Wow, Sunshine, thank goodness you found the card, LOL!
And PMSL @ Kim - teapots making you swoon
My DH is a photographer. We went camping and as was (and still is) standard fare, DH was screwing around taking photos of the sunset. He used to use a Hasselblad camera (which you can pull apart) and he secretly slotted a bit of plastic that he'd typed on onto the lens of the camera.
I was starting to get impatient because it was getting cold and the sunset was nice but not spectacular. Eventually he said, "Would you like to take a look?" (also something I did a lot) and I was secretly thinking, "No, I just want to go back to the fire where it's warm!" but I looked and there, written on the sunset was "Will you marry me, Amy?"
(I have kept the bit of overhead plastic in my wallet. It was 10 years old last April.)
We moved into our own appartment together 2 and a half weeks after we met. On the 1st night I came home from work to a treasure hunt all over our 4 level appartment, searching from clue to clue and ended finding my dh on one knee in a white shirt and red bow tie I knew he was the one but I had NO IDEA it was coming! He took my hand, said some beautiful words and presented me with a picture frame and our symbol (which we had drawn/designed in the previous 2 weeks) and the words he had said to propose were printed in the frame also. He handed that to me and said, "I know you will want to design your own ring and get it made just like you want so this will have to do until then" I didn't realise until after I had said yes and got excited etc etc but dh told me my hand was shaking the whole time lol We then got my ring made and are living happily ever after, I still can't believe how much he swept me off my feet and how much I love him and how much he loves me and our family.
After a child, and 6 years together.... Hubs said to me one Saturday arvo... "let's get married.... in spring".
That was it. No on one knee stuff or nice dinner or flowers or anything. LOL
It didn't matter to me... My husband is not someone who does romance...
I would love to have a romantic story to tell the grandkids. But I don't. I was peeling potatoes at MIL's house a couple of days after my 21st birthday, and MIL said "I thought you were going to get a diamond ring for your birthday". To which DH replied by asking me "so do you want to get married?".
No, I'm not kidding. That was it. I made him take me to dinner later though! It might not have been the best start but we're still together 20 years later!
In June 2005, my Husband Gary planned a surprise weekend away for us to Eungella National Park in North QLD, he booked us into a beautiful Horse Riding Resort as I am horse mad, we had our own cabin complete with campfire, outdoor shower all by ourselves in the wilderness, we went horseriding on the Saturday with a big group, he had the ring in his pocket the entire day and was so nervous but I had no idea!! Nothing happened on the Saturday but we had an amazing day riding and a gorgeous night in the cabin
On the Sunday he had organised us to go Horse Riding on our own all morning, we had a great time, the weather was perfect, the scenery was outstanding and we were having so much fun, we came to this little creek in a field and being a not so accomplished rider Gary said he needed to take a quick break, he got off his horse and asked me to hold it, went and splashed his face in the creek and came back to me while I was still on my horse, he asked for a kiss and as we were kissing a felt him fumbling around in his pocket, out came the box, he got down on one knee and had a little speech prepared which I will remember the exact words to forever...
He said, "Alicia, I am in love with you and nothing would make me happier than for you to become my wife. Will you marry me?!"
I was so surprised! The first words out of my mouth were "Are you for real?!" But in an excited OMG way! He sort of gave me a funny look for a second and then I said "OMG YES!" and flew off my horse got down on the ground with him and we were both crying and hugging, so so soooo happy, then he reminded me of the ring!! I hadn't even looked at it!! It was PERFECT! My dream ring! The exact ring I had described to him! A .75 Carat Princess Cut Diamond with 8 smaller Princess Cut Diamonds, 4 on each side of the larger one.. We immediately rode back to the stable holding hands on cloud 9, we got back to the stable and everyone there rushed to us asking "Has it happened?!" They were in it all along, lucky it had or they would have blown the surprise! We were so excited to get home and tell our friends and family that we didn't even stay the extra night he had booked! When we got home I found out that everyone had known all along! Gary had told all of my friends and family what he had planned and they were all waiting for our call
It was the most amazing, beautiful, thoughtful and romantic proposal I could ever imagine and the happiness I felt then has only ever been topped on our Wedding Day and our DS's Birthday, which were both equally as perfect!
DF popped the question the day before my 21st birthday (he wanted it to be on my birthday but I organised a photo shoot). We were on Hamilton Island with 2 of my closests friends to celebrate my 21st (I had never had a proper party so organised a weekend away). The photographer took us all over the island and we ended up on the beach for our final location. After a few pics, she gets DF to kneel on one knee and me leaning over him. She took a few pics and said that that was the shoot over with, when DF reachs into his pocket and says that there was one thing he needed to do first. I realise what is going on and in my shock almost fall over him trying to get the ring. It was all caught on photo and I said yes ofcourse.
It turns out he had asked my parents before we left and when he got the ring he had my big brother with him (the worlds bigest blabbermouth). Even my best friends knew and they never told me.
Hubby took me to the spot that he asked me four years before to be his girlfriend
it was tanah lot in bali
For anyone that has been there its very romantic, overlooking a huge monkey temple from the cliffs with the ocean right there....
its a sacred Balinese spot, very spiritual
he proposed on bended knee on the rocks (OUCH )
And was all teary
I was too busy smiling and looking at all the suprised tourists around me to cry
it was very sweet romantic and xactly what I wanted and Him too
we had picked out the ring a few months before so I could have guessed but didnt
This was in June 2008
We married June 2208 in BALI and our family joined us there
Then in Nov I had our Son ( so I was 15 weeks when he proposed and 17 weeks when we got married)
We didn't have a fancy one either! Which suited us I guess. I got home from personal training in the middle of winter, covered in mud and grass stains! Even on my face! When I got to the door there was a note and a rose and when I got inside there was more notes on the floor which led me to DH in the kitchen with a bunch of roses and a beautiful ring! I cried my eyes out! Lucky DH let me have a shower before we went out to celebrate!
DH proposed to me while we were taking the dog for a walk. We were in the middle of the primary school oval (I may ahve even just finished pooper scooping!!) I was as up the duff as they come....he got down on one knee and asked the question! It was about as romantic as DH was ever going to get....I was so happy!!
We just bought a house and were celebrating in front of the fire
Him: well babe, we have achieved alot in a short time...and F....I really effing love you babe and ...
Me: SHUDDUP
Him: well we love each other a f...ing lot and....
Me: SHUT UP
Him: I'm trying to ask you to marry me!
Me: I KNOW that STUPIDHEAD, you can't have the F word in a proposal
*storms out and slams the door.
*comes back 10 mins later to..
HIM: babe - will you marry me?
Me: yeah - thought you'd never ask *snort
My DH took the older kids & I out to get ice cream to eat at the beach. We ate it in the car then went for a walk along the beach. DD1 & I started drawing in the sand, as did DH.
Suddenly, DH comes over to me, grabs my hand and takes me over to where he has been drawing in the sand... written in the sand was "Lisa, will you marry me?"
After I read it I turned to DH who was down on one knee holding out my engagement ring. I had told him months before that it was a gorgeous ring and how much I loved it, He remembered and got it for me.
I can't remember much of what he said but he asked me again to marry him and of course I said yes!
We went to a work christmas break up in Melbourne so stayed down in a posh hotel for the weekend.
He had actually asked my mum first and then asked her if it was a good time to ask dad before going.
Anyway there was a porsh meet at Albertpark Lake and we decided to lay on the grass in the sun...it was so nice and warm. BANG out pop's this little box and all I could do was laugh of course I said yes and thankfully he did it then and there. He was actually going to propose infront of everyone at the christmas meetup
Some of these are so romantic and make me wish DP could re do his!
We had talked about marriage right from the start of our relationship, DP pretty much said he didn't want to get involved with anyone who didnt see marriage or kids in their future. So being just 15 i knew that he was the person i would do both things with. We picked out a ring when i was 17 and i said for him to pop the question when he felt ready and if he really thought i was the one. So when one night he decided to make me dinner, he wouldn't let me anywhere near the kitchen. He was cooking for like 2 hours. Then after a while he comes into the loungeroom tells me to close my eyes, leads me to the dining table and tells me to open my eyes and he has a dinner all set up, candles and everything! sooo sweet and then we have dinner (this all would have been PERFECT if i didnt have the flu...) and then half way through he comes over to me kneels down on one knee and asks me to marry him, oh i blubbered like a baby and said of course!!
But being only 17 we didnt announce it to our families until i turned 18, so i couldnt wear the ring but we knew we were engaged
We were in Singapore for New Years Eve and I knew he'd asked my parents for permission (they were on holiday with us as we were living overseas at the time) and he'd been guarding a bulging sock with his life, so I was extremely suspicious! LOL. So on NYE he and I went out to watch the fireworks, they stopped and he asked me to stand up and started to say something, but then BOOM! Fireworks started again. Poor boy looked devastated, so then they stop finally and I look at him expectantly, he asks if I want to go for a walk, of course I do. So we walk a bit and he looks at me, and then I realise I'm standing in mud and sinking a bit and I RUN AWAY going AHH MUD!!! I get to the other side of the mud patch, and he's just laughing at me. So he catches up and I ask what he wanted to say (ooh, smooth!) he says he needs a drink, so we head to rafferty's hotel, we're almost there when he says ''bugger it'' and looks at me again and THEN a bunch of people come up to us and shake our hands and wish up Happy New Year, I have never been so ungracious to strangers wishing me well as that night! So we finally get to the hotel, I sit, he chats with the bartender. Then he comes up, grabs my arms, and says ''Now! Run!'' so we run til he finds this gorgeous little lit up fountain, where he gets down on one knee and reads me the sonnet he'd written. I think it's a testament of our love that he kept trying to propose, and that I was looking into his eyes when I said yes, and not at the ring (the ring is absolutely stunning!). And then yeah, I spent the next day pointing at EVERYTHING!
I apparently messed up his original proposal plans lol
We had gone to Phillip Island for our one year anniversary and we had gone out to dinner at one of the nice restaurants but I had a massive headache which made me feel so sick I couldn't eat my dinner & just wanted to go back to our B&B and sleep So the next day I'm feeling better we do some sight seeing, went and sat on the beach to see the penguins come in at night and crashed back at the B&B with pizza and a bottle of bubbly where cuddled up on sofa he pops the question and I of course say yes........then he tells me he had it all planned for the night before and didn't I feel a tad guilty but still wouldn't change it for anything
oh and I forgot. He went to ask Mum and Dad's permission and told them he had to ask them something.
My mum pipes up "Mate if you need money we just can't help you"
lol
and then when he asked she says "no worries love and you can take all her **** with you too!"
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I knew he was the one but I had NO IDEA it was coming! He took my hand, said some beautiful words and presented me with a picture frame and our symbol (which we had drawn/designed in the previous 2 weeks) and the words he had said to propose were printed in the frame also. He handed that to me and said, "I know you will want to design your own ring and get it made just like you want so this will have to do until then" I didn't realise until after I had said yes and got excited etc etc but dh told me my hand was shaking the whole time lol We then got my ring made and are living happily ever after, I still can't believe how much he swept me off my feet and how much I love him and how much he loves me and our family.
Lulu! That would be something similar to us! (minus the wearing cos DP really doesnt swear lol)
of course I said yes and thankfully he did it then and there. He was actually going to propose infront of everyone at the christmas meetup 
So the next day I'm feeling better we do some sight seeing, went and sat on the beach to see the penguins come in at night and crashed back at the B&B with pizza and a bottle of bubbly where cuddled up on sofa he pops the question and I of course say yes........then he tells me he had it all planned for the night before and didn't I feel a tad guilty but still wouldn't change it for anything 
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