into this story heavily...

I came home early one Friday and (then SO) dh got all *weird* asking why I was home. I reminded him we were going out of town and that I had planned to leave work early and what the hell was his problem anyway? LOL! He begins faking a stomach ache and asked me to go to the store for Pepto-Bismol. (clue 1--he *hates* the stuff) I grudgingly agreed and left.

While driving to the store I noticed one of dh's friends (on duty at the time) following me. I figured he was bored, so I waved and went on my way. I bought said Pepto and as I left the parking lot I noticed the squad car behind me again. I drove a bit further when he hit his lights. I waited and pulled over in the Pizza Hut lot wondering what the heck he wanted. By this time it's dark, so when he hit me with his spotlight I couldn't see much else. Why is this important? Well, because about 6 *other* squad cars were also pulling up with their lights on! Dan (the cop) moseyed over and asked for my license. (Here's the lead foot part) I laughed and said, "Why? Do you want me to unfold it?" He didn't laugh(he knew I had a speeding ticket because we had seen him out a few nights before and this was the topic of much merriment at my expense) and asked again. He was being very businesslike and I could NOT figure out what was going on. He made up some violation I had supposedly committed and as he turned to got back to his car (to radio in my offense) dh showed up acting hopping mad.

By this time all the *other* cops are circling my car with their red lights on and they've all gotten out to approach my car. Dh was having a fit telling me he couldn't keep bailing me out of tickets, etc. Then *I* got angry. I knew I hadn't done anything wrong (this time). By now I am gripping my steering wheel so hard I'm white knuckled and have stopped paying attention to the cross talk.

Then I hear, "well Dan is there anything I can do to get her out of this mess?" The reply? "Only if you have a ring!"

Dh drops to one knee, pries my hand from the wheel and slides on the ring asking me to marry him. I was surrounded by heavily armed men; how could I refuse?

We've been married 14 years now and I still chuckle about this tale!

 

[Madi100]

Well, there are certain places you shouldn't propose to your SO at. BECAUSE, someday people are going to ask you, and you will have to tell them it's something you can't share. So, with that said, I can't share.

 

[Amberle3]

I, like sm4987, am one of those people that doesn't like to be the centre of attention. I like to be the behind-the-scenes/calling-the-shots person. So when my DFi proposed to me in an incredibly public way I was a) struck by how romantic it was and b) horrified.

There's a musical comedy dinner theatre in my city. Usually a little corny, but pretty good. We used to have season tickets to it, and DFi was going to be in town for Thanksgiving and we decided to make a party of it. My best friend was also coming in to town, and there ended up with about 10 of us going to the theatre (including my mother).

Now at this place the meal and the play are presented in bits here and there, so you get your soup/salad and then Act I, your entree and then Act II, your dessert and then Act III. And then your liquor bill . We had great seats, right in the front and a little off from centre. Oh, and the actors (cast) are also your servers, and they stay in character throughout the whole thing.

Well my DFi had arranged with the theatre to do something special for the proposal. They wanted to do a fake giveaway and get me up on stage, but since we had season tickets and know the normal routine I'd know it was fake. Also we'd actually already been to that same show so I not only knew the normal routine, I knew the pacing for that show. So instead what they did was this:

During the actual dinner/entree portion, since there's no acting on the stage, occasionally one of the cast will get up there and just sing (or tell jokes etc). So at one point one guy is up there and he's singing some love type song, and I wasn't paying too much attention. He finished, we clapped, went back to eating. About 10 minutes later another guy gets up on stage and starts singing "Stand By Me". And when he got to the chorus he stood right in front of our table (since we were right at the front) and instead of singing "stand by me" he sang "so darling, darling marry me" and my Dfi was down on his knee with the ring in his hand.

Romantic isn't it? I was totally embarassed.

And stupid me, the thing that struck me the most at the time was that the ring box had a light in it that went on when the box was opened! I remember thinking "Oh, cool!".

It was interesting to hear the wave of excitement that went through the crowd. You could hear the whispers, as people tried to determine if it was just part of the show. And then the tension as they realized it wasn't. And then the ripple of "she said yes!".

One of the cast members brought us out a special "engagement doughnut" - one of those longjohn things - that they made us each take a bite out of at the same time. Lovely photo that one is

And later, as a scheduled part of the show, they were singing "This Diamond Ring" and as he walked (while singing) past our table, doing his attempt to sell the ring to people, he said to us "you don't need this" and kept going.

And every time we went back after that we'd get asked "so when's the wedding?". We got engaged in 2001, the wedding is next year. And of course we have our song picked out.

It's kind of weird to keep getting recognized like that though.

 

[slo]

We were on vacation in Florida (Indian Rocks Beach to be exact) and we were walking on the beach at sunset, when DH got down on one knee and proposed to me. Crying I excepted and ran back to the condo to call my mother.

 

[Blueeyes101817]

no cute story to share..but just had to say i love reading all of these!!

 

[huey duey & luey]

My dh and I were actually broken up at the time. We had been dating for 2 years and I think he was getting a little nervous about the future, so we (Ok he) decided we needed some time. It was a month later and he called to see if we could get together and talk. We went to a park and he had music and flowers. He proceeded to say alot of beautiful things and then got down on one knee. Needless to say I was completely surprised. We will be married 8 years in 2 weeks.
Tara

 

[HollyJoy]

DH and I met in college. When DH proposed to me, he tooke me back to campus for the homecoming festivities. He took me to the first stop on the scavenger hunt, where he gave me a clue and a present. Each clue took me to another spot on campus (each spot having meaning to the two of us). We finally ended up on the front steps of the dorm where I was living when we met. I was expecting him to pull out a bottle of champagne as my gift (for it was our yearly anniversary), but instead he dropped down to his knee and recited a poem he had written and pulled out a ring!

 

[onecoolmama]

It is not a happy story, so I will spare you the details

 

[sk!mom]

We had known each other for 2 months - been dating for one. We were in the car one night and he says, "So you think maybe some day you might want to get married or something?"

We got married two months later.

It was less than romantic or even eloquent but it's been 24 years now and I love him more than ever.

BTW, he's really a very romantic guy who is still trying to live down that proposal.