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Friday afternoon POLL
I'm watching Ellen, and she did a segment about a man who proposed to his girlfriend by making a movie trailer and playing it when she went to the movies-it was so sweet and made me cry.
So, how did your DH propose?
Was it super planned out? Was it a perfect representation of you two and your relationship?
Did you expect it, or were you completely surprised?
ETA: Here's the link to the video if anyone wants to see it. It's sweet, but I'm a sap.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnVAE91E7kM
Re: Friday afternoon POLL
You can find the Proposal here. It comes with pictures but for the non picture version, be prepared for a long story because it was like a birthday/engagement weekend:
I got home Friday to a note and red Gerbera Daisies. The note said to pack up- we were going away for the weekend. After DH got home, we went to Hannah?s and enjoyed their Shiner Steak (can?t really go wrong when beer is involved with food, now can we?). After that, we drove to Dallas and went to Ad-Libs at their make shift location at Mouth! Thankfully I was not asked to get on stage this time- there were plenty of people from Kansas to pick on! Then we headed towards the hotel, which involved a mini excursion but of course I was no help because I had NO IDEA where we were going.
On the table was our first bottle of wine we shared when I had my own apartment- I think (!), or attempted to share- I am not much on wine! The red book is All About Us by Philipp Keel, who is also the author of All About Me. The black book is in a sense DH's journal about the whole engagement process on his end. He explained all the breadcrumbs he left behind that I found by accident and how they played a role,who all was involved in this and all of that type of stuff. He asked me to sit on the bed and popped the question.
I was expecting it but I was surprised by what he did and the events that unfolded on his end- I would have never guessed. And coming home to flowers and a note saying "Pack your bags" was when I knew it was happening. I was very set on not getting engaged until I was out of school but had I not been that way, it would have happened sooner and he was considering doing it the summer of 08 but was afraid I would have said no because I was still in school (I wouldn't have said no). SO there wasn't many opportunities to choose from. Plus we also went ring shopping and I knew we would be engaged by the time I graduated. I tossed around the idea of him possibly doing it the day of graduation at the earliest possible second.
We also don't know if we got engaged on November 7th or 8th because we found out the next morning that the hotel hadn't changed their clocks. So that was a little funny.
Sorry for such a long post!
So, how did your DH propose?
It was 12/23/08 and we met to have dinner and exchange gifts. We went to our favorite Italian restaurant where we went on our second date. Then we went back to his house to exchange gifts and watch the Mavericks game. He gave me the box and I thought it was going to have diamond earrings in it but it was the ring so I just sort of looked up at him. And he smiled and got down on one knee and proposed. All the while the Mavs game is playing in the background.
His joke when he hears about an elaborate proposal is "Yeah, but he didn't do it in front of the TV while the Mavs were playing!"
Was it super planned out? Yes, he had his speech written out. Which is cool because we still have it.
Was it a perfect representation of you two and your relationship? I guess. We're homebodies and neither of us is super romantic or sappy.
Did you expect it, or were you completely surprised? I expected it--he had been hinting about my "big present" for weeks. But I thought he would do it at the restaurant and when he didn't, I thought maybe I was getting earrings after all.
With All the Trimmings
Just do it!
Haha-that's cute and funny at the same time!
Oh wow, our story is a little crazy b/c DH was trying SO hard to throw me off so I wouldn't expect the proposal. Sorry, it's long.
It was December of 09 and we had been talking about going to look at Christmas lights like we do every year. He said he wanted to take me on a nice dinner date and then we would look at lights afterwards, but we hadn't set a time. One night, he goes out to have drinks with his buddies after work, and calls me about 9pm and wants to go look at lights. I'm already in my pj's, kind of ticked off that he wanted to skip the 'date' part, especially since he had been drinking with his buddies, so I said no.
The next day we do plan to have dinner and go look at lights. He shows up and doesn't have a restaurant picked out (VERY unusual, he loves to find great restaurants to take me out to). Then we go to drive and look at lights, and he turns into the parking lot at highland village, and surprises me with a horse drawn carriage ride to look at lights. He starts to propose as we get on the carriage in the parking lot, and the gut running the show realizes this and says, no, you want to go to the gazebo. So we stop there on our ride, get out, and there are tons of people there. I have a sneaking suspicion of what is going on, so I am jsut following his lead. He now thinks I'm 'expecting' this, so he turns and starts walking back to the carriage. Me = confused. We are behind the gazebo on a dark sidewalk, next to a trash can, and he kneels down and proposes. Finally!
Back story is that he was NOT with his buddies the night before, he was asking my mom for permission to propose. He had found a slot for the carriage ride that night, and was going to do it then. He STILL tells me that I said no to him the first time he proposed since I wouldn't go out with him that night. Oh well. The next night was great.
Michelle & Michael
Married - August '10
TTC - Since September 2011
Michelle & Michael
Married - August '10
TTC - Since September 2011
DH proposed on a spur of the moment weekend trip to San Antonio. He planned to ask during dinner at the riverwalk but it POURED down rain the entire day. We didn't let is spoil the afternoon, but after a long exhausting day he proposed at the hotel. He actually wrote his "speech" in a journal we keep together so I will always have the words, which I love!
He had taken both my parents to dinner the week before to ask them and I had no idea (which was difficult, seeing as how I LIVED with them)! So for over a week, everyone knew but me.
It was a pretty good representation of us....because life is always an adventure for us and even though things (especially trips) don't always go as planned, we always make the best of it.
Here is ours... copied from our wedding website! haha
First let me start by saying, it's really hard to get things past me (or so I thought). Andrew and I had planned a nice dinner with friends at Bob's Steak and Chop House in Grapevine. I wasn't suspicious at all, since we had people coming with us, I didn't assume he'd do it with people around. Well, our friends ended up canceling, but I still didn't suspect a thing! We had dinner, and finished around 9:30. We started driving around aimlessly (well, it seemed aimlessly to me). We were talking about how we didn't want to just go home since we had a sitter and a night to ourselves, and thought about places to go to have some drinks and maybe invite some friends out. We started driving through the airport, and I told Andrew that we should just go back to Grapevine and stay close to the house. Every "turn-around" in the airport, he found a reason to not take it saying "Oh, that car was in my way!" or "I didn't even see that one!" But at this point, I still had no clue anything was going on. We pulled up to a hotel, Andrew said they had a nice little bar and we could just hang out there and talk for a while. We walked up to the elevator, and got in. He said that the bar was on the top floor, and I went along with it, and even believed it. As we got off the elevator, he pulled a key out of his pocket and opened up the door to a suite! There were roses and rose petals everywhere, a bottle of champagne, and a note to me. When I read the note, he got down on one knee and popped the question! I was soooo excited and just starting kissing him! He even had a bag packed of things for us to stay the night without me knowing that anything was missing! It was so thoughtful and perfect!
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So, how did your DH propose?
We went to Las Vegas with my parents for a weekend trip. The trip started out rocky when the boys luggage arrived, but mine and my mom's got lost. After we got our luggage the next morning, we got ready and hit the strip together. We had lunch and then DH sat down at a blackjack table in one of the casino's. Luck was on his side and he wound up sitting at that table for 8 hours.
My mom and I had plans to see Elton John that night at Caesars Palace and then planned to meet the boys after. The concert was amazing and then we met up with the boys at the Bellagio. One of my favorite places in the Bellagio is the area inside the lobby with the floral art and gardens. I had told DH on the plane that I really wanted to go see the fall decor while we were there. But I was exhausted after the show since we had had such a rocky night before and a long day.
My parents and DH kept bugging me just to go ahead and walk through there while we were already so close. With a bad attitude, I finally agreed. Once we got to the garden area, my parents just stopped and DH was walking in front of me. I was so mad that they forced me to go and then weren't even looking at anything.
I bent down to read the plaque in front of these flowers and loved and when I looked up, DH was on his knee, with a beautiful ring and a wonderful "speech."
Other people in the garden area stopped to watch, clapped when I said yes and congratulated us when it was over.
It was so fun!
Was it super planned out?
Apparently it was! He had taken a long lunch on the Friday before we left and went to my parents house to ask for permission and show my dad the ring. Per my mom, my dad was very hard on DH; asking lots of questions and letting him know what he expected. The long lunch turned into about a 2 hour talk!
Then while I was showering the morning of the proposal, DH worked all the logistics out with my parents for the actual proposal that night.
Did you expect it, or were you completely surprised?
I was pretty surprised. We had looked at rings and we were on the path of getting engaged, but I had NO idea that weekend would be the time. Since he had such good luck at the table, we didn't spend much time together that day so if he was nervous or acting strange I didn't know.
How did DH propose?
DH is the district president of his fraternity. His alumni chapter was having it's 50 year celebration. We went to Wichita Falls for the weekend so DH could participate in the weekend event. We went to the big dinner on Saturday night with 250 people. DH had to give several little speeches because it was one of his chapters and he was the co-host. They did all the little speeches and then DH was suppose to get up and talk about the website he had created for the chapter. Well his website speech was actually a coverup. He told everyone he was going to give me some kind of sweetheart pin to show how much he appeciated everything I did and how supportive I was. I thought it was just a pin so I went up there to get the pin. DH's friend tossed him a box, he opened it and I saw a ring not a pin. He asked me to marry him in front of all his fraternity brothers. I was so shocked I forgot to say yes. I did eventally remember. I think the best part was that my sister was there if me and his best friend recorded the whole thing!
Was it super planned out?
Yes he planned the whole thing out about a month in advance. He said he had a few other plans he was thinking about but this is the one he liked the best. He even told he the day of that he had to go get the "slideshow" set up but he was actually making sure the DH knew what song to play and the timing of everything.
Was it a shock?
HECK YES. I had no idea. DH had been telling me for months that he just wasn't ready to get married again. He said he loved me and someday down the line it would happen but just not now. He hadn't really been acting any different because he is always nervous when he has to give a speech. I just assumed he was nervous to speak in front of that many people.