Did you know he/she was going to propose?

TELL ? ME ? ABOUT ? IT ?

I didn't know, but then i don't think he really did either!?! ?

Had absolutely no idea. we were sitting outside starbucks when OH just handed me the box! we hadn't really spoken about marriage although we knew thats where we were heading but we were talking about moving house first - which is the next project after the wedding.

Ooh lala - remind him 7th June is the latest!!

He's just getting out of the shower - might turn the light off on the landing and go make him jump by shouting it as he walks out of the bathroom!

I can just picture that ?

At least he would remember it!

Nope I didn't have a clue. I actually opened the box and put the ring on my right hand! He did it at Christmas so I thought it was just a present! lol

I don't understand the whole knowing it will happen but not when. Why what's the point in that? Why not just get engaged without having to wait on the ring or certain occasion.

Sorry ooh la la but I just don't get it.

As long as he doesn't fall backwards and hit his head on the edge of the bath! Poor thing!

Flailing naked man in ooh la la's bathroom!

Had no idea at all, we had a night away planned and at dinner he got down on one knee in the middle of the hotel restaurant! Bless him!

E x

Well we have both known it was going to happen for some time, so OH took me ring shopping....(cue me getting extremely excited and joining Hitched!)

There is nothing "to get", everyone does it differently.

He is just waiting for a romantic time, I guess.

I know everyone does it differently but I just wouldn't want to have discussed it beforehand and liked the total surprise.

I hope you get your romantic time soon.

I had an inkling. He had planned a surprise for new years, which was also my birthday and our 5th anniversary. It was my snooping that meant I knew we weren't doing what he said we were doing that night (I'd picked up on a couple of things and then did some googling ?).

I had a feeling he might, but was only 20% expecting it before we left for the night as it could have just been a nice birthday surprise, or an anniversary thing. When I saw the lengths he'd gone to on the night I thought oh maybe it could be a real possibilty and assumed it's happen at midnight. Cue me losing him at 11.55pm it wasn't like we even knew anyone else on the boat so couldn't even ask anyone if they'd seen him, found him at 11.59, 12.00 passed, as did 00.01, 00.02 so I thought, oh well it's just a nice birthday surprise. Then he asked! The biggest surprise was him saying he wanted to do it this summer a few hours later, I'd kind of assumed it's be 18 months or so.

I wish it was the surprise it was meant to be, and glad I didn't know it was coming even if I had my suspicions.

You see I hate surprises! But what is driving me wild is not knowing how long I have to wait. It is not that I'm materialistic and want a ring now, but knowing that he is having one made makes me all curious and I want to actually see it!

I just can't wait until we are properly engaged, (ie: I have the ring on my finger) I love him so much............?

You're not at all impatient are you Ooh La La!!!! ?

We'd talked about engagement after I had moved in with OH, but I wasn't expecting it when we were on holiday.

We talked about it. We we re going to get engaged when I graduated but friends beat us to it and we didnt want to steal their thunder so forgot about it.

when he did propose i had nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo idea, though my friend did as she was hiding the ring for him. I was shocked as a shocked thing. My ring had been made and everything a month in advance......he had it all planned.

But you designed your ring didn't you? So how did you not know?

Cos i didnt! Feb 14th 2007 - got dragged into jewellers to get finger measured.

Tween Feb and May 2007 got dragged around various jewellers looking for ring ideas. May 2007 my pal gets engaged so we think nooooo lets not get engaged just yet.

Friend tells me about the chap who made her ring, advises me on what to do in regards to designing my own. I came up with an idea and emailed it to her to show her.

Novemeber 2007 OH calls up friend and asks for her jewellers details. Friend says 'I have nonas design here' so together they concoct their plan. Ring arrives at her house, and remains there till 23rd Dec. OH has to 'pop to Halfords after work so will be home a bit later' and ring remains in spare room wardrobe till Xmas day 2007.

Et Voila.

So you waited patiently for almost a year!!!

God girl! I wish I had your patience!

I know! crazy.......... i met friend for lunch and she was teasing me about getting engaged etc etc and when I nipped to the loo she texted OH saying 'Shes doesnt have a clueeeee!'

Must admit though, I was a teeny weeny bit peed off that she knew but hey ho, cant have it all! She texted me at 9.10am (ten mins after the proposal with 'WELL???????????' lol

We had talked about it about 6 months before he actually proposed. We were in the shopping centre and i was hinting so badly every time we went passed a jeweller's. About 6 months later we went on holiday to Rome and on our second day there he proposed outside the coliseum! It was lovely! I was shocked because i had a indea that he was going to ask but i had no idea it was going to be in Rome! The day after we got back from Rome, we went down to the jewellery quarter and i picked the ring, and then told everyone we were engaged!

We had discussed it, and you knew it would be the next step after getting the house. We had worked really hard on it and where knackered. I had a trip with work planned, which I had missed in the January due to illness as I could not fly to Italy. In June I had the new trip arranged to Italy, so was madly trying to ensure he had clean clothes, food in the fridge etc. Other than when I was in hospital for 2 nights this was the 2nd time we had been apart since living together.

I had a thousand jobs to sort out on the Saturday because I wanted to pack on the Suday, we went down town in the morning, got what we needed. Got home h2b sat down and watched TV! So I was slightly peeved at this and started cleaning etc. He then asked to go back in to town, I was like no to busy! But felt quilty and said OK, he was like no not going now. We never spoke for the rest of the day properly or the next morning. I ensured he spoke to me prior to me going. It was the Wednesday received texts, training going OK etc? Then the one text saying I think we should have a bbq on August Bank holiday and invite everyone and get engaged! I had to get my 2 italian colleagues to read it to make sure I read it right. Made him wait for answer till night time though!

So on my return pulled the argos catalogue out, and dragged him to the Trafford Centre on the Friday night. Had a meal to celebrate, and got ideas for my ring. He then explained, he wanted to take me back into town on the Saturday and take me to the jewellars and ask me which 1 I wanted. I wish now it had been this way, both a surprise but a little bit more romantic than a text. He said he wanted to do it then, but had to get me back for not going back into town with him and knew I would be jobsmacked!

I acutally found my ring in the jewellars he would have taken me to!

The best bit family were teasing sister and her boyfriend about engagement a month prior. H2b was encouraging it knowing when he would asking me! He let me choose my ring, but had known the size from previous conversations. Also knowing what ring style I would like. I did not mind either way me chosing or him, but my ring is a stone out of 1 and the style of the other. The wedding ring has designed to suit my ring style, came out about a couple of months before we went wedding ring shopping. So h2b said that is the best one get it!

I knew that an engagement was on the cards in the next 12 months or so but I had no idea when.

OH took me to the lakes for a few days for our anniversary. This did make me think but I also knew how skint we were so couldn't see how he would have been able to afford an engagement ring. As OH is a goldsmith I think that he felt a lot of pressure on him to make a decent ring which even though he'd get it at cost it would still be expensive.

The night before the proposal we were sitting in the pub and I commented that my finger looked bare. He told me not to mention it as I knew we couldn't afford to get married at the minute. I had a little nark on but didn't want to say anything to ruin the weekend!

Anyway, the next day it absolutely peed down but OH insisted we went to Coniston Lake. We walked to the side of the lake which was completely deserted and he got down on one knee. I was so shocked! A few tears were shed! Went back to the hotel to flowers and champagne in the room, so lovely!

We had spoken about marriage and knew it was something we both wanted to do but that was only after a couple of years of being together and we always knew we would wait to get a house and have secure jobs before we even contemplated getting married.

So, moved in April 2007 to our first house and never once expected anything although knew it would happen one day if that makes any sense. Then October 2007, got home from the hairdressers with a treasure hunt set up round the house where I got loads of fab pressies ending with the ring. No-one had a clue he was going to do it.

You sound just like me! we'd talked about it before hand and had a HUGE discussion about it and christmas when i told him i'd want to know when he was going to do it so i could be prepared. Then we went and bought my ring as they were discontinuing it at the shop and it was the ONE. He did a pretty good job at then hidiing just when he would ask but i thought it might be on our anniversary. He got a fake ring to propose with and i went looking for it and er found it the night before he asked me ? I was hence very nervous all through dinner.

So definitely knew exactly when it was going to happen. And i don't regret a second of it!

I was pretty sure it was on the cards at some point. Except I thought it would happen during our romantic Christmas holiday to Switzerland and Paris but it didn't! After that I gave up thinking about when it would happen.

I knew it was going to happen but again didn't know when.

It was lovely though. He was waiting for me to wake up two days before Christmas Day and just asked me. Nothing over the top, nothing elaborate, just perfect!

We spent Christmas telling our family and friends which was one of the best feelings ever!

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We have an utterly mad situation where my sister has banned us from getting engaged (please don't go there guys... accept and move on!!) until after her wedding which is two weeks today.

So my ring is currently being made (I helped design it), the church, venue and caterers are booked, all his family know and my Mum and Dad know. Also half my family who Mum has blabbed to coz she's so excited!!! Most of our friends know but are banned from mentioning it on facebook... so sister doesn't find out!!!!

So have no idea if i'll get a big proposal or if we'll go together to pick up the ring and I'll get it there and then or what...

We decided we would get married in a general conversation 3 days after we got together... we had been friends for a while first so not quite so stupid as it first sounds, just both knew it felt 'right'. ? Want to puke for writing such slush, sorry!

Mine was so romantic- was on a cruise round the Med'. After a meal and a movie under the stars, went back to our balcony for a glass of wine and I had hurt my foot during the day so he suggested I put some socks on. He gave me a pair of stuffed socks and as I unfolded them I found a ring box and so under the stars he proposed with a ring he chose himself- ~I cried for ages before he actually said' Is that a yes then?' We went to bed (ahem...) the next mroning I woke up as the sun was rising and we were out at sea, I was watching my diamond sparkle in the sun when I looked down and there was a school of about 15 dolphins playing! I actually thanked God for everything in my life that morning- perfect! Didn't have an inkling about any of it!

I knew...H2B had suggested getting engaged in Santorini last time we were there, we even went and tried on rings out there! But the one that we both really liked was too expensive.

When we came back, H2B and I went through a load of hassle at home and to be honest we nearly split up - it was a horrific end to the year. H2B was then going to propose at Christmas but I told him I wanted to just take it easy for a bit and then look at where we were Easter the following year.

Luckily, we managed to get things sorted out, and we had a discussion in the January that we wanted to be together, and H2B bought a ring. I knew he'd bought it., but had no idea what it was like, or when he was going to propose. We had booked to go to Dublin around the 9th march, so I thought it would be then (as did all my friends!).

H2B couldn't wait until Dublin though, and I knew the ring was in the house, so he proposed 1st March as I was lying in Bed with a hangover!! But it was lovely, and because of everythign we had been through it meant so much to me, and it still does every day ?

We had talked about marriage a couple of times, but then in Jan 2006 I fell pregnant & we decided to move house so we never mentioned it again.

Then in Nov 2006 we had our little boy & 6 weeks later on Christmas day ( at my mum & dad's house) a ring box fell out of my cracker when I pulled it with h2b. I honestly didn't have a clue (although all my family who were sat round the table knew what was happening) & I said "god mum the presents in these crackers are bloody good" then wehn I opened the box & h2b told me what it was I cried?

I had no idea. we'd been living together for about 1 1/2 years. i had been to visit my parents for a few days, my car brokedown so i had to get the train back, h2b picked me up at the train station, i got into our flat, opened the livingroom door to find the room full of flowers, with strawberries and champange, the next thing h2b is down on one knee with a ring (which he'd chosen). took me aaaaages to be able to speak and actually say yes.

we then got rather drunk on the champange and the other 2 bottles which were in the fridge. (it was only 11am). cue a much needed afternoon snooze ? and a meal that night in the local indian then back to work the next day!

nothing massively romantic but perfect for us, i would have died had he done it in the middle of a restaurant!

I had no idea whatsoever, and I don't think he did either to be honest ?

We'd only been together 8 months, and I was only 19! ? It sounds silly but despite how young I was (and still am really) I knew even then that he was the one I was going to end up with, and honestly wouldn't have said yes if I didn't feel that way. Granted, I didn't really have much to compare it to - I'd only had 1 other serious boyfriend and a few flings - but I honestly did just know. Saying that, after I'd said yes I couldn't stop thinking about how other people were going to react. Once we'd calmed down a bit after the initial excitement we decided we were going to save up and buy a place first, wait until I'd graduated and was in a full time job and then think about the actual getting married part!

Both our parents were pretty surprised at first, but were really happy once we'd spoken about our plans with them. The majority of our friends, both seperate and mutual, were really cynical though, and I don't blame them to be honest. But 3 years later I'm 22, he's 24, we've been in our flat for 2 years, I'm in a stable job, we're saving up and have our wedding booked for next summer - so I think we've proved to people that we were and are serious about the decision!

I still get a lot of comments though about being sooooo young to be getting married...what can I say, I've done the girlie holidays, made some horrific bloke-related mistakes, I still go out with the girls whenever I want - I've just found someone I want to commit to at a young age, that's all!

Sorry if that turned into a bit of a waffle...?