Proposal stories!

Ooohhhhh go on then! its not very exciting but i like my story.

It was our second anniversary and he took me out for dinner to my favourite restaurant. We were both really nervous, and then suddenly realised how it silly it was and had a good giggle about it. Half way through dinner he said 'I think we should go for a walk after dinner!' which surprised me because it was freezing cold, in february, snow on the ground and i was wearing a short dress and heels! But i was beginning to think he was actually going to propose so was relieved he didn't seem to be doing it in the restaurant! We finished dinner and he dragged me towards Lincoln Cathedral and started walking around in the snow in front of it. So i just said 'look i know whats going on please get on with it!' (how nice am i? poor bloke) so he stopped infront of the cathedral and said how much he loves me and would do anything for me and pulled out a pretend ring because mine was still at the jewellers and said 'please will you marry me?' i nodded and then said 'oh no it has to be on one knee!' so the lovely man that he is he knelt down in a puddle of snow and asked me again ? I said yes straight away and burst into tears and he seemed so relieved i'd said yes. It was perfect, just how i always wanted it to be. IT was such a lovely night too, cold and snowy but clear skies and lots of stars, and i love the cathedral. He made it so perfect i would like permission to use the fluffy icon ?

Lovely story DWC, permission granted ?

If anything I just like the fact that there was obviously some forethought and planning involved, he didn't just get a light bulb over his head and blurt it out in bed like Mr. Stazzle! Only kidding really, it might not have been spectacular but pretty sweet ?

I need more stories please Hitchers ?

True but i love how spontaneous your proposal was too.

Aw - theyre lovely stories - I always think the best are when theyre personal to you as a couple.

Î proposed to cookiemonster a year ago when I took her to disneyland paris as a surprise - she thought it was to celebrate our anniversary and had absolutely no idea Id be spending weeks before searching for the ring. We checked in and went straight to the park. I was carrying this ring around in my pocket absolutely paranoid I was going to lose it - Im amazing she didnt notice! Anyway, shortly before the park was due to close I took her back into the princess castle and led her up to the balcony, where I went down on one knee and told her I loved her and would she marry me. She said yes! (Phew!). We then celebrated with a meal in the Rainforest cafe. What was slightly annoying was we couldnt get hold of her parents for a couple of days as they werent in together at the same time and wanted to tell them first - very frustrating!

I've shared before but here goes..

We had been living together jus over a year and been talking about whether we would get married for a while but OH said he wasn't sure as his parents had divorced when he was little and mine were on their second marriage when they had me and he really wanted to think about it. I left it for a bit then one day he asked me to look at some rings and tell himwhich ones I liked, which I thought was odd as he just kept saying 'you know for the future, just so I know'.

Anyway, a couple of months later we went to Majorca for a week for my birthday. Every night we went for a walk on the beach and he kept telling me how much he loved me which was really odd so I kept asking what the matter was!! The night after my birthday we had an ear;y evening meal which I figured was because he wanted to watch the football (the Euro semi-finals), but no he suggested we go for a walk again. We walked MILES!!!! but then he suddenly stopped and gave me a hug then he got down on one knee. He had a speech prepared and everything and presented me with the perfect ring! I started crying and said yes!

We'd spent so long walking the football finished just after he asked and Spain had won. Cue fireworks and impromptu street parties everywhere! It was so romantic and absolutely perfect ?

Oh now I remember yours, Groomwithaview! What a romantic proposal ❤️

Yours must have been beautiful too Jem179, on a lovely beach in a hot country, love that he had a speech prepared too!

Oh ok, you twisted my arm!!

OH took me on holiday to Tenerife which is where we met, we have been back there several times so I had no suspissions or anything. On the day of our anniversary we went to the beach for the day and then headed back to the hotel room, OH ran me a bubble bath and left me to soak in the bath with a glass of wine. When I got out the bath he was out on the balcony and it was all set up with candles and champagne, and the view of tenrerife at night was beautiful, I looked at the table and there was the ring, I got so excited then and he sat me down, got on one knee, told me how much he loved me etc and popped the question, it was just the most amazing thing ever and I had no idea at all, it was such a shock, a lovely one though!!! First thing I did was ring my dad and tell him and he said 'i know!' OH has asked permission before we went away too!!! That made me cry even more!!

For me, it was perfect!

Ours was a bit whirlwindy... we started dating in the late June 07, we'd had 2 dates before he went to the States for a work trip, upon his return we went out again and he told me that he'd been offered a position out there and was starting mid August... I tried to be cool about it and we enjoyed the time we had left and never were apart. It was awful him leaving but we decided on the long distance thing as we both felt it was right. I was going out to California for a visit at the end of September but for my birthday (16th Sept) he flew back as a surprise, stayed one night and returned to Cali. We had a fab time over there and because he was covering Europe too I did get to see him. Then in November he went out and got hammered with his mates and I received an early morning call from him (cos of the time difference) where he, slurringly, asked me to marry him!! I then had to wait all day until he got up to confirm what he'd asked (or indeed remember!)... he said he did and that he would ask properly. It was at this time he told his bosses that he was going to be returning back to the UK in the new year. For Christmas that year he bought us a night in The Witchery, we had been in Edinburgh for 2 nights previous to going there so all hope of him asking "properly" had gone out of the window! We went for dinner in the Secret Garden and returned to the suite where, as the bathrooms are ammmaaaaazing, he ran a bath (more like a swimming pool) filled it full of bubbles, gave me a glass of bubbles and then as we were soaking in the tub (TMI?) he said "Can I ask you something?" ... I thought he was going to be rude but said that he knew he hadn't asked me properly yet but he couldn't imagine life without me and would I marry him.... bless his cottons ? I promptly said yes, burst into tears and then we drank even more champagne ... we didn't tell anyone until the next day as it was 1am in the morning! So it was all a bit whirlwindy, it was only 6 months, but when you know, you know!!

Hi All

Well I think if there was an award for the most unromantic proposal then I will win it !

This was my proposal........

We have been together for almost 6 years and it was a given we were going to get married at some stage, we just didn't know when. Anyway he came home from work one night and was acting a little shifty, he kept checking his briefcase which was odd. I put my son to bed and got into my pyjamas and flopped on the sofa. He asked me if I wanted a cup of tea, when he came back in he was holding some bourbon biscuits in one hand and a diamond ring in the other, he then asked me which I would prefer !!

When I pointed at the ring, he got down on one knee and I asked me to marry him.......

Romantic or what lol !

Lovely stories ladies

Mine isn’t very romantic or exciting but here goes…..

Myself and OH had been together for 8 years and were on holiday together in Lake Garda, Italy.

We went to the top of one of the mountains there and it was just beautiful looking down in the lake etc.

Anyways, we were sitting having a conversation that we have had several times before where OH says “do you think we should get married” and I say “yes, and can we still live in our separate houses?” and usually we just have a giggle and it ends there. To let you understand OH had been married before and has always said that marriage is just a bit of paper, etc etc. Anyways, this time he followed up by saying “well, will you……??” and I said “will I what????” (me being thick – contrary to what people might think but after 8 years you aren’t actually expecting it…lol). Soooooo, he said “marry me” and I couldn’t even speak I was that shocked….lol Just gave him a big hug then said “yes”. Then the rain came on and we had to run back to the cable car.

It was lovely though ?

It was August 2009. We'd been together over 7.5 years (will be 8 next Monday!!) and it was exactly 1 week before we flew to Bali.

He'd made the decision to finally ask me 2 weeks previously and had been and bought the ring (he bought one, then took it back and exchanged it the next as he didn't like it and the diamond was too included). He'd thought about doing it on holiday but was too nervous about "smuggling" it there un-noticed. After years together we share everything and he was scared i'd find it in the bag on the flight or that the security man would empty the bag...

He'd been to work for the day in London and asked me to meet him at the station. We'd already arranged to eat out that night so it wasn't suspicous. On leaving the station he said he wanted to walk through Forbury Gardens as it was a lovely night and he'd been stuck in a windowless basement office in London all day. Slightly odd as it was a bit out of the way for town but I didn't really think much of it.

Anyway, we walked into Forbury and he asked me to marry him and produced the biggest rock i'd ever seen!! ? I stood in shock for ages until he said "you can take it you know, it is yours" ?

Also, the fact he didn't do it on holiday made it a complete surprise!! ?

The only bad thing about being together so long before the proposal means that the first words people say to you on you announcing that you're engaged is not "congratualtions" but "about time!" ☹️ A few of our friends said they expected it to happen in Bali but we proved them wrong! Heehee!!

i hear ya sista <high fives geordiebarbie> we'd been together 6.5yrs, had lived together for 5.5yrs, before we got engaged!

H had told me to take May half term as holiday and to make no plans. he promised me we would spend some time together as i'd taken all the previous easter hols off to spend with him, only for him to work the whole blooming time, and for me to get in a big huff.

saturday morning, he told me we were going somewhere and to pack for the night, taking something nice to wear. me, getting all excited at the prospect of a posh dinner in a fancy city, i promptly rushed to bluewater to get myself a lovely new outfit.

couple of hours later, we were on a train up to london. H then directs me to leicester square, his favourite part of the city (he is a big tourist at heart - i hated the bloomin place). go for a drink in all bar one, then once finished, he leads me to the 5* hotel one side of the square, where we book into the biggest room in the place, overlooking leicester square. FABBY. go for lunch at wagamamas, me all the time wondering what he's up to... we head back to the hotel room, where we take an impromptu nap ?

wake up from the nap at about 6, H tells me we need to get ready really quickly as we've got to be somewhere at half 7, so i rush like a blue ar5ed fly to get ready. finally do make up and put new outfit on. i ask H whether he thinks it needs a quick iron, he replies that he can't see, come over here by the window so i can.

he tells me i look beautiful, it doesn't need an iron, yadda yadda yadda, then gives me a massive hug. at the time i remember thinking 'ooh, i wonder why his heart is beating so fast???' he then promptly gets down on one knee, pulls the ring we had chosen together 5 years before (don't ask....) out of his shoe and asks me to marry him. i promptly burst into tears, initially forget to say yes (he needed to remind me) and then jump about on The Biggest Bed in the World for 10 mins, until he tells me we are genuinely late and need to get a move on! ?

then we went for dinner at our favourite restaurant, j.sheekey's, where we ate loads of seafood, drank loads of champagne, and generally were very happy! (and where we also, rather weirdly, listened to a couple and his mother talk about the couple's upcoming wedding, argue lots and lots about it, and subsequently split up and cancel the wedding - very weird)

when we got home the next morning, we went straight to bluewater where he let me buy all the wedding mags there were on the shelves (it must be love!). then went round to tell my parents, where he told me he had also booked flights up to glasgow for the following day to tell his family.

on the flight up to glasgow he showed me all the paperwork for the bookings for the hotels and flights - he'd had the whole thing planned for about 4 months, the devious little begger.

am getting butterflies in my stomach just relaying this all again!

ETA sorry its so long, i got a bit carried away!

We'd been together for 3 years and split up a few years ago over such a stupid thing, I met someone else (poss on rebound) got engaged after 4 months and married a year later. Guess I knew it was wrong so when I found out he was a liar and cheat I walked.

Skip forward 3 months I met my ex on a night out with friends he was single, we talked told him about the last few years of my life, he helped me furnish/decorate new house and at this stage was still really just the best mate I could have wished for so natural after all these years.

Move onto Easter and we decided to get away for the weekend with some friends again things were great with us like it had been, while driving to Gatwick he was saying that he was such a fool to have let me go the first time, realised he should have fought to keep me which would have saved years of upset and wasted time and he wasn't going to let that happen again.

I was agreeing and joking that if he had only apologised all those years ago or I hadn't been so stubborn I wouldn't be getting divorced and wasted so much etc.

Once we parked and were getting the bags out of boot he just came out with "well lets ensure it doesn’t happen again, say yes you will marry me" , he bought the ring while we were away in Madrid.

Ours was expected, as we had discussed it quite frequently, but P had wanted to do it when he was ready.... but the timing was TOTALLY unexpected....

We had started dating in May, but split up over the summer, and then got back together Sept. I started to be a ill on and off from early Oct, and then was really ill in Jan so was admitted to hosp and had spent time in intensive care, with one point it being a bit touch and go for me pulling through. I knew that it had affected P,as he had been so scared of loosing me & he had talked about us getting engaged when I was still in hospital, and I knew that even after us not really being together that long, I wanted to be with him forever.

But, I wasn’t exactly proposed to....

We were out at a posh dinner & dance with my parents, and some of their friends, and all through dinner P had been asking my dad about getting him another drink– Beer during the main course (not wanted as we had wine on the table) - then he kept wanting to get Port - firstly with the pudding (not wanted – yuck with a sweet pud! Lol) and then kept asking after pud to get Port to go with the cheese & biscuits (Dad was chatting loads to people so P had to keep asking about going to the bar to get the Port) so finally, off they went to the Bar to get the round in for the table. I was thinking that P was being sweet because he wanted to pay our share of the drink rounds, so didn’t really think much more of it.....

As everyone was tucking into their cheese and biscuits, the Director of Ceremonys started to get everyone’s attention talking over the PA system. Telling us that there “there is some good news to tell everyone tonight” ..... (sadly there was upsetting news at the beginning, one of the guests had died a few days before). “Mr P...D... has just asked (Cue me looking at P asking him “WHAT HAVE YOU DONE”) Mr C.. B.. for his Eldest Daughters, hand in marriage” .... Totally shocked and SOOOOO happy, we were made to stand and we were toasted and then everyone clapped and cheered – so about 300 people found out at exactly the same time as me!!!

It turns out that he had planned that he would get my dad to the bar on his own to ask, hence him going on and on at my dad to go to the bar for the port..... When he did, dad asked him if i knew he was asking tonight, and as it transpired I didn’t Dad decided to have it announced! Most people there knew how ill I had been, so it was just wonderful that after such a bad start to the year, this happened! They were all really kind, coming up to us all eve congratulating us and buying P and my parents drinks (– I was actually still recovering so wasn’t able to celebrate so much)

WE went straight out the next day to get a ring! He was too worried to choose it himself in case I didn’t like it, he wanted it to be perfect.... sweet

(as a lil side note – we are giving our male guests small bottles of Port as favours and Dad will explain the link to the engagement why in his speech!)

Yes, we got these comments too

It was during the mini heatwave in May earlier this year, Oh had said he would take me out on the Sunday if the weather was still nice. He never takes me out anywhere so it was a big thing. I was so excited I told everyone at work and a few said jokinglu that he's going to propose. I never in a million years thought he would so I just laughed it off and said he's probably taking me paintballing or something stupid.

Fast forwward to Sunday, I had no idea where we were going. We had an argument because I wanted to go to Asda and he said it was out of the way. In the end I got my way so about 2 hours late we were on our way to the myterious venue.

OH was exceptionally close to his late grandma, and a place that is really special to him is Stourport as he has memories of going there with his grandparents. (I already knew this before he proposed). So.... he took me to Stourport. It was absolutely boiling. When we got there we walked around for a bit and he asked if I wanted to go a boat. I said maybe later as we'd only just got there. he was pretty insistent about going on the boat so in the end I agreed. (It cost £18 for 20 mins, so I should have known he was up to something then, he's usally a tight git!)

So we're on this little boat together, just us two. I'm trying to steer it without crashing into the bushes. I look to my right and he's pulling a ring out of his pocket and trying his best to get down on one knee whilst balancing in a tiny little 2 man boat. In all the excitement of it all I steered the boat into some poor bloke's fishing line, he was stood on the grass frantically waving at me and telling me to get out the way of his line ?

The ring fitted perfectly, I asked OH how he knew my ring size he said he went into the shop, they asked what I was like and gestued with hands how big my waist was ? so they said try this 1. I am amazed that it fits.

We went round to tell my nan, and it turns out OH had been round to my nan the night before (I had told him off as I thought he was playing his PS3) and told her what he was going to do.

Well done if you read that, it's a bit of an essay!

Lovely stories everyone xx

Me and my OH have been together nearly 4 years and living together for 18months.

On night i got in from a late shift at 3am and OH was in bed awake. He told me that i needed to pack my bags for hot weather as we were going on holiday in 2 days time. I was pretty shocked especially as i was supposed to be working. He told me he had booked my time off of work for me. I was also told not to take any cards or money!

Two days later i'd packed my bags and we left for the airport to an unknown destination. We walked to British Airways desk where it displayed 'Venice'. Checked in and found we had the best seats on plane!

On arrival in Venice we checked into a lovely hotel and we're taken to our room by a porter who informed me we had the best room in the place! We spent two lovely days in Venice all expenses paid. On second evening OH casually walked me to an amazing restaurant and asked me if i would like to eat there. I refused lol!!! Saying he'd spent far to much money already!! HE insisted and i refused choosing a restaurant further along at a much more reasonable rate! lol if only i knew what was coming next!!!!!!

After meal OH told me we were taking a gondola ride and we boarded it next to the restaurant. We cruised along the main canel and through the little streets just as darkness was starting to set in.

I was chating away when my OH went little quiet and said ' I've got someting i want to ask you' but i carried on talking as usual lol. OH then turned to me and said 'i want to spend the rest of my life with you, will you marry me?' He produced the most gorgeous diamond ring. I was so shocked i couldnt speak (which is a first for me), he then asked a second time due to my lack of answer lol. To which i managed a 'yes' and gave him a big hug.

After the ride we went to St MArks Square where we celebrated in an outdoor bar (poshest place ive been in my life!!) I phoned my family from the bar (who un beknown to me had been waiting up all evening for my phone call) to find out they had all known about the trip and proposal!

We continued in Venice for another 2days and returned home. Was by the far the best holiday i've been on.

Worst thing was id be nagging OH because he'd not been his normal self few weeks leading up to it. He'd been disappearing and leaving the house in a tip despite it being his days off work. Turns out he'd been sorting my ring out and the trip! I felt so mean!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He was definatly forgiven!

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A lot of lucky Hitchers here, don't you all have some romantic H2Bs! Some brilliant stories.

1Lucie...amazing...I think that is how my dream proposal would go, you lucky thing!

The basic summary is: he surprised me with a trip away to a beautiful 5 star hotel in St Andrews!

He told me we were going up to St Andrews to have dinner with his aunt and uncle who were staying in a hotel there. So, we drove up in the morning and had a wander round St Andrews, looking in the shops, going to the aquarium etc. We then went out for lunch and headed up to the hotel to meet his aunt and uncle. We went and sat in the bar area and ordered drinks while he went away to 'phone his uncle' (he was actually checking us into the hotel at this point). We then finished our drinks and he told me that his uncle had told us to just pop up to their room for drinks before dinner. So up we went.

We stood there knocking on the door for a minute or two, no answer. So then Kenny whips out a key card and swipes it (at this point I was thinking 'why on earth does he have a key to their room') and we went in. The room was beautiful- with flowers, champagne on ice, chocolates, and music playing. I wandered in shouting 'hellooooo' before realising that his aunt and uncle weren't actually there at all! So, then he asked me to sit on the bed, got down on one knee, and asked me to marry him (I never tell anyone exactly what he said as I love the fact that it's a secret just between the two of us). He later told me that he had thought about proposing at dinner but decided he couldn't wait.

He'd packed a wee bag for me with three outfits to choose from for dinner (he forgot deoderant and a cardigan but did amazingly well) and we just had the most wonderful evening/night. I still smile everytime I think about his proposal.

The thing that shocks me is that he didn't actually plan much of it. He had no idea how he was going to propose until we were there. That's typical of Kenny, though, he's so laid back!

I think mine's worse. It's similar without the getting down on one knee.

It was last Christmas Eve and we had friends coming round for dinner at 6.30pm. At 6pm I was in the kitchen reading a recipe when h2b appeared wearing only a towel as he'd just got out the shower and he dropped a large-ish present on the counter in front of me. He told me I could open this present now if I liked. I put it on top of the microwave and told him it wasn't Christmas yet so I didn't want to open any presents. This went on for about 30 seconds when I gave in and opened the present. It was a ring box inside a larger box.

I love the ring now although it's not the ring I personally would have chosen and it wasn't the sort of thing I thought h2b would have gone for so it didn't cross my mind that it was an engagement ring. I said 'it's lovely, thank you' and went to put it to one side. He said 'you're waiting for me to ask aren't you?' at which point I cottoned on, dropped the ring box and started crying. I hugged him and he said 'is that a yes?'. I said 'Of course, I love you'. He said 'I love you too'.

He went back to watching Deal or No Deal and I carried on with the dinner. Job done.

Mine is probably even less romantic LOL! We met at a friend's 21st birthday party on a coach trip to Josephine's nightclub in Sheffield. I was smitten as soon as I saw him because I thought he looked like Barry Manilow - he had a similar nose in those days but he's since had a nose job! I lOVE Barry Manilow . It was in the November of 1982. After a couple of months (yes! months!) we were sat in the pub one night and he said "Well, I suppose if we're going to get married, we'd best start looking for a house!" I said " I think we'd better start looking for a ring first!" We were married the following September. So we met, got engaged and married in the space of 10 months. 26 years later, and a beautiful 23 year old daughter too, we are still as much in love as ever!

It was Christmas day 2006, me & my OH had been together 3 years & our little boy had just been born 6 weeks before Crimbo.

We went to my mum & dad's house for Christmas Dinner & also there for dinner were, my sister & her OH, my grandma & grandad, auntie & uncle & one of my cousins. Everyone was sat round the table for dinner just chatting & stuff like you do. My mum said come on let's pull our crackers, can't remember who I pulled mine with but it didn't make a noise so I thought they were a bit naff. Anyway I pulled my cracker & out fell a ring box, didn't have a clue that OH had put it there I though it was a genuine Christmas Cracker pressie. I opened the box & there was the ring & I was just speechless, could her my auntie shouting "oh my god is it an engagement ring" to which my OH replied yes & that was that. Cue much crying from everyone around the table especially me. OH didn't get down on 1 knee but I wasn't bothered @ all.

Everyone knew what he was planning to do, including all his family & I was just so shocked. We had talked about getting married loads of times but I wasn't expecting it @ all.

Thank u,i was pretty shocked to say least! Especially as hes so careful with money,lol. Something i will never forget!

Juicymelons - I love your story think its really cute! Glad u didnt choose the biscuits tho ;-)

I wouldnt class mine as romantic...but was a BIG surprise. As most couples do we'd talked about getting married, and argued about it lol as he said it was a piece of paper but it meant so much more to me.

Anyhoo ive had a pretty eventful, some good and some bad year, mum was diagnosed with breast cancer and had a year long treatment, we bought our first house together, mum's fiancee of 8 years left her for a woman 30 years younger (***). So at the time I was going thru a bad patch and I think i freaked the OH out a bit with talks of jacking everything in and running off travelling or something - I was in a very I hate men/commitment stage and v. upset/angry at my near step-dad

We've always wanted to get a puppy so chris had found this little jack russell and one weekend he took me out to get it near the peak district. So we got this little pup and he's on my knee, im worried about him being car sick but chris is so insistent on stopping for a picnic - why?! lol.......so we stop for this car picnic looking over the peak district - but still by the road lol - and im eating this sandwich and he says "ive got something to ask you" i didnt expect anything big, so again stuffing my face and he gets this bloody box out! So so shocked! I dont think i actually said yes but just was in shock - and kept going oh my god.

There were tears in his eyes...and mine......but not that 'romantic' as on the way back poor little puppy was sick all over me and the car!!

He asked as he wanted to make me happy and it was a tough time for us and he felt with my mum splitting up from her fiancee he didnt want to lose me and life was too short

Wish i could relive the moment tho, it was lovely if not classically romantic xx

If I must!!! :-)

I've been with my OH for 10 years (!?!??!?) :-) every year we go to Glastonbury, T in the Park and the Big Chill, I took him to his first festival... about 8 years ago to Glastonbury and as we were strolling about that year and he said to me that if he ever proposed o me, it would be at a festival - I told him he could propose to me in a portaloo and I would be happy....

8 years passed ..... :-)

This year at the Big Chill we arrived (after an 8 hour drive from Edinburgh to Eastnor) totally exhausted (and me a little bit narky if I'm honest) we climed the hill, and started pitching our tent which is a MASSIVE 16 man jobbie... all of our friends seamed to dissapear (back to the car, to the bar, to the toilet etc) we were hammering tent pegs by the tent entrance and I was wittering on about how I LOVED this view, LOVED this festival blah blah blah... got no response (I thought he was slacking on the old "tent peg hammering-in" task) so turned round only to see my beloved on one knee with by beautiful ring in his hand....

Apparently I was lost for words, cried a bit.. it was so unexpected - so beautiful - he actually had to ask me again what my answer was - of course there was only one answer :-)

Claire x

[We had an awful holiday (flat tyres, got lost etc) and had come back home early. Throughout the holiday I knew he was up to something as he had been texting my mum (not unusual as he often sends her cheeky messages!) but also my dad which he NEVER does. Any way we got back to Hereford and whilst in town my brother and sister were instructed by H2B and my mum to keep me the opposite side of town so he could go and sort "something out". Later that night (4th Sept) we were going out to my parents to celebrate their 27th wedding anniversary, and he took a diversion to go up to Queens Woods, one of my favourite places from my childhood which overlooks the City and surrounding areas, to go for a walk to makeup for our rubbish holiday. Whilst walking through the woods, I got a stone in my shoe and he said "do you want to sort that out first?" I was leaning against a tree with one shoe off standing on one leg when he said "turn around", so I did and there he was on one knee in the mud with the most gorgeous (and tiniest, I'm, on ly a size J!) ring I have ever seen! So not only did we celebrate my parents anniversary, we also celebrated our enagement, and are now getting married on our own anniversary (7th May 2011).

So there we go, a very monty python style proposal! ?