Proposal stories wanted for new article!

Not sure if it's unique- but it was lovely & special to me

We got engaged Christmas morning- OH told me his mum had made us a couple of DIY crackers to pop under the tree and pull that morning (it was actually all him) and I thought 'yes- bet she's put some tasty little treat in it' - proceeded to crack open the cracker labelled with his name- he won and pulled out the obligatory party hat.

Moved onto mine and he won again - I was gutted, thought I had missed out on a cheesy joke! - but he said 'give me your hand', poured the cracker contents out into my palm and there was my ring!

Got down on one knee..

& the rest is history!

My OH proposed of sorts and we couldn't find a venue that wasn't messing us about. We spent the money on other things and intended to wait awhile. Then I got breast cancer. Oh proposed again last year and ashamed to say I went ballistic! Who wants to look like chemo woman with no hair, eyebrows etc. Swollen red steroids face etc. Plus (I blame the pent up emotion) I said he only wanted to marry me because he thought I was going to die! Bless him he took it all and said ok when you recover. Fast forward a few months to 1march this year I finished treatment and felt a bit better and proposed to him by text. I was in spain he in UK. Of course he said he would have to think about it. I said can you think faster I'm on one arthritic knee here! He then said of course I still want to marry you, you stupid woman! Not a leap year so 1 March was the best I could do. Not romantic to most I'm sure but to us it's been very emotional. Wedding an elopement in Lapland January. 8 weeks eek!

Awww I love these stories ? I could read proposals alllllll day long

We got engaged in September 2016. It was a complete surprise after my other half kept saying "maybe in a few years" which isn't what you want to keep hearing after being together over 5 years! My OH never organises anything he is so laid back and easy going, which made it even more of a surprise that he actually planned something special.

A few months beforehand he had surprised me by booking a holiday to Dubai. I had planned loads for us to do over the week and he offered to book us a nice meal somewhere on the first night. We arrived there on 15th September late at night so just went straight to the hotel.

The next evening he told me he had booked a mini cruise along Dubai creek which was a sort of floating restaurant. We nearly missed it as our taxi took the wrong exit and the roads were so manic we were stuck in traffic for 40mins. We ran out of the taxi to the boat and arrived just as they were pulling up the footbridge. After the initial embarrassment of everyone staring at us flustered and out of breath, we sat down at a table covered in rose petals and were greeted by a glass of bubbly. He didn't admit to organising the rose petals as didn't want to give it away that he had planned something. After 4 courses (and a lot of wine consumed by my OH for the nerves) we headed up onto the top deck where he popped out the ring. It was so romantic and unexpected and so far the best day of my life afterwards I got a card he had written with a little message and a desert plate with a message made from chocolate sauce from my my baby (our dog). I then proceeded to cry uncontrollably at the dinner table until we left and came home to the UK to a whopping £200 phone bill from calling everyone to tell them the news

He picked the ring himself and it was just perfect (apart from being 5 sizes too big)

I guess probably the most unique part of mine was that he didn't have a proper ring and made one out of grass shoots - which I still have.

He had thought about proposing, was planning to get a ring and ask my parents etc but couldn't think of the perfect time/place to do it. Then we were on holiday, travelling the coast of Northern Ireland together, we'd found a waterfall early one morning and nobody else was around and that felt like the perfect time and place! So he made the ring and got down on one knee! We hadn't talked about marriage and we'd only been together 18 months so I spent the next ten minutes switching between crying my eyes out and laughing my head off!

We'd decided we would get married back in 2012, but circumstances weren't good and he wasn't ready for the big proposal thing, so I waited as patiently as I could - through romantic day trips to the coast, lovely walks in the country....

Towards the end of last year I'm ashamed to say I threw a bit of a hissy fit as I had no idea what was going on. We'd looked at rings, he'd had ample opportunities, and I just wanted to feel secure that he did actually want to marry me. He admitted he'd had a ring for some time but was waiting for the right moment. Felt very bad after that ☹️.

Christmas came. I left the children with my mum so we could go on his works meal, just the 2 of us. Maybe? But no. Christmas Day came and went. Still no ring. Had given up by this point, so didn't think anything of it when new years eve came around. We hadn't gone anywhere as everyone congregates at my mums over the festive period. Little sis & hubby were over from Hong Kong, where she lives, and other sis was there with her kids. All th children were in the living room, and mum, me, OH, and both sisters were listening to really dodgy youtube videos of William Shatner (original Star Trek fame) trying to sing, while playing cards. It was hilarious! We were so busy peeing ourselves laughing I only just realised in time what the time was. I always have to have the tv on for the big Ben chimes.

OH suddenly ducked out the room, I thought to go to the loo so ignored him, and both sisters went in the other room to tell the kids to put the tv on. I was sat there getting a little misty eyed, as I always do being an emotional wuss, when mid chimes I heard OH say my name, followed rapidly by a 'will you marry me' as I turned round to see him holding a box with a ring in it! Think I muttered a 'spose so'. Well, what else do you say? Mum made a tactical exit and I heard her say 'I wouldn't go in the kitchen, there's a proposal going on', followed by both sisters running up the hall and stopping dead in the doorway like some comedy sketch lol.

Was the least romantic venue I could ever imagine - my mum's kitchen, in front of my mum, but so romantic too because it was so unexpected, even though I knew he would be asking me at some point. Really didn't think he'd do something like that in front of my family. I didn't even twig when bro in law and sis went over the shop to get bubbly and OH asked them to get a bottle of the 'decent' stuff. Bro had gone to bed, but wandered down to offer congratulations and comment on wondering when that bottle was getting opened lol.

OH later said things hadn't quite gone to plan as he wanted everyone to be there, but we'd lost track of time thanks to William Shatner, so it was a bit rushed to get the question in during the chimes. Think that has to be the best welcome to a new year I've ever had ?

We got engaged in February 2014. We'd been together for 2 years and had both said that after our first failed marriages that we didn't think we'd re-marry. At the time though we'd both been making comments to suggest that our minds might be changing. The proposal happened while we were on holiday in the landmark trust Martello tower in aldeburgh, Suffolk.

i had taken our dog up onto the roof for a comfort break and after a few minutes OH followed me up there drinks in hand. Lovely! I was standing on a ledge/walkway that ran around the edge of the parapet admiring the stunning view. It had been raining a lot during our stay and this was a rare dry evening. Next thing I know OH has his arms around me from behind and says "so will you marry me?" While handing me a black rubber 'o' ring!

Well, I was speechless. Literally. I was so focused on not falling off the ledge while turning to face OH that I almost forgot to say yes! we then spent the next 20 minutes holding our mobile phones up in the air trying to get a phone signal strong enough to break the news to our families and friends.

The next day we went to an independent jewellers in the town to choose a ring together. We had to wait for it to be resized though and OH decided that I had to wear the 'o' ring, which was huge and in real danger of being lost, until the ring arrived. Well, that was fun. At one point it ended up in the kitchen bin as I brushed some vegetable peelings off the chopping board and the ring followed! I ran out into the dining room to tell OH I'd lost it and he just handed me the torch!!! Luckily the ring was retrieved and I didn't get into trouble haha. Yes, I do still have it too

as we had practically no phone signal where we were staying we had to wait until 2 days later while out for OHs birthday lunch before we could properly tell everyone.

Perfect if you ask me

I got engaged September 2013 in Bulgaria:

We had talked about getting married for a while beforehand & had looked at rings (im quite fussy, and didnt see one I really liked). I had said I always liked the idea of getting married on our 10 year anniversary which is in 2017, so there was no hurry, despite lots of friends asking.

We had booked to go back to the same hotel we went to for our first holiday just the 2 of us in 2008, which afterwards he told me is why he wanted to go back so much...so he could propose to me in the same place we took our first holiday together!

One evening he said lets go for a walk on the beach. We were just casually walking along talking about how it would be great to see a storm whilst on the beach, and then he said to me 'I have a question for you' and so thought hes going to question my geography knowledge (I did a geography degree at uni). I turned around to him, and he was on one knee in the sand, next to the sea, and asked 'will you marry me?'

I stood there in complete shock, and apparently didnt answer for quite a while, but in the end said of course and hugged him. Whilst we were hugging a wave came crashing over our feet. I was so shocked I barely spoke and he said its the quietest he's ever seen/heard me!

When we got back to the hotel I looked at the ring properly....he designed it himself based on the styles I liked and even picked the diamond for it. It was hand made especially for me, and he had been planning on proposing since we booked our holiday at the beginning of the year. He even made sure to ask my dads permission before he proposed.

I later found out he hid the ring in a box of shuttlecocks that I had found in his bag whilst unpacking which he had said he left in their accidentally, and he had even been searched at the airport.

Engagement stories are they best!

We we had been together for almost 7 years and known each other for ten in total, so needless to say I'd been preparing my surprised faced for every special event / meal out / random occasion for a while, however it never happened. Then on June 5th this year we were travelling home from work (we don't work in the same office but our offices are on the same site so we travel together) and it had been particularly hot, so I was whinging about being hot and sweaty and generally feeling a bit disgusting, so I was looking forwards to having a bath and pampering myself for the evening. So I withered on for the whole journey not realising he was being quiet (nerves as it turned out!)

we arrived home and I decided to put the washing out to dry before running my bath (wild Friday night at ours....) so cue mr yellow diamond asking for a hug. I snapped that if he wasn't going to be helpful and do some of the laundry he could go and do something else, and then immediately felt guilty, so gave him a hug. As the hug ended I moved back but left my arms around his neck.... Well of course this was the point he was trying to propose, so he was fairly committed and had the ring halfway round from his back pocket, ultimately having to wedge it between us where I had essentially frozen in shock! He's told me what happened over the next few minutes as I can't remember, but apparently I kept asking is this real? Is this actually happening? And then shouted 'why aren't you on one knee!?' (I still had hold of him so he physically couldn't get down on one knee!) , then knowing how organised I am and how much of a control freak he said I had an hour to get ready and pack, he was taking me away! He was right in thinking is have guessed if he'd taken me away first, so he chose to do it this way around!

An hour later we are on the train to London where he had a hotel on park lane booked, and I looked across at him (after lots of staring at my beautiful ring which he had designed based on my rambling and hinting with a jeweller in Hatton garden) and asked if I actually said yes, which he said no you just took the ring! So I made sure I said yes I definitely would!

When end we got to London I surprised him right back, as years ago he said boys should get an engagement present and as he collects watches I had one designed and made for him and put it away from when he did ask - in my packing I remembered it and put it in my bag so when we got there I proposed right back!

Best weekend of my life :-)

I was suggesting potential venues the first week we were together! He did say 'will you marry me' during a conversation at some point in about 2011. I think I just laughed a bit and went 'whatever' - we had always said we definitely wanted to get married at some point. Six years together and now have set a date!

My fiancé proposed at Discovery Cove, Orlando via a dolphin! We were at the end of our planned dolphin swim when, unbeknownst to me, his plan kicked into action and the dolphin trainer had arranged for the dolphin to come up to me with a buoy on it that said 'will you marry me?' - we had a whole crowd watching us but in that moment it felt like just the 2 of us!

For someone who's never even surprised me with flowers he really had me speechless ???

A day we will never forget but the best thing about it is we've got it all on film so were able to share with our family when we got home.

We're now planning our wedding for April 2017 which will be our 5 year anniversary together

Ours is definitely unique and is a bit cringey in places.

In the July/August, he starts taking me to look at ring styles in various shops, to gauge styles for me, and price guide for him. Come September we have a row (luckily only the third in our entire relationship) about I can’t even remember, or how it came about, but, this row was about how I never took off a ring I wear on my middle finger, on my right hand, so he had no idea what size ring I was. I have tiny fingers so he didn’t want to get one that was huge. So I end up measuring my own ring size, he shows me a few pictures online, and get what I’d like. After a couple/few weeks, it all goes quiet.

Come our 5 year anniversary in November, as it’s 5 years he wants it to be extra special, and I wasn’t expecting anything as he had said “oh don’t worry it won’t be some cheesy anniversary proposal” and he had planned a chocolate making class in the morning, followed by a walk in this outstandingly beautiful park, late lunch/early dinner in a really nice restaurant, then to end a film in an old style cinema with little tables and wine. The chocolate making lesson, didn’t have enough interest so they cancelled it, fine. The park is closed during off-peak season which includes November, fine. Attempted to get to the restaurant, but hadn’t realised it was rail replacement bus service, so we missed lunch, and ended up having to forget about the cinema due to the timing of it all. So what do we do, end up going into our local town of Croydon, getting drunk in Yates, and breaking my shoe on the train into Croydon, and then found somewhere to eat, and got food poisoning.

So, nothing from him, Christmas comes and goes, nothing, it’s New Year and I decide sod it, I will ask him. Got him to sort out the champagne, and I put the tv on for the countdown. As the chimes start I start to propose, he then shouts NO! and runs out of the room, upon his return I shout “you can say no, it’s fine” he then gets down on one knee and proposes with the ring, then after tells me off for it not being how he wanted to do it. What’s worse, is he WAS planning to propose on our anniversary, but to top it all off, the ring had been lost in hallmarking, and after lots of angry/worried emails, and stressful weeks for him (I was none the wiser) the ring turned up about a month after our anniversary.

Ok - wow, didn't mean for that to be THAT long. Sorry.

Awwwwww I love this ❤️

Ours couldn't be less romantic if you tried! But that's just the way we are ? We'd talked about it a few times before, so we knew it was going to happen. I'd mentioned it a few too many times and had a telling off, and I promised not to talk about it again - but I still managed to get away with dropping a few hints here and there.

It was just a normal thursday night at home, sitting on the sofa with some wine, watching some rubbish on the TV. We were just winding each other up as we do, and he says "I love you", and I say "prove it". As you do when you're in that kind of mood. He stops what he's doing and starts fiddling with some notepad paper on the table, and I go back to watching the TV.

After a few minutes he just takes my hand and puts this rolled up paper ring on my finger and asks me to marry him. I say yes, but I'm very dubious so for the next half an hour I keep asking if it's a joke or if he's just trying to wind me up, or if he's just doing it to shut me up about getting married. It took a while for him to convince me he was being serious.

We went shopping for the actual ring on the saturday, before going to my parents for dinner and breaking the news. Cue lots of hugging, and then a phone shoved in my hand as I was ordered to call the rest of the family to tell them all. An hour of calls later, and we start toasting and mum starts getting carried away with wedding planning!

These are such great stories!

We've been together for two and a half years but have known each other for five years. When we met, he was engaged and getting married later in the year. I met someone else and then he broke up with his fiancée. We eventually went out on our first date in 2011 but it didn't go anywhere as I was still on and off with the guy I was then seeing. We then had another date later on in the year which was a disaster as I was still heartbroken....! We eventually went out on our third first date in May 2013 and we took off from there.

We had been living together for nine months and had had discussions about getting married. He told me that he didn't want to rush into anything as he had been engaged before and made a mistake. He then said he couldn't afford it and we hadn't been together long which ended with us having a huge argument in April 2015. I was moaning to my friends about how if he wasn't sure if he wanted to marry me then why should I hang around, I was turning 30 and wanted kids after marriage etc etc.

On my 30th birthday he presented me with a trip to Venice in the May, which coincided with our two year anniversary. It poured down with rain on the Friday and on the Saturday he wanted to go on a gondola ride. When we checked into our b&b they brought us a bottle of Prosecco and two glasses which he suggested we saved until the gondola ride. (He had prearranged for this to be available for us). All of Saturday it continued to pour down and I suggested we moved the gondola ride to the Sunday as the weather forecast showed sunshine. He insisted we went Saturday night which I thought was a bit weird. He then spent all day talking to gondoliers about the best route to go under the bridge of sighs (where if you go under the bridge at sunset and kiss, legend has it that you will be together forever) but where it would be quiet.

We then headed back to the room to get ready and he packed the Prosecco in his bag. We headed off and went on our gondola ride. The guide was really informative and chatted all the way through. We were drinking our Prosecco (the staff at the b&b loaned him proper glasses when he told them that he was proposing!) Five minutes before the rode ended, the gondolier finally stopped talking and my OH said, "I have something to ask you" and took a ring out of his pocket. He then said, "will you marry me?" I was in awe of the beautiful ring and obviously said yes! We then got off the gondola and finished the rest of our Prosecco at a fountain near the canal. We then went back to the room and called our parents and text our friends before having dinner.

Turns out he had been planning it for about two months and that when we had that big argument, he was actually bluffing and had already started looking at rings. He got my ring made especially and originally had it made with a cushion cut diamond. We then had a random conversation (which I instigated, to hint, where I said I wanted a round diamond). He then text the ring maker In a panic and changed the ring two days before we went to venice! He told me he couldn't come to a family dinner as he had football but he actually rushed off to get the second ring! before we went away, he visited my dad at work with a bottle of his favourite drink (Jack Daniels) as a bribe to ask for my hand! He was also walking around Venice all of Friday and Saturday with the ring in his left pocket. He said he kept moving me to his right side in case I felt the box through his jacket!

We are getting married 01/07/2017.

We have both been married before and have 5 children between us, I wanted to make sure to include the children in the proposal and do it somewhere that had meaning to us, where we had our first family date. here's a link to the video it explains it all https://youtu.be/Pr9G0-oDiqE

Ours is not exciting but is special. It was my 30th birthday in February 2001. We had been going out for about 2 months by this point, although we had known each other years as we worked in the same Department at work. Anyway, I had a big party for my 30th, as it was my Nan's 70th and my Mum's 50th, all around the same time. After the party, my OH came back to my place to spend the Saturday night with me. We were laying in bed winding down after the party when he turned to me and said "Will you marry me?" I thought he was joking at first and told him not to be silly and that he was drunk! To cut a long story short, he repeated the offer the next day when he was sober. I said yes. We went and picked out a ring together on the Monday during our lunch hour!

Things were a little complicated at this point as I had an 8 year old son with my now previous husband who I was only separated from at this point, we hadn't got round to getting divorced. Two years later we got divorced and my OH moved in with me officially. Things pootled along and we sold the flat and bought our current house. Money is always an issue, but we had a son together and he celebrated his 10th birthday this year.

One evening. sitting on the sofa chatting about something, (can't remember what now!) my OH said "I think we should get married next year" and that was that, we started looking at our finances seriously and working out what we wanted. We're getting married next year - 2016 after fifteen years together.

Not very awe inspiring but, it's "our story".

Proposal stories are the best!

My OH and I had booked to go to Amsterdam for our 3 year anniversary in March 2015. I had been talking about marriage for ages and hinting but he always gave the impression that he didn't need a wedding to prove his love to me! So I never thought it was going to happen but was happy that we were together and making plans for the future.

Anyway cue March 2015 we were in Amsterdam and having lots of fun. I had researched the area and had lots of things we could do. On the Saturday 7th March my OH said he had researched a few nice restaurants and we should dress up and go to one. Feeling very excited as he is not a planner or generally romantic we dressed up for the evening. We ended up by the canal in the centre where he told me he had booked a canal cruise!

So we got on the most amazing little canal boat with a captain and waitress. It is the oldest canal boat in Amsterdam, was incredibly intimate and romantic with only a handful of other couples. I couldn't believe he had planned this without me knowing (I know everything, or so I think) We then had a 5 course delicious meal whilst cruising along the canals of Amsterdam for 3 hours. The food was amazing and I remember thinking I don't want this moment to end. I was so happy to be sharing this moment with the man I loved.

So the meal came to end and our plates were cleared and we were gently floating down the canal when my OH song to me (John Legend - All of me) started playing. I couldn't believe it! Could the moment get any better! Then my OH gave an amazing speech about how he had loved every moment of our 3 years together, that I had made him a better man and how he loved our life. He said that I was an amazingly beautiful woman and he couldn't believe how lucky he was everyday to wake up beside me. He had tears in his eyes and I couldn't believe how emotional he was. At this stage I was just so in love with him and couldn't believe what was going on. He then got down on one knee and asked me to marry him! I was so shocked I said yes and then are you sure, is this real, really, omg you've proposed, no way!! Shocked was an understatement!

We were congratulated by the others on the canal and the Captain and were given champagne by the waitress and a bottle to take home. I rang my mum straight away who had no idea and my dad who knew all along as my OH had asked for my hand in marriage a week before by taking my dad out for lunch, much to my surprise. But again a lovely thought as he knows how traditional I am! More phone calls to his family, my sisters and friends and that ended a perfect day.

What was funny is a few days before we left for Amsterdam, I was at home and a package arrived for my OH. I normally know what he buys as he always asks my opinion so when I spoke to him on the phone later and I asked him about it! He said that his account had been hacked into and things had been brought without his knowledge and he was to send the package back without opening it. Little did I know it was my ring being delivered and he knew if he opened it I would want to see what's inside! Very quick thinking!!

I marry my best friend Saturday 11th June 2016. We will have been together for 4 years, 3 months, 2 days and we get married at 1pm!! Completely by coincidence!!

We got engaged at the Harry Potter Studio Tour down in London.

We've been several times before but never got any good pictures so my boyfriend suggested we get our hair done so that we can get some good pics. He wore a nice jumper and jeans and I wore a Harry Potter tshirt and jeans (so glam). I also got my nails done because he suggested that it might be nice to make a full effort

We did the tour and when we got to the castle at the end, he asked someone to take our picture. What I didn't know, was that he asked them to video it too

We have no idea what he said, we were too caught up in it and all you can hear is me sobbing with joy

Video: https://www.facebook.com/GreenConverseBoy/videos/10153680311566554/

Pics:

So we got engaged Christmas day 2014 after 4.5 years together.

We went out for drinks on Christmas eve and got a little worse for wear and lots of his friends were asking when he was going to ask me, he always said that the more people that ask him, the less likely he is to do it which I cant say i blamed him for!

So I thought it would be ages yet seeing as how much people went on.

Christmas morning we got up and opened our presents to each other and I was very spoilt! He was going into the kitchen to get more bucks fizz and i said I'd sort the presents out that we needed to take to his parents - i noticed a present under the tree that I hadn't wrapped up (the wrapping was barely sellotaped on haha) so I asked him when he came back in the room who it was for and did we need to take it to his mums. I bought ALL the Christmas presents so had no clue what it was.

He said "oh sorry babe, its another one for you, I totally forgot about it" - seemed like he had genuinely forgot and thought nothing of it. I said to him it felt like a tin of baked beans (A few years earlier for Christmas he wrapped tickets to take me to New York around a casserole jar) so I asked him where we were going this time!

He had written a note on a piece of paper and stuck it to the tin but somehow the note seemed to fuse against the tin and i couldnt get it off to see what it said - he couldnt get it off either so ended up throwing the Tin and getting down on one knee and saying "it said will you marry me"

He decided to wrap up a tin of beans because i dont like them and wouldnt have noticed them not being in the cupboard.

He then produced a ring from Pandora and 2 days after boxing day we went to Hatton Garden to get the ring.

Sorry thats quite long winded!

Hi,

My boyfriend (now fiancé) of nearly 10 years proposed to me in July 2015.

We were staying in Majorca on holiday for a week and after our first night out back in the hotel room he started shuffling around the room.

He then starting rambling about how when he was little him and his brother went to stay at his Grandparents down in Cornwall and they took him to the beach for the day. During their time at the beach he found a really unusual pebble and his Nan told him to keep it to bring him luck.

At the end of this story he brought the pebble out and said that it’s about time I now give this pebble to my soul mate. You may or may not know but when male penguins fall in love they go on to the beach in search of the perfect pebble and then present the female penguin with it. A bit like their own version of an engagement ring.

Nearly 10 years waiting but I think he did it very well. Also, I always thought I knew him so well that I would know when he would do it but he took me by complete surprise and I actually thought he was having me on at first.

Aw yay! Another Discovery Cove-r boys did good! You must be getting married around the same time as us as well - we're April 2017.

I was asking the staff at DC how often they see proposals, to which they said often, but also you'd be surprised the number that say no or we need to talk - poor OH's!

We got engaged in July. We were visiting my mum's in Wales, and had taken the dogs for a walk in the woods where there is a 400 yr old ruined Welsh castle. We have always gone for walks there when we visit ever since we got together 5 yrs ago, when I lived at home still and he would come and visit me, it was one of our places to go. There is a little seat on one of the walls where I first told him I loved him and he said it back, and every time we go there, we go and sit in the same place and say "remember when..", it's like its just 'our' place. So, this time, he got a ring out and proposed, he waited until I wasn't looking, fussing over the dogs The best and sweetest part was that beforehand he had texted my parents to say he was going to do it.