How were you proposed to?

[NoEffingWay]

Hit me with your proposal stories. I know dp is planning on asking me, but is keeping all plans under his hat!
Daydreaming about him getting down on one knee, and wondering how other mn-ers were asked.
I love a bit of romance or absurdity! ❤️

We discussed getting married, agreed we wanted to, i asked him if we should set a date, he said "no, i have a plan" and then i had to wait SIX MONTHS for him to propose to me after the last cricket game of the season, at the clubhouse, surrounded by 50 drunk sweaty men. Least romantic proposal ever, he basically dared me.

It. Was. Perfect. Wouldn't swap it for champagne and the Eiffel Tower for anything.

We went to New York with another couple for New Year. We had been together years and I had no idea he was going to propose. Apparently him and the other couple had been planning it since we booked in the January. We went to the top of the Empire State Building on 29th December and he proposed up there - down on one knee. We chose the ring together the next day. Perfect

On the beach in Jamaica! I was flat on my back on a sun lounger and he got down on one knee. I toppled off the sun lounger trying to sit up 😂 it was not very graceful..

He whacked a wedding magazine in the grocery trolley. Looked at me inquiringly. I said, 'go on then'.

In a similar low key fashion I'm still waiting for my bloody honeymoon over 26 years later. . .

In bed. We had discussed marriage a few times and agreed it would be a good thing to do, then DH suggested in bed one night that we should do it quite soon. He had a ring of his own that he put on my finger. It's the sort of dated, heavy titanium thing that men in their 20s wore in the 1990s, but I still wear it on a chain round my neck. We never got round to an actual engagement ring but I don't mind.

In a beautiful garden in Paris. It was perfect.

We went to Amsterdam, went to the sky lounge the night before his birthday and after him trying to persuade me for ages to go to the outside bar which overlooks the city- freezing cold in February and was snowing, I said no chance let’s find a seat inside, he proposed, after 10 years together. Was the perfect place, We’d spent my birthday several years earlier there and it holds a special place in my heart now 🥰 wedding plans cancelled due to covid but we went ahead with a small service this autumn and I couldn't be happier 😁looking forward to our first Xmas as mr and mrs

We were on a road trip in America, loads of people had said to me before we went that he would propose there as it was our dream holiday. I genuinely thought he wouldn't as he's rubbish at organisation and suprises!

He got down on one knee in Yosemite National Park having kept it a secret for the entire first week (and almost lost the ring in Vegas when he left his wallet in which it was hidden by a slot machine!)

On my living room floor after date night.

Both a bit tipsy.

He gave me a speech! It was heartfelt and I was crying and he makes massive gestures everywhere else.

A toned down, intimate and non massive event proposal was perfect because it was so unlike him. It was perfect.

He was nervous but he carried it off well. I loved it.

Christmas morning before anyone else was up in our pjs while living with my parents! I had no idea at all, we had been together 6 year so I was expecting it at some point but wasn't expecting it then!

We were in chamonix on a balcony overlooking the glacier. My son was running about naked (he likes to strip off in new hotel rooms) and I was pregnant with our daughter. He got down on one knee and I was so shocked. It was so lovely.

@idontevenknowanyonecalledblurb

We were in chamonix on a balcony overlooking the glacier. My son was running about naked (he likes to strip off in new hotel rooms) and I was pregnant with our daughter. He got down on one knee and I was so shocked. It was so lovely.

That is like something out of a film!

I did the asking. We'd talked about marriage but my DH is a terrible procrastinator so I thought I'd get on with it - turns out it's terrifying!

It was his birthday, and I gave him presents / card in the morning. We had a steak restaurant booked in the evening - went out, had a lovely dinner, then came home. I brought out an "extra" birthday present of a bottle of whisky with a little card attached to it - in the envelope was note asking "will you marry me?" with my gran's wedding ring attached on a string. I'd realised I wouldn't be able to get the words out so it had to be written down!

He looked at me and said "seriously?", I nodded (terrified, speechless), he started crying, said of course, I started crying, then we drank whisky cuddled up on the sofa. 'Twas lovely.

I now joke that I bribed him with steak and whisky so he couldn't really turn me down. There's probably some truth in this

ooooh @SimonJT, is this recent? Congratulations!

DH told me on our first date, which ended up lasting the whole weekend, that we would get married. I laughed, but deep down inside, I knew he was right.

Fast forward 10 years and he'd still not actually, you know, proposed. We argued talked about it, and he said he wasn't sure about our future together. So, I packed my bags and left.

2 weeks later he was begging me to come back. I said no, but agreed to start dating again. 2 weeks after that he proposed. I said no. A month later he proposed again. I said no. I wanted him to genuinely want to, and not just be a panic reaction to try and keep me.

Then I fell pregnant by accident. He proposed again, but I didn't want to be a pregnant bride. Then we lost the baby at 11 weeks. It was a nasty miscarriage, with long term complications. DH was just amazing, my rock. When we got back from the hospital, he got down on one knee in our living room and proposed again.

This time I said a very definite yes

He took me to chatsworth house for the day. We had a lovely picnic by the lake with the fountain then he told me to stand up so he could take a picture of me with the house in the background, so I stood up and he was rummaging around in the bag for his 'camera' and when I looked down he was on one knee with the ring box open and then he asked me

I had no idea that he had been shopping for a ring a few days before it was perfect!

He didn’t propose, I said to him, “ when are we getting married. “ He said “why” and I said “because Ive got a flat”.

It was my 32nd birthday. I set it all up for him. I booked a posh hotel in the middle of nowhere in Wales next to a lake. We ran a race that morning (we were fit back then), went home for a shower then drove there. Weather was glorious. I’d upgraded us to a suite with a bottle of champagne on ice when we got there. Not long after that he asked me on the bed. Later on we had a very posh meal.

So it was lovely, but I did the legwork! After that we couldn’t tell anyone until the following day because there was no mobile reception. A week later we went ring shopping. He never asked my dad for permission or went down on a knee or anything like that.

In his back garden over a Chinese - he asked if I wanted to be his wife.
Funny turn of phrase and being a daft mid 20s said yes. This was 3 months after we met. 2 months after we eloped. An elderly man and a young woman were our witnesses. Both families are still angry 13 years later.

We had gone to visit my parents for the weekend. I was sitting on their sofa, my mum went to make a cup of tea and he asked her to wait a minute. Dropped to one knee, took out the ring and proposed. I got a fit of the giggles, says yes, and mum opened the champagne he’d brought rather than make the cup of tea!

It was on our first anniversary, I was pregnant with DD, I was very sick when I was pregnant and had spent half the day with my head in the toilet. Went back to bed and woke up to my tea brought up to me on a tray, and as he put it down on my lap he got on one knee and asked. We were very young, everybody thought we were mad, but we’ve been together almost 6 years now with 3 gorgeous children and I love him more everyday.

Dh woke me up on my 22nd birthday after a night of stroking my back and cleaning up vomit (was pregnant) with a huge smile on his face and a ring in his hand.
I remember his teary speech and I of course said yes. We had been together nearly 4 months at that point and we married last Wednesday after being together for just over 5 years

@ShirleyPhallus

Careful, mumsnet hates proposals and you’ll get lots of “we discussed getting married, that meant we were engaged then we booked the registry office two weeks later. I wore a bin bag and we fashioned a ring from an old coat hanger and didn’t have any guests as we have no friends. Anything more than that is a frivolous waste and means you’ll be divorced within a year”.

In real life, everyone I know discussed getting married so knew it was on the cards then the men did a nice proposal as well.

We went to Norway for a weekend for his birthday and we'd organised a trip to the mountains to see the northern lights. Then he proposed so I stole his birthday thunder!

UPDATE:

DP has proposed! In the spirit of the thread, here's the story.
We took a short drive out to a country park, and when we got to the top of a hill looking out he waited for me to turn away, so that when I turned back he was down on one knee...of course I said yes .