[Elizabeth]

I'm a sap at heart...let me see your stories.

[BillSPrestonEsq]

Well lets see. I wanted it to be a surprise, but I am married to a very perceptive woman. So I employed a little reverse psychology and decided that the obvious time would be the least obvious so I asked to make her dinner, and to have a candlelight dinner. I got her to take her purity ring off by asking if she would like her hands massaged. Anyway, that accomplished I got on one knee to get closer, and when I put her ring in my pocket, I siwtched it for the ring I had purchased. I asked her would she marry me... 3 xs, because she said "what did you say?" twice. She wondered why I was a bit uptight that my spaghetti was not coming out perfectly.

Anyway... Thats what I did.

[nix]

3x! Wow! But a very cute proposel there Bill!

[nix]

Here's a link to my proposal: http://www.christianguitar.org/forum...&postcount=633

[Singin4Him82]

How my husband proposed.....

I knew it would be coming but I had no idea it would be as soon as it was. I was trying to figure him out, but he had me so confused. Well, he had planned to talk to my dad first to ask his blessing and he told me on Friday they were meeting Monday possibly. Then on Satruday my dad told me they were meeting on Monday to talk. So I was sure it wouldn't be until after Monday. Well, Aaron had this surprise date planned for me because we wanted to do something relaxing since we've both been so busy and stressed lately. So he took me to Botanical Gardens and on the way there he went on and on about how nervous he was to talk to my dad on Monday and he totally had me buying it. Then my dad called me and told me and talked about them meeting on Monday as well and joked around about telling him he didn't have his blessing and stuff. So I was sure they were meeting Monday.

Well, we got out to the Botanical Gardens and we walked around in the Japenese Garden for a while. As we started to head towards the last part and the exit he asked me if we could take a picture. So he set up his camera to take a timed picture. We sat on a bench and posed for the picture and I asked "how long is it going to take?" and he got up to check how long and then came to sit back down. What I didn't realize was when he came to sit back down he got the ring out of his pocket and all the while he actually had the camera on video NOT just a timed picture. So when he sat back down he kissed me on the cheek, then I asked him "how long?" then looked away and as soon as I looked back he got on his knee with the ring and replied "it's forever". I was SO SHOCKED, I was breathless and speechless. I couldn't say a thing. I just started crying and he said "will you marry me?" and I of course said "YES!". Then we got up, and hugged and kissed each other and laughed at how I had no idea it was coming today. We have it all on video! He's the first person who's EVER been able to surprise me like that, I am the hardest person to surprise. It couldn't have been more perfect and the ring is BEAUTIFUL!

So there's my story .

[christian*bride]

Well, lets just say I hadn't been subtle about wanting to get engaged. but my 'boyfriend' at the time (now fiance of course!) kept saying he wanted to wait until we graduate college. I work at a jewelry store so anytime he came in, Id show him rings I liked. Im terrible i know. Anyway, over Easter weekend all of his family was going to be in town, for Easter of course. I was supposed to have a weekend class that weekend but ended up cancelling it. (Thankgoodness now in hindsight). We went to a movie on Saturday night. "in good company" and almost everytiime we go to a movie i end up having to go to the bathroom at some time. Earlier in the week he had bet me that I couldnt go the entire movie, preview to end credits without goiing to the bathroom. of course i took that challenge. So i didnt drink anything barely all day and we went to the movie. at the end of the credits, i was like okay, we can go now. and he was like wait a sec. Earlier in the movie, he had taken my promise ring off of my left hand to "play with it" and put it on my right ring finger. At the end of the movie, a screen popped up that said "just wait, the show has just begun" then a movie of me from when i was little started playing - he had put together a slideshow of old pictures from when i was growing up! Then pictures of us from high school and college started playing. towards the end, one of our favorite country songs started playing "my last name" by dierks bentley at the part where it says "darling if your wondering why Ive got you here tonight, I want to be your husband, I want you to be my wife." By this time I was about to have a heart attack and them he got down on one knee and said the words Id been dying to hear. "Will you marry me?" and of course I said yes! Then I kissed him and hugged him and started jumping up and down and then there was CLAPPING in the background! he had arranged for all of my family and his to sneak into the back of the movie theatre. and the movie theater had arranged for all the other people to leave. We then had a engagement party that our parents had planned and it was the greatest night of my life! He is the best!

If you want to know more about us, this is our Wedding Webpage.
http://weddings.theknot.com/pwp/view...05632783037364

PS he went the old-fashioned way and asked my parents before hand!

[meatfinger]

I'd pretty much known that Rach was the girl I'd wanted to marry for awhile before we actually got engaged. We'd talked about it and stuff, so it was pretty difficult to make it a suprise. Plus, I'm not all that smart about the covert ops stuff. Therefore, I don't think she was suprised. At all. But she was very pleased with it.

We'd said that we wouldn't get engaged until she moved up to be with me. We didn't want to do the whole long-distance engagement thing, as long-distance dating was hard enough. So, when she moved up to be with me the weekend before Thanksgiving on '04, I didn't waste any time.

One of our special things is that from time to time I would write a poem and mail it to her. So, I thought it only fitting that my proposal would be in poetry. Call it cheesy or cliche, but it was how I thought I could best express my love for her. So about two weeks before hand, I handwrote the poem that I came up with on pretty paper and sealed it in an evelope and everything. I'd already bought the ring. All that was left now was the actual proposal.

We spent Thanksgiving with my family in Leavenworth, which is a small little Bavarian-style resort town in the foothills of the Cascades. We were all staying in a cabin outside of town. The day after the big holiday, we all went into town to walk through all of the little shop and see that day-after-Thanksgiving festivities. We walked around by ourselves most of the day, enjoying some precious time away from family (when you're cooped up with them for several days straight, it can get a little old). I knew that when the sky started to darken and the Christmas lights came on in the town square, it would be absolutely breathtaking.

I was really nervous the whole day. It's wierd, because I knew she wouldn't say no, and I was sure I wanted to, but I will still quiet and nervous. That's the first thing that tipped her off. I had the ring in it's case in the pocked of my cargo pants. I thought it was pretty inconspicuous, and I had no better place for it. But when we were driving into town, she bumped it with her hand and said "What's that in your pocket?" Gasp. Think. "Oh, it's just my phone." Luckily, she bought it, and I was saved from that one. However, I was also carrying the envelope with the poem in the front pocket of my hoodie, because that was the only place I could carry it without wrinkling it. I knew this was pretty sketchy, so I kept an eye on it throughout the day. But when we were sitting having a snack in a coffeeshop, the corner poked out, and of course Rach noticed it. I couldn't really come up with a smooth way out of that one. After that she pretty much knew what was up, I think. But it still turned out beautifully.

It was getting dark, and I was getting impatient. As we were making our way to the town square we walked right by my dad. I wanted to be alone (as in away from family or anyone we knew) when I asked her, so I tried to avoid him without being to suspicious about it. Anyways, we made it to the square, and I said, “I have something for you,” and pulled out the envelope. She read it, and started crying, and as she got to the end I got down on one knee in the middle of a crowd of people and asked her to marry me. Obviously, she said yes, and I put the ring on her finger. Incidentally, some very kind lady had seen what was going on and had snapped a photo of it while I was on one knee. We gave her our address and she sent it to us later. It turns out that her marriage advice was that we should keep Christ at the center. Rach and I had no idea this lady was a Christian, and she didn’t know that we were. It was really cool.

So we found my family at Coldstone and told them. They were all very happy for us (except for my younger female cousin, who has apparently grown quite attached to me), and we took some pictures and congratulations all around. It was a beautiful evening.

Incidentally, I later found out that two of my good friends from school also proposed to their girlfriends at Leavenworth around that same time. We’re all now happily married.

[Grasshopper359]

Is there something that you want to tell us, Liz?

[Elizabeth]

Originally Posted by Grasshopper359

Is there something that you want to tell us, Liz?

Haha, no.

[marvinranch]

I probably have the MOST unromantic story ever, but it's just perfect for me!
Doug proposed last night, in the WalMart parking lot!!!!

Earlier in the week he said he'd made up his mind about something, and he would tell me about it in person. Last night, we'd been hunting, very unsuccessful trip - he slept most of the trip back to town. We stopped at WalMart and got some DrPepper, then we were just kinda chillin there. I don't stay at my apartment much, so my truck is a good hang-out spot, especially in a WM parking lot. He was hugging me tight and he just said "Will you marry me?" -- I said "of course I will!! ..... Wait?! Did you really just ask.....??" I was shocked, took it a while to sink in! When I collected myself at least partly, we went to Taco Bell. Very romantic isn't it?

[Xkcer Man]

I've posted mine in a variety of places. Here it is again:

Tuesday, May 25th, 2004 marked my third month together with Lynnette. We'd been talking about getting married for several weeks (in fact, at my family's Mother's Day gathering, we announced to everyone that we planned on getting married). Two weeks prior, we had gone ring and apartment shopping, while one week before I asked her parents for permission to marry her, which she knew about. Nothing seemed to very hidden, so I needed away to catch her off guard.

Anyway, on the 25th we had planned to go to Galveston, a beach town about an hour and a half southeast of Houston. Lynnette made sandwichs and brought other various snacks for a picnic on the beach. When we first arrived, we decided to toss the frisbee around for a little while near the water. This was around lunchtime and the disc got our hands dirty, so I suggested we walk over the shower facilities which about 400 yards away.

About 2/3 of the way there, we came to a spot which I had designated the day before to a close friend to write "Lynnette, will you marry me?" in the sand. He also placed 3 roses there which marked our 3 months together. As soon as she saw the roses, I dropped to one knee, pulled out the ring, and asked her. And she replied!

Then we laid out a blanket and I took out my guitar to sing her "I Will Be Here." During the song she finally noticed what was actually written in the sand (she didn't before because of the wind and dryness of it), so whenever I finished, she got up and wrote "YES" next to it. She said she was expecting me to pull something that day, but she had no clue I would do it that early. We got married at my church in Pasadena, TX on January 1st, 2005.

[Brandon]

I've posted this in other areas also. So I wont write it all out again, but... you can go here.

I'm not a covert person by any means. It was the hardest thing not letting her know. I almost blew it several times...

I've got it on video and pictures and everything. I guess I should post them sometime...

yeah...

she called me a jerk. bet you gals never did that to your men. *sigh*

why do I have the complicated one?

would I trade it for the world? nah...