Title: Marriage proposal ideas!!??
Post by: Acts 2:38 girl on Mar 21, 2004, 07:31 PM
Post by: Acts 2:38 girl on Mar 21, 2004, 07:31 PM
Hopefully soon my sister will be getting ingaged!! :D She has already told her future fiancee to ask me for hints - which she has supplied many of!! I need some different ideas. Something she will not expect. Now, her ideas are: someplace quiet, private, etc. where it will be very discreet and special. For those of you in MA - are you familiar with Tower Hill Botanicle Society? Beautiful place - one of her favorites. But she wants him to ask her there. No surprise in that! :rolleyes: What is the best proposal you've ever heard of or seen or experienced? Some locations in Mass would be great too! I know I can count on all of you for help!
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Post by: Ab Diver on Mar 21, 2004, 07:58 PM
Post by: Ab Diver on Mar 21, 2004, 07:58 PM
I gotta admit, Brainpause's proposal to Holly made me a kinda misty. Well done, dude!
Me? I took my wife on a "4x4 exploratory" trip, under the pretense of seeing "just to see how far we could get". I already knew I could make it, since I'd made the trip a few weeks before to check out the perfect site. Drove up to the highest mountaintop around, where we could see the next county to the East, other mountains 50 miles away to the North and South, and the ocean waaaaay off in the distance to the West. Timed it so we hit the peak right at sunset. The view was incredible, the sky was something right out of the movie "The Outsiders". There wasn't another soul for miles around. The moment was set, everything was perfect.
Popped the question. (in case you were wondering, she said yes. ;) )
Then I opened the console in between the bucket seats of my Bronco, which I'd filled with ice, a bottle of Champaign, and two crystal goblets, before I picked her up.
Dunno if that will work in MA, though. Tell your sister congrats from all of us here at PUT.
Me? I took my wife on a "4x4 exploratory" trip, under the pretense of seeing "just to see how far we could get". I already knew I could make it, since I'd made the trip a few weeks before to check out the perfect site. Drove up to the highest mountaintop around, where we could see the next county to the East, other mountains 50 miles away to the North and South, and the ocean waaaaay off in the distance to the West. Timed it so we hit the peak right at sunset. The view was incredible, the sky was something right out of the movie "The Outsiders". There wasn't another soul for miles around. The moment was set, everything was perfect.
Popped the question. (in case you were wondering, she said yes. ;) )
Then I opened the console in between the bucket seats of my Bronco, which I'd filled with ice, a bottle of Champaign, and two crystal goblets, before I picked her up.
Dunno if that will work in MA, though. Tell your sister congrats from all of us here at PUT.
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Post by: B-flat on Mar 21, 2004, 10:22 PM
Post by: B-flat on Mar 21, 2004, 10:22 PM
Hmmmm, if she already knows she is getting engaged, then how is this going to be a surprise :confused: Oh, you say, she doesn't know! ;) Well, go ahead and tell him that Botanical place is so special to her and how she just loves it and all. Has he got the ring picked out? :)
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Post by: jpreiser on Mar 22, 2004, 06:05 AM
Post by: jpreiser on Mar 22, 2004, 06:05 AM
have him take her to the beach....
As they are walking along he "finds" a shell, of course all wnt to see if a pearl is inside... No pearl just a dimond ring!!!
As they are walking along he "finds" a shell, of course all wnt to see if a pearl is inside... No pearl just a dimond ring!!!
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Post by: HersheyGirl on Mar 22, 2004, 08:59 AM
Post by: HersheyGirl on Mar 22, 2004, 08:59 AM
But, what if she wants to pick out her own ring? I didn't what my DH to pick out the ring that I am going to wear the rest of my life. I wanted to do it myself. I am so glad I did and so is he. (his ring is a mirror image of mine, but without the diamond). We designed them and had them made.:)
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Post by: Acts 2:38 girl on Mar 22, 2004, 09:20 AM
Post by: Acts 2:38 girl on Mar 22, 2004, 09:20 AM
Oh, the ring is picked out, but she doesn't know when it will be paid for!! :Z SHE wants him to propose at the Botanical place. I am insisting she should be surprised! Love the idea about a shell though! She loves the ocean!
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Post by: NightOwl on Mar 22, 2004, 10:59 AM
Post by: NightOwl on Mar 22, 2004, 10:59 AM
well, long ago in a galaxy far, far away, my BF and I were talking marriage and on Christmas Eve, he brought me a beautifully wrapped good-sized package. I opened it to find a box of very fancy chocolates. I thought this was very nice and so I passed them around the room. It was kind of puzzling, but I saw my mother start to laugh (she knew!) Richard's face got a little pale and he retrieved the box and came back to me with it--pointed to a wrapped candy in the very center and said, "TRY THIS ONE." I picked it up--it was odd looking and feeling because inside the wrapping was not candy, but a platinum and diamond engagement ring. I did not marry him, so gave the ring back when I broke off with him, but always remember his inventiveness in surprising me with that ring.
DH and I were sitting in his car on a beautiful mountaintop in the Unicoi Mountains in a heavy mist trying to decide whether it was going to clear off enough for us to go ahead and have our picnic when he suddenly asked me "would you go to Charlottesville with me this fall if I buy you a stove?" I hastily said "YES!") But then, :( it occurred to me that I'd better pin down exactly what he meant so I said, "Well, was that a marriage proposal or WHAT? You need to know that my parents will NEVER let me go to Virginia with you as your concubine." He gulped and said, "it's a MARRIAGE proposal." Maybe not awfully romantic, but that was 45 years ago so he MUST have done something right :) :S (And I DID get a nice stove as well as a great husband and two wonderful kids out of this.)
In your sister's case, Andi, I would not recommend either of the above approaches--the idea of the Botanical Gardens seems just right. Maybe he could put the ring in the center of a pretty blossom just before he presents it
to her? :)
PS--Dave, what a ROMANTIC and delightful proposal--I bet you have a great marriage!
DH and I were sitting in his car on a beautiful mountaintop in the Unicoi Mountains in a heavy mist trying to decide whether it was going to clear off enough for us to go ahead and have our picnic when he suddenly asked me "would you go to Charlottesville with me this fall if I buy you a stove?" I hastily said "YES!") But then, :( it occurred to me that I'd better pin down exactly what he meant so I said, "Well, was that a marriage proposal or WHAT? You need to know that my parents will NEVER let me go to Virginia with you as your concubine." He gulped and said, "it's a MARRIAGE proposal." Maybe not awfully romantic, but that was 45 years ago so he MUST have done something right :) :S (And I DID get a nice stove as well as a great husband and two wonderful kids out of this.)
In your sister's case, Andi, I would not recommend either of the above approaches--the idea of the Botanical Gardens seems just right. Maybe he could put the ring in the center of a pretty blossom just before he presents it
to her? :)
PS--Dave, what a ROMANTIC and delightful proposal--I bet you have a great marriage!
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Post by: Ab Diver on Mar 22, 2004, 09:29 PM
Post by: Ab Diver on Mar 22, 2004, 09:29 PM
QuotePS--Dave, what a ROMANTIC and delightful proposal--I bet you have a great marriage!Thank you. Yeah, she's pretty special. Both of our parents' have been married for over 45 years, and we fully intend to beat their records.
That doesn't mean we can't joke about it, of course.... she keeps saying that the only reason she keeps me around is those (fictitious) payments my Mom sends her every month, and Mom says she only sends them to keep me from coming back home. ;)
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Post by: brainpause on Mar 23, 2004, 06:16 AM
Post by: brainpause on Mar 23, 2004, 06:16 AM
Quote from: Ab DiverI gotta admit, Brainpause's proposal to Holly made me a kinda misty. Well done, dude!
***blush***
Thanks!
Here's my take on this: It will be more special if the guy comes up with the idea and the details ALL on his own. Once I had told Holly all the hoops I had to jump through, it became even more special.
Now, if he is the kind of guy that needs a little "help", (which I assume is the case, because you are asking), make a couple of little suggestions, like the ones that have already been made. But, if he's good, it will be a complete surprise!
I was so "smooth" that Holly even picked out her own engagement ring, and didn't even know it!! She was really surprised to get the ring that she liked!
For those of you who haven't read my "story," see
http://www.larryandhollycrockett.com/proposal.html
Larry
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Post by: brainpause on Mar 23, 2004, 06:27 AM
Post by: brainpause on Mar 23, 2004, 06:27 AM
I was going to upload the video of my proposal to my site, but it won't let me upload above 5 MB. The video file is 49 MB. Kinda hard to pare it down to 5 MB! Unless somebody here has an idea to get it to be a smaller file??? It is an mpeg file.
Larry
Larry
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Post by: julecav on Mar 23, 2004, 08:17 AM
Post by: julecav on Mar 23, 2004, 08:17 AM
If he wants to really surprise her he should take her to that Botanical place but not ask her there. He should have someone sneak over to her place fill it with flowers and candles etc. That way when she's trying to hide the fact that she's so disappointed when she walks in to the house it will be such a good surprise. He can send her in first and after she looks around and turns around he can be behind her on one knee.
When DH proposed it was sweet. We were at his house and he covered my face with a pillow got the ring put it on my finger and said good it fits then he took it back off and put it away. Then he took me for a drive and we went for a walk and he asked me in the park by a huge rock. I told him for our 25th anniversary I wanted a piece of that rock polished and set into a ring.
When DH proposed it was sweet. We were at his house and he covered my face with a pillow got the ring put it on my finger and said good it fits then he took it back off and put it away. Then he took me for a drive and we went for a walk and he asked me in the park by a huge rock. I told him for our 25th anniversary I wanted a piece of that rock polished and set into a ring.
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Post by: MommaMia on Mar 23, 2004, 11:50 AM
Post by: MommaMia on Mar 23, 2004, 11:50 AM
When my DH and I were just dating, some evenings, we used to go out to a field just beyond the airports runways. We would lie on the blanket looking up at the stars and just talk. Every 15 mins or so, a plane would come in for a landing, flying right over the tops of us! It was so much fun! You could see everything on the bottom of the plane and the deafening roar of the jet engines would make your chest rumble!
One evening we were driving by our spot and we pulled into the small dirt parking area near the airport fence. DH had a 69 Camaro convertible so we put the top down, climbed into the back seat to talk (really!) and watch the planes come in. That's where he pulled out that little velvet box and popped the question. It was very romantic.
One evening we were driving by our spot and we pulled into the small dirt parking area near the airport fence. DH had a 69 Camaro convertible so we put the top down, climbed into the back seat to talk (really!) and watch the planes come in. That's where he pulled out that little velvet box and popped the question. It was very romantic.
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Post by: K-man on Mar 23, 2004, 03:40 PM
Post by: K-man on Mar 23, 2004, 03:40 PM
I would tell him to plan a couple of nice dinners or romantic evenings over the course of a couple of months. Every time they do something "special" she will be expecting something. Tell him to put a ring sized box object in his pocket, or hint around to the subject, but go no further. When nothing happens that is expected to, it will bring her back down to earth and teach her and her sister a lesson about scheming. It will also make the real proposal a surprise and more meaningful because he thought of it.
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Post by: birol on Mar 23, 2004, 04:40 PM
Post by: birol on Mar 23, 2004, 04:40 PM
I am afraid I agree with this. I would not like being told where to propose in any way or shape, it just wouldn't bode good bells well for the future. Even If I were told, I would find a way to weasel out of it and do it my way, as much as it is being proposed to, it is also being the one who proposes. Sorry if I posted little bit out of context, but I have been holding myself since the thread started, and I think this makes sense as well.
Quote from: K-manI would tell him to plan a couple of nice dinners or romantic evenings over the course of a couple of months. Every time they do something "special" she will be expecting something. Tell him to put a ring sized box object in his pocket, or hint around to the subject, but go no further. When nothing happens that is expected to, it will bring her back down to earth and teach her and her sister a lesson about scheming. It will also make the real proposal a surprise and more meaningful because he thought of it.
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Post by: NightOwl on Mar 23, 2004, 06:46 PM
Post by: NightOwl on Mar 23, 2004, 06:46 PM
Quote from: birolI am afraid I agree with this. I would not like being told where to propose in any way or shape, it just wouldn't bode good bells well for the future. Even If I were told, I would find a way to weasel out of it and do it my way, as much as it is being proposed to, it is also being the one who proposes. Sorry if I posted little bit out of context, but I have been holding myself since the thread started, and I think this makes sense as well.
Birol, you are a TRUE ROMANTIC! And I agree with all those who say that Andi's future BIL needs to find his own way to do this unpromted by his future sister-in-law or his future bride. WHATEVER he does, no matter how mundane it might seem to others, it will be romantic because the idea came from HIM especially for HER!
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Post by: Acts 2:38 girl on Mar 24, 2004, 06:21 PM
Post by: Acts 2:38 girl on Mar 24, 2004, 06:21 PM
QuoteWhen nothing happens that is expected to, it will bring her back down to earth and teach her and her sister a lesson about scheming.
QuoteAnd I agree with all those who say that Andi's future BIL needs to find his own way to do this unpromted by his future sister-in-law or his future bride.
Ow...ya got me!! ;) OK, I'll butt out from here on out! It does make sense, FBIL is sensitive and romantic and I do trust him! I was just told he would be coming to me for options. Is this true?? Who knows, but I do have confidence her proposal will be perfect! I plan on printing this out for him (and her) - for a laugh!!
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Post by: NightOwl on Mar 24, 2004, 06:34 PM
Post by: NightOwl on Mar 24, 2004, 06:34 PM
OK, Andi--you've got us HOOKED on this tale of romance and your sisterly desire to help True LOve bloom. So, NOW you HAVE to provide us with the details when the proposal actually takes place! (And we'll expect online photos of the bride and groom when the wedding takes place.
This is just too wonderfful--we have all shared deaths and illnesses and births and courtships and divorces and adoptions and the arrival of grandchildren--and now we get to be an actual part of the plot of a love story. We will all be awaiting the next chapter, so dont forget us when the time comes. :W :S :S
This is just too wonderfful--we have all shared deaths and illnesses and births and courtships and divorces and adoptions and the arrival of grandchildren--and now we get to be an actual part of the plot of a love story. We will all be awaiting the next chapter, so dont forget us when the time comes. :W :S :S
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Post by: Acts 2:38 girl on Mar 24, 2004, 07:52 PM
Post by: Acts 2:38 girl on Mar 24, 2004, 07:52 PM
you got it! ;)
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Post by: brainpause on Mar 25, 2004, 03:30 PM
Post by: brainpause on Mar 25, 2004, 03:30 PM
Quote from: NightOwl--and now we get to be an actual part of the plot of a love story. We will all be awaiting the next chapter, so dont forget us when the time comes. :W :S :S
Have you forgotten about Holly and me????
It's been 2 yrs since our wedding, but I refuse to remove "newlyweds" from my signature, because we still act like it!
We had only been married a couple of months at the '02 Townsend Rally.
Larry
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Post by: B-flat on Mar 25, 2004, 10:14 PM
Post by: B-flat on Mar 25, 2004, 10:14 PM
No one has forgotten you and how you checked into PUT on your honeymoon. :eek: ;) :D We haven't forgotten your thoughtful approach in buying a freezer for your wife for Christmas, either. Keep on being the newlywed.
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Post by: NightOwl on Mar 26, 2004, 05:51 PM
Post by: NightOwl on Mar 26, 2004, 05:51 PM
Quote from: NightOwl.
This is just too wonderfful--we have all shared ...courtships...
Larry, I was thinking particularly of you and Holly when I wrote this--and of course, we at PUT WERE part of the honeymoon!! (You ARE still married arent you?*) (*See the note from b-flat above)
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Post by: brainpause on Mar 27, 2004, 07:02 AM
Post by: brainpause on Mar 27, 2004, 07:02 AM
OK OK My feelings weren't hurt, really. Somewhat kidding I guess. It might have been the nausea I was suffering in the hotel room (food poisoning in CA) that was talking.
I now, formally, hand the thread BACK to Andrea. Didn't mean for it to become about ME (It's ALL about ME, right?).
Larry
I now, formally, hand the thread BACK to Andrea. Didn't mean for it to become about ME (It's ALL about ME, right?).
Larry
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Post by: NightOwl on Mar 27, 2004, 08:20 AM
Post by: NightOwl on Mar 27, 2004, 08:20 AM
Quote from: brainpauseI now, formally, hand the thread BACK to Andrea. Didn't mean for it to become about ME (It's ALL about ME, right?).
Larry
Larry, you big goofy, I bet Andi never thought (and probably neither did anyone else here ) that you had hi-jacked this thread and therefore had to "hand it back." This isnt just about Andi's sister, you know, it's about
LOVE AND ROMANCE
and you and Holly are certainly a prime example of that for all of us who were privileged to experience tales of your courtship, marriage, and honeymoon (still ongoing! ) (BTW, is the freezer still a much-beloved part of your relationship?)
Isnt it fun for you--safely, happily married--to sit on the sidelines and watch it all happen to someone else this time? Even after 45 years, it is for me.
It is these shared experiences that makes this place so special for all of us, I think.
:W
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Post by: brainpause on Mar 27, 2004, 09:18 AM
Post by: brainpause on Mar 27, 2004, 09:18 AM
Well said.
And what a great group of people to "watch" us.
Larry
And what a great group of people to "watch" us.
Larry
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Post by: Acts 2:38 girl on Mar 30, 2004, 05:45 AM
Post by: Acts 2:38 girl on Mar 30, 2004, 05:45 AM
OK, I printed out the whole post and gave it to my FBIL. My sister read this post last Sat., and we all re-read Larrys proposal to Holly! Awww..... :D So as soon as we get some pictures, or SOMETHING happens - I'll let you know!
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Post by: B-flat on Apr 02, 2004, 12:03 AM
Post by: B-flat on Apr 02, 2004, 12:03 AM
Has the marriage proposal taken place yet?
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Post by: birol on Apr 02, 2004, 05:49 AM
Post by: birol on Apr 02, 2004, 05:49 AM
Oh come on B-flat, give the man some time, after reading all we wrote, he is scared now ! All the true romantics, versus come on already types, I don't blame the guy. WHat he should do he is subscrive here and get to know us and learn our culture :)
Quote from: B-flatHas the marriage proposal taken place yet?
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Post by: Acts 2:38 girl on Apr 02, 2004, 06:32 AM
Post by: Acts 2:38 girl on Apr 02, 2004, 06:32 AM
QuoteWHat he should do he is subscrive here and get to know us and learn our culture :)
Ohhh, he's in big trouble then!! :) Personally, after the advice here I've taken, I've butt out! I don't even know if he's purchased the ring! I think he's just waiting for the perfect time, plus you have to psyke yourself up a bit, I'd imagine! Esp. with the way she gets PMS!! :D I better be careful now, because they know the site address and she could check me out real fast!!
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Post by: B-flat on Apr 02, 2004, 09:38 AM
Post by: B-flat on Apr 02, 2004, 09:38 AM
What?! Check us out and then he finds we are some kind of cult. That would scare the living daylights out of him. As grandpa used to say when we were stared at: "They've never seen anything like us before." :eek: ;) :Z :J