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[vsonnier]

After reading Kelly's (GreenAppleSea) post about getting engaged on her recent trip to WDW I started thinking about how DH proposed to me. So how did your significant other propose to you?

For me, it goes back to one year to the day before DH proposed to me. On Christmas Eve 2001, I had decided to just stay at my dorms because I really wasn't in the mood to be around my family (who has a tendancy to ruin even the happiest holidays). I was the only person in the entire dormatory that chose to stay and I was sitting in my unit incredibly depressed wrapping a couple presents. To make my night even worse, I ran out of tape with a ton left to finish. Todd and I had only been dating a couple of months but I called him hysterical crying about how lonely I was and that things couldn't get any worse because I had run out of tape- it was terrible! He was so wonderful though! He left his family and drove 30 minutes just to bring me a roll of tape. I knew when he showed up at my door that he would ask me to marry him one day. It was so wonderful!

We talked about getting married a lot in the next year and I suspected that he may ask me around Christmas. I started getting my hopes up but then he told me that he had picked out a ring and would have to save a little longer than he had planned. I was really disapointed but still happy that he even wanted to marry me. Well on Christmas Eve he was acting kind of strange. He kept going into the bathroom and coming back out all nervous. One of the times he went in the bathroom I sat down on a beanbag in my living room and was flipping through a Disney magazine. He came out and walked right over to me and pulled the ring out. He said some of the most sweet things I have ever heard in my entire life and all I could do was cry and say "baby!" over and over. It was wonderful! (It turns out that he had had the ring hidden in the closet for quite a few days which explains why he kept going in the bathroom. He said everytime he went in he would try to get the nerve up but would get too nervous)

I wanted to go straight to my moms and show her so we drove the 30 minutes there without calling and I showed her. He had already talked to her so she wasn't that suprised. His parents were a little more suprised. His dad gave me a great big hug and welcomed me to the family and his mom made me sit and tell her all about it. It was so different from what we had gotten at my house because my family is soooo stand-off-ish and his is so open. It was perfect in every way!

We got married 6 months later then honeymooned at WDW which y'all all know about!

Ok, your turn! I want to hear all about it!

[luvnwdwgal]

I like the story of how I met my DH much better than how he proposed but, oh well! We had been talking about getting married but never anything specific, and one night while we were just sitting in his car talking, all of a sudden he proposes! I thought he was just kidding so I said "no". Well the look on his face told me otherwise, so I immediately changed my answer! LOL So I was proposed to in a 1973 Vega in a driveway and I'm happy to say have been happily married for almost 23 years!

[catsaway]

It was Chistmas Eve and we decided to stay home and have our own christmas instead of going over to his folks house like usual. We opened our gifts and were sitting watching a christmas special. Chris said why don't we open the bottle of champaign. So we did. Then he said O I forgot there is one more gift. He went into the bedroom and came out with a little box. He did not say much but he asked me to Marry him. He is not a man of many words but said the important ones. I said yes and put the ring on. I was wearing sweat pants and an old red turtle neck. It was very sweet and I could not believe he had bought the ring in Oct and it was in his sock drawer the whole time. We will be married 5 years this coming July 7th.

[ripkensnana]

It would've been nice to get a really romantic proposal but...

DH and I were driving down the road, talking about the possibility of starting a business, when he said something about filing joint tax returns...I (somewhat irritably) reminded him that you have to be married to do this...he said, "I know".... This was after months of my asking him about getting married, and getting non-commital replies. I was a bit incensed, so he tried to cover up by saying, "But I asked you to marry me a couple of weeks ago..." He should have known that bird wouldn't fly!!! But we've been happily married for almost 10 years - we'll be celebrating our 10th anniversary and taking a belated honeymoon at MouseFest in December.

[LorinMO]

I love all these romantic stories.

Randy and I had been living together for a year and had talked about getting married a few times but nothing had ever come of it. So, I figured he wasn't interested in spending the rest of his life with me and I told him that after the Christmas holiday's that I thought I would start looking for my own place and that we should think about going our seperate ways. After being together for two years I just wasn't willing to wait years for a him to make sure I was the one. Christmas came and went and he acted like the possibility of our relationship ending was no big deal - I was crushed. We made plans to go down to the celebration in downtown Ft. Lauderdale for New Year's Eve and I remember walking around thinking that this was the last holiday we would celebrate together and I was really sad. The later the night got the more bummed I got and as everyone was counting down to midnight Randy turned to me and asked me to marry him. Then he presented me with my grandma's engagement ring. I just started bawling my head off and kissing him. Turn out that when we were at my folks house he asked my dad for my hand - very sweet. My grandparent's got wind of this and offered him my grandma's ring that my grandpa had given her just 2 years earlier for their 50th wedding anniversary. I always loved this ring because it was made from my grandmother's original wedding set and my grandfather's masonic ring - a little bit of both of them to carry with me everywhere. We were married a little over a year later and have been for 12 years.

We're planning on getting re-hitched in August at the Garden Grille. woo hoo!!! I can't wait for that BIG kiss.

Lori

[chezp]

What great stories!

I used to be a radio journalist and had spent months asking DH to marry me - he kept saying "no", telling me he'd ask me in his own time. One Friday, I got three love songs dedicated to me from DH, which I thought was sweet, but a bit odd - as there was no romantic significance to the day - or so I thought!

I'd just read the news headlines in the afternoon, when the presenter told me he had someone on the phone for me - it was DH who asked me live on air to marry him. I was speechless for a few seconds before saying "yes". I couldn't believe he'd done that - he'd taken a day off work to prepare hismelf as well. We went out to a restaurant that night to celebrate with the guy who was DH's best man and he kept telling me that they didn't need any lights in there, my happy face was lighting up the whole place and it was - I was on cloud nine! One of the best days of my life...

[simbarel]

I ultimatum'd him into it. Most radio psychologists advise against it but I was at the end of my rope, particularly since he had been telling me for 3 years that he'd never get married. I had just come home from an evening out with friends and was sitting in this very chair and finally got the nerve to make him take it or leave it. Thankfully, he took it! Deciding to get married was the best thing for our relationship. After that the fights immediately stopped, I imagine because we both feel content and secure. And then I jumped on the boards and blabbed to everyone here about it.

My Maid of Honor called me this morning to tell me that her boyfriend finally proposed. I was sworn to secrecy that he had the ring, that he was just waiting for the right moment. Apparently he did it in a parking lot as they were leaving her aunt's anniversary party. I'm a little nervous though...she says shes gonna give me "pay back" for putting her in an all-plaid bridesmaid gown.

[GoofyMom]

DH proposed to me in a Bonanza restaurant. We were sitting eating some cheap steak and all you can eat salad bar, when he just blurted out "Will you marry me?" I thought he was joking and asked if he was serious. He looked at me like d'uh, so I accepted. We went ring shopping a few days later. We were so nervous to tell our parents that we put it off for a week. Since we were so young (I had just turned 18, he was still 17) we were certain they would jump to the conclusion we needed a shotgun wedding. But when we finally told them, and assured them there was no hurry to the alter, everybody was very pleased for us. I can't believe that was 22 years ago already!

[Colexis Mom]

Well, since we met at work (and both still worked at the same company when we got engaged) it was the running joke of the company for awhile.

I had wanted to get engaged (ok, we knew we were going to get married, so let's just get it over with ) but DH only wanted to buy the diamond in NYC, so obviously he had to leave me for a weekend or two. Once was in February, and after a few weeks, nothing happened (other than I was getting impatient ) Next time was in late April or early May. I had my wisdom teeth out on a Friday morning (all impacted, I was out for the count). He took good care of me, especially after I threw up all over him (don't eat spaghettios after having general anesthesia ) The next day we went for a picnic, and me with gauze still in my cheeks. We had gone to the top of a little mountain, layed out a blanket, and were enjoying the weather. Next, I felt him roll over and reach for something in his pocket. Out came the ring (and I was so happy ).

When we got to work on Monday, everyone told him he waited until I was all drugged up and had gauze in my cheeks so that I couldn't say no

[Diz]

Talk about growing up in the 70s...does anyone remember the phase of "pre-engagement" rings??? Well, I was pre-engaged to another guy when I met DH. We had a wonderful summer of getting to know each other and I had to break the heart of a man who insisted I was the only one for him.

I was not looking for any more talks of marriage so I never brought up the subject. One day DH and I were sitting in the chapel of a church we were visiting. All of a sudden, he said that I was the best thing that ever happened to him, that he loved me more than he could ever imagine, and would I marry him. Almost 24 years later, we're still married and happy.

[Chrissi]

I asked him to marry me at a tatoo party at a friend and coworker's (of his) house. He said yes and was hospitalized the next day. Commitment is bad for him I guess. So while he recovered from surgery after having his gall bladder removed, I sat by his bedside and planned a wedding while he drooled on himself. A week later the reseravtions were made for the following fall for the hall, the JP, and the food, and I drove him home from the hospital. He was doped up through all of the planning and he wouldn't have it any other way. We'll be celebrating our 5th anniversary this October.

[wdwlovers]

These are all such great stories!

My family was going over to his mom's and her DH's place for some holiday cheer (i.e. drinks) and my dad was asked to bring the videocamera. Now this had me thinking something was up but I never imagined a proposal. In the middle of the visit DH brought out this huge wrapped gift for me. I opened it to find two sleeping bags and two cases of soda. Ha ha, not funny. What the heck is this. I knew those were his mom's stuff, so I wasn't really getting the idea of this gift. At the very bottom of the box was an envelope. Inside was a letter that said all these sweet things and he made me read it out loud. At the end he got down on one knee and proposed. It was great to have it on video, but holy cow! Was I surprised. We got engaged Christmas of 95 and waited to get married until Aug 98, so we had a looong engagement. It was nice because DH wanted to finish school and we were able to save up alot of money. He had given me a diamond ring that was on the smaller side since that was all he could afford and I was totally happy with that. On our wedding day as we exchanged rings, he surprised me with a new wedding ring with a larger diamond! And I had to say my ring stuff after him!! I was almost speechless!