Proposing/engagement ring

ironman1

Thanks!

I still don't know when to do the deed. Im going to wait a while but it's hard when I already have the ring... Hope she doesn't find it.

I think I might just do the box of chocolates, flowers and a nice restaurant. Don't think she'd enjoy getting asked in front of family/friends/strangers!

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Tigerlilley1980 wrote: »

...my OH proposed on mine and it was the best present ever. He asked my Dad as well...

I hope the three of you will be very happy together. :money:

ironman1

Hahaha.

I asked her dad but had to do it quickly before the missus heard, don't see much of him lately. He seemed fine with it and it's nice to know he'd be happy with me marrying his youngest daughter.

Im quite excited to be honest and know (hope) it will make her excited as she's always talking about wedding dresses and all that. Thinking I never take the hint...

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Just Say Yes

As much as I would love to announce this as the tagline to a new and controversial reverse psychology anti-drugs programme, this is just about saying yes. Specifically, it's about hearing someone say yes when you ask them to marry you. Actually, it's about knowing that someone will say yes when you propose to them.

Because, let's face it, if you don't know what the answer is going to be when you ask that "special" someone to be your future husband/bride, you shouldn't be asking them. Not yet.

Anything other than "yes" is "no". "I'm not sure" is "No". "Let me think about it" is "No". "This has come as a bit of a shock" isn't really "No", but it's as good as. It shouldn't be a shock, unless you're proposing to a complete stranger. Who the hell wants to ask someone to marry them only to find out that it's a shock?

"Listen, Carol, I know we've only been living together for fifteen years, we have three beautiful children, two dogs, a mortgage, and congenital herpes. But I thought it was about time that I made an honest woman of you. Will you marry me?"

Actually that probably would be a shock. There's probably a statistic. And anyway, unless you need to furnish a kitchen, is there any point in getting married? Because that's the thing about wedding towels. When you get married, and you ask for towels, and you get towels, because you asked for them, those towels are the best towels you've ever had. But the condition of those towels may well correlate with the condition of your marriage over time. In the beginning the towels are used by "guests". Ushered ceremoniously from the airing cupboard in a wordless ceremony. It only takes a glance. A nod. Years of evolution summarised in telepathy.

"Mmmmmm......nice towels".

Eventually you'll be using them to mop up paint and baby sick.

What makes you think that the person for you, the one, works in the same office as you, or drinks in the same pub as you, or lives in the same town, or county or country or continent or hemisphere? What even makes anyone think that there is only one person for everyone? The internet makes the world such a small place these days. And words are powerful. Weapons. Sharper than knives. The penis mightier than the sword.

Yes.

I know.

ironman1

Nurse!!:beer:

Kynthia

I would be happy with a proposal on any day. As long as a man has put some thought into it then it's special and wonderful.
Do you think you can wait till December, or will you go for 'a romantic walk' one evening soon?
Good luck

ironman1

I'd love to wait till December and do it around her birthday and Christmas but doubt I can wait that long! Obviously now I have the ring it is hard not to do it sooner. I will wait until we go about 5 days without arguing at all and then do it probably!

ironman1

Thinking of proposing this week, not sure I can wait till December!

So come on girls whats best something 'simple' like a night in a posh restaurant, flowers and all that game or something 'different'. I know I should know for sure what she'd prefer but wanted to know what others think aswell.

kelda_shelton

If it was me, I'd go for something simple but different!

Like proposing when you're on a walk along the river or something!

Lots of people get proposed to while at a restaurant so do something a wee bit different.. plu would she wonder why you are insisiting on going for a fancy meal out? I know I would ahve been like hunh if my OH had suggested that out of the blue!!!

Congrats and good luck!!

ironman1

I wasn't going to propose in a restaurant, don't think she'd like it in front of strangers. I was going to go out for dinner after I propose! Never known something so simple to be so frustrating in terms of not knowing how to do it...