Proposal how did you do it or how was it done to you?

[lizet313]

WOW every proposal should be something to remember. I am glad you choose to talk about it. I understand both parts. I can't put any imput because everyone has their opinions. I am sorry things didn't come out as you would have hoped but at least he proposed and you are married and have a babygirl

Thanks to everyone for sharing I know I keep saying that it's just that I love to hear about proposals (weather they are good or not) I just feel like there is magic behind everything that is done.

 

[DisneyJules]

I agree with much of what you said. The ring upset me not because of how it looked. It upset me because he cared enough to ask earlier what I liked, and then specifically decided to ignore what I liked and get what he liked. Had he not asked and known my opinion, I would not have cared. I actually encouraged him to save money and get me a fake diamond because I didn't care whether it was real or not. haha I appreciate the effort he put into it. I just wish he would've made it more about us, and not entirely about him. It's a very hard thing to talk about because it usually gets a similiar response to yours. Had he just asked me over dinner at home one night, or even just thrown it out there while driving I wouldn't have been upset. It just felt like he was ignoring what he knows about me, and putting himself first. He had spent many months trying to talk me into winter backpacking, and knew it was something I did not want to do. The hardest part of it was less that day, and more not being able to be disappointed openly or sad about it openly and having to fake it. I appreciate you responding, even if we disagree, because being able to share it here on the Dis is comforting. My husband had a selfish moment, as we all do , it just sadly happened at a very bad time.

I completely understand what you're saying. That does suck that the proposal was a bit of a dud. These things happen. I'm also someone who hates the cold and driving in bad conditions, so I probably would have felt exactly the same way. And then you feel guilty for feeling somehow ungrateful, but sometimes you just can't help the feelings that come pouring out. Maybe one of these days he can make up for it and propose all over again

 

[Belle913]

My proposal is the link is my signature, it was a wonderful proposal!

 

[mickeyfan32]

I'm sorry you didn't enjoy your proposal, Buckeye Princess.

My husband proposed to me in a very romantic way. On my 30th birthday, he was in grad school, which took place over the weekends, and he lived in a different state. So unfortunately, I was unable to share my special birthday with him. He obviously knew I was upset, and managed to make up for it. He surprised me with a cruise to the Bahamas for a belated celebration over the summer (it was the first cruise for the both of us). Everyone kept telling me he was going to propose, but I didn't want to get my hopes up. I thought it was a romantic gift, even if there was no ring involved.

The night of the captain's dinner, when we got dressed up, was the night of the proposal. I think, due to a few unfortunate events that happened, he almost didn't propose. I brought a beautiful new fancy dress for the dinner. When I went to put it on, the zipper wouldn't work. I was a mess, hysterically crying, while my husband was trying to help. Eventually, after about 20 minutes, I got it on, stubbornly. I quickly washed my tears off and got ready. As if this wasn't enough, there was more. We went to where they took professional portraits of the couples before dinner. When the photographer asked if I had a ring (so he would get my ring in the picture), I snottily responded "No". Little did I know that my ring was in the opposite pocket of my husband's jacket!

Dinner came and went and we had a wonderful time. After dinner, my husband took me on a romantic walk along the promenade. I forgot to mention that there was a medical emergency on our boat. So instead of coming into port in the Bahamas the next morning, we were docking that same night. As you can imagine, EVERYONE on the ship was on the promenade taking in the first sights of the Bahamas. Clueless, I just took it all in as well. My husband, on the other hand, was upset because his plan of having a romantic, intimate proposal on the promenade was not going to happen. He led me to another deck, sat me down on a lounge chair and started talking about how much he loves me, etc. I was barely listening because I was watching the cruise ship next to us. The next thing I realized, he was getting down on one knee with a ring in his hand. It took my breath away.
The rest of the cruise we were able to enjoy your engagement. Instead of booking the Disney cruise for just the 2 of us, he created his own Disney cruise. We took a regular cruise ship to the Bahamas and the went to Disney once we got to land for a few days. He planned this because he knew we would be engaged by the time we reached Disney, and therefore I could check out locations for our Disney wedding. However, since I didn't know of this, I planned every single moment for our Disney trip.

It was the most romantic, sweetest engagement I could have ever asked for. Our Disney wedding was equally romantic.

 

[gemmybear83]

Here is mine taken from my PJ:


I came home from work on Friday and Henry said to get in the car as we were going away - he said he had already packed my things. We set off in the car and he put on a cd he had made of all my favourite disney songs for me to listen too - the Little Mermaid, Enchanted, High School Musicial etc, by the point I was already crying with joy though!

We drove for about an hour and then reached Whinstone Lodge - a new development of 5 luxury lodges and a bistro restaurant (here is their website they have come nice photos on there http://www.whinstoneview.com/Welcome.html).

We pulled up to our lodge, and got out, Henry said all my clothes were inside (I was very confused by this point)

Here is our lodge

and the views from the lodge

When we got inside all my clothes were unpacked (two suitcases full as Henry didnt know what to bring ), and there was champagne and flowers:

Henry then sat me down and proposed - I said yes of course! Here is my ring

and some more photos of the interior of the lodge

We then went for dinner at the Bistro on the grounds, which was lovely

and then drank the rest of our champagne in our outdoor hot tub![/COLOR][/I]

 

[Petals & Pixie Dust]

Our proposal was very "us." Check out my PJ for the story...

 

[LeesyUD]

Hear is my story and reaction from my wedding website of my WDW proposal from DF:

Our Fairytale Proposal Story
Our trip to Disney World

After 3 years of dating and 1 year of living together, we decided to take our third consecutive Disney World vacation. It was extra special this year because we were going right before the Christmas holiday and got to see special decorations and celebrations. We also were taking a longer trip, 9 days, and staying at Disney's Polynesian Resort! Thank you travel industry discount! The resort had recently been renovated and was absolutely beautiful! We had a gorgeous room overlooking one of the pools and the hotel was right on the monorail line that would take us to the Magic Kingdom and Epcot. We had so much fun going to the different parks, the various Christmas events, and of course we as always enjoyed Disney's courteous staff.

Where He Popped the Question

We both agreed that it was the best Disney trip yet, for many reasons, but one event stood out as the best moment of the trip. The weather had been cold the first few days we were there so at one point we had bought matching hats and scarves with Mickey heads on them (like I said earlier we are dorks). We decided to wear them the night we were to have dinner at the Royal Table in Cinderella's Castle and attending Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party at the Magic Kingdom afterwards. (Of course we took them off for dinner). Dinner was really nice; the waiter called us Sire and Princess. We felt like royalty. They sat us at a table by the big window overlooking the carousel in Fantasyland. We enjoyed our dinner as we watched all the people walk by below.

The Special Moment

After dinner the waiter said he would show us a selection of desserts. He brought out a ceramic plate but instead of desserts, when he lifted the lid there was a mini glass slipper with a white rose bud lying inside and a diamond ring wrapped around the bud. The slipper was engraved with our names, the date December 12, 2006, and the words "Happily Ever After". Sire Dave got down on one knee, told Princess Lisa how much he loved her and asked her to marry him and obviously she accepted. There was also a photographer there to capture every moment of it, the laughing the blushing, and the crying. There was supposed to be fireworks right at the time Dave was proposing, but because the waiter got the ring out late, they held up the fireworks! Just for us! Boy did we feel special! So we toasted with sparkling cider and watched the fireworks fly over the castle. They even brought out a special dessert; cake with a white chocolate slipper with chocolate moose inside and the words "will you marry me" drizzled around the plate in chocolate sauce. ( You can see Pictures in our Photo Gallery.

Topping Off the Evening with Some Disney Magic

We took with us the special glass slipper, two champagne glasses that they gave us and two pins, the last they had which had Mickey proposing to Minnie on them. And of course we have those magical memories captured in photos thanks to the special photographer. What made the night even more magical was that afterwards we went to the Christmas Party with our hats and scarves on and got a bunch of silly photos taken. We saw some great shows, hit some rides, and ended the night watching the Christmas parade together. It was a fairytale proposal and we topped it off with being our goofy selves for the rest of the night.

Pictures:

And I love this last picture - one of the last of the night:

 

[pinkstar15]

I finally got engaged to my fiance Chase May 14th at Disney. Here is a link to view all of the photos and captions of our magical engagement!

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2308955&id=12918641&l=890b3b0517

 

[lizet313]

Great stories everyone I love the Magic of Weddings and Proposals.

 

[Pirate's Princess]

Here's mine taken from my PJ
The Proposal: I kind of thought he was going to do it on his birthday, next week. I'm taking him skydiving, and I always said that being proposed to on your birthday, was like "For your birthday, i'm giving you the honor of marrying you." But proposing to someone on your birthday was like "All I want for my birthday is your hand in marriage." But he really wanted to surprise me. He bought me tickets to see Wicked (my third time, his first) for Valentine's day. Which btw we were not even supposed to be exchanging presents. Anyway, he knew he'd be proposing to me then...I was clueless. He bought the ring, months ago (I had picked it out from Costco! ) and asked my father last week (DF [I can now saw DF!!!] is a traditionalist like that) I did not think DF would be doing it then. First off, I was planning what we were doing in NYC- the restaurant, where we'd go, and I didn't realize he'd be planning around me, and secondly DF hates the city, and gets super nervous so I didn't think he could handle a diamond ring in his pocket while being in NYC.

So anyway, I decided we should hang out around the theater district...Times Square, Rockefeller Center, Central Park etc... Well I was thinking of things to do and found out the skating rink was still open until this weekend and suggested that. Now I hadn't been skating in probably a decade but Mike likes hockey, as do I, so he can skate decently. So we got into the city, parked the car, and started walking towards Rockefeller center. We found the NBC building, walked around its shop and considered going on the tour, but Mike suggested we take the tour later... I said ok and went on a hunt for the lavatory. On the way we found the skating rink. So afterward we made our way back to the rink and went to buy tickets and rent skates. They had a lunchtime deal and there was 45 minutes left. (Skate for $5...not bad...rentals were $8) So we laced up our skates, and we both started getting nervous (for different reasons of course). Mike started getting out his IPOD, saying he made a mix of songs for us to listen to while we skated. I however was getting really nervous about skating and did NOT want to listen to the music, especially while sharing earphones. Mike played it cool but tried to talk me into it, saying how he was just trying to be cute and how I should really just listen. My spidey sense started tingling but I still doubted that he'd do it. I asked for a few minutes to get my bearings on the ice and he agreed. I never did fall but I was definitely unsure. I finally agreed on the music, but the earphones did not fit very well and kept falling out so he insisted on me just listening while he controlled the tunes....Now my spidey sense was REALLY tingling but I still didn't believe it. He said he made a list of songs that reminded him of me and it started out with "Want you to want me" by Cheap Trick. He skipped around and we talked about the songs and I mentioned "1, 2, 3, 4" by the Plain White Ts and how much it made me think of him, and he had it on there and played it. Then the next song came on: "Grow old with you" from the Wedding Singer, and Mike slowed down and brought us to a corner of the rink. I started tearing already. He got down on one knee, in skates no less, and almost fell, and asked, using my full name, if I could marry him. I had read enough PJs to know, answer answer answer. So I'm thinking: Try not to fall, Don't cry too much, and Answer as soon possible. I managed to say yes. We kissed...snotty nose and all, and continued skating. People applauded and congratulated us. We still had the rest of the day, and I walked around NYC with the biggest doopiest grin And I still want to run around, screaming like a little girl.

My one wish was that he would have been able to sneak a camera so we could have had pictures of the moment.

 

[lizet313]

Great thing to memorize. That is true pictures would be worth a thousand words and a great keepsake. Maybe you two can go again someday and re do that lovely memory and take pictures.

 

[malibustacey]

take a look at my first post in my PJ!

Belive it or not- my DF proposed to me when i was looking my absolute worst i could ever look! haha - read it and you'll find out what happened.

It was us, perfect and romantic. I was an absolute mess!

 

[lizet313]

LOL you have me in suspense am going to read right now.

 

[malibustacey]

infact... i am just uploading a photo of the exact spot where we got engaged!

it was so funny - i hadnt even brushed my teeth that day!

 

[lizet313]

LOL well I have a lot of catching up to do then. I love the fact that you where actually clueless no spidey sense (Pirate's Princess) LOL I love how you wrote that . Aww how romantic 1000 days how could he keep up with that.

 

[malibustacey]

i know... that really surprised me ... at first i said ''oooh your making that up'' and he said... well, im not, if i couldnt propose to you today then you would have had to wait a long time till our next big milestone! It is today that we first kissed exactly 1000 days ago, and it was even around the same time!!!!!''

it just proved that it took a lot of planning to do this ...

he said for months he couldnt think of a certain time to do it, and he wanted a special time to do it and a few months prior to the engagement he came up with the idea and had to wait for soooo long to do it!!

 

[lizet313]

LOL how sweet. I love hearing about Proposals and Weddings I love the magic and uniqueness. Every story is something very special and has it's own meaning so sweet. I also know brides/ grooms to get very excited and anxious and well although I am neither I still get to be part of something special and memorable. Everytime I read one of the stories I think WOW how romantic. I also know that not everything comes out as planned or as one would hope but even then you/ your spouse (to be) has their whole life to make up for that moment.

 

[dhay]

My DH and I had owned a house for a year already and had just started talking about marriage. We kinda felt like it is harder to get out of a mortgage than a marriage nowadays so clearly we are committed so let's make it official.

We had discussed where we wanted to get married and I just found out Disney had weddings and we looked at SBP online. We had a trip planned a few weeks to Disney after this discussion and he had booked a dinner at V&A.

I suspected something might happen on the trip because the day before he left he disappeared form work for a few hours (we work at the same ocmpnay) and was really evasive about what he had been doing. Friday night we get to Disney and it was cold. We walk around the BW and he wanted to see SBP and we looved it. The next night was our V&A dinner and we got ready early and wanted to walk around the BW some more cause we had a lot of fun the night before.

I thought he was going to propose at V&A, but when we go to SBP he got down on one knee and said an amazing speech and how he loved the idea of proposing where we knew we wanted to get married ( he liked the circular-ness of it) and wanted us to go to the fancy dinner as an engaged couple. He was planning to propose there but thought it was nicer at SBP and I loved it!!

I called my Dad and said I am engaged and he said "I know!" DH went to my Dad the night before we left and asked for his blessing not his permission. Seeing as my Dad cosigned on the house for us a year ago I never thought DH would need that blessing. Apparently Dad told him that I was going to do what I wanted regardless of my Dad's opinion (he knows I am very independent lol) but that he absolutley gives his blessing.

Pic of us checking out SBP the night before the engagement when we had a lot of fun on the BW

Pic of us the night we got engaged

Pic of us on our wedding day at SBP 13 months later!

Sorry I get a lil carried away with my wedding pics!

 

[lizet313]

No don't be I love pictures.

Aww I feel like I say that a lot but in this thread who wouldn't say AWW and actually mean it all these times


you look so gorgeous and happy in all you pics. I love the picture of a Mariied couple your face is priceless.

 

[acityinspain]

Introductions:

My name is Emily. I recently graduated from Old Dominion University. My DF is Chris. He is the Home Solutions supervisor at Best Buy in Newport News. We met in July 2007. After a rough start (he stood me up on our first date but has made it up to me every day since then), we've been dating for nearly two years.

We've talked about getting married since Christmas but mostly just talk. We looked at rings, and I told him what styles I liked. However, one day in April, we were at Zales, and he told me to not get my hopes up because he didn't have the money to buy a ring yet. (Little did I know the ring was actually sitting safe at home). I was pretty heartbroken because I enjoy dreaming. But I had my graduation to worry about.

Engagement:

For my graduation, I had a huge party with most of my family and Chris's family. A total of 42 people gathered at my house for a nice gathering. My grandparents, four of my aunts, my uncle, his kids, my immediate family, his three siblings, his father and stepmother, his mom and stepdad, and his stepsister. And a few of my close friends were there. Needless to say, it was a packed house.

When it came time to open presents, I felt so special because everyone came inside to watch. My mom even set up the videocamera. I felt like a little girl again. I got lots of cash and some very great gifts. Chris told me his gift was behind the TV. So, I started opening it.

It was a Jim Shore statue of Lady and the Tramp eating spaghetti. It was so cute. My aunts asked me to open it so they could see it.

I picked it up out of the box and showed it to the entire room. Chris told me to look closely at the detail.

Placed on the breadsticks on the table was a ring.

He bent down on one knee and asked me to marry him.

Of course, I said yes!!! Here's a closer look at what I saw that day. I was so shocked I didn't think to let my sister's boyfriend get a picture of the ring on the statue.

It was the most amazing day of my life. A diploma and a fiance all in one day!! Also, I was so impressed he felt comfortable enough to do it in front of all our family. I'm glad I got a manicure for my graduation, too.