would love to hear how you were proposed to . .

[Poppetty]

Nothing fancy here, at home after work on our birthday he was giving me my presents then got down on one knee and proposed with a gorgeous antique ring!

[human bean]

Nothing too fancy here but it always makes me laugh....

DH left for "work" (but I didn't know he raced and picked up the ring we'd had made) and my normal routine would be to leave about 1.5hrs later. I got a call 5 mins after he left with a work emergency, so I showered dressed and was out the door within 15mins. Poor DH in the meantime had picked up the ring, some flowers, and driven back home to suprise me, parking the car around the corner and sneaking in to the unit complex, into the unit then into the bedroom to suprise me with a proposal. All he found was an empty bedroom ha ha

I got home earlier than him that afternoon and when he walked in he gave me the flowers and I was so nervous I kept walking around pottering and he was following me and then he said really sternly "just sit down in one place will you". I dropped into a chair, he dropped down on one knee and asked if I would be his wife. He got a little teary, I said yes, we kissed, and then he told me the story of trying to suprise me that morning. The poor guy had been a nervous wreck all day waiting to propose and reckons he was devestated when he'd walked in to find me gone to work. He reckons he ninja'd so quietly into the unit it took ages to get through the front door and to the bedroom

We went out to dinner that night and I spent the evening pointing to everything in an exaggerated manner to show off my ring

[Miss.September]

DH booked us into a hotel in the city because it was my birthday and took me out to my favourite restaurant. I had convinced myself earlier that it was going to happen, and then spent the evening convincing myself it wasn't going to happen because I didn't want it to spoil the evening I did it so well that when DH started to tell me how much I meant to him, I kept interrupting him and agreeing with things he said until he finally reached into his pocket and pulled out a ring that he had chosen himself, got down on one knee and proposed. Was so so beautiful and I wouldn't change a thing.

Corelly x

[helle]

We went out to dinner that night and I spent the evening pointing to everything in an exaggerated manner to show off my ring

bahahah! CUte!

DH called me... while he was in the house.

He had duced out to get some supplies because we were getting our concrete painted out the front patio, and picked up the ring on his way. When he got home I had JUST sat down after doing a few chores when my mobile rang out in the kitchen. I asked him if he'd grab it for me, seeing as he was in the room at the time and was coming into the lounge. He told me no, to get it myself, and I do believe that I called him the "w" word XD
When I went to "answer" it my ring was sitting on top of my phone. When I walked into the lounge room (totally gobsmacked because I had NO idea it was coming) he just said "so, will ya?" with a big stupid grin on his face.

I love how he proposed, it's just so DH. Spur of the moment, quirky and slightly immature ^^;

[PumpkinZulu]

These are gorgeous!

DF and I had had a tough day; it was about 1 month after we had lost our first baby, and we had gone to the park to release a balloon. We were lying in bed that night talking when I burst into tears. It was the first big cry I had had since the m/c. We just held each other and cried and cried over everything we had lost. I was lying with my head on DF's chest and he was stroking my hair with one hand and his other was placed on my tummy. I said something along the lines of how I wanted out little family back (because when I was preg DF would put his hand on my tummy and talk to Baby about how we were a little family ) and DF said to me, "Well I know it will never bring our baby back, but we can get working on being a little family by ourselves, if you'll have me." I just burst into (more lol) tears nand said ofcorse, over and over Was a beautiflu night, I have never had a more peaceful sleep

[Purple Penguin]

Mine was anything but romantic (well to me anyways...lol) Basically he told me he was going shopping for a ring, so i went for a walk to get some lunch... and when i got back he asked "do you want to do this now?" (ever the romantic... NOT!!) so i said "can i finish my lunch first?" after lunch he got down on one knee and asked if Bump (i was 8 months preg) and I would do him the honour... we of course said yes! lol...

[Cassius2]

ohhh these stories are FUN!

My DH totally suprised me on the 'romance' stakes. he was always rather adamant that he wasnt into romantic stuff like weddings etc. so when we went to italy for a few months to catch up with family and friends i had NO IDEA that there was a plan-a-brewing...

we were staying at his mum's place which sits in the foothills of this mountain that has an abandoned 12th century castle that no one ever visits (apart from spotty boy scouts and well, us lol). DH and LOVE that place and would go up everytime we were in italy. so again, when he mentions that we could go up for a picnic on the weekend i was none the wiser. we get to the top and i do notice that he is really quiet and i start to worry (thinking another family 'italian style drama' is about to unfold lol)...anyway we are sitting on this rockface on top the mountain looking over Pisa and across the ocean when he turns around with this small box in his hand and says: 'so will you? will you marry me?' LOL! he was SOOOO NERVOUS!!!! i immediately said yes and we kissed and cuddled for ages then i put the ring on and almost fell off the mountain as i kept looking at it as we walked home lol.

(oh, and apparently he had tried to ask me a few nights before...apparently he had this plan of driving me up to an even bigger mountain that has a big lookout, but he forgot that i am TERRIFIED of mountain roads (and italian drivers...including him lol)...so had a *minor* panic attack and we had to turn around!!)

[stepmum1]

I don't know if I can tell my proposal story here as my DH proposed via the rival site Essential Baby.

We had already organised the wedding date and I never thought there would be a propsal as I didn't want an engagement ring and we already had our first child. So one day when I finally get to the computer to do check the forums I couldn't believe it when I saw in my fave section DH asking if I would marry him. The thread was already up to 7 pages by the time I got to it and everyone thought it was a joke. But he was down on one knee (which wasn't usual as he was looking over my shoulder) when he asked so What do you think? (Which is funny as that is what section it was in!!). Not totally romantic but a step up from a non -proposal. I updated the thread with our wedding pics and still go and read it every now and then.

[TeniBear]

Directly taken from our wedding website:

PYJAMA PARTY! Screamed the invitations... It was Tenielle's 21st birthday party and the place was rockin'. Speeches were being made. Suddenly, Scott was on one knee and Tenielle was sliding down the wall in shock... Her mum rushed forward and muttered "Maybe you should wait until tomorrow, she's had a bit to drink"

After a few minutes (which seemed like hours to Scott), Tenielle finally opened her eyes, looked at the man she loved and uttered the words: "Are you serious? You're mad!" Scott said he was serious, as Tenielle stood up again. She pulled him to his feet and said "What do you think? Of course I will!" as he collapsed in relief... She just kept repeating that he was crazy.

The DJ started the music again as Tenielle was surrounded by friends and family, all vying to see the ring. "Where's my... my fiance?" she thought... He was on the dancefloor singing at the top of his lungs. "Always Look on The Bright Side of Life" will always have special meaning to the couple...

There was a little more to it than that, but there's the basics

[sconeonamission]

My birthday is the day after valentines day. 2 wks before it, we picked up the ring we picked out, so I knew it was coming. I was not allowed to read his emails...

Anyway. I was at work, the week before my birthday. My dh and boss at the time had the same name. The phone rang and (I'm still working while I'm the phone) and the person on the other end introduces himself, and where he's from, says "Andrew has something he'd like to ask you". I didn't think much of it, because to be honest, I was more focused on what I was entering into the data base than listening the the caller. I thought it was odd though that Andy was down the hall way and just coulda shouted for me.

The person, who I've now worked out where he said he was from - which puzzles me even more - puts Andrew on the phone. Once Andrew starts speaking I stop typing and focus. It clicks and I work out what's going on. Finally he asks me and, even though I'm normally a smart ar$e, just say "yes!" omg, you have no idea how much I was shaking! I could hear how much Andrew was shaking too! The guy comes back on the phone, thanks us and gives us 2 tickets to see "Walk The Line", and announces it'll be on the air in the next half hour.

Yep. I wasn't allowed to read the emails because he was organizing with the radio station to propose on air! I hung up from the announcer and rang him. Then I rang mum, in tears, and she's wondering whats wrong and I thought, hang-on I wont spoil the surprise, so I told her that Andrew dedicated a song for me and it'll be on air soon. She rang HIM first when she heard it My aunts and grandparents heard it too, even though we didn't tell them. They were already listening to the station!

I got sent home early coz I couldn't "work in my condition", and waited and waited and waited for Andrew to come home. Finally he did and I ran down the front stairs to see him. He gave me a dozen red roses. Then said, they're not enough and I got another 12!! He told me the ring wasn't ready to be picked up from the jewelers yet, but I didn't care!

His parents live the closest so we went to their place for dinner. He had organized with his mothers friend to get a cake. She came over the his parents place too and we all had dinner and then when cake came out all I could see was CAKE!! CHOCOLATE CAKE! The friend said "Andrew had a hand in it." about 3 times before I really kind of heard her and had a look and there smack bang in the middle of the cake, was my engagement ring!

Reading back on this, I think he's used up all his romantic on the proposal!