Romantic Marriage Proposals [Archive]

Byron

01-09-2002, 09:22 PM

I will definately get down on one knee to propose to my future wife.

Any ideas to make it more memorable? I have crazy ideas like renting a hot air ballon, fill it with red roses. Or renting a small charted private jet and propose in the air.

Any special places where you fantasied your man proposing to you? I wish to go for a cruise to the Greek isles and visit the Paradise Island in the Bahamas. Maybe I will propose to her while on a tour in a romantic foreign country. Maybe in Paris. Maybe at the Alps village at the base of Mount Matterhorn in Switzerland.

I hope I can make this one moment in life as memorable and romantic as possible for her.

RosaMystica7

01-09-2002, 09:36 PM

Originally posted by Byron

I hope I can make this one moment in life as memorable and romantic as possible for her.

The main words here are -for her-. What place has she always wanted to go to? What are her favourite things to do? Does she speak a foreign language fluently? Is she willing to get on a plane and fly somewhere after all the terrorist attacks? You may not have to fly... do you remember the place that you first met? If possible you could propose to her there. If not there, how about a place that you and her spent a lot of time together. Sometimes simple is the best. Does she have any siblings? They probably know her interests better than you do. Maybe if you swear them to secrecy you can get them in on this and find out some things about her childhood fantasies through them. (Though if they're really close to her I don't think I would trust them. Depends, I don't really know anything about them if she has siblings in the first place.) If you'd like, write a post about her... her hobbies, personality, etc. and maybe we can help you create something just for her.

GstringPrincess

01-10-2002, 05:46 AM

Originally posted by RosaMystica7

The main words here are -for her-. What place has she always wanted to go to? What are her favourite things to do? Does she speak a foreign language fluently? Is she willing to get on a plane and fly somewhere after all the terrorist attacks? You may not have to fly... do you remember the place that you first met? If possible you could propose to her there. If not there, how about a place that you and her spent a lot of time together. Sometimes simple is the best. Does she have any siblings? They probably know her interests better than you do. Maybe if you swear them to secrecy you can get them in on this and find out some things about her childhood fantasies through them. (Though if they're really close to her I don't think I would trust them. Depends, I don't really know anything about them if she has siblings in the first place.) If you'd like, write a post about her... her hobbies, personality, etc. and maybe we can help you create something just for her.

you'v got a great idea there!

and let me just add unless she likes embulance sirions going off at all hours and dog shit don't go to paris it sucks! A very wonderfuly romantic place in france is nice it's so wonderful there.

Byron

01-10-2002, 06:14 AM

I have been to the costal city of Nice. The French Riviera is very beautiful.

Did you also visit Monaco when you were there? Monte Carlo is a glamorous and magical place.

Traciena

01-13-2002, 01:20 AM

A warm summer day, bathing in the sun. He brings me a tall glass of Iced Tea. Inside the glass are ice cubes floating as all ice cubes should. He starts a conversation about the sun and the birds that are near by and then the coners of his mouth turn up just a bit.. a simple; I have a secret grin. As he continues his chatter about nothing in particular he begins to slowly rub lotion on my body.. the heat of the day, the smell of oil and lilacs on the near by bush, make it a sweet seductive scene to begin with. Then as I lay there watching his face begin to change as he talks to me, his voice becomes deeper and husky a new tone all together. He sips on my tea and spoons out an ice cube, he begins to tell me that I am the one woman he has envisioned completing him, the one who will life for him and only him, and he will live for me and only me.. during this talk he is taking the ice cube and slowly running it up and down my legs and arms.. over my stomach and up to my neck.. thats when I notice the color of the cube its self.. the ring is inside and he has been proposing to me while I lay there thinking he is the most intimate and seductive man in the world. When the ice has melted and the ring is exposed he pulls me up into a sitting position then he says, and I will never forget. "The ice represents the coldness around my heart, the ring is my heart, your touch alone is all it takes to make my heart melt. Your touch and your smile are all I needed to melt away the bitterness that was once there. You are the fire that keeps me warm at all hours, not only at night. I love you and I need you, you alone! Marry me and share a life of burning desire and passion for now until forever."
I said YES!!

GstringPrincess

01-14-2002, 02:19 AM

Originally posted by Byron
I have been to the costal city of Nice. The French Riviera is very beautiful.

Did you also visit Monaco when you were there? Monte Carlo is a glamorous and magical place.

yea we stoped at monaco great shops we weren't there that long though

but yea nice is soooo great i loved it there if i had to live in france that's where i'd live

Karbonopsinos

02-01-2002, 03:39 AM

I have definitely thought about this. I would take on a misty day to a cool pine forest, with just the sound of dew dripping from the leaves, the pine cones along the side of the path. Maybe a stream along the side, wild mushrooms growing out of the pine needles. We would stop at a large mossy bank, soft as velvet, she would sit and I would kneel, and then I would take a passionflower out of my pocket ( .mobot. /hort/plantfinder/Photo/M/Q28.jpg ), with a diamond ring around the stigma, and then.....

....well maybe this sounds a bit cooky, but the whole beach thing is just yech.

BertaBald

02-02-2002, 02:58 PM

I know I'm probably in the minority here, but I'd rather not have it be major production with flowers and sunsets and the ring showing up in the creme brulee after dinner. My ideal proposal would come out of the blue. For instance, to just be spending a quiet night at home, maybe sitting on the couch, watching TV and cuddling and stuff when he leans over a bit, kisses me on the temple and says simply, "I love you. Will you marry me?"
I love this because I wouldn't see it coming, and somehow it would seem more genuine. A big fancy show is nice and all, but I'd rather feel like he was just sitting there beside me and couldn't wait anymore - just had to ask. I guess I'm more a sucker for the unplanned kind of romance that can be found in everyday moments than the sort that you have to schedule and rehearse...

AngelfireDragon

02-02-2002, 09:53 PM

..if he ever asked and didn't bounce back and forth. :(

(And he'd not be offended if i refuse to believe he means it until he produces the ring since he's changed his mind once before):mad:

kiaA

02-10-2002, 11:39 PM

When I was a child, I always dreamed that my future husband would have 12 roses and 12 men. One rose per man and they would, in single file, walk toward me one at a time, and hand me a rose. I would be surprised to see my love with the last rose and in the rose would be a ring. He would get on one knee and tell me he could not live another day without me and ask me to marrie him.:D

Daisy814

03-01-2002, 12:11 PM

I'm pretty simple when it comes to my ideal proposal. I'd love it if my boyfriend and I were sitting under a very starry sky on a summer evening and he proposed right then (getting down on one knee of course!) Even better if he presented me with a certificate that he named a star after me. Sigh...

Karbonopsinos

03-01-2002, 02:07 PM

I have heard of an amateur guy who discovered a star.

If I ever did that, I would keep it a well hidden secret, so I could wait until my kiddy was born and name it after her/him.

GstringPrincess

03-02-2002, 07:54 AM

Originally posted by Karbonopsinos
I have definitely thought about this. I would take on a misty day to a cool pine forest, with just the sound of dew dripping from the leaves, the pine cones along the side of the path. Maybe a stream along the side, wild mushrooms growing out of the pine needles. We would stop at a large mossy bank, soft as velvet, she would sit and I would kneel, and then I would take a passionflower out of my pocket ( .mobot. /hort/plantfinder/Photo/M/Q28.jpg ), with a diamond ring around the stigma, and then.....

....well maybe this sounds a bit cooky, but the whole beach thing is just yech.

i have to say i love you'r idea absolutely love it i'm a big woods girl i met the man i love kinda in the woods :D i'd love for him to ask me there

Germaine

04-20-2002, 05:53 AM

For me, I dont want a fancy restaurant, no ring in wine glass thingo, or ring in oyster (i have a poor digestive system), no one knee down (its old-fashioned)

I'd like it to be a surprise, a well planned out proposal, at someplace where nature is all around us eg. star gazing under the moonlight facing the Indian Ocean (LOL!) or lying together on a roof of a house :P or a picnic in the beautiful meadows :) or watching the sun set while feeding some ducks at a pond, or any place with a breath-takingly picturesque view of nature would definately do the trick.

*sigh* i'm too fussy...

Oracle

04-20-2002, 09:41 PM

Hi Germaine,

Anyone told you that you have a sweet and beautiful face?

Allow me to do a face reading on you.

You are a person who can be very stubborn at times. Once you makes your mind up about something, it's next to impossible to make you change it.

You like to remain in the driving seat at all times. Intelligent and oversensitive, you can suffer from mood swings. You hate being ordered to do things without a full explanation.

You are generally lucky in love and have great resistance to illness. Ambitious and have a keen sense of humour.

You may be dissatisfied during adolescence and youth, and find fulfillment in the latter half of your life.

Germaine

04-21-2002, 01:01 AM

Wow, its pretty accurate except for the bit about being "generally lucky in love"! lol
Thank u Oracle :o

sparkey911

04-21-2002, 07:17 AM

My first rookie year on the fire department, my captain proposed to his school teacher fience. With all the planning in place (And proper permissions from the school and FD) his chosen day arived.

The captan had us all in on it with him and we all knew what to do. After final aproval from the Chief, we informed dispatch that we would be out of quarters and available via radio. We then proceded with 2 fire engines, a ladder truck and medic unit to with in 2 blocks from the school. On command from the captain we turned on the emergency lights and sirens and proceded to the school, where the princiaple had already begain to evacuate the school for a fire drill!!

Upon ariving at the school in full gear, my captain went up to his fience and droped to one knee and proposed infront of the entire school and his brothers.

I know not everyone has access or the authority to pull off something like this,, but i have always remembered that day, and i know for a fact that she will never forget it!!

sparkey911

04-21-2002, 07:30 AM

Oh, I forgot!!!

When the time comes for me, I just want simplicity (I'm a guy, the less things that can be screwed up, the better!!)

I simply plan to propose by taking her hand in mine while we are dining at an elegent and intimate restraunt, look her deeply in the eyes and slide from my seat to one knee infront of her right at the table and propose. Im not sure of how i will word it,,, but i will baisicly tell her that I am preoccupied with out her to the point that i can not live with out her at all and that she is the one true love of my life/

Byron

04-21-2002, 07:35 AM

sparkey911,

That scene with the whole school in attention and your brothers in full gear......wow, must be an impressive and unforgettable sight.

I like your signature. Had a good laugh when i read that. We need brave men like you to keep the sane people in safety. :)

garage sale

06-06-2002, 10:29 AM

My stepdad sent my mother a dozen roses every day for a week, and a card. In the card was another envelope that said, "Do not open until suchandsuch date." After a week, she opened all of them, and in the envelopes were puzzle pieces. So she put the puzzle together and it said, "I love you. Will you marry me?"

I thought it was the sweetest thing ever, even though I thought it was so weird because... it was my mom... but you know.

I don't really mind if the man who proposes to me goes the whole nine yards... I don't really care to have a traditional wedding ring either (It's not really my "style") ... I could care less if I had a huge rock on my finger... I'm not too picky... I'll probably be floating in air the whole time to, so it wouldn't even matter... I think the event in itself without all the other stuff is still big enough to remember...

But, I think it would be romantic to be out on a starry summer/spring night, going for a walk, and he proposes in the moonlight. I like stars :D

cpbs3

06-10-2002, 02:27 PM

Well see my proposal was kinda funny and sad. See I have to leave for two years on a mission for my church so I decided to propose to her before I left. Well I already told her that I had a ring and that we would go out to eat at Outback :). Well all in all she wouldn't let me propose on the floor of Outback so I just slipped it on her finger. But she told be that I had to re-propose when I get back off my mission. So I need to think of another one :)

giagirl

06-10-2002, 10:47 PM

I don't need one knee, but I do want it to be a surprize. And I do not want to help pick the ring...I hope that my future husband knows me well enough to know exactly what kind of jewelry tastes I have.

abbychat

06-15-2002, 02:58 AM

If I truly loved the guy and was sure of him ;) trusted him etc..
then i would want him to just do it :) take me by surprise lol whether it was in a crowded club, a restaraunt or the street it wouldnt matter

I think most people like surprises ......especially nice ones

mine dropped so many hints about what he was going to do .......and when and where lolol that I was totally stressed by the time he came round to actually proposing lol.......

the best proposal i ever got lol.......... still makes me smile when I remember it ................maybe I should have accepted that one huh?

hope this helps
love abbyxx:)

seducia

11-19-2002, 11:15 AM

In the sunset, on a balcony and he tell me to close my eyes and when I opened my eyes he asked me. That would be so romantic.

Marigold

02-22-2005, 01:05 AM

Oh, I'm all for the out in public proposal. I can see the appeal with the watching TV proposal, but I'd have to know he'd been thinking long and hard about the marraige thing. Maybe at a concert or something, and he'd set it up so that whoever we were going to see would have the info and the ring, and he'd call me to the stage to pick up something I'd lost, and then it'd be The Ring. Then my boyfriend would come up on stage and ask me! That'd be perfect, though I'm sure my boyfriend would have something even better in his head.
As for the Ring, has anyone seen that movie, Sweet Home Alabama, where the newly-fiancéed Reese Witherspoon gets taken to a secret location, and then the lights come up on the Tiffany's jewelery department, all staffed in the middle of the night. And then her fiancée whispers "Pick one." ::Dies:: I'm so jealous of that 8^) :blush:

Swift

03-20-2005, 01:58 AM

Nice to see the cobwebs being dusted off some of the old threads!

Marigold - I agree it would be hard to beat the Tiffany's proposal in Sweet Home Alabama!

Personally I think one has to be careful when concocting the extravagent proposals, as there's so much that can go wrong and completely ruin things! Of course it will still be a memorable event, but not necessarily for the right reasons!

Personally I think the simple approach is often better. A nice romantic dinner for two, followed by a quiet moonlit stoll along the beach or somewhere else romantic. The guy dropping to bended knee and some heartfelt effort put into the choice of words, and I think you'll still have a memorable event. After all, if the couple are really in love, it won't take a balloon ride or trip to Venice to convince her to agree! You can save all that stuff for the honeymoon!

Cheers...
Swift

angel143ml

03-20-2005, 11:25 AM

Log cabin, fire in the fireplace, just the two of us alone...yup, sounds good to me... :flippy: :flippy:

Swift

03-23-2005, 06:09 PM

Log cabin, fire in the fireplace, just the two of us alone...yup, sounds good to me... :flippy: :flippy:

Mmmm. Definately sounds like an enjoyable evening to me angel. Name the time and place and I'll be there! :kiss:

LaB

04-11-2005, 12:55 AM

A ring stapled to a pre-nup (spellcheck), and a pen.

angel143ml

04-11-2005, 10:07 AM

:flippy: Lab...I don't see how that is romantic, pratical maybe....but definately not romantic at all.

:rolleyes:

Swift, that was sweet of you to say...lol.

LaB

04-20-2005, 03:53 AM

the sarcasm flew right by you.

angel143ml

04-21-2005, 11:33 AM

the sarcasm flew right by you

:badpc: :badpc:

I wasn't expecting you to be sarcastic, but of course I should have known better. :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

amazingjoan

06-13-2006, 03:13 AM

i am so evidently in this webdate thing cause basically my romantic life evolves around people i'd rather know first intellectually before going for the homerun.... so there was this girl i saw in the success stories whose husband proposed to her over the .. of course she tuned him down, the next thing she knew he was right outside her doorsteps and there he was with the ring and a limo ready to take them anywhere..

david616098

09-15-2006, 01:11 PM

After a night of passion they you get up early morning you bring her breakfast in bed then you get on one knee.

she

09-17-2006, 10:52 PM

[QUOTE=Byron]I will definately get down on one knee to propose to my future wife.

Any ideas to make it more memorable? I have crazy ideas like renting a hot air ballon, fill it with red roses...I hope I can make this one moment in life as memorable and romantic as possible for her.[QUOTE]

I vote for the hot air balloon. That's actually how I would have responded to your post, so I'm glad it's crossed your mind. If you're big travellers ride one with the best land or city scape around, but it's also great to stay close to home. You could fly her out for a nice dinner or dive her some where under another precedent, or vaction. Then drive out to the middle of a field and spend some serious time talking and making memorable conversation. Propose in the air when the landing spot is in view.

I don't know if you can pull off kneeling in a ballon, but you can certainly hold her, dance with her and ask her while your completely alone, off the ground, no pilots, no distractions, just a little fire over your heads, roses and some romantic lighting. Alone time and the wind all around.

Maybe have family andor friends waiting and then go out for dinner or drinks. OR depending on preference spend the night perusing city streets, on the coast, or a cliffside restaurant. It'sabout the romance and setting a precedent for the rest of your lives. Stay up all night :O)