To ask you to share your proposal sorry

[Tunnocks34]

Inspired by another thread..I’ll start...Honestly my proposal was a shambles, He planned a scavenger hunt around our house, with clues, and presents in each place with the ring being the final prize.

What actually happened was our then 3 year old son saw him hiding things, and subsequently took everything out of the hiding place and put in the middle of the room. When my husband got down on one knee, our son thought he was getting ready to play fight, and he jumped on my husbands head and the ring flew across the room, and took a good 10 minutes to find. When my husband did find the ring, he tried again except my son just kept shouting ‘what are you doing daddy?’ ‘What does MARRY mean?’

It was absolutely perfect chaos. Everything went wrong but I loved it, and it still makes me smile now.

My bf gave me my Valentines card and inside he had written ‘Would you like to go shopping for a ring?’ It was the best he could have done without bursting into tears, bless him.

We were skiing. The plan (I know now) was to do it on the mountains, but I didn't get on with skiing. Lots of falling, injuries, tears. So then he decided to do it in the gondola, and was being really weird about people
Getting on our gondola when it was just us two at first! So obviously didn't do it those two times. He had been carrying the ring around in his ski jacket and couldn't take it anymore so he just burst in the hotel room! It wasn't perfect; but I love the story behind it. Unfortunately, that wasn't our best holiday by a country mile and he has said he regrets not taking me back to Iceland or Rome and doing it there. But I don't care, I got a beautiful ring and now I get to plan an eventual wedding!

My birthday is within 5 days of Valentines Day so we decided to go to a very pretty touristy city near us for a spot of birthday shopping, on Valentine's Day as it was a Saturday.

We spotted a very pretty ring in a jewellers window and went in to enquire and ask to try it on, as a birthday present. The shop staff got so excited and started bringing out champagne and balloons and gave me a single rose all
Wrapped up with red ribbons that we decided quietly to just go with it and get engaged 😂

I'd envisioned a beautiful sunset seaside proposal with a fuck off gurt diamond solitaire, pretty floaty dresses, a choir of angels... you know the thing. Turns out it was perfect as it was and I still have the birthday present/engagement ring and couldn't love it more if it had been a hint sparkly solitaire.

He did buy me a separate birthday present as well...

I put this on the other thread, but here goes...

I texted DH a picture of a wedding venue, and said, ‘We could get married here’. He texted back ‘We could.’ I texted back ‘On my birthday would be a good day.’

Two months later we were married. No ring. I just wore the eternity ring I’d been wearing for three years. Took it off and put it back on for the ceremony and now it’s my wedding ring.

We came home from a drunken night out . Been together 15 years by then and 2 kids. I drunkenly said " I want to get married abroad and have a fuck off party to celebrate" and that's what we did. Hired a beautiful house in Spain and all our family and friends came. After the ceremony everyone jumped in the pool . It was amazing . Been together for 21 years now and never happier

We had a chat about whether we should get married or not, decided that we would. I called the registry office the next day and booked it for a month's time.

Then we got marrried!

I have wrote my story on the previous thread op was talking about, but did miss a couple of details.

DP had been dropping hints about engagement for some time. When he brought the ring, I knew about it as it came out of a joint bank account (D'oh!) But I didn't let on.
Didn't know when ring arrived, but DP started acting very cagey. The day in question DP suggested a meal out but I was feeling really low and tired so I declined several times.

I had a feeling something was coming but convinced myself that it was in my head because he would never be so silly as to propose then.

Within the next hour I was sat on the sofa in the rented house I had previously shared with an ex, in pjs covered in stains and holes, calender on my lap going over dates for my DS childcare as I had just had an argument with ex H about childcare. I was stressed with a migrane on coming.

Next thing I know DP is down on one knee and mumbling something about marrying him.
My initial reply "was omg, not now, not here. Youre asking me now?!"

Que me saying "yes, of course"

Then running upstairs to get dressed, as it all felt so wrong!

I was actually quite upset that this was the way it happened and spent the night crying (which sounds so dramatic) the ring was something with thought but nothing I would have chosen.

Its now a year on since the proposal, and I can't believe I made such a fuss. I've come to love my ring, and he wants to "upgrade" it - but I'm honestly not bothered.

I wish at the time, instead of being so upset it wasn't great timing, I wish I had just gathered him up, given him a cuddle and made a night of it.

He had been nervous, and had wanted me to go for this meal, so he could ask properly (little did he know I wouldve hated him getting down on one knee in a restaurant!)

I dont actually even like weddings and hate a fuss, so I think even I was surprised to be so disappointed with the proposal.

I have been married previously and the engagement happened on the sofa with harbio rings (which didn't bother me at the time) I think the second time I was just hoping for something a little bit, different.

However, there's been times when we have been arguing or going through a tough time, I'd do anything to have him proclaim his love and intention to marry me like he did that day.

What is que? Sorry. I am not on social media much - and only on MN of late so just learning all of the codes!

Sorry - just worked it out. Was being dense. Sorry Is, was not meaning to be an arse.

We had been living together for a month after being a couple for 3 years. We were at an exhibition in central London on a cold, wet Tuesday and just as we came out, DH took my hands and said 'Marry me'. It was totally unplanned, no ring or anything - he told me later he literally didn't know he was going to say the words until they came out. I think I giggled nervously in surprise and he asked me if that was a 'yes' and I said it was. Then we went on to meet some friends at a pub (having phoned our parents to tell them) and they were the first mates to find out. It's our 13th wedding anniversary in July.

I love that it was totally impromptu and the whole setting and everything is very us. The museum we saw the exhibition at is shut now, but we visited the site while it was being emptied and a kind staff member located for us and showed us the spot where he proposed!

@HeddaGarbled - I think my BIL and his wife had a similar proposal.

We met at uni in first year as we lived in the same halls. Moved to another city. Had been together about 8 years and he took me back to the beautiful city we'd gone to uni in. He told me to have a look around my fav shop while he went to buy my christmas present (it was September and he normally buys my xmas present on xmas eve so I was suspicious). He then suggested we walk on to our uni campus and have a look. We got to a part right near our old halls which is a garden and where we spent a lot of time when at uni. I was all excited running round sayin remember when this happened here etc. He said "can you just stand still for a minute" I turned round and he was on one knee with a ring he'd bought from the disney shop (we went to choose my ring together). Then we had a pub lunch in the 'fancy' pub we could never afford as poor students. Then went on a brewery tour and to our fav restaurant that night, was such a lovely day. We got married in the same city 2 years later. Been married 2.5 years and together 13 years and now have a lovely little boy.