How He Asked- Your proposal story??

We were window shopping the jewellers Windows and he said "suppose you know what sort of ring you want?" I said yes I did so we bought it. Nothing romantic about the occasion at all. 

We must doing something right - coming up to our 45 th anniversary. 

we drove from seattle to san francisco along the coast highway.. hours and hours. when we got back, 10 pm..he opened champagne, asked me..I said yes, fell asleep, and he polished off another bottle thinking..what have I done. I was just waiting..we both knew we were going to get married. married 9 months later. coming up to 34 yrs.

My DH said over and over again that he was never getting married again. So I thought that living together was as far as he would ever commit. One day I had one of those Facebook advertisements show up with a pretty ring. I showed it to him. He said order it. I nearly fell off my chair. Then he said will you marry me February 25, 2019. So i figured it was going to be a long engagement and not worth bothering. I thought he was just being stupid. A week later we were at the mall and he asked me if I wanted to go ring shopping. We picked out a ring that day and got officially engaged. I still thought it would be a while before we were married. We had a trip to Vegas planned for three months later and about a week before we went to Vegas he said I want to get married while we are there. So that's what we did.

He proposed on the beach at sunset in my favourite place in the world. I think my reply was something super romantic like, "Are you serious?!?" because I was so blown away. We celebrate our ten year wedding anniversary in a couple weeks. He's still my favourite human.

Down on one knee in a restaurant while I sat with my hands over my face sooooo embarrassed. Thankfully it was quiet and we didn't have much of an audience. I'm really not one for a fuss and would have preferred something less public.

We were attending colleges about three hours apart, and he came to my college for a weekend visit right around Valentine's Day. He said he wanted to go to a state park that we'd been to before and really enjoyed. So we got there, and he was just sort of wandering around the lodge and the patio outside--there was a tour group of senior citizens staying there and every time he thought he'd found a secluded spot to propose, a gaggle of old ladies would walk through.

I had no clue what was going on, couldn't understand why he was leading me around so (seemingly) aimlessly and started complaining...finally we were out on the snowy patio alone for a second and he said exasperatedly, "The REASON I wanted to COME here was so I could PROPOSE to you!"

Well, that knocked me speechless for a second, but then I said yes and had a couple of tears, and then later that day we went to pick out an engagement ring. Been married 24 years and I still exasperate him, but he's stuck with me now.

I think one of my favorite proposals on TV was Jim and Pam from The Office... I love that one!!

We were at his place, after we had taken shifts with my mom at the hospital after an incredibly difficult surgery. I was a mess, tired and crying and apologized to him for having to deal with my brand of crazy and thanked him for being so good to my mama. He got down on one knee and told me how he would do anything for me, i'm the most incredible woman ever, etc etc etc. He hates when I cry and will generally do anything to make me smile when I do so for some reason, my brain couldn't comprehend that he was on one knee and he might be serious. So he told me how fabulous I am and said 'Will you marry me"

I looked at him.
I laughed at him.
I said
'That was a good practice, but i'm going to need you to tell me how great I am a little more'

then I saw his face and realized he was serious. Oops. I blame emotional exhaustion.

He did try again after we ring shopped, and then again when the ring finally came in from being made.

Third times the charm? ha

He didn't ask, I gave him an ultimatum.  We had been living together for more than two years and he was happily content to continue to do so.  To be fair, at that time, his brother had been living with his SO for close to 20 years so DH thought we'd just do the same.  Not this girl!  I wanted a ring and a ceremony.  We've been married almost 30 years and still joke about it.  

He asked when we were 18 and I said, "No, we are too young. Are you crazy?"

He asked again when were 50 and I said, "Yes, now I will."

(There was a whole lifetime in between including us losing contact with each other for almost 28 years.)

DH#2 likes to take trips, and he was always planning the next one before we had taken the current one, and I teased him about it all the time. Planned a weekend trip to Philadelphia, and on a bench outside Independence Hall, he pulled a handkerchief from his pocket, and then asked me what I was doing next July? I thought he was referring to a trip, so I said - too far ahead to plan that! then he unfolded the handkerchief and gave me a ring, then he said I thought we could get married!

But the best proposal, to me, was my son's. He was entering 3rd year of law school, and knew they were going to get married, and that she would want some friends/family around. He enlisted the help of his twin, and got the twin to "decide" with the GF to hold a surprise graduation party for the following summer. She does all the invitations, Twin sets the party up (he's a chef) at one of his restaurants. Twin set up a small room outside the party room for them. They arrive, with another couple, to look at the restaurant as a venue for the other couple. Son gets GF into the side room - set with candles, rose petals on the floor, champagne and the ring on the table. Twin videos, I sneak in behind with camera and take pictures, and he gets down on one knee and proposes. I sneak back into the party room, and then they enter - her leading with the ring. Everyone yells surprise, as it's supposed to be a surprise graduation party. Most everyone didn't know what was going on, although a few people did. Among those not knowing was her mother (she can't keep a secret for a minute), and it took her almost 10 minutes before she figured it all out.

Truly a wonderful moment and afternoon. They get married next summer.

We were kids 17 and 19. We were in his car to discuss the fact that I was pregnant and how were we were going to tell our parents.We mostly sat in silence looking at each other. He held me and said I don't want you ever to go home and he said he wanted to get married.I said I did too but wasn't sure how we were going to do that. Telling our parents went better with his family than mine. We eloped to Maryland with his parents in tow as Maryland would marry us with me only being 17 yrs old.In our home state of NY I had to be 18. We got wedding rings in a jewelry store across the street from the court house. My ring was a $12 slim gold band. I think his cost $18. Dh always felt bad that I did not get an engagement ring. At his insistence we went shopping for a ring on our 10th anniversary.We have been married 44 yrs now.

Edited to correct our ages. I was 16 when I met dh and 17 when we married. I was 2 months short of being 18 when our son was born.

How fitting you ask this today! It's our 5th anniversary. Our story is so lame but so true to how we are. Shortly after Memorial Day weekend, the weekend BIL wrecked his car and became paralyzed 6 years ago, DH told me he realized that there wasn't anyone else he wanted next to him during that time, how that as soon as he got the call, I was making arrangements to delay picking up my kids from their Dad and took over attempts to get a hold of his Mom who was camping in northern MI and out of good cell phone range. He knew he could rely on me so he wanted to spend the rest of his life with me. We looked at some rings, just window shopping, and got an idea of what size rings were necessary. He went back and bought the one I liked best and kept it in his pocket for a week. He said he had this plan of going for a walk on this trail we walked a few times and proposing somewhere along the way. He never did it. Chickened out because he was afraid of what my answer would be I had already said I wanted to be with him so why would he think I'd say no is beyond me. We were laying in bed (fully clothed! it was a comfortable spot for us to just talk without the prying ears of two young boys, esp one who tended to butt in), just talking when he told me of his plan. I said, so what's stopping you from asking me now? So he did. The ring was in his pocket still. He was actually nervous (silly man) enough to almost drop it.

We still have some of our best conversations in bed. That bed is damn comfortable!

We'd been dating for several years and had discussed marriage, but I wasn't expecting a proposal. At all.

It was Christmas Eve and we were getting ready to go to my family's house. My boyfriend told me he was going to give me a gift to open before we went because I would need it. I had been talking about buying myself a new camera for a few months and thought, "yippeee! New camera!"

Sure enough, it was the camera I'd been eyeing for months. My boyfriend was showing me a few of the camera's features and, while we were looking through the photos on the camera we came to one that was a sign that said, "will you marry me?" I thought that was odd, but I wasn't expecting a proposal. It took me a second to realize that the photo was taken in our house and that it was my bf's handwriting. I slowly (very slowly) realized what was happening. I heard my bf clear his throat, looked up, and there he was on bended knee. I was so shocked and happy that I sat, mute, for a few seconds. Finally, my fiance asked again and I realized that he was proposing. We kissed and he said, "um....is that a yes? Because you never really answered."

It was beautiful and private. Still one of the best moments of my life. We celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary this year and have been together for nearly 16 years.