How were you proposed to???

[boobaloo]

at the moment, dp and his cousin are on our back deck discussing how he is going to propose to his girlfriend. all the plans are sooo romantic and well thought out. it got me thinking how some of you lovely ladies were proposed to?

i got completely shafted, i was hanging out washing when ds was about 8 weeks old and dp came up to me with a ring and asked if i'd be his wife. where's the romance in that huh???

hopefully some of your partners were a bit more romantic...

[fionas]

Well I think the way your DH proposed sounds GORGEOUS Renee and a great story to tell the kids.

XDH proposed over the phone.

DP and I mutually decided not to bother.

Not much use in romance sharing stories unfortunately!

My mum says she can't remember how dad proposed which I reckon must mean he proposed in bed.

[Bumperstump Cummerbund]

DH went down on one knee in the middle of the street at 1am, when I well and truly should've already been home!

[luna moth]

DH went down on one knee in the middle of the street at 1am, when I well and truly should've already been home!

I love that! That sounds so beautiful!

My DH did propose on Christmas Eve, aussienic. We were sitting on a beach in Thailand, watching the sun set over the ocean, and he was really really quiet for half an hour, and he kept taking deep breaths and then nothing came out! So I sort of knew what was coming.

[Ca Plane Pour Moi]

A hug and a whispered "do I have to get down on one knee?"

Minor disappointment there.

[ss_storm]

We were out on a work function (for my work..when I used to work for a cleaning company, great bunch of girls to go out with they were a lot of fun!). We went to a Mexican restaurant for the "dinner and a show" thing..only the show was a drag queen show... it was great, very funny. Then after the "intermission" the drag queen came and dragged DF up on the stage and gave him a lap dance, ripped his shirt off, and then said something about there being a special lady in the audience...so then she/he came and dragged me up on the stage and said there was something DF wanted to ask me, he got down on one knee (still laughing hysterically from his drag queen treatment) and asked me. It was sweet, he put a lot of thought and planning into it, from asking the owner of the restaurant if he could do it and then organising with it the drag queen, and most of my work mates knew about it but I had no idea! Although I did get an inkling something was going on... Whilst not exactly romantic, it certainly was different!

[Elocin]

We had just arrived in New York. We were exhausted after having spent 9 hours at LAX waiting for a connecting flight, but DH wanted to go to Central Park - probably about a 15-20 minute walk from the hotel. We started walking and after about 2 blocks it started pouring with rain. We ran into a little pizzaeria and decided to wait for the storm to pass. He was acting really weird and was really quiet. I got cranky with him and told him to 'snap out of it, you're in New York for god's sake!' As we walked out of the cafe, it started raining harder so we headed back to the hotel... I was so wet by the time we made it back, I clearly remember standing in the lift and watching the water run down my face and drip off my nose.

We got back to the room and DH went to close the curtains so I could get changed. He said that he turned around and I was standing there laughing my head off wringing water out of my hair, and that he just knew he had to do it then. He walked over to me and said 'this is so us, isn't it? Sit down, we need to talk' and I **** myself, thinking something was wrong!! He reached into his pocket and I suddenly saw this glistening and I burst into tears!! It took me about 5 minutes to stop crying and he kept asking 'is it a good cry? Are you saying yes?'

I love it, of all the places in New York to propose, it happened in our hotel room after a walk in the rain!

[*EmJa*]

my DF came home from work and said to me "guess whos getting married" i was racking my brain trying to figure it out and saying all our friends names, and he kept saying nope, then he reached into his pocket and pulled out the box (tears were already welling in my eyes!!) and he said "will u marry me" of course i was balling my eyes out lol and just hugged him and said yes yes!!! i was in so much shock it was soooo unexpected!!

but DF got me though cos he always told me he would do it when i least expect it!!

[alioops]

DH proposed in a hot air balloon on my 18th birthday. He couldn't get down on 1 knee - there just wasn't enough room!!

[aussienic]

lol I was just talking about this with my neighbour tonight..

Dh was going to propose to me on Xmas eve apparently then on the 1st Dec I found out I was pg with Ds1. He said would you like to get married Then on new years eve we went out to a night club. I was stone cold sober (obviously) and he wasn't lol.. He got down on one knee in the middle on the night club.. I was so embarrased lol..

but its sweet and I love how he did it now

[Yeddi]

DH proposed in a hot air balloon on my 18th birthday. He couldn't get down on 1 knee - there just wasn't enough room!!

There must be an instruction manual or something as my DH did pretty much the same thing. It wasn't as romantic as it could have been because it wasn't a surprise, I'd worked out that was what he was planning because I knew him so well. What was romantic was him being really old fashioned and asking my mum (because my father had passed) for permission.

[Beach Mama]

Oh my gosh some of these stories are so gorgeous!!

On our 4 year anniversary of being together, which was also DH's b'day, I was getting ready for a few people to come over for a BBQ and was cutting up kabana in the kitchen and DH called me to the bedroom. I remember yelling "WHAT DO YOU WANT I'M BUSY!!" Anyway I go into the bedroom and he was laying on the bed and asked me. My response was 'are you sure?' Classic romance and class right there - then I yelled "I need to call people!" and was off!! Very exciting! That was 7 years ago now and although he isn't the most romantic guy in the world, he really is the most wonderful friend, partner and dad that I could ask for.

[SugarDust]

We went out for dinner our 5yr anni when he kept saying he had a sore foot we then went to the movies and just before midnight he got down on bended knee and proposed to me outside Crown casino as the flames where beginning to roar!

[Sterla]

My DH proposed in our bedroom with a simple "I want you to be my wife". No grand gestures or getting down on one knee... not even a question, just a statement! He was shaking a lot though, which was kinda sweet.
I found out a few days later that he had planned to propose on his birthday, but just as he was about to propose I jumped up to check on his cake that was baking in the oven. I guess he lost his nerve - then two days later he proposed.

[boobaloo]

i'm so glad i'm not the only one who didn't get the grand gesture thing, but i'm happy quite a few of you did!

[Cassius2]

we were visiting his family in italy, and we went up on this really high mountain with an old abandoned castle and were were the only ones there, and we were sitting on the edge of the cliff face looking over pisa and florence and he pulled out the ring and asked me if i would marry him!

it was awesome and i almost fell over 100 times on the way back down the mountain as i just kept staring at the ring! LOL!

[Smoke Jaguar]

love reading the stories!
Haven't been proposed to properly - we've discussed it, and I told him I'm not going to consider asking me if I would (in that hypothetical sense), in bed, a proposal.
Not that I want the ring, either - for my own reasons. But some thought would be nice, as its absent from most other interactions in our coupled life!
Keep the stories coming - it's nice to live vicariously!

[mbear]

Sitting on the rocking chair, in pjs and daggy dressinggown....feeding DD#1 whom was 4 weeks old. Phone rang, DH got it, i heard him whisper 'im about to do it...'....'Do what?' i thought.
Anyway, piece of vegemite toast in mouth, watchin morning show with Bert Newton, and in he comes, gets down on one knee and says 'will you marry me?'......so romantic.....

I love the fact he picked the ring himself (not something i would have gone for, but ticked the white gold box anyhow)
I love that he took my dad to the pub 2 days beforehand to ask for his permission