Question to all the married women out there

mummy2girls wrote: How did your hubbys propose? Just curious to know how romantic they were...and if you are a hubby reading this how did you propose to your wife...

and how long did you date before he popped the big question?

CantWait replied: Ok, we were dating for about 2 years when he proposed. He took me out to dinner to my favourite restaurant (Red Lobster), he had offered to take me to the revolving restaraunt at the CN Tower. I knew something was up then. After dinner we went to a hotel and he gave me a puzzle box. There was 3 parts I had to take apart. After half an hour and his help, I finally opened it and inside was the ring. He didn't really ask me and we didn't make plans for years later. We got married after being together for 7 years. So about 5 years after I got the ring. I wonder what the point was now LOL

A&A'smommy replied: lol my story is funny hehe well we met in september dated for about a month and we KNEW that we werent meant to be together well about december we started talking about getting engaged and then when he got his school loans he bought me a ring and on valentines day he proposed by the lock and dam (same place my parents got engaged) and while it wasnt really romantic it was emotional and very sweet! and and we dated for about five months and we had been together for six months when we knew for sure i was pg and we had been together for eight months when we got married

amynicole21 replied: We went on a cruise together, and one night we were walking out on the deck, found a nice place to sit down, and started talking about how we wanted babies... he said, "don't you think we should be married first?" and got down on one knee. It was so sweet

ediep replied: Long Story.....

we were daing for about 5 years. I was student teaching and getting ready for graduation and job interviews. I showed Scott the new interview suit that I had just bought. Scott worked at Kinney Shoes and he told me that he had a pair of shoes at the store that would be great for the suit.

Well, the next day he brought them over and I held them up to the suit and said yea, they look nice. He said try them on. I said...maybe later, I just put on my boots and I don't feel like taking them off. We were making dinner plans and calling the movie theater to decide what to do that night. We decided to go to dinner. Scott says...Try on the shoes before we go so I can bring them to the car if they don't fit. I said ok (reluctantly, because I didn't feel like it) I took the shoes out of the box, took out the paper and stuff and put my foot in....my foot got pinched because I thought there was a tack or something in it, I reached in and there was my engagement ring! I looked at him and said are you for real? He said yes, will you marry me?

3_call_me_mama replied: WE met at walden pond in massachusetts (Where Thoreau lived for you english buffs:)) We had met there after we had talked online for a while (we initally met through match.com). We went back there a few months after we met, a few days before christmas and he said that he wanted to go there again before it got too cold. We were leaving for a vacation to Florida the day after xmas so we planned to go to Walden pond, then his parents house (an hour away) for xmas with them and then drive up to where we now live in VT to see my family. Well at the pond we walked around for a while talking about our trip and such when he said look over at those ducks on the pond, so i did and when i turned back around he was down on one knee with a beautiful mahogany box in his hand that had the most beautiful ring that i had ever seen in it. I stated to cry and he said will you marry me, i nodded but couldn't speak adn he said is that a yes, and i managed out a tiny squeak of a yes! Very romantic and exciting! IMO

coasterqueen replied: Well Dh and I were friends from the time we were in 6th grade, but didn't hang in the same group until high school. I was always dating someone else so we didn't hook-up until after highschool. We started dating August 16, 1992 and then he moved in with me sometime in 1993. Don't remember when.

We got engaged August 16, 1995, on our 3 year anniversary. He asked me in the shower that night before we were to go to dinner with his dad and his step mom. It was really romantic, even though it doesn't sound that way. I was in the shower by myself when he came in and proposed, hehehe. The funny thing is I jammed my ring finger earlier that day and so when he proposed I had this big bandage on my finger with a splint. So I had to wear it on another finger.

We got married May 31, 1997. We had a long engagement.

Kaitlin'smom replied: Wow what great stories....mine was a while ago bu there we go...

We met at a friends party. Our best friends (who happen to be dating) at the time drug us there (neight one of us wanted to be there). That was April of 92, we started dating about a month laster on May 8th of 92, in Dec of 92 we had a big talk and when he realised I was not going anywhere we talked about everthing including marriage, so I knew he wanted to marry me. He got my parents ok and in Feb of 93 he got his income taxe money back and got a ring, we had talked about maybe making it offical in May on our 1 year annivesary which was also my senior prom night, but after he got it he could not wait so Feb 20th 1993 he sat down on my bed next to me and asked me to marry him.....we move in together on June 6th and married on Oct 8th 1994! I cant believe we have been together almost 12 years and will be married 10 in Oct!

Okay that was the short version....

DansMom replied: We'd been together between 4 and 5 years when he started talking weird one night (Christmas eve). He started saying how we were so good together, how he couldn't imagine wanting to move away from our relationship, and how he wanted to plan a future together. My heart sank (no it didn't float), and I put my hand over his mouth and said "DON'T DO THIS!!!!". I even put my hands over my own ears and faced the wall. I was the world's biggest commitment-phobe. But he continued, even presented a diamond ring that belonged to his father which he said we could make our own setting for. I didn't answer that night. I made him wait until Valentine's day! LOL! Once I got over my fear (and I was 37 years old, about time), I felt really good about it. By the time of our wedding we had already conceived Daniel and were looking for a house that we could afford, so I guess once I got over the terror I wanted the whole deal: baby, house and husband.

jen replied: Short Version: I was in a tequila drinking contest with a HUMONGOUS man and BTW winning! and my DH was there at the bar sloshed himself! We knew eachother because he was a horse shoer and I trained horses and we ended up dancing the night away. He is a really good dancer! After that we were together every day and night until we got married about 7 months later!!! When he proposed I was laying in bed with my head on his chest and he slid the ring on my finger! It was sweet he could barely get out the question! Of course I said yes! That morning I walked in the bathroom shocked at the platinum diamond ring, it was almost like a dream! We are so much in love! Funny thing is that most of our mutual friends knew if they got us together at that bar we would end up together! ha!

jem0622 replied: We went to the restaurant where we had our first date. So funny (but not) b/c I ended up paying for dinner (his credit card was denied). He begged the chef for a bottle of wine and told them why...they gladly obliged. I went to pee and came back and he did it and everyone knew. Totally embarassing but sweet.



Julie

p.s. Our 6th yr wedding anniversary was the 10th of this month. Saw a movie and had a nice dinner w/o the boys. Very nice.

booey2 replied: Well we met at school (university) and had our first date there and never really spoke to each other after that night for about 2 weeks (we had an x-rated evening, now don't get me wrong we had a blast but were very embassed about what we did, both had tons to drink and don't remember much of the night). Anyway we started dated and once school let out in May he asked me to be his girlfriend. That was the summer of 1989, we dated for 5 years with me 4 hours away at school for 1 of those years, then he proposed on Dec 22 after Christmas with his family, in his room he sat at his desk and I sat on his bed and started pulling out a box and started talking about how we have waited this long and he felt it was time to move forward. So we were engaged in December 1992 and married in August 1994.

3xsthefun replied: We meet in April of 1998 first then we got together July 25,1998. We dated for about 10 months then I moved in with him May 13,1999 after I turned 18. We did talk about getting married some but we wanted to wait awhile. Well we found out I was pregnant with Kaitlynn in June. So one night after that he asked me" if I would marry him" I said "yes" and we planed to get get married in September. We were together for 3 more months then we got married September 25th 1999.

dolfinrse replied: We were going on cruise and we had already picked out a ring, so I thought for sure that is when he would propose. Once we got on the ship, he says that he forgot the ring at home. I was disappointed about the whole thing, but still had a really good time. Our last night on the ship, we go up to the top rear of the boat and we're looking at the water. I started getting a chill, so I said Let's go back inside, so I start walking away from him. All he said was "I didn't forget" and pulled out the ring. The day before we were in Aruba and got so sunburned that he couldn't get done on one knee though!

victoire2002 replied: I met my DH while I was in the midst of breaking off with an old boyfriend. He called me the week I broke up with my old BF, so I told him that I couldn't see him (he had no idea what was going on with me!), but he sounded so casual that I told him to give a couple of my friends a call and see if they wanted to go out!!

He thought I was blowing him off, but called my two friends and met up with them that evening. Unfortunately, one of my "friends" took an interest in him (it was not mutual). Well, I called him up a few weeks later and asked him out to happy hour with me and a big group of friends. He accepted, we talked until 5 a.m. We had a few more dates, and basically started being exclusive within a month.

Fast forward about 6 weeks, and we're celebrating Thanksgiving at my house. I cooked for my whole family (no small feat for me!), and John was invited to the celebration. My family loved him, but little did we know that my ex BF was lurking on the street outside, furious that I had invited a new guy over for the dinner. My family left the house, old BF confronted us at the front door and started crying and asking me why I was doing this to him?!?

Ashamedly, I asked DH if I could talk to old BF on the porch. He was agreeable. We sat down, had a big talk, and I re-explained to him why I had broken it off (innate problems with his behavior, waning attraction on my part, etc).

When I came back in, I figured DH wouldn't want to see me anymore. He asked me to stay at his apartment because he was nervous that my ex BF was emotionally unstable and might come back to my house. So, we left for his apartment. We were lying on his couch, and I kept thinking he was going to break up with me because of all the "baggage" and silly stuff going on with ex. Well, he asked me in a very nervous voice if I thought we should get married!! I was so happy!!! I said yes, and we were married 9 months later in a beautiful ceremony.

Whew, that was long, but it was sure worth it!

Gonna call DH now...
Vicki

victoire2002 replied: Ooops, fogot to follow up with the friend who took an interest in DH..... she decided we shouldn't be friends anymore (we had known each other for 10+ years) because she felt that I had "stolen" this guy from her...... I was initially upset, but got over it because I don't think she was ever really my friend.

coasterqueen replied: OMG! These stories are so great! This was a great question

Schnoogly replied: Tracy, me too. I was definitely phobic. We sort of did it in stages. We got together our junior year of college and the spring before we graduated we were driving back to school from california and talking and he said that he would marry me if I were ready but he understood that I wasn't. In the summer after I got back from 3 weeks in Europe he said it again (in bed this time LOL) and I guess I was ready by then...3 weeks away makes the heart grow fonder I guess. No ring though--big waste of $$ IMO. We got married the next spring, had been together for 2 years by then. That was '97, so we've been together for 7 years total this spring.

Maddie&EthansMom replied: DH and I met on Valentine's Day 1996. We dated for 7 mos and broke up. We were apart for 7 mos (not talking once in 7 mos) when he called and we worked through some things. We knew when we met that we were in love and wanted to marry each other, but we also needed that time apart to reflect on some things. I was only 18 and had just ended a long relationship when we met and so had he. He was 21 when we met. When we got back together he proposed 3 mos later. He proposed at his cousin's wedding. I caught the bouquet and when I turned around to look at him he was down on one knee with the ring in his hand. How sweet is that? I just love him. We were married 6 mos later. December 20, 1997...

Here is the picture of him proposing (July 19, 1997):

A&A'smommy replied: omg i just love all these stories soo interesting and sweet!!!

kit_kats_mom replied: These are great stories.

We dated for about 6 mos and moved in together. We were having my birthday dinner with my family almost 1 yr later at a great resteraunt in town. I came back from the bathroom and my mom and aunt were laughing and crying. they said he had told a great joke so I thought they were just drunk or something. The family units finally left and we were sharing a glass of champange (the last of many that night) & he started in on the "We are great together" stuff. He seemed really nervous. I had quite a good buzz going but when I was about halfway done with my champange, I noticed the ring in the bottom of the glass. Then he proposed and of course I said yes. Good thinkin' honey. Give a ring in a glass to the drunk girl. Lucky I didn't drink it! I am soooo clueless.

Apparently he had told the family his intentions while I was in the bathroom, hence the crying when I got back to the table, but there was a misunderstanding. He didn't want to propose with all of them there but he didn't make that clear to them. They hung out for a long time drinking champange and finally left. Afterwards, he said he thought they'd never leave and he intended to do it alot earlier (Before I drank a bottle of champange) but he couldn't. Sooooo, my family is a clueless as I am.

mummy2girls replied: Hey gals these stories are awesome...very sweet and romantic stories....

kimberley replied:
LMBO ROFL! that is exactly what i would think too! that is too funny!
these are fantastic stories!

Jamie and I met at my work (i'm a bartender). Him and his friends came in one saturday and seemed like a fun bunch but really young. When i saw him that first time i thought he was cute but didn't say anything. The next week, he again was the only eye-candy for me to look at all night and i always had his drinks ready almost before he got to the bar and served them with a big smile. i figured if he didn't like me i could just blow off my flirting as part of my job. i know... not nice but oh well. i was single and lonely and he was soooo cute! he came in the following thursday because he got hurt at work (hurt his ear) and got that night and the friday off because of it. it was slow, so we talked a bit at the bar. i kinda knew his friend because he came in a lot. his friend told me to write something "inviting" to him on a napkin as a joke when he was in the washroom. i thought it would have been mean if i didn't actually like him, but i did so no harm done right? i wrote some of the lyrics to the song "Freak me" (i won't post here lol) and when he came back and read it, his jaw hit the floor and he was speechless LOL eventually he wrote his number down on a paper and told me to call him. he came the next night we wrote a million notes to each other (too loud to talk and we are both shy) that we still have and have pretty much been inseperable since. a month later, i threw my dad a 50th b-day party at my work and Jamie asked my dad for my hand. my dad told him it wasn't the right time to ask because my dad had drunk half a bottle of cognac by then and said they would talk. they never really did, but i know my dad approved of him. a little more than a month later on my birthday he took me to a restaurant and got down on one knee and asked me to marry him he placed the gorgeous diamond platinum ring on my finger and waited for my response. apparently i get stage fright when confronted with serious commitment because i was an emotional, speechless wreck. i didn't talk for about 2 hours. just smiled and felt teary. he actually had to call one of our friends to come down to try to get me to talk.lol my answer was yes of course! i love him most for putting up with my weirdness LOL

~Daddytobe~ replied: This looks like a fairly old post...but ill post anyhow!

When i proposed to my wife i had a puppy at the time( we dont anymore...he passed away) anyways....After taking her out for dinner we came back to my place. And in the middle of a conversation we had i called for the puppy to come out into the living room and... Attached to the collar was a box with the ring inside. She opened it I asked her and she said yes! And we have been happier than ever!