I told DH shortly after I met him (I was 16) that I did not believe in marriage and that he shouldn't ever bother proposing. The only marriage I'd seen at that stage was my parent's and it was horrible. Over the next 9 years, I got to see how other people's relationships worked and began to realise that it can be a really wonderful thing...

So then I had to bring it up: "My love, you know how I said I never wanted to get married..." and we ended up having this long chat about it and both concluded that it was actually a good idea. At the end of the convo he just looked at me kinda coyly and said "so, do ya wanna?!" and I said "um, yeah".

SO romantic... not! But it's our story and I love it!