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Old 06-02-2006, 11:17 AM
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How did you propose to your wife

A friend of mine just proposed to his girlfriend in a rather unique fashion, he did it high atop a Myan ruin, which got me thinking of a new thread. How did you propose to your wife and did it go according to plan?

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Old 06-02-2006, 11:26 AM
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Proposal

We were sitting in a starbucks when I threatened her with marriage and she threatend me with acceptance. Haven't done it yet but the threats should have been carried out with a year. Just have to find the right house.

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Old 06-02-2006, 11:27 AM
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I am going to take one for the team here, and tell you all about what may very well be the worst wedding proposal in the history of wedding proposals. Mine. Memorize this story, so that if your significant other should ever berate you for your lack of romance or imagination in your proposal, you can say "hey, at least it wasn't like this one".

My wife and I were watching TV in bed one evening. We were both still pretty young and living at home, just having graduated from University. She was telling me about one of her girfriends, and how her boyfriend had just proposed to her. I rolled over on my side to look at her and said "what about us?".

That was it.

I hadn't planned to do it at that specific moment, although I was certain that she was the one. It just seemed like a good idea at the time. Obviously, with such a lame proposal, she didn't even think I was serious. After I convinced her I was, she needed a drink to steady her knees. Then we went out and bought the engagement ring. That's when I needed a drink.

She still shames me over my proposal to this very day. In an ironic way, it has become the gift that keeps on giving for her. I've given her something she can hold over my head, good-naturedly of course, for the rest of our lives.


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Old 06-02-2006, 12:18 PM
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One of the best I've heard is from Kenny Schader's new book, Gotta Race.

He and his then girlfriend, Ann, had been dating quite a while. Apparently she had been picking up quite a few of the tabs because his racing didn't leave much money for fun things. When she reached the point where she thought they needed to get serious about their relationship, she presented him with an itemized invoice for about $2500. His choice was simple; either marry the girl or pay the invoice.........

He's always been my favorite NASCAR driver, and the one with the best sense of humor.

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Old 06-02-2006, 12:58 PM
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I was meeting my then-girlfriend, my best friend (mark), and her friends (Yiwen and Julia) at a Gameworks In Easton, COlumus Ohio. Her friends were in town for their 5th college reunion, We had been dating for approx.2 years- previously-we both grew up in the same neighborhood and had a lot of friends in common, but never dated or spoke at length before I got out of the navy (in 2000). I lived in Athens, and Emilie lived in Cincinnati, but the College was outside of columbus so it was a mini-vacation for all of us.

...I had to sneak out early to prepare things, but it all went pretty smoothly...

The 5 of us had spent the evening at Gameworks, and it was 1am when we walked out to the parking garage to get in our cars and roll back to the hotel (her friends were from NYC and Seattle respectively). The girls got in her (Emilie - my then wife) car and the guys got in my friend mark's car. We all prepared to drive off.

marks car "didnt start" (or at least thats what we told the girls).
it was late, my wife was normally asleep by 10p so I reminded her that she had jumper cables in her trunk. I asked her to pop the trunk (no remote release on a base model '97 neon..) she did, and I asked her to open up the plastic case that had the jumper cables.

She didnt even see the ring box at first, I had to point it out to her, at that point, she kinda stopped responding. I took the box, opened it up, got on one knee and asked her to marry me. it took her a few seconds to realize what was going on - (marks car didnt start a second ago, why does John need a ring to get it running...) But when she did, we hugged and kissed it its been good times ever since.

I bought some disposeable cameras beforehand, and Mark passed them out right before I proposed, so all her friends got pictures of the event, Buying disposeables is easier/cheaper than letting all her friends in on the ploy ahead of time.

Everytime we are on the east side of columbus we drive through that parking garage (1.5 levels up) and pass the spot where I proposed to her.

now I feel all warm inside - thanks guys =)


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We were camping and it was kind of a crappy weekend. One morning while she was cooking breakfast I walked around and gatherred some wildflowers and put the ring around the stems so as to make a sort of bouqet. She thought it was pretty romantic.
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Old 06-02-2006, 01:37 PM
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We had been dating for 3 years. I bought the ring while East in December and had to have a friend hold it for me so I wouldn't get too romantic after a few cocktails. Wife had a teaching trip to Europe planned for March. I secretly bought a ticket and left a day before she did and hung out with some friends. When she arrived (and after a sufficient point of no return bender), I suprised her and took her to Brussels for a tour. While there, it began to rain, and we ducked into a cathedral that was named after a saint that had my wifes first name in common. I got down on one knee and asked and she said yes. Then she pointed out that my nervous ass had put the ring on the wrong hand
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Old 06-02-2006, 02:06 PM
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My wife proposed to me!
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Old 06-02-2006, 02:08 PM
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My wife proposed to me!
Sounds like Kenny Schrader's did too
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Old 06-02-2006, 02:44 PM
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My wife proposed to me!
wow thats a bit.. odd..
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Old 06-02-2006, 02:46 PM
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wow thats a bit.. odd..
I bet it happens more than you think.
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Old 06-02-2006, 03:56 PM
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I bet it happens more than you think.
im waiting for the one with the father holding a shot gun to the guys back .... shotgun weddings.. ah i love them
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Old 06-02-2006, 04:21 PM
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Old 06-02-2006, 05:19 PM
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I proposed to her in Venice's Piazza di San Marco. I was going to do it on a gondola, but the moment we entered the piazza, I noticed an orchestra playing romantic music, and even the pigeons played the role of doves.... I went down on one knee and used a line right out of Scarface "I want you to be the mother of my children". (Tony Montana is as romantic as I get) At that moment, she said yes, and a group of schoolgirls passed us screaming "Auguri!" (Congratulations!) We sat at a cafe and ordered champagne, and we split a e18 slice of tiramisu, it was the size of a munchkin. That's all I remember... it was nice.
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Old 06-02-2006, 07:48 PM
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Treasure hunt.

We had been dating for about 2 years or so. We knew we were getting married. She picked out the ring and I was just waiting for it to come in. The plan was to propose on her birthday. She knew it would happen sometime but she did not think it would happen at her birthday. Her sister in law helped drill it into her not to hold her breath. BTW, if anyone is looking for a unique ring setting, look at tension settings. They are very different and very elegant. I was warned both by my wife and female friends of mine that if I do not come up with a unique way to propose, my life will be a living hell. With that in mind I went to work. I am not a ‘romantic’ by nature. I am a smart-ass comedian. It works for me. I came up with the idea of a treasure hunt. I knew when she was coming home so in the garage I had a note asking her if she wanted "to engage in a mission". I had clues laid out all through the house and yard (about 20 as I recall). I gave the answers to 4 of my friends so that my wife could call them if she got stuck. The last question had her going out to a empty ring box in the back yard. I was at the side of the house so when she went out the back door, I went in the front and met her when she came back in. I met her at the back door and asked her if she had any plans for Apr 3, 2004. She said no she did not and I told that was a good thing because I would hate to have to bring the ring back. I took the ring out of my pocket and that as they say was that.

She liked the treasure hunt as did my female friends so my visit to hell has been postponed till I screw up again.

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