How did DH propose?

I'll start

DH and I went out to eat at our favorite restaurant in the city. After we ate, we went for a horse and carriage ride in central park. He was going to do it then but he got scared and before he knew it the ride was over. He asked me to take a walk with him in Central Park so we could get a better looks at the Gates (those orange Gates were up at the time) and proposed then.
I was so shocked that when a lady also walking in the park started screaming 'Some guys is proposing' I started looking around to find the guy proposing because it hadn't sunk in yet.
Obviously finally I realized what was happening and said yes.

I Love it Lauren, Good Thread!!!!

DH propoed on our 2nd year Anniversary. Our Date is October 29th....right around Halloween.

Our tradition is to Carve Pumpkins.
Well, I was really sick with an ear ache/sinus infection/fever. I just felt horrible. So DH dragged me out of the Apt. to go to my grandmother's to carve pumpkins....(I was being the BGGEST B*TCH....and to make along story short....He carved out the whole pumpkin (with the help from my younger brother) & on the bottom was the ring.

He told me that he doesn't think we can carve this pumpkin out b/c it is funny on the inside so I take a peak & there's the ring.

I Had NO Idea...My first words were 'Is this for Real??'

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Posted by LitBallerinaGirl

I'll start

DH and I went out to eat at our favorite restaurant in the city. After we ate, we went for a horse and carriage ride in central park. He was going to do it then but he got scared and before he knew it the ride was over. He asked me to take a walk with him in Central Park so we could get a better looks at the Gates (those orange Gates were up at the time) and proposed then.
I was so shocked that when a lady also walking in the park started screaming 'Some guys is proposing' I started looking around to find the guy proposing because it hadn't sunk in yet.
Obviously finally I realized what was happening and said yes.

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How CUTE!!!!!!

When we got engaged we had been together for 7+ years. We were finally out of school and had talked about getting engaged for some time, so I was anxiously awaiting a proposal. My husband knew that I wanted to be surprised and he did a VERY good job at surprising me. Our dating anniversary was in November, my birthday was in December, then Christmas, then New Years. All of these would have been great opportunites- but he did nothing. He knew I would be expecting it. One of my best friends from work got engaged over Christmas. I was totally bummed and jealous. i came home from work that day and kind of gave him a hard time about it. Turns out he had gotten home early from work that day and asked my parents for my hand in marriage.

Three weeks later he decided to go buy the ring himself, he didn't even tell his parents. That Friday afternoon he called and asked he could come over after work. He walked in the door with flowers. I had given him a hard time earlier in the week that he hadn't gotten me flowers in a LONG time (years). I was upset with him about something that happened earlier in the week, so instead of being appreciative, I gave him a hard time. Oh that's so spontaneous of you! Where did you get the idea to give me flowers?! I opened them up and they were red roses. I HATE red roses. He has been told this MANY times. I thought about biting me tongue about this but then the thought entered my mind that if I didn't say anything, he would get me red roses for the rest of my life. (He claims they were all he could find in the middle of January). So I thanked him and said, 'just so you know, I hate red roses.' He said 'I know, but maybe you'll like this instead.' I turned and saw him on one knee with this beautiful ring. I thought it was fake! I thought it was the cruelest joke he had ever played on me. I kept asking him if it was real and telling him this was a horrible joke. I just couldn't believe that he was finally actually proposing. And it was so not how I was expecting it to happen. He had to ask me to marry him several times before I finally believed him. Definitely not the reaction I expected to have. I thought I'd either cry or scream with excitement.

I hate that I sound so horrible in that story, but he caught me at a bad moment. I guess that's what I get for wanting to be surprised. He had really planned to make dinner with me and then put on a mix tape I had made him in high school and ask me while we were dancing to it. And he had a long speach planned. But as soon as he walked in my house he got nervous that I'd find the ring (like I'd look in his coat) so he asked as fast as he could.

Awww!!! Great stories Geraldine and Meegan!!!!!

OOOOO I Love telling this one!! Good Idea!!
And I love all your stories so much!!!!

Here's mine:
I work in the same district as DH is a volunteer firefighter in. So to make a long story short, my manager put the alarm on test, pulled it and they responded. DH was in charge and he went through the motions of sending the guys everywhere in the building, and the chief gave the go ahead over the radio that all man power was released. Well the dispatcher turned around and toned them out for an automatic alarm for a house fire, and DH had to hurry!!
He came around the front desk behind me and got down on one knee and simply stated 'Will you marry me?' We got 2 kisses in after I got over the shock, and out the door they went to the call. I saw him about 4 hours later when they were done.

love this!

ok so we had been going out bf gf for 10 years and we went away for the weekend to mystic conn. to celebrate. we exchanged gifts for our anniversaries every yr so i had asked for diamond earrings bc i figured we had been going out long enough and a wallet bc mine had fallen apart and he asked for a suit and timberland boots for work....soooo we go away and when we get to the hotel we unpack and me being a pain in the a$$ i wanted to open my presents soooooooooooo he opens his first and then its my turn.....it was a huge box filled with tissue paper and when i finally get to the bottom of the box where i find my wallet a HELLO KITTY PLASTIC WALLET i figured he definitely bought me the earrings bc he couldnt afford to buy a real wallet so we start laughing and i open up the wallet and find a lil black box soooooo in my mind thats it i got them and he was like i wonder what u got and im like yea i wonder and i open the box and their it is i was sooooo shocked that i instantly started crying i looked up and he was on one knee telling me everything i wanted him to say for 10 yrs!

We had gone down to Florida to visit his grandparents. I had no clue that he was going to propose while we were down there. I thought it would have been nice but with other things going on in our lives, I didn't think that was the time.

Anyway, when we get down there all these little things started happening that made me a little suspicious. The first night we were down there, his grandpa was trying to get him to go outside and watch the sunset. And his grandmother turned around and said 'they are going to see the sunset tomorrow night.' We are???

Then the next day, I went to church with his grandparents and then we were going to dinner with them and his uncle. He kept asking his uncle what time the sunset was. So when we got back to the house, he was rushing to leave to go to the beach, even though his uncle said we had like 2 hours. On the drive there, we hit traffic and he was freaking out. That's when I started putting everything together.

We finally made it down to the beach and while walking on the boardwalk, he asked someone to take our picture. He was talking to them for a while and I was thinking 'It's not that hard, just tell them to hit the button' When he got back to me, he got down on one knee and proposed.

It was the most romantic thing ever

I knew it was coming, we had been sort of talking about it for a while. First i thought it would happen when we went on a romantic B&B weekend in Block Island in early October. But no proposal. Then he said something about our anniversary, which is in December, but I pointed out that the anniversary of our moving in together was on Halloween. On Halloween I got home from work and DH said something odd about how my 'gift' hadn't been delivered and he didn't know when it would be. Which i found odd, as the only 'gift' I was waiting for was a ring, and if it was being delivered, wouldn't something valuable have a tracking number?

So the next day, Nov 1st, I came home and there was a wrapped present on a small side table. I asked if I could open it, he said yes. So I opened it and found a gorgeous vase of the type that I collect. I forgot about the proposal and admired the vase. Then I noticed there was a piece of paper inside, and I said, 'the receipt?' not wanting to look at it and see the price. DH just raised his eyebrows and shrugged, so I thought, oh, NOT a receipt and I opened it. A ring fell out, which I hardly noticed--the paper said, 'Will you marry me? Check 'yes' or 'no'. PS I love you.' The box for 'yes' was way bigger than the 'no' box. So I went and got my good pen--I always do everything important with my Mont Blanc, and I checked the 'yes.' And we hugged and kissed, etc. Then I finally looked at the ring, which was a very pretty CZ in silver. He bought me a placeholder ring so I could pick out my own. That was the 'gift' that hadn't arrived. And now I have that piece of paper framed, sitting on my desk.

DH and I were going out to a late lunch on a Saturday in November since he had to work at 7. He wanted to go to a nicer place than usual so we tried the Irish Coffee Pub they only do parties and catering on Saturday afternoon so we had to find a different place. DH wanted to try Tellers but I said no. I figured we could go somewhere quick and go to Tellers another night when DH does not have to work. We are driving around and he really wants to go to Tellers still but I said let's just go to Ground Round it will be faster and we will be able to do something after. Since I was driving that is where we went. All through lunch he is hardly talking and kind of mad at me for not going to Tellers. So we eat up and he is grumpy through the whole meal. When we leave he asks me where is the restaurant your parents took us the day we flew in. The restaurant was located in the Bay Shore marina and was a seasonal place. He said he wanted to just see it because he couldn't remember it since he was jet lagged the first time. I was thinking who would say that but drove to the marina anyway.
We arrive at the marina and he wanted to take a walk. After walking for a while he put his arm around my shoulders and pulls me in close and he starts rambling about how we have been going out and things are great. Then he taps my shoulder with the arm he has around me. When I looked at my shoulder I saw a ring in a black velvet box. He just handed it to me and said “here put this on.” I guess he was confident I would say yes.
Now I know why he wanted to go to a nice place for lunch and he doesn’t like anyone to know where we went to lunch that day.
Writing this super long response reminds me I am owed a dinner at Tellers.

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Posted by MeNBobswWriting this super long response reminds me I am owed a dinner at Tellers.

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Mmmmm...Tellers is yummy. How about the anniversary of your engagement? Sounds appropriate!

My DH did a wonderful job!

I had gone out with a few girlfriends for dinner and was going over to his house after.

Well, as I'm walking up I noticed that all the lights were out in the house....and As I walked up to the front door. There was a note hanging.
'Door is open, Come in side and Drop your things.
As I opened the door......The House was filled with 100 tealights, and rose pedals and pictures of us all in a trail around the house. He even had the fireplace roaring and Champagne in the Bucket.

I had to follow the trail around the house, Every few feet I would have a Station, where I would have to open a card or read a letter. After about the 6th station I finally got to the Bedroom door. There was a note on the door, another letter to read plus a card.....at this point I had tears in my eyes, I couldn't read anything. I Knocked on the door....and as I opened the door .....there He was in his suit, kneeling on one knee on a red pillow surrounded by rose pedals and candles, holding the ring. He said such lovely things to me....and Then he asked me to Marry him. I said Yes, I would love to spend the rest of my life with you.


I got a true romantic Husband.....its just what I wished for!

What a great thread!

I used to dance, so I love going to the city to see ballets. DH hates them. For Christmas last year, he said he'd take me to see the Nutcracker at Lincoln Center. We ate dinner at a great little restaurant in Greenwich, went to the ballet, and drove home. On the way there, I asked when he wanted to exchange Christmas presents b/c I was going home to VA for Christmas. He was like, 'oh, we'll do it before you leave, don't worry about it.'

When we got home, he started acting all funny and kept asking me weird questions (like, 'Are you going to use the bathroom now?' what did he care!). So I'm in our bedroom getting changed and he rushes in, makes me sit down on the bed and is like, 'wait here, I'm going to get your Christmas present.' I was like, 'but I haven't wrapped your's yet!' and he told me to close my eyes. I thought maybe he was going to propose, but then I figured he just hadn't wrapped the present. When I opened my eyes, he was on one knee with the ring.

I found out later that the only person who knew he was going to propose was my dad - he'd called him that week to ask for permission. DH had also gone to a diamond seminar at Tiffany's so he knew what to look for in a ring!

Everyone has such beautiful stories! I love romantic husbands!!!!!

First off I love reading all these stories. They are all so great so I figured I would add to it...

We got engaged one early snowy Saturday morning in Feb. At the time we were both in college and I was an Resident Assistant at the time. The night before I was working until 4am so I was completely tired and didn't want to do anything but sleep on Saturday but got woken up at 6:30 am by Brad saying it's time to go for breakfast and he had something fun for us to do that we needed to leave campus early that day. I thought nothing of it since it was the Saturday before Valentine's day and I knew that day we would be celebrating since we were going to be so busy that v-day anyways. So I get up he has me get in the car and I have to close my eyes. Then we go for a drive and he parks the car. When I open my eyes we were at the base of 'the heart' which is this legend when it comes to our school. (Apparently a teacher there used to go up on the side of this mountain and read and when he died apparently all the trees feel down in the shape of a heart.) So I go what are we doing since there is like 8 inches of snow on the ground and it isn't even sunrise yet. So we start hiking and we finally get to the top and sit on a log and we can start to overlook campus as it starts to get lighter out. We were talking and saying how cool is this and then all of a sudden Brad starts talking about our entire relationship as the sun begins to appear. Then at the end he says but there's only one thing left and I didn't think anything of it and when I look there he is on his knee with a box with the ring. Needless to say I say yes and we hug and kiss and I didn't even cry at first because I honestly thought I was going to get sick. Then when I looked down at my hand to see the ring on my finger I started to cry. It was so great. I was just so excited that I wanted to start calling everyone then but he said no let's go back to his room to relax for a little while before we start calling. So we get back to campus and when we get to his room he has me close my eyes before I walk in. I thought now what I already have the ring what else could there be? Well we go in and we start to dance to our favorite songs and then he has me finally open my eyes and on his bed was everything I had ever given to him. From our first picture together to cards, letters, etc. I couldn't believe it. Then I turn around to find a dozen red roses with tissues all around then with a picture of us and I started to cry again. He said that those tissues are to represent the tears of joy to come in our future. It was such a great day and then I was able to start calling friends and family. To end the day he surprised me with a romantic dinner at a very nice place. I still love to tell the story.

What a cute thread!

I decided to take DH to London for his birthday and i planned hthis entire trip for us. He made reservations on one of the nights to Gordon Ramseys resturant at the Claridge House Hotel in London and while at dinner hes like to me you know i was thinking we should get married, i was going to propose to you next month in NY when both our families were together, but i changed my mind. Im like you dont want to get married?! Hes like no i do....then he got down on one knee and the rest is history!!

all I know is I had no clue and Im one of those people that knows EVERYTHING even if I wasnt around.

We had plans to go out with friends for New Years Eve and during work I didnt feel so good so I was saying i may not go out. 3 people i worked with at the time were all telling me and insisting that I go. DH got a hair cut (not wierd) but he went to the person I kept telling him he should go too-his hair looked great

So later on when we went to leave he told me he was running to our neighbors that they were supposedly coming with us-mind you these 2 NEVER go out-so I questioned it and he said no no they are coming. NOPE they didnt come, all I said was I figured that.

We had DHs cousins engagement party that night (dinner thing) so we went there and they had a psychic there, everyone EVERYONE kept telling us to go and talk to her...I dont do psychics so TG we left before it was our turn. The wierd part was everyone kept dragging him away and saying 'i just need to talk to him for a second'

We went to the bar/restaurant and my friend had a video camera (she doesnt even own a car-let alone a video camera) never thought twice about it. Right before the countdown I sat on DHs lap and had to stand up b/c something was digging into my @ss. He freaked and told me I was sitting on the camera...I had the camera in my hand Didnt even question it.

WEEEELLL! As the 10 second countdown started he grabbed my hand from behind, I turned around and said 'WHAAAAAT' (he was interrupting me from watching the ball drop) only to find him down on one knee in the middle of 200 people watching!!!!!!!

I never ever ever in a million years knew! He isnt an attention person-so it took some you know whats on his part to do it there. It was great...and I got it on tape