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Best & worst marriage proposals....

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LadyOfTheManor · 10/01/2011 16:13

Just for a bit of fun! I want to hear the good, the bad and the ugly.

When my dh proposed to me, he blindfolded me, lead me to the edge of a cliff Hmm and had his accomplice (best friend) dig out "WILL YOU MARRY ME?" out of sand...to be then filled with petrol soaked rags and set alight.

I was sat there for ages, blindfolded in the cold, at 10.30 pm.

Needless to say the rags kept going out, but for the one second they were lit, it was wonderful :O

I've heard worse and better, so fill me in !

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Asteria · 10/01/2011 18:23

Zillion I can totally laugh at it now - especially as he was plagued with the most horrendous shits the day after his anti-proposal and when he hauled the motorbike onto it's stand the strain provoked a mass evacuation!! Not the sort of thing to happen when one is wearing shorts amd sandals!!!

goodmanners · 10/01/2011 18:23

oh yes bof mine was identical Grin

Miffles · 10/01/2011 18:31

DH had researched for AGES and planned a lovely meal in London. I was suspicious, as we'd been together for a few years and had been waiting and waiting, so checked his coat pockets whilst he put money in the meter. No ring, so relaxed to enjoy the evening.

Best meal ever, but cos they knew he was going to propose they gave us free champagne and we got a bit sloshed. DH did not want it to be said he proposed under the influence, so we went for a LONG walk around London.

Eventually ended up at St Pauls, which is v special to me anyway. He got down on one knee and produced the ring. He'd bought the diamond in South Africa and designed the ring over here. Beautiful.

Only problem then, as that there was no public transport of any kind, as it was 2 days after the London 7/7 bombings and everything was shut down that late. No taxis came by, so a super long walk back to the car!

goodmanners · 10/01/2011 18:34

There was not really dolphins involved inmine, we were looking at going somewhere for our holidays and were looking at bahamas, dh looked at the hotel and agreed on it as holiday location and said oh look £250 to get married shall we ? so we did,,,, 11 yrs now and still a tight arse Grin

Kirk1 · 10/01/2011 18:48

Some of these are really lovely :)

DH and I had been living together for about 5 years or so. We kind of had an understanding that marriage was in our future but there was nothing official. Then we watched "Good Will Hunting" one evening (I was working at Blockbusters at the time, so of course I had to watch all the new releases so I could make reccommendations.....) He looked really thoughtful for a few hours, then at bedtime he patted the bed next to him and said "I think it's time we got married"

I still have a soft spot for that film :)

ModreB · 10/01/2011 19:51

We had been out to see a film, Peggy Sue Got Married. Oldie but goodie, bit of a tearjerker. DH and I got back to my mums flat, she was at work.

As we were saying goodnight, he said to me "You know, that film tonight made me think. I never want to be with anyone but you. I think we should get married." I just dissolved, 25 yrs on we are still together.

SecretNutellaFix · 10/01/2011 20:05

We went to the Wales Open golf at Celtic Manor. There, the pro at the resort, Kevin was doing his show. you know- trick shots, silly clubs, that sort of thing.
At the end he asked for a couple to volunteer nd I did th eusual, no way am I getting up there. So he deliberatly picked us. As we walked doen the bank to the driving range area he had set another trick up on I was muttering to DH "you are so DEAD when this is over. I am going to fucking kill you" etc.
What made it worse was that apparently it was being filmed so the Pro could watch what he was doing for something he was doing.

I go first and I had to hit this teeny tiny golf ball with a 6-foot long club. Bear in mind no-one is supposed to be able to do it. The pro himself had failed in the demo. I whack it and off it sails 70yards I blush and hand back the club to many congrats and wait for DH's turn.
He gets handed this 3ft long driver. Again he is not meant to hit the ball. He wallops it 200 yards across the range and is standing there admiring his shot- like every other bugger there when Kevin said to him "Is there anything you would like to Say to Nutella?"
He turned around and in front of between 100-150 people asks me if I would do him the honour of marrying him.
For a split second, I wondered what he would do if I said no, but accepted to applause cheers and whistles and was handed a tissue becasue I " had something on my eye"Blush

melodyangel · 10/01/2011 20:58

Finally I can join a proposal thread!!!!

My DP proposed yesterday - we were at our allotment and I was covered in mud and harvesting parsnips. He just came over got down on one knee and popped the question. Said I looked so happy and beautiful he couldn't wait any longer. We have been together for 18 years mind!

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LadyOfTheManor · 10/01/2011 21:09

Wow some lovely and not so lovely men about!

Congratulations Melody on your proposal! Planning time!

Bitoffun Hmm

Lequeen that's definitely a story for the grandchildren!

Asteria Good riddance I say!

Keep 'em comin'!

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LoopyLoopsIsNoLongerFestive · 10/01/2011 21:18

As soon as Glee has finished I'll tell you about the best proposal ever.

mommmmyof2 · 10/01/2011 21:29

LoopyLoopsIsNoLongerFestive change of subject but thankyou for putting that as I would have totally missed glee so I have e4+1 it Grin

LoopyLoopsIsNoLongerFestive · 10/01/2011 22:07

Ok, so...

Fist, a bit about me. I love quizzes, puzzles and treasure hunts. I love a surprise.

So, DH sent me to the shops. I returned, to find the video camera with a note on telling me to watch. I did. It was a film from my cuddly toy frog (sir Lily Pad), telling me that he had been kidnapped, but not to worry as DH had gone to look for him, and that I should follow the clues to help.

So, a series of clues were hidden, each with a different type of puzzle. The answer led to the next clue, and there was also a letter in the corner. The end clue told me to look at my email. On there was an email from Sir Lily Pad's own email address, and sent as an attachment was a password protected excel document. The letters from the corner of each clue formed an anagram to make up the password for the document. Once opened, it gave me a set of driving instructions.
So, I got into the car and drove, following the directions for about an hour (desperately needing a wee but too keen to find out what was going on!) And get to a hotel, which had the same name as the password for the document.
I got to the hotel, DH met me and we had a drink. He took me to a room, where he had prepared a picnic of all my favourite foods and champagne (bought my special cut glass flutes too!) He then got down on one knee...

Beat that!

Asteria · 10/01/2011 22:16

There is no beating that one Loopy - what a star your DH is!

LoopyLoopsIsNoLongerFestive · 10/01/2011 22:37

:)

fairtradefloozy · 10/01/2011 22:49

I moved to Europe to live with DP who was working away for a while. It was lots of fun. I was working too, so we worked hard but played hard too. Lots of great evenings with friends, parties where you don't go home you just wait until the bakers opens to go buy croissants ...

We'd been to one of those home at 5am parties but had to get to meet some of DPs parents friends who were in town for a tourist visit. On the way to the bus stop, DP grabbed my hand and tugged my arm and said "will you marry me, and I mean really properly marry me". What can a girl say to that?

(We married 5 months later in the UK while we were still living in Europe. Please, anyone, don't do this if you want normal stress levels!).

goodmanners · 11/01/2011 14:13

loopy i love it!! dh does me treasure trails at birthdays to find soemthing uneventful at the end but the excited levels get unbearable - in your position i would have just had that wee anywhere lol!

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LadyOfTheManor · 11/01/2011 14:31

Loopy- That's incredible. I doubt ANYONE can beat that!

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Florin · 11/01/2011 19:23

loopy that is lovely. My dh and I have been together since I was 15 but did't get engaged until I was 24. He took me for a ride in our rib (fast speed boat) which we use like a car as we have a Holiday place right on the water in Cornwall. We were right in the middle of the estuary outside st mawes castle when he gets me to come up to the front of the boat where he got down on one knee and proposed. He then whisked me across the water and moored the boat in st mawes and had lunch booked at the tresanton hotel. When we got there there was a bottle of champagne waiting for us. We sat outside and it was the most beautiful hot day we had the most wonderful long lunch and drunk so much champagne. It was so perfect. Plus he had taken me shopping the day before and booked me in for a haircut so I felt lovely too. Definitely will never forget it!

tammybear · 12/01/2011 17:25

Awww I love this thread! I'm gonna have to send this thread to DP as he has told me I need to stop thinking/talking about marriage and weddings this year, otherwise I'm not going to be surprised when he asks me... So clearly it's all I can think about now!! Lol.

Portofino · 12/01/2011 18:59

Aw - welling up at some of these!

We were in Cuba, and it was NYE. DH (to be) had "booked" a romantic table over looking the beach. When we arrived for dinner some old bag woman was sat at "our" table. Apparently it was her table as it was the same number as her room.

Dh started explaining that there had been a special booking process in place for the NY Gala Dinner. This deteriorated into a full blown row, both of them swearing at each other. I eventually dragged him away to find another table.

We got some champagne and he explained what he was going to do and that he was really upset as old bag woman had ruined it. I said I would anyway....

pipplin · 12/01/2011 19:08

Well after this conversation I have yelled at DP and he has left the room after he said I pulled a face like my mother! Cue small row and me stating that I will shove a pig so far up his arse no one would marry him :)
Carry on :)

timefliesby · 12/01/2011 19:24

I'm still bloody waiting two kids down. Have told him I'm not having a 3rd until he does. I have been proposed to though, by my childhood sweetheart when we were 18. He drove from Manchester to Brum with a ruby & diamond ring in a box filled with rose petals. I said no...too young. I still think of him though.

TrudyVotion · 12/01/2011 20:17

My DH asked me to marry him in a freezing cold cow shed at 11.45pm on New Years eve

I thought for a moment that was the venue!

DH proposed over Skype - how 21st century. He'd been married twice before so it was a slightly sensitive subject, but I was beginning to give up hope. One evening he said something over Skype (being in the office at the other end of the garden in the cold and wet) about eloping. I got huffy and said it wasn't nice to tease, as it never occurred to me it was a serious proposal. A bit later on as he was pouring me a cup of tea he said "are we going to get married then?" - oh be still my beating heart. I realised he was serious and we were married nearly five years ago now. He's a loving man but not the most romantic in the world, though he means well. He did organise with the help of a friend to have my favourite verse from my favourite poem printed on the corner of his hanky that peeped out of his breast pocket on the big day, which meant a lot.

It's the only proposal I've had (and in the nicest possible way the only one I hope I ever have) so it's going to have to do me!

jemjabella · 12/01/2011 20:19

Oh, melodyangel, you give me hope. 9 years and waiting... Grin

ticklebug74 · 12/01/2011 20:44

On the steps of the Sydney Opera House on a gloriously sunny summers day! It was were we had our first kiss 3 years earlier. It is my favourite spot in the whole world.