Well, if you saw my last thread about the engagement ring you will know that I am wanting to ask my girlfriend to marry me at some point in the near future... I'm still thinking about the ring, and now I'm stuck with proposal ideas as well... can't think of anything inspiring so thought that ideas might come from what others have done on this board. I don't want to copy this as I want my proposal to be unique to us, I am merely looking for some inspiration/direction! Thanks!
For a second I thought I read, that you paid a carnie $20 to propose to her instead. I love the word carnie, btw.
I'm only 18 and have no intentions to proposing to any of my GF's sober, but I always thought it would be clever to tie it in to something she liked to do or to her personality. For instance if she was a big dancing fan, maybe go dancing one night, and make sure that one of the songs is her favorite and propose at the end of it. Or if she liked teddy bears, dress up as a giant teddy bear, put yourself into a box, and place yourself at her front door. When she opens the box, there can be a letter from you, and when she least expects it, come to life and scare the crap out of her. Once she calms down, you can propose to her. Note: if she's really old or something, I doubt this would be a good idea. If you list some of her favorite things, I'm sure someone could think of something.
I made my girlfriend a seven course meal on the anniversary of our first date (my cover story), and the seventh course was the ring. I thought it went really, really well.
If there is one thing I truly regret about my marriage, it is that I never proposed. My wife and I just one night decided to get marrried - just like that. We were in a fight, realized that we needed to move our relationship to the next step and made the decision. Eight years and 45 weeks later, we're still married, so we obviously did the right thing. But, I still wish I had done something really amazing for her. She so deserves it. Guys, if you do plan to propose, make the grand gesture and do something over the top that she will love.
I was watching television with my then-girlfriend while sitting on the floor. I turned to her during a commercial and said, "I think we should go ahead and get married." She said "Okay" and we married about three months later. It sounds incredibly romantic, I know.
Man, that sounds like the proposal scene from Urban Cowboy! Jeff- Fine, furget-it! Mrs JB- Fine, furget-it! Jeff- You wanna get married?!? Mrs JB- Mkay
OK, don't try this one at home: It wasn't a big surprise. We had been gradually planning on it and I knew Ferdinand had ordered a ring and had finally gotten it. We were cleaning up after Thanksgiving dinner and I was irritated at a bunch of things - he hadn't proposed, and I had recreated the large meal that my extended family might have eaten at Thanksgiving... well, with more creative entrees, but a whole buffet. You get the idea. We could always have leftovers and not have to cook for most of December. Anyway, he didn't even try most of them; just picked one of them to eat that night. That left just me sampling all the other entrees, and I felt silly and unappreciated. So I... wasn't acting especially warm and friendly. He said, "Do you still want to marry me?" I was mad at him and this became one of the many times I wasn't sure. So I said, "I don't know." He made me say yes or no... so I said yes, so as not to close off the possibility forever (and to get the argument over with). Then he said "put this on" and snuck the ring on my finger, behind my back. I didn't realize I was making an actual commitment. He tricked me. I was touched anyway, though, that at least he had done something. I did make him take the ring off and do it over again and do it right. Interesting subject. Maybe I should ask him exactly how he was planning on doing it.
My good friend proposed to his girlfriend on a hot air balloon. The girl said yes, but unfortunately 3 months later they broke off the engagement.
I've said this before..... I knew my girlfriend was pregnant. I wasn't happy about it, but I was trying to do the "right" thing. I got the ring. One night, and I obviously gave this a LOT of thought, I was in the pantry and I ask "Do you want a Slim Jim?" She said "no." I said "Oh, you'll like this one." And I put the engagement ring on the Slim Jim and handed it to her. The marriage was brief, but her animosity for me just all but ended after 4 years. (Thanks, Jim Adler!) Eh, what're ya gonna do. I've matured quite a bit since.
I proposed to my first wife before I left to go to USMC boot camp on my parents' pier. That worked out well...... My second wife, the present-day Ms. Slammer, well I proposed to her under the oaks of Oak Alley near New Orleans.
You know that bridge in those Waterlilly paintings by Claude Monet? I proposed to my wife on that Japanese bridge which is in his garden in Giverny. So, evertime we see that picture we make sure to point out to people that that's where we were engaged.
