Waiting for a proposal - how did you stay sane?!

bramble1

Yay congratulations! x

verandi

Oh that sounds so so lovely. Massive congratulations. You lucky lady! We're all jealous now :rotfl:
I hope you'll still come by this topic and let us know how your plans are going. Any idea when you hope to get married yet?

Hadley1

findingmyownway wrote: »

OK, sorry for the delay - I am back!

Yep, we were away for the weekend in the country and while out for a walk (in the snow :j) he got down on one knee and produced a ring!! Bless him, it was lovely, so private and exactly what I would have chosen. The ring is amazing - a classic diamond solitaire, just what I wanted - and even better its a perfect fit and so i haven't had to take it off since. Wooo hooooooo

Oh thats wonderful - such a lovely proposal. :jand lovely that he got teh ring so right!! Can't wait to hear all your plans.

AllyS

findingmyownway wrote: »

OK, sorry for the delay - I am back!

Yep, we were away for the weekend in the country and while out for a walk (in the snow :j) he got down on one knee and produced a ring!! Bless him, it was lovely, so private and exactly what I would have chosen. The ring is amazing - a classic diamond solitaire, just what I wanted - and even better its a perfect fit and so i haven't had to take it off since. Wooo hooooooo

Awwwww perfect!!! :T Congratulations so so happy for you

wanchai_2

findingmyownway wrote: »

OK, sorry for the delay - I am back!

Yep, we were away for the weekend in the country and while out for a walk (in the snow :j) he got down on one knee and produced a ring!! Bless him, it was lovely, so private and exactly what I would have chosen. The ring is amazing - a classic diamond solitaire, just what I wanted - and even better its a perfect fit and so i haven't had to take it off since. Wooo hooooooo

Aw, what a lovely proposal!!! And you have the same ring as me, the boy has good taste :rotfl:

frugle

Congratulations findingmyownway, the proposal sounds amazing, I totally would of cried lol!

When we got engaged it wasnt quite like that haha, it was Sep/Oct last year and a few things had happened someone died, not someone close but someone I knew who was in his 60s and had just finished paying his mortgage off then he got very sick very quickly. My OH and I had planed to save for a house first but one evening after the above event I was upset and went on one of my rants about how life can be rubbish for somepeople some time and its just all alittle to scary sometimes and theres only so far we can ahead and I wanted everyone at our wedding my nan is in her 90s and by the time we have a house then think of getting married it might be awhile and OH looked at me and said LETS DO IT! This is the man who is so laid and chilled and like LETS DO IT! I was like excuse me??? So that was kind of my proposal, he hadnt planed it at all it was just something we had talked about in the past but never done anything about it, and I know it doesnt sound perfect to some people but it was to me, he had made a decison that he wanted ME to be his wife! This is the man who when we first met said he can never see himself getting married. After that we then looked at engagement rings I wanted an Art Deco vintage one trust me to be fussy! And I found one in our tiny town of all the places, when we were due to pick it up it had snowed so much that we couldnt drive anywhere so we wrapped up warm and walked into town and whilst in the shop there were carol singers outside and that was our perfect moment! We then didnt tell anyone for 4 months the ring remained hidden in the cupboard, I didnt want to get engaged at christmas, then my dad got very sick and didnt want him to worry about having to plan a wedding etc but once he was better we just told people on a Monday evening in April it wasnt special telling people everyone thought that we were going to say I was pregnant so that detracted from it abit, must not eat so much cake lol. But he did get down on one knee in the lounge and Adele make you feel my love was playing on the TV I did cry and that is now our song! Sorry for the essay just thought ide share. But what I'm saying is we had talked about it and it just happened naturally he hadnt plan to propose but I wouldnt have it any other way. We had a 3 part engagement proposal lol

lisajane8482

I love reading this thread, makes me wish I hadn't screwed mine up :mad:

verandi

lisajane8482 wrote: »

I love reading this thread, makes me wish I hadn't screwed mine up :mad:

Aww what happened?

I'm feeling sorry for myself tonight. OH is away for the night at a job interview and I'm missing him. Got so much uni work to do at the moment but feel like I can't concentrate on anything lately! I keep telling myself that once my stupid birthday has passed I'll stop obsessing about it so much and will forget about it, but what if I don't
I bought tickets months ago to go and watch the snooker in York yesterday, but I knew how busy and stressed OH was so I just didn't mention it knowing he'd forgotten (I love snooker, he's not fussed about it) so feeling sorry for myself about that too

lisajane8482

verandi wrote: »

Aww what happened?

I'm feeling sorry for myself tonight. OH is away for the night at a job interview and I'm missing him. Got so much uni work to do at the moment but feel like I can't concentrate on anything lately! I keep telling myself that once my stupid birthday has passed I'll stop obsessing about it so much and will forget about it, but what if I don't
I bought tickets months ago to go and watch the snooker in York yesterday, but I knew how busy and stressed OH was so I just didn't mention it knowing he'd forgotten (I love snooker, he's not fussed about it) so feeling sorry for myself about that too

Sending hugs your way

My OH and I had talked about marriage casually (we’ve been together 3.5 years now) and had both said we didn’t want to get married. He didn’t see why you would need a bit of paper to say you loved each other and I had similar thoughts but after a while I started to think I would like to get married eventually. He had asked me loads of times when he was drunk so never thought he was serious. He isn’t one to talk about feelings and when you try to tackle the conversation he will generally either change the subject or start joking on.

Anyhow on Valentine’s day last year my OH gave me my Valentines card and as I opened it he got down on one knee with ring box in hand and asked me to marry him and I straight out said no. The first thing that went through my head was I’ve heard this before then I realised he had a ring and when I opened my card it said Fianc!e, I felt so bad and so I should I guess. He looked shocked and hurt, he obviously was so sure I would say yes. I know that if he had just got down on one knee and asked me then gave me the card I would have said yes or at least paused to collect my thoughts and said yes.

The man that I wanted to marry had actually decided he wanted to marry me and proposed on the most romantic day of the year and because of my stupidness I ruined it. So after days of talking about feelings and how I was unprepared for an actual proposal and the fact that TBH I had no idea how he felt plus the added fact that he kept asking me when he was drunk I had made the most stupidest choice of my life and would love to marry him.

He still brings it up now and then jokingly and I sometimes really don’t know how to take it, he also loves to tell friends and family when we say we’ve set a date that I said no.

So that is my less than perfect proposal, and I consider myself so lucky that we are engaged to be married.

nickki44

verandi wrote: »

Aww what happened?

I'm feeling sorry for myself tonight. OH is away for the night at a job interview and I'm missing him. Got so much uni work to do at the moment but feel like I can't concentrate on anything lately! I keep telling myself that once my stupid birthday has passed I'll stop obsessing about it so much and will forget about it, but what if I don't
I bought tickets months ago to go and watch the snooker in York yesterday, but I knew how busy and stressed OH was so I just didn't mention it knowing he'd forgotten (I love snooker, he's not fussed about it) so feeling sorry for myself about that too

Big Hugs - Hope you're feeling better today xx

When is your birthday?
I'll be 41 on Monday - I will still be ill and have a hospial app to see the consultant that afternoon, so i'll be glad when mines over with too!!

Re uni work - try and work out a schedule - a few hoours uni work - then a few hours to watch the snooker on tv!
Thats how i survived mine!

xxx