MR HERE- How did your OH propose my fiance made me do it quicker than i had planned but i had to ask her in the dining room down on 1 knee and then i fell over but the best thing about i hadnt had anything to drink.

It was 10/10/10, everyone was on the news getting married, OH laughed and said oooh shall we do 11/11/11? I said yes, if he asked my properly. He just stared at me, as he was only joking. So I stared back until he asked, and thats it. He was joking but its too late for him to back out of it now :hihi:

It was just a will you marry me?

We had already discussed getting married, then I spotted my perfect engagement ring on ebay (had watched it for weeks, as it kept getting relisted for less and less). So he bought it, it arrived, and I said "well? are you gonna ask or what?" to which I got "will you marry me"

Not very romantic, BUT, I wouldn't change him for the world lol

Angi

The MRS here--- Lol il always remember my OH asking me to marry me in dining room and he fell over couldent stop laughing and i still have a giggle now when i think about it that was about 2 year back but were finally tieing the knot in Aug 2012 and i cannot wait xxxxx I love him to bits xxxx My Mr Wild xxxx

Well.....

I was told to stay out late and thought he was just cooking me a meal, when i got home there was a rose stuck to the front door........All the hallway had rose petals and candles on the floor....... when i got into the Dining room it was covered in roses and rose petals and he had cooked me a lovely meal which afterwards he proposed (not on one knee though:() but this was a night to remember!:)

WOW Ironforyou .... that's sound awesome :) A very romantic proposal indeed ... I'm a ickle bit jealous ... only a bit though LOL

Angi

So am i lol although he did on valentines day put rose petals on the bed and put some perfume in the middle of them but we had a row that night so the rose petals ended up on the floor lol, But my perposal was a really funny one but i dident ask him to do it again just incase he broke somthing lol x

My Hubby brought home a load of caribbean wedding brochures from the travel agents and said 'what do you think?'

How could I say no!? :hihi:

By the way, we had our dream wedding in Cuba 3 months ago, just me and him on a little white wooden gazebo on the beach, with a little Cuban band playing traditional music in the background...it was PERFECT!!

My Hubby brought home a load of caribbean wedding brochures from the travel agents and said 'what do you think?'

How could I say no!? :hihi:

By the way, we had our dream wedding in Cuba 3 months ago, just me and him on a little white wooden gazebo on the beach, with a little Cuban band playing traditional music in the background...it was PERFECT!!

Im jealous wish we could get married abroad but there so many of our family that cannot get abroad were doing it over here but your day sounds like heaven x:)

After 18 years of being together hes still not asked me - to be fair im not that bothered either, but if he did ask me of course I would say yes...lol

My Oh had been away on a lads weekend, we were in bed and he said "he'd been thinking while he was away, that he doesnt want to be without me, and that he wants to be with me for the rest of his life and would I think about marrying him?"

Of course I said yes :love:

P.s we were together 6yrs before we married, and on 5th Aug we celebrated 11 yrs of marriage :D

We were on holiday in Lisbon last month. We had bookmarked a very very posh place to go for dinner one evening as a treat, and he insisted we went as soon as possible.

As I didn't know what was going to happen I decided it would be nice to have the 7 course taster menu, really push the boat out! (its traditional apparently to propose with dessert, hence the long nervous wait for him).

The second dessert came, the waiter was holding them really high above his head, and said to me 'Madam....look at the moon out there' and pointed so I looked away. When I looked back down there was a ring box on my plate and my OH on one knee!

In hindsight it all made sense, his hands were stuffed in his pockets on the way there, he went back to the room for his 'sunglasses', he downed an expensive wine just before...

27/03/2011. My OH worked in a pub as a DJ. They did a pub quiz that consisted of 10 questions. When the 10th question was being called out his friend came and asked me to stand with him on the dance floor. My OH suddenly appeared and said ' I have an eleventh question, there is only 1 right answer to this question, does any one have any idea what it is?' His daughter and a close friend both raised their hand and began giggling. Over the mic it was a simple 'would you marry me'. It was extremely public, but so romantic. Can't wait to marry him on 06/05/2012.

He took me back to the spot where we first kissed 8 years ago when we were 15 and got down on one knee with the most amazing princess cut solitare diamond and platinum ring (I choose it because he knew how particular I was about what I wanted - after 8 years it had been on the cards for a while!) but I didn't know when or how he'd propose and it was PERFECT! :D

My husband had been working away for 4 weeks, he was in Leeds for the day and said he was too busy to get home to visit. I was devastated.

He called me up at 7pm to speak to the kids, as usual. After speaking to them both, we chatted for a few minutes then he said "Are you going to open the door or what?"

I said "What??" and he said "Open the front door"

I did and he was on one knee with an engagement ring in his hand!!!

I was absolutely gobsmacked and of course said yes!!! :D

He had gone out, got stupid drunk and was pestering me to make him a bacon sandwich... I got the "gob on" and started ranting at him, then he kept slurring in my face about getting married... My pet hate? Drunk people slurring at me! I told him to come back when he was sober and ask properly! :hihi: and he did... He bought me a new ornament (I'd been asking for it for ages!) and it had a ring inside it that I'd also been asking for! He never got down on one knee or anything but we never been a couple for romance. I wouldn't want it any other way though to be honest, I love him regardless of it as he saved me from a very violent vicious situation :) just hope we have many more years of happy times ahead of us.

We'd both always wanted to go to Paris, so in May 2010 we went for a few days. I loved it, Paris is beautiful and just so cool. We stayed in a really cute little bright airy apartment up some narrow winding stairs in the Marais area. On about the third day, we got up extra early and went up to Montmartre to take photos around Sacre Coeur. We are both keen photographers so getting up at dawn to get the best atmosphere, lighting etc is something we like to do on holiday.

So were were on the the terrace outside Sacre Coeur, overlooking the Paris skyline. At that hour, all the bin-men and street cleaners were out and I was just thinking how they spoilt the atmosphere, when he knelt down, and started rummaging in his bag. I thought he was changing camera lenses, when he said, "Help me out here", and reached for my hand, but then he said "Will you be my wife?" ... "YES YES YES!" was my answer!

I had really hoped he would propose in Paris, in fact I would have been really p'd off if he had not asked me at some point while in the city of romance! We'd been together three years and been talking about "forever" a lot, having just bought a house, so it was on the cards. It turned out he'd been planning it for ages. So I'd been waiting... The weather was beautiful, he had all these golden opportunities like the early morning walks along the Seine, with nobody but us standing on the bridges. By day 3, I thought he wasn't going to ask me anymore!

He later told me he'd been carrying the ring around all holiday waiting for the right moment, then decided just to go for it!

Been married nearly 5 months and very happy!

my oh proposed to me on my birthday on 25-12-08 he hide the ring in a hand made christmas cracker he made and i opened it in the kitchen on the chair and when i opened the box with the ring in it i looked at him and he was still stood up and said to me will you marry me i thought men was suppose to go down on one knee well my oh didnt lol we got wed on the 15th augest 2009 and we will have been marriad 3 yrs this year which as gone quick and we have 2 beautiful girls

We were away for a weekend in a posh hotel in Harrogate. It was the after show party, the "turn" had jus gone on a break, and Gavin "went to the loo" 2 minutes later, I hear his voice over the Mic ask me to come to the stage (I had my back to it, talking :hihi:)

I went over and he got down on one knee infront of a room of 60 of my friends who proceeded to scream so loud they almost deafened me.

I didn't know whether to laugh, cry or punch him in the gob for embarrasing me :blush:

My boyfriend proposed whilst we were in Canada on 24th April 2012.

We were on the Maid of the Mist boat, just getting to the bottom of Niagara Falls.

I was just in my own world, taking photos when we he called my name, crouched down a bit and said those four little words, "Will you marry me?"

I didn’t say anything for a minute, and he said say something. It took a while to sink in, and I said YES.

We were soaking wet, freezing cold, but I wouldn't change it for the world. Afterwards I had a fit of giggles. Most people cry, but I laughed :hihi:

We were at the "a magical christmas" event at the botanical gardens in sheffield. i love it there anyway but when its all lit up so beautifully and carols and sleigh bell just make it all the better. We were in front of a lit up fountain/water feature away from the crowds and he got down one knee said my full name and asked me to marry him. He had chosen the ring hiself which i adore!

My partner is lovely but not at all romantic so even though we have been together 6 years and have always talked about gettin married before starting a family this style of proposal came as a huge shock lol i didnt know he had it in him. I couldnt have asked for anything more

There are some really lovely stories in here, it really warms my heart and reminds me why I chose to work in this field.

In the dark under the stars on Alport Moors - perfect!

My other half proposed to me whilst we were on holiday in italy. He waited for our 3 yr anniversary and asked me that day. We were in Florence, i was a shock but had been expecting it at some point but not then.
We are looking to marry in 3yrs on the same date.

What lovely accounts :) I love romantic stories though I'm not romantic myself I do think it should be the bloke who asks, I'm old fashioned like that.

I hope one day to have my own engagement story, but here I am, 11 years together and I'm still waiting! :hihi: Well he did ask once but he was drunk and had no memory of it the next day. He also stupidly said that he would propose when Manchester city won a major title... now that was a pretty safe bet 7 years ago. :hihi:

I've given up and have decided I will die as a single women :hihi:

A few of these made me well up - how sweet!
Have any of you seen the lip dub proposal on youtube to Bruno Mars 'Marry You'? Made all the ladies in the office cry!

I've told my OH if he ever wants to propose to me, he has to beat that! No chance! :hihi: hehe!

Betty Sparkles

My other half asked me just before the dongs on new year's eve 2011 on holiday in Tenerife. When I said yes, loads of fireworks went off and the dongs began. What a memory. He's the most unromantic person in the world and always made out he never wanted to get married, but he really pulled the stops out, and with his late grandma's ring too!

My oh said he never wanted to get married so i was shocked when he asked me he just sat me down on his knee n said lets get married!! Lol

Some envious stories in this thread, some that I'm sure will inspire grooms to be.

Has anyone used this thread for ideas on how to propose?
I know I've certainly taken a few as food for thought - not actually taken the plunge yet though.

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My lovely OH proposed last September in Scotland. We love the Western Highlands and hope to live there one day, and there is one place in particular we fell in love with-a beach called Traigh near Arisaig. I'd literally weep when we had to leave and talk about it all the time at home. Two days into the week long holiday we drove there and had a wander, playing with the dog on the dunes and stuff. It was a really sunny day (in Scotland!!! :o ) so we sat on the rocks together chatting. Suddenly he reached into his pocket and pulled out a ring box and asked me to marry him. My face was like this ----> :o

I really hoped when the time came he'd ask me there, so the boy did good. He chose the ring all on his own and it is beautiful. I was very proud :hihi:

Got back to the cottage to find a Scottish-inspired feast to celebrate with-smoked salmon pasta, champagne, strawberries, shortbread, chocolate and a cheeseboard, and of course, lots of Irn Bru to wash it all down ;) and now we are frantically getting everything together for the wedding in...27 DAYS!!!!!

Love reading all the other stories on this thread :)