How did you/your partner propose?

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Seeing all the elaborate ways they propose on TV (I know it’s not real life), got me wondering how you decided to get married.

With me, me and my then boyfriend were talking. He was upset about something, but I can’t remember what now, and then out of the blue he just said “want to get married?”

I said yes, and we’ve been married for 14 years now

We were at an all you can eat and were chatting about the future. I mentioned he'd told me he didn't want to get married and he said he wanted to marry me. I said ok! Once we sobered up I gave him a few weeks to reconsider with no blame. We're now looking at what to do to celebrate our silver wedding anniversary!
I also bought my own engagement ring as dh had nothing. He's upgraded it since!

We were staying at his parents' for Christmas and had told the family I was pregnant on Christmas Day. He asked me in bed that night (we had been put in separate rooms, but he just came in with me anyway, we were in our early thirties!) I can't remember what he said, it might have been "Shall we get married?" I said yes, but we didn't get round to getting an engagement ring for a couple of years and finally got married when our eldest was 6. Been married 16 years at the end of the month 😊

Dh surprised me with a trip to Rome. He was planning on proposing at the Trevi fountain (cringe) but when we got to our hotel we had the most beautiful balcony with views. He ordered a bottle of champagne (when I was getting dressed in the bathroom), hid it then when I was ready proposed on the balcony.

Aw these are sweet

I sent a text to now-DH, saying 'Are we getting married or not?' He replied, 'I suppose so!' So we're married (14 years this year).

Dp recreated our first date for our fifth anniversary (well, some of it - same place, we went for a gorgeous walk so did that again) and added a booking to a local high end gastropub. I was completely unsuspecting. Then on the spot we first kissed he kissed me, produced a ring box and asked if I’d like to get married. Once I got the answer out we headed off for champagne and a delicious dinner. Oh he is lovely.

DH proposed to me when I was in the middle of a miscarriage. He said that he knew it might seem like a bad time really but he wanted to make sure I knew that it’s easy to get caught up in the happy times, but that he wanted me to know he would always be there during the really awful times too. We got married 6 months later and 20 years later we are still each other’s rock.

Dh marched me to the top of a mountain with a picnic lunch of my favourite foods. I was like 4 months out from being in hospital with pneumonia and had an asthma attack on the way to the top. A pregnant woman trail running actually overtook me. 🤣

It was lovely though. It wasn’t a surprise as we’d already discussed marriage and were planning to get married later that year, but I didn’t actually know for sure he was going to propose that day. He told me we were going hiking, but then he had a work meeting to go to in the afternoon, so I was a bit annoyed! Turns out the ‘work meeting’ was us going away to a little cottage with a hot tub near the beach to celebrate after.

We swapped rings when dd was three and said we'd never get married.
A year later he was cleaning the car and ' I think I want to marry you' by some boy band came on the radio and we looked at each other and said shall we?
Celebrated 14 years this Thursday.

I'd been working overseas and we had only communicated by letter and one very expensive phone call (long before the internet!). In bed in the dark asked "the question" so it was completely out of the blue. Over 40 years later still gobsmacked.

My DH did similar. I was in the middle of a horrific cycle of chemo. I was lying in bed with vomit in my hair crying. He walked in with the ring, knelt down and said this wouid pass, let's think about the future.

Marry You is Bruno Mars. 👍

First time husband marched me up a hill after I'd just finished a stint of 5 days working with 3 x 24 hour shifts so 88 hours. (Junior doctor in the 80s) I was too tired to refuse 🤣

2nd time we were having dinner and he proposed to me over a sausage casserole with lucky bay leaves.
We had sausage casserole at our wedding. Funnily enough we'd done a big walk that day and he said he'd thought of proposing to me at the top of the hill.

My son wanted to propose to his girlfriend and phoned to ask me about a ring which had belonged to my mum. His girlfriend had fallen in love with it and I had said to him she can have it when you get engaged. They lived in Tasmania so I posted it couldn’t insure the full value so was only. Insured for £1500. It took months to arrive as it went to so many countries on its journey. I was panicking however eventually arrived.
He planned to propose in Bali on Xmas eve but when someone else had got engaged in the dining room that evening his girlfriend said I wouldn’t want to get engaged on Christmas Eve I would want it to be my special date.
The ring was in its box in his pocket so it pushed it back down. Six years later when they returned to the UK he put the ring in a bacon roll for her welcome home breakfast. She said I love you for making the bacon roll and he said you’ll love me more if you look inside before taking a bite.
Thats How it was eventually done. 🤣

In some ways it was actually my father in law who proposed to me!

We had been dating for about 15 months and my girlfriend, as she obviously was at the time, had moved into my house and was in the process of selling her flat. The idea being that we would then look for a place to buy together.

Just after new year we were at her parents for Sunday lunch.

During the afternoon her father took me to one side and produced what had been the engagement ring of his father's mother, he announced that he had taken the liberty to have it resized and that I should use it when I felt the moment was right.

My actual proposal was when we had visited her flat for the final time, we went for a meal and I popped the question over sticky toffee pudding.

After we’d finished the London to Brighton bike ride.

We jumped out of a plane together but he zoomed to the ground before me , when I looked down the ground crew had laid out a 40ft banner he’d had made . So as I landed I could see “Becky will you marry me?” In giant letters and him on one knee . It took me a minute or 2 to say yes I was so shocked and happy 🥰 He’d also snuck my family in to watch the jump so they got to see it all . He’s pretty close to perfect !

I’m going to run the mood.. my first time to opera (loved it). Went for expensive dinner afterwards. I thought (then living with partner) was trying to break up with me. I was mildly relieved. Then realised he was proposing. After getting to fend off the decision I said yes. Then went outside and had a tiny tear. 16 years later, I wish I had said no. Always trust your gut

He got down on one knee at the top of Arthur’s Seat at sunset in midsummer night

We had been together for 7 years, originally both of us had said we didn't want to get married as we had both been married twice before. It was Christmas. My sister had just announced her engagement. We were alone at my mother's kitchen table. I said (about my sister's engagement) 'we could do that'. He thought it was a very good idea!

We couldn't tell anyone we were engaged for over a year as my sister hadn't set a date. (I didn't want to steal her thunder). I told my mum, but nobody else, after a year as I knew she would be pleased. We finally told everyone else a year after that.... as my sister STILL hadn't set a date! Then we were married the year after that - very hastily arranged as we had just found out my mum had terminal cancer and did not have very long. She died 2 days afterwards. My sister FINALLY got married 2 weeks after us.

That was 10 years ago and we are blissfully happy. I asked DH why he hadn't said anything and he said it was because he was afraid I would say no. I'm so glad I proposed (sort of) to him!

I got home and the entire house was dark, I eventually found him in the bedroom and there was lots of candles and rose petals, I assumed he wanted sex 😂 He said lots of lovely things and asked me to marry him