How were you proposed to?

[liznboys]

On the beach in Monterey, California. It was just the two of us on a misty day... He was nervous and sweet.

 

[minniepumpernickel]

This was awhile ago, but Brian proposed to me under a windmill that I love in a historic area, before he was supposed to be shipped out (deployed). We hardly knew each other, and it never worked out. Please don't let me be the only downer on this thread! I still have the ring, he never wanted it back! (ugh)

 

[cynsaun]

We had boarded a flight to New Jersey to see his parents. The flight attendant said over the loud speaker that a woman's high heeled shoe had fallen out of a suitcase on the tarmac. I looked up and it was MY shoe!

Well, I looked over at Reed who was getting up and retrieved the shoe. He got down on one knee and said, "because you are my princess, I want to spend the rest of my life with you."

OMG, I was in tears, as was everyone else around us!

edited to add: He had set the whole thing up! I am still not sure how he got my shoe without my knowledge!

 

[lovemygoofy]

Awww, I love all these sweet memories. Please let me share mine.

My Dh(then bf) had been dating long distance for about 4 months, after the first time I met him, which was through a friend. Our evening together as a group lasted about 5 hours but obviously he left a good impression. We started calling and emailing and chatting on the internet. After 4 months of this our schedules finally meshed enough that he came to visit me for Christmas of '01. He came to my house where it was my mama's turn to host our VERY LARGE family without blinking an eye. Well of course he charmed everyone in my family and secretly told them that he was in love with me and wanted to let them know his intentions.

Anyways, on Christmas night we were sitting in the living room with the candle glowing and the tree glowing and it was just so sweet. I couldn't belive that I was sitting here with this incredible man, when he turned to me and told me he was so in love with me and he meant to marry me whether I wanted it or not because he was the best thing for me. He was so embarassed after saying all this because he confessed that he didn't have a ring but just had to let me know that "I was his woman." He put the bracelet that he bought me on my wrist and told me that this would do for now.
FASTFORWARD 6 months
MY Dh asked me to move in with him because seeing each other twice a month for 4 days at a time wasn't making either of us happy and breaking our banks. I didn't know if or when we would get married but I was determined to take a chance so I said yes and moved. Two weeks after moving in with him, he came home and found me crying because I was so homesick and just scared for what I have done. I dind't belive in living together before marriage and there I was doing it. Well my darlin came out of the bedroom and got down on one knee and had the most gorgeous ring. He had came home after Christmas and put the ring on laway at the PX and had just recently gotten it out. Needless to say that I said yes and we were married on Dec 21, 2002.

Thank you for letting me share a memory that makes me smile and mistyeyed at the same time. I apologize for making it so long.

Tina

 

[EeyoreJMH]

Well, DH and and I met as CM's at a new Disney Store (no longer around, though ) Long story short, after dating for three years, DH suggested taking a trip to WDW to celebrate my graduating from college (he had graduated the year before). We stayed at Port Orleans (when it was just plain ol' Port Orleans) in a lovely corner room with a view of the river.

For his "gift" he arranged a "princess" day for me. First we took a trail ride at FW (looove the horses). After that we hopped over to MK and had a romantic lunch at Tony's on the porch. He then took me to the GF spa where I was treated to a massage, facial, manicure, and pedicure (oh my!). This was amazing!

After the spa, we headed back to PO to change for dinner at Artist's Point. We had another romantic meal (and did you think I would have had a clue?) We strolled along the walkway at Wilderness Lodge and then took a boat over to MK. While we were in the boat (one of the smaller, cozier ones, not the ferry-like one), we had to stop for the water pageant (very cool!). We arrived at MK just in time for SpectroMagic. After the parade we walked around until park close. As it was nearing time, I figured we had better head towards the front of the park, but DH said he preferred strolling. So we wandered around a bit more until it seemed really empty. He then walked me over to the rose garden area where the Minnie and Mickey toparies are, and with the castle in the background, dropped to one knee and asked "Will you marry me?" Wow . . . of course I said yes!

We lingered a bit more and then walked out of the park; I think every CM knew what happened. When we went to the bus stop, we had a bus to ourselves and the CM said with a huge grin, "You must have just gotten engaged!" .

When we arrived back at the room, there were a dozen peach roses (my favorite) and a bottle of sparkling cider. Ahhh . . . .

 

[sm4987]

these are some great stories. Some of the husbands are very creative

 

[nativetxn]

My husband proposed to me at the Fine Arts Museum in Houston. There is a stone sculpture there with a square hole in the middle and he was holding my hands through the sculpture.

Not all that romantic, I don't suppose.

 

[monkeyboy]

It was on a private yacht, on a moonlit cruise, and we had finished a romantic dinner. I proposed right before dessert

 

[FreshTressa]

Hmm, no romance here.

He proposed naked, on his knees by the side of the bed after you know what.

And I said Yes! Hehe.

 

[Knight]

Originally posted by monkeyboy
It was on a private yacht, on a moonlit cruise, and we had finished a romantic dinner. I proposed right before dessert

Where did I just read that?

 

[Madi100]

Originally posted by FreshTressa
Hmm, no romance here.

He proposed naked, on his knees by the side of the bed after you know what.

And I said Yes! Hehe.

Maybe our husbands read the same book "How To Propose In An Unromantic Way"

It's not that that way is all that horrible. Just not too fun to share the story

 

[Amberle3]

I told DFi that any proposal that was made... uhm... horizontally... would not be taken seriously and would not be considered.

I think it harkens back to my days as a Teaching Assistant (if it's not one TA it's another!). "I'm sorry, I can't accept this, it isn't double spaced and I can't read the writing at all. Do it within the specifications, otherwise it doesn't get considered!"

 

[tiggerfanz]

I've been reading the boards for awhile, and only recently registered. However, the timing for this was so good - I just had to reply... bear with me for wanting to share even though I'm a newbie.

My husband proposed on New Year's Eve (what a great way to start the year). We live in Orange County, so some of the nicest restaurants are on the beach, overlooking the water - very romantic.

We went to a very nice restaurant on the water, had a great dinner, and when it was time for dessert - the maitre d came out with a silver platter containing a single red rose and a beautiful envelope. I opened the envelope and found about a 5 page 'letter' which was really a story my husband wrote about a man and his search for the perfect woman - and how God played a part in all of it... and ended with him saying he had finally found the perfect woman and wanted to share the rest of our lives together. Of course by that time I was crying just from the emotion of it all, at which point he did the bended knee thing and brought out the ring he had in his jacket pocket all night.

What makes it so romantic is that my husband is not known for showing emotion - he's been a police officer for 20+ years - although only 5 at the time he proposed - he had already been warped by society!! LOL

Just had to share because we are coming up on our 20 year anniversary next week - and of course spending it at WDW which has become somewhat of a tradition for us.

Thanks !

 

[sm4987]

tiggerfanz, just wanted to send you a warm welcome!!! Your story was most welcomed and I enjoyed reading it. You won't be a newbie for long

 

[Shugardrawers]

My DH is very loving and romantic but not in a flowery way so my proposal was pretty unromantic to say the least! We had been living together for 2 1/2 months when he came home one night from work. I had said I knew he was the one and I wanted to marry him but he kept saying it wasn't time yet (we'd only been together 5 mo) It was my birthday and we were so broke we didn't have a pot to pee in. He came in filthy from working in the shipyard, took off his boots and jeans and plopped down in the chair next to me in his Tshirt and underwear while I played a game online. He asked what I wanted for my birthday and I said he knew what I really wanted (a ring) but that we could just go out for dinner. He said how about we get you what you really want? Ya wanna get married? Then he gave me a rose. Of course I said yes and we went that weekend to buy a ring from a pawnshop (turns out he'd been socking away a little every week since our 1 mo anniversary for it). The guy at the pawnshop took pity on us and sold us a ring for nearly 1/2 what it was marked. We will have been married 3 years on 9/1 and it's only gotten better every day.

My exDH used all the pretty words and romance and he turned out to be a real (insert word for a part of your hiney here). Cheated on me from 2 days before the wedding on. Who needs flowery words when you have real sincerity and loyalty?

 

[Tink&SquirtsMom]

My dh proposed in front of a liquor store on a busy street in San Francisco... it was the spot where we had met about sixth months before, when i was walking down the street in morning traffic (pedestrian traffic) having lived in the city about a week and he (also new to the city) stopped to ask me for directions. We were married a year later... that was 6 years and 2 kids ago!

Not super romantic (he had to check the ground beneath him for yucky stuff before he got to one knee), but as you can see from my first counter he's learning.

 

[Deafmedic]

My DH and I met while he was doing his emergency residency. I work as a flight nurse and had flown in with a patient that he was in charge of when we landed. A few days later he called my base to give me an update on my patient and asked me out. That was in 1988. We started dating and moved in together in 1989. He proposed one night when I flown another patient to the E.R. where is was finishing up his residency. It wasn't anything fancy. After I finished giving him a report on the patient and he finished his assessment, he pulled a box out of his pocket and asked me to marry him. Of course I said yes and had to leave almost immediatly on another mission. He finished his residency in June of 1990. We got married in September 1990. At our wedding, I arrived at the outdoor wedding in my base helicopter. I'm still flying and he's a Forensic Pathologist(autopsies) He moonlights in the local ER to help out when staffing is short. We have 4 beautiful daughters age 10 ,6 and 10 month twins.

Lea

 

[diznee25]

My husband is romantic in his own way. He decided to propose in a simple comfortable way. I was sitting on the couch watching tv in my PJ's and he comes in with a ring box in his hand! (We were living together already.) I know I must have had a surprised look on my face, because I wasn't expecting to be proposed to this way. He mentioned later that if that proposal wasn't exceptable that he'd do it another way. I didn't mind because I knew this was how he wanted to do it.

He wanted to make sure I was excepting the proposal by saying "yes" to him and not the "flashy overdone" way some proposals can be. That's why he kept it simple. Well, he kept the proposal simple, the ring however is another story! Everytime women look at my ring they can't believe my husband picked it out himself. It looks like a ring that a woman would have picked out and made her husband buy.

Diznee25