Anyone married but not been proposed too?

[Louise5754]

I know there are worst problems to have but as the title says I've never been proposed too. Unless me and my H split and I meet someone else then I probably never will.

Anyone else?

My husband bought me an engagement ring and proposed to me on Valentine's day. We'd been married about 10 years at that point.

DH's father was about to be posted abroad in WW2. He said to her 'Well do you want to get married then?' which was a proposal of sorts I suppose.

Another one who decided with DH to get married - I did get an engagement ring as a birthday present though! We'd been talking about it for years so seemed a bit unnecessary really.

I said to my husband recently that he never officially asked me to be his girlfriend or to married him.

One day he just gave me a key to his house.

A couple of years later he said "we might as well get married then", took me ring shopping, said "here, wear this" and that was that.

Like at least one pp, dh and I had a conversation, then broke the news to my parents and then went and bought a ring together. Had lunch and then went to the beautiful gardens in the middle of our city to ring round and tell everyone else. It was perfect.

Fwiw, the most romantic proposal I know of, the marriage went horribly wrong and they are now divorced a few years on .

But @soupey1, did you get the piano?

We just decided between ourselves one night that it'd be a good and practical idea to be married. A year later, we thought we ought to get on with it so just booked it that day for a few months later. We chose the specific date because it was the almost anniversary of our 1st date. We had no engagement, no stag/hen, no big dress and a very low-key wedding. I enjoyed it much more than I would have if it were a big do.

When I called the vicar about christening dates I asked about dates for a wedding, DH got in from work and was given a choice of dates that would fit in with his family's shifts (he had a lot that worked in the same factory) as I said I wasn't even going to consider a 2nd DC unless we were married (this was long enough ago that un married mothers were given a face!).

I got my engagement ring 3 years ago after being married 21 years!

"I thought we might get married..." was what I got.

I had a proposal but it wasn't a surprise. We had talked about it and gone into the jewellers together and I picked the ring. Then he took the ring and officially 'proposed' that weekend.
I don't think I know anyone who's had a 'surprise' proposal to be honest.

Every few weeks there's a thread on here from a woman who's been with her partner ages, been proposed to reluctantly on the man's part to stop her from sodding off, and is now engaged with no prospect of it actually turning into a marriage. I'd say you're better off OP!

DH's mum didn't like the idea of us living together but not being engaged. We didn't see the point of living apart since we were both living in a country which was not our home country. So we got engaged. He probably wouldn't have proposed so early seeing as we had no money at the time, still students etc. That was 10yrs ago. We'd been together just over 4yrs by then. No fancy wedding or hen do or any of that nonsense. No honeymoon either as kind of rushed a bit on the wedding front for family reasons.

No proposal. Very long story with a lot of history that I'm not going to go into on here. He did give me a ring though, I can't remember the actual day or what was said but I'm fairly sure it wasn't "Will you marry me?"!

Nearly two years later and it doesn't matter, the wedding day was the best day of my life and if I think DH could sometimes be a little more romantic then that's my problem, I know he's lovely regardless!

Me. And I prefer it that way. DH and I decided to marry together, as a joint decision. I didn't need a proposal - I'm secure in how much he loves me, And it was right that we made the decision together, as equals.

Me and DH had too much to drink and after DTD apparently decided we were going to get married. Neither of us remembers the exact details.
We'd be going out together for 3 weeks at the time

We just decided and I ordered the ring myself (he paid ). No great romantic gesture, I'm not bothered in the slightest - we're been married 10 years and very happy.

I didn’t get a proposal, he had planned to but then we had a stupid argument (I can’t even remember what it was about) and he said “for fuck’s sake, I was going to ask you to marry me.” I said “I’m sorry, let’s get married” and we did. Also, we met in a nightclub when we were both pissed so no romantic stories to tell the grandchildren!

No proposal, unplanned pregnancy I planned to buy my own ring because I felt self conscious pregnant and without a ring.
He decided to buy me an engagement ring instead, never asked me to marry him though.
Do feel like I missed out though. He tells the story as, "I insisted on having the same name as my child so he was forced to marry me" . I hate that story, but we are still together 14 years in Oct.

Haha we met on a blind date too so I can't even say we fancied each other before we got together 🙈😂

Weak - that's why we got engaged. I text to ask because I was pregnant and he was away for month of the pregnancy and birth x

No proposal here either. It just seemed to be the right thing to do; married 43 years.

I don't think it's the fact that a grand gesture wasn't made.

We aren't like that. We aren't a lovey couple. I'm just gutted that I could have had this one chance for him to show me how he feels.

He never even sits next to me on the sofa lol x

Too much Love Island? That isn't romanxe though - that's just I fancy shagging that

I was the one that proposed! It was very romantic...well I thought so. One day I was sat on the sofa and thought "I'm going to propose". I got really excited planning it and when it came to doing it I thought I was going to be sick lol.

It was Christmas Eve 2014 and I took him to a fancy Indian restaurant. We then walked into the centre of town where there was a big, decorated Christmas tree that was all lit up.

I gave him a ring box and he said "What's this?" I said "Its a gift...a sort of "Will you marry me?" gift" He said "What? Oh my God really? Yes".

It was very romantic but now I feel a bit like I duped myself out of a romantic proposal! Which is silly I know.