Proposal stories!

He was asking me what my dream proposal would be, or if I wanted it fancy I said no him asking me is special enough !

so we were talking about something and he had me thinking that he was to nervous or worried to tell me his response to the topic we were discussing and he picked up
his drawing book so I suggested he wrote it down!.. so he did then after a minute I grabbed for the book and his heart was beating very fast. He showed me the book and he had drawn me a picture that said will you marry me!’

I said yes and here we are now.

We were vacationing in Palm Springs with his family and on the we planned to have an us day. So I didn't think anything was out of the ordinary he always asks me to reservations for places so I did when he picked out the restaurant. Morning of our date, he asks me if I had accidentally put a pair of his shorts in the dryer (they weren't supposed to go in the dryer), I said "sorry I probably did. Why don't you wear the other pair of shorts brought?" He said "no I want to wear these today"...which is not like him as normally he would be like ok. I thought he didn't sleep well and was a little grumpy haha.

We left the time share we were staying at and headed to the zoo everything was normal or to me at least as I was distracted by all the animals in the zoo. After the zoo he mentioned well we left a lot earlier than he thought asked if I wanted to go to Costco, I said sure why not. Never been to a Costco in the U.S., we went into costco and I notice in the pocket of his shorts there was an odd bulge. I asked him what's in the pocket and he said "nothing" that was a major red flag to me! Normally he would pull out whatever is in the pocket and just show me. He didn't let me poke the mysterious item in said pocket either....again that was weird. I have a feeling it was the ring but I decided not to think too much on the matter in case it wasn't and I would only disappoint myself.

We then make it to the restaurant and the restaurant is called the Cliff, where a manmade waterfall was there and it was built into the side of a cliff wall. I told him that waterfall is so pretty, we should take a picture before we leave. He said don't worry we will...again weird he would have normally said "sure if you want to" we eat dinner and order dessert. Soon after dessert he goes to the bathroom (this is normal) but when we comes back he did his hair. He had a baseball cap on the entire day, normally if he was to do his hair he would do it before we go out. I asked him why he did his hair and he's like because you want to a take a picture. That was odd....

Before the bill comes he says to me, "I have one more question to ask you before we leave." And me being me....can't take hints says "OMG I FINALLY GET TO KNOW WHAT'S IN THE POCKET!" He laughed, took out the ring and popped the question!

Timmy and I are in an LDR, but every month on (or close to) the 18th we try to plan a date night (we call it "bb day", its our silly little tradition).

We had a date planned for November 24 in Burlington (where I'm from). Then my sister (who is a science major) texted our group chat asking if we wanted to go to the Royal Botanical Gardens, because they discussed it in her limnology class (whatever that is). Tim said yes and I was low key pissed he bailed on our date, but went along with it cause it warms my heart how much he loves my little sis.

We got to the gardens and I got the stamp on my left hand... So needless to say I was not expecting it that day! We walked around for a while, the three of us... But at one point we walked up to this ledge with an arbour overlooking the rock gardens and a cute little mistletoe. My sister started to hang back a bit, and Timmy started being a little weird (his hands were shaking!). As soon as he turned me around and said "Victoria..." in a semi-serious tone (not common, Tim is a goof ball), i knew it was happening.

Tim and I were best friends for 2 years before we started dating... while I had another boyfriend. According to him (and everyone else), he loved me the entire time. This being said, he was thrilled and immediately started bawling when I said yes! He told me he started looking at rings the day we started dating, just like Jim did for Pam

Could not be happier!

Under the mistletoe!

Awwww! You also have two kids together!! That's so sweet Vera! I'm so happy for you! How are your kids feelings? Are they as excited as you are?

Aw that is such a great story! I love that your daighter was there too! Can't wait to see your engagement pics!

My fiance were together for 6 years and lived together for 5 years. We already had a daughter and we're pregnant with our son at the time. I felt crappy, all day morning sickness. My parents are divorced and I'm closer to my Mom. We were staying at my Mom's for our yearly visit (I moved from Nova Scotia to the Ottawa area for work) and one evening Mom asked us if we wanted to go out and have a fire. Since I felt crappy, I stayed in and just went to bed, but my fiance went out. He actually asked my Mom for my hand in marriage that evening, which I think is sweet. I didn't even suspect it was coming when Mom asked me my ring size. We had been together so long I didn't think he'd ever ask.
We went for a walk through the park with my Mom and our daughter one day and I commented that the park would be beautiful for wedding photos.
A couple of days later, on our 6 year anniversary, he took me and our daughter for a walk in the park. I thought it was just an outing as a family before we went out for our anniversary that evening. I was curious why he was stressing about finding the perfect plan for our evening though. As we were walking, and our daughter was fast asleep in her stroller, he stopped us at the top of a hill overlooking the harbour, just under an apple tree. He looked around and said "you know, this would make a great spot for wedding photos." I replied "yeah, but if we ever actually get married, it'll likely be back home. So if it actually ever happens this would be a great spot for engagement photos." That's when he stuck his hand in his pocket and started getting down on one knee, and asked me to marry him. All I could say at first was "oh my god your shitting me" because I was totally surprised and never thought it would happen. Of couse I said yes after and we hugged and kissed, then a woman walking her dog came up and congratulated us, telling us her and her husband were together for 40 years.

That is so freaking cute Alexis!!!!!! Those pumpkins look amazing, did he carve them himself? What was his prepared excuse? Also love that him calling you poohead is now part of your engagement story! HAHA

Aw that's a great proposal story! We don't get snow out by me so I'm super jealous! And your ring is beautiful! I love the setting!

It was sort of a surprise and sort of not. We were out Christmas shopping and he ditched me to go and buy my present. We met back up and out of the blue asked me if I preferred white or yellow gold. I was suspicious but was attempting not to read anything into it when he ditched me again. We knew we were getting married at some point but had agreed that we would wait until he had a permanent job as he had been working temporary contracts for the 3 years we have been together and we had been living together for 2 years already. Christmas came around and we were at my brother's and everyone is opening presents and I get my present from him and he whispers to be that I will get the rest of my present later. Again trying not to get too excited figuring he has just gotten me some nice jewelery. Later on that morning we went for a walk and it was beautiful and crisp and COLD out so really we were the only one's out. We walked over to an area in the city where there is a lake/pond and we get to the end of the path and he pulls out the ring box and proposes. (technically he asked me if he could ask me so I tease him about that) It was the most beautiful day with the sparkling clean white snow and just us there. He also picked the most amazing ring for me. I had no input other than the colour of the gold and I can't imagine a more beautiful or perfect ring! Apparently he had already talked to my parents about it before I got up that morning!

Engagement Ring

Engagement Ring on my finger

His parents were kind of hanging around the kitchen, and thinking back, his dad was really trying to usher me to the dinning room lol.

I cried, which is partly why I forgot to say yes outloud.

His sister carved the pumpkins. She did a fantastic job, and worked so hard on them that she had blisters . So we are extra appreciative of the effort that went into everything. I just love everything about fall, and an October wedding ties in my love of fall and the beautiful proposal. He really couldn't have picked a better way to do it.

We are still very early in the planning process. I was feeling a bit lost, but I've drafted a rough guestlist and have my eye on a few (one in particular) venues that I'd like to look into further. Stonefields in Carleton Place is my ideal location! I just need to determine whether it fits into the budget.

Wow!! This is such an amazing proposal story Alexis!! It was all set up at his parents!! It' so funny you didn't realized at first and just kept on with your routine! Were his parents also there in the dining room?

What was your reaction when you said yes? Did you get emotional?

And who carved those pumpkins? It's so well done!! I love fall decors too! Is that why you're having your wedding in October? You should take a look at these ideas, I think you'll like them:

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Where are you at in your wedding planning? Have you started looking at venues?

Wow those pumpkins are amazing! Sounds like a perfect proposal!

My fiance and I got engages on October 21. I had a general idea that it was coming because I was involved in the ring process (my mom gave me an old ring to redesign), but the proposal was a complete surprise.

We were headed to my in-law's house for my father-in-law's retirement party the next day. They live across the street from Upper Canada Village who host Pumpkinferno every year around Halloween. They have huge pumpkin displays that are just magical works of art, and we make a point of going each year with our friends. Since we were going to be in town, my FH asked if I wanted to go and if we should invite more people this year, to which I am never opposed to. The more the merrier.

It was raining but warm, and I was 3 weeks into recovering from a surgery, but having spent three weeks on the couch there was no way that I was cancelling. I remember thinking he looked extra dressed up to be walking outside in the rain, but didn't question it enough to say anything. He later told me that he even had a response prepared if I had of asked.

After Pumpkinferno we went back to my in-law's place. I walked in, completely missing the whole proposal setup in the dinning room directly beside the entrance. I was simply following my normal routine - go to our room, drop my bags off and then head through the kitchen to say my "hellos". It wasn't until I noticed pumpkins in the dinning room that I took a peek (loving all things fall) and saw "will you marry me" carved into the pumpkins and my FH down on one knee. I was so shocked I forgot to say yes outloud, and it wasn't until being propmted by him saying "are you going to say something poohead" before I realized that I hadn't actually agreed to marry him yet.

Pumpkinferno

Pumpkinferno

Proposal Pumpkins

This is such an amazing story!!! I think stories like this are the best ones!

He hasn't been able to record it properly so he would never let me use it. But he is writing the song I'll walk down the aisle to. We have a band for the ceremony, so they'll be working with him to learn it when he finishes We made a deal that I get to hear it before the wedding, but not the band's version. he wanted it to be a surprise but I vetoed that! I didn't want the first time I heard it to be in front of a crowd when I had other things to focus on and they won't be able to play the full song! We're still deciding on first dance song

Omg that's such a cute story!! So funny about the bouquet at your friends wedding!!

Awww! I love that he wrote you a song! That sounds so romantic! Are you going to use it in your wedding at all like during the ceremony or for a first dance?

That's a great idea! I love that you guys have a special place that has so much meaning!

Mine was definitely a total surprise. We knew we were going to get married some day but I had no idea he was going to propose when he did. (and neither did he!) I have been volunteering with an organization called Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY) for 11 years now and they host leadership conferences for high school students. I attended in 2005 and it changed my life so I've been volunteering ever since. They host local leadership seminars in all 50 states in the US and then at the end of the summer they host a World Leadership Congress (WLC) with all 50 states and about 10-15 different countries represented. After my fiance and I started dating, he started volunteering with me at our local seminar in California but hadn't made it to a WLC yet. We always have a Closing Banquet at the end of the WLC and I told my fiance that he should come. We thought about it but we went to a wedding the month before so we decided that it was too expensive to have him fly out for the banquet.

He decided to surprise me anyways and showed up at the Navy Pier in Chicago for the Closing Banquet! I was so happy to see him and introduced him to everyone as my "amazing boyfriend" all night. After the dinner portion of the banquet is a dance and about halfway through they cut the music and my fiance went up on stage. My brain was having a hard time processing what he was doing up there because clearly he had to be proposing but as far as I knew he didn't have a ring! He called me up on stage and proposed in front of the entire WLC, more than 500 people! (There were lots of screaming teenagers who were very happy for us.) Luckily he had someone take pictures and video because it was all a blur! He only decided he was going to propose a couple days before so I was really impressed with him for pulling it off! He'd never even been to Chicago before and didn't really know where the banquet was going to be. Everything just had a way of working out! He didn't know that it was a plated dinner so he was supposed to have bought a ticket to the banquet but it turns out that a volunteer had to leave early the morning of the banquet so there happened to be an empty space at my table! He found a simple amethyst ring to propose with and then we designed my ring set together about 2 years later.

We're engaged!

I said yes!

And what's funny is that I had caught the bouquet at my friend's wedding almost exactly a month before. (And I was wearing the same dress when he proposed!) I remember thinking when I caught it that it was just a silly tradition that the person who catches it is going to get engaged next but it turned out to be true!

I caught the bouquet!

Thank you . We did just get engaged this Halloween, October 29/16! It was definitely like something in a movie, it still seems surreal lol !I felt shocked, and totally didn't expect it. He is a DJ so asked me on stage quite a bit, this time asking me to draw a name for him , for a winner of a prize. It was planned and I totally thought that's all he wanted lol. Over the moon excited. 6.5 years and 2 kids & a house later he proposed

You have to start a thread with sharing your own story first!!

Ours is that at 11pm on a Monday night he came in our room to play me a song he had been working on. I was practically sleeping and didn’t think that was weird at the time . So he played me this beautiful song written for me and then pulled out the ring and got down on one knee. I actually made a short video when I announced it on social media… (super cheesy re-creating it… but oh well)... though I cannot figure out how to attach it

This is such a great discussion idea Sam! I love it! How was your proposal? Was it everything you expected it to be? Was it a complete surprise? Btw I really love that picture of your ring!! It's such a beautiful engagment ring! What ring did he propose with if it wasn't that one?

Hi Vera!! Welcome to the community!! This such a sweet and romantic proposal!! It's just like the ones you would see in the movies!! I'm so happy for you! Congratulations! Did you just get engaged this Halloween? How did you feel when he proposed in front of all these people was it a complete surprise? Did you expect any of it?

Thank you! We ended up doing our engagement photos at this park (it is massive, way bigger then what is in the picture)... There are so many different places to take photos, we have decided we want to do our wedding party photos here as well!

That park looks beautiful Chelsea! What a wonderful proposal!

I would love to hear your proposal story as well Samtam!

He brought me to Jackson Park (in the city I live) and we were just on a walk as we both enjoy walks and hikes and we got to this bridge with a gazebo over it beside some water and he just started talking about all these things he loves about me and got down on one knee! I was surprised but at the same time I wasn't! We had went out and looked at rings together and I gave him an idea of what i like so it was only a matter of time but I didn't know when it would happen so that was the surprise part as I had no idea he had even went out and got a ring!

The first photo is a picture of the gazebo where he proposed and shows a lot of the rest of the park!
The second photo is what I took right after we got engaged and then announced it to everyone after we told all of our family!