Judging by the overwhelming positive response to yesterday's thread, with lots of us newbies about, let's repeat another one that has been done before. I know I always love reading these threads....feel free to enclose any pics.
Me: Deb/Debbie, 27 (Birthday in one week) He: Ken (NOT Kenny), 30 Me: I work in music He: Works in investment banking/finance Met: when he swooned at a blood drive and I gave him my cookie. We both thought Hmmm but never did anything. Then years later set up on blind date and sparks FLEW. Ring: Love it! Central emerald cut with one ct baguettes on each side. Proposal: Helicopter charter around city -- he had left signs that we flew over. Romantic Wedding: NYC/Sept 2005 Honeymoon: Seychelles Dress: Monique Lhullier. In avatar. Love it too. Come on girls...let's get to know each other.
Me: Stacey, 30 (12/12/) He: Gary, 27 Me: I'm an Office Manager He: Graphic Artist Met: At the Oyster Fest, 2002 Ring: Round with baguettes on the side. Proposal: Our house in the bedroom, he wrote me a poem and was playing our song..I love him Wedding: Hamlet Windwatch 8/27/2005 Honeymoon: Don't know yet Dress: Eve of Milady
Me: Eileen, 25 (26 next month) He: Brett, 25 (26 next month - we're 2 days apart) Me: Sales Manager in Publishing, in masters program for psychological counseling He: IT/Web guy Met: through mutual friends 10/6/01 Ring: Old Miner's Cut, simple thick platinum band (his grandmother's diamond) Proposal: in florida visiting his grandparents (he went for shock value - it worked!) Wedding: Milleridge Cottage 4/3/2005 Honeymoon: Mediterranean cruise Dress: Ashley Jordan
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Me: Ang/Andrea, 26 He: Rich, 26 Me: Human Resources He: Accounting (Audit) Met: first week of freshman year in college and have been inseparable ever since. Ring: Exactly what I wanted. Princess cut with double baguettes on each side. Proposal: brought me back to Buffalo where we met and proposed on top of the greek columns overlooking the lake on campus. Wedding: Fox Hollow September 2005 Honeymoon: Cabo San Lucas Dress: Demetrios #1149
Me: Donna, 35 Him: Chris, 39 Me: Sales & Mktg Administrator Him: Store Mgr retail - hopefully soon district manager Met: Performing Rocky Horror in 1987. Proposal: Dinner cruise around Manhattan. Proposed oustide on deck under moonlight. Knows how much I love being off the water. Wedding: Riviera in Massapequa - Sept 2005 Honeymoon: So far it looks like Disney Dress: Bonny
Deb: Love that you gave FI your cookie. Very sweet and romantic!
Me: Jenn 27 Him: Chris 32 Met: Through a mutual friend Proposal: Took me to the sweetest place on earth (hershey park) where he proposed with a giant hershey kiss that read 'Jenn, will you marry me?' Ring: Princess cut set in a precision set platinum solitare setting Wedding: Hamlet Windwatch 10/09/05 Honeymoon: dunno yet Dress: Dunno that either!
Me: Diane, 27 He: Nick, 24 Me: I work in finance He: One of NY's Finest Met: In college on a smoke break, I grabbed his attention by talking about sports cars Ring: Could not be more perfect! Love it! Well I should, I picked it out. Proposal: Central Park on 12/20/03. We took a carriage ride then walked into the park, sat at a bench and the rest is history... Wedding: Woodbury Country Club Honeymoon: Aruba at the Divi All Inclusive Resort Dress: Maggie Sottero, Topaz. Favorite thing in the world: my Jack Russell Murphy
Me: Heather, 27 in 6 days He: Anthony, 30 Me: advertising He: sales Met: on yahoo! Neither of us were looking for love at the time. I was in a LD relationship. We were in a regular NYC chat room. Found out we grew up 5 minutes from each other. Talked on the phone for 3 months, met in person, 4 1/2 years later we are getting married! Ring: princess cut set in platinum, 6 channel set stones Proposal: 10/18 of last year in front of a waterfall at a B&B upstate. I had no clue!!! Wedding: Chateau Briand Honeymoon: Aruba or Riviera Maya Dress: Maggie Sottero Moulin Rouge
Me: Donna, 29 He: Joe, 27 Me: Administrative Assistant He: Phys Ed Teacher Met: At Sullivan's in Bayside Ring: Platinum, Pear Shaped Center stone, with two pear side stones Proposal: 7/1/03 at the Bellagio in Las Vegas Wedding: Villa Lombardi's Honeymoon: Hawaii-Maui and Kauai Dress: Jasmine Coutoure (sp?)
Me: Jen 25 Him: Brian 25 Me: Work as an Advertising Manager at a Magazine Him: Investment Banking Met: Was dating his best friend for 2.5 years Proposal: He re-enacted our entire first date, and on our first date we ate at china grill..so he had a marriage proprosal printed in a wonton cookie...when that happened my parents, grandparents and his parents walked in and surprised us, also on our first date we went ot merchants, so after that all happened we went to merchants and all our friends were waiting for us. Ring: I designed the setting, since my dad's in jewelry...I had an eternity band with diamonds going all the way around (round stones) and the center round he picked out I have a pic of it at home, not here Wedding: Temple Beth El, Cedarhurst 06/26/05 Honeymoon: Probably Hawaii Dress: Stephen Yearick
Me: Shandra, 30 He: Jim, 33 Me: business analyst He: Teacher Met: Through mutual friends in October 97 Ring: solitaire with platinum band Proposal: 6/26 - at my surprise 30th, I was totally shocked Wedding: Riviera @ Massapequa Honeymoon: Hawaii Dress: Ginza Collection - don't have a pic on this computer
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Me: Lisa, Li, 28 (Birthday July 8th) He: Gregg with 2 G's (NOT Gregory!), 28 (Brthday May 1st) Me: I work in media He: Works in Construction (project manager) Met: At Queens College Ring: Central Round stone with 2 tapered baguettes, I love it! Proposal: At a park near our house the day after the Blackout Wedding: Church/Westbury Manor Honeymoon: Serengeti & Zanzibar Dress: Eve of Milady
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Me: Stacy He: Pascale (Pat) Me: Executive Recruiter He: Gas Operations Supervisor for Con Ed Met: We dormed across the hall from eachother and became best friends and then with time into something more! Ring: Yellow Gold Setting with round center and alternating round and bagettes on each side. Proposal: Day before Easter. Big Easter basket. Ring was inside a Coach bag inside the homemade basket. Makes me cry to even think about it!! Ceremony: St. Catharine of Alexandria Reception: Ariana Waterfall Honeymoon: Royal Caribbean Majesty of the Seas; Miami Beach for the weekend after cruise. Dress: Working on it. But this is my #1 right now.
~ We are having a Cinderella themed wedding and I love it! I love wedding planning even though it takes most of my time and bank account. In the end, what matters to me most (CHEESY ALERT) is just being married and feeling like the luckiest girl in the world--Cinderella!
Me: Deb/Debbie/Debs 22 He: Kevin 23 Me: Grad Student in Upper Elementary (graduating May '05) He: Grad student in School Psychology (Graduating May '07 ) Met: We both worked at Waldbaums in high school... Ring: Princess solitaire, platinum Proposal: Jones beach boardwalk... It was the day after our 4 year anniversary (which was the blackout!). I got a countdown of gifts leading up to it... 4 harry potter hardcovers, 3 boxes of godiva, 2 bears, 1 ring Wedding: Meadow Club, Aug 2005 Honeymoon: not sure yet... Dress: Ginza
Me/Alicia age 24 Him/Colon age 27 I am a Customer Rep for a fortune 500 Company
He is a Pressman at Newday
Met at a local Bar when all our friends hung out he introduced himself and the rest was history. Oh yea we met Last year around this time it will be 1 year Dec.11th
Purposed:5/17/04 in Aruba on vacation on the beach as the sunset he got on one knee and she asked the question.
Ring: I had picked out before we left for the trip but I thought it was getting resized and that he would purpose around Christmas time our 1 year anniversary. Marquis cut with round diamonds on each side and princess cut in lay.
Wedding: Chateau La Mer
Honeymoon;Aruba where he purposed!
Dress:Maggie Saterro (Royal Romance)
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Me: Melissa Him: Jon Me: mortgages - blah Him: wholsaler of luxury gifts Met: back in high school when I was dating his best friend Ring: radiant stone set sideways Proposal: he is always complaing of hearing rocks in his tires, so one night on our way to get ice cream he did it again - being that i never hear it i just rolled my eyes at him. he pulled over checked all the tires, made me turn the steering wheel and everything....then came to my door, got down on one knee and said 'i think i found the rock in my tire' (which was my ring). now whenever he says that i think im getting jewelry!! Wedding: Temple B'nai Sholom in Rockville Centre 9/5/05 Honeymoon: prob Hawaii Dress: Tomasina crappy pic of ring sorry - its all i got at work!!
MY JOB: in between careers... going from actress to agent/casting director/manager.. something along those lines HIS JOB: Works for Victoria's Secret Beauty and teaches an LSAT course.
MET: June 2003 doing musical theater in Naples, NY
RING: He did an amazing job!!! Central emerald cut with trillions on eitherside
PROPOSAL: It's a rather lenghty story that can be found here. In a nutshell he surprised me by flying me up to Naples where we met, and proposing to me in the house we spent most of our time that summer. Candles and rose petals were everywhere. And my favorite champagne was flowing! Hee hee.
WEDDING: The Carltun - 10/7/05 - Vineyard elegance theme
HONEYMOON: Most likely St. Lucia
Don't have a dress yet, but the shopping begins next week!
ETA on 10/20: Started shopping today and fell IN LOVE with an Anne Barge. I think it's 'the one'. Time will tell... Dress shopping is so fun!!!!!
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Me: Jes, 20 until Feb 21st. He: Kevin 31 Me: Run a small boutique in Willliamsburg, plan on opening my own for pets one day He: manages Barnes & Noble Met: We both worked at Borders 4 years ago... he was my boss! (but his girlfriend at the time was my direct manager) Ring: Round cut with baguettes on sides, platinum Proposal: I kind of had 2. the first one, we just happened to have woken up at the same time at 4 am and we just started talking and everything, it was 1 month after i move in... and he just said it all of a sudden out of nowhere.. we were both crying... then in like 2 weeks, or maybe less I came home from work one day and was playing some music and he came over to me and got down on one knee,... i knew what he was doing and i dint want him down on one knee so i got down on the floor with him and he took out the ring, i didnt even look at it I just hugged him and started crying again! Wedding: Little White Wedding Chapel, Las Vegas, Nevada. March 1st 2005 Honeymoon: we're just going to stay in vegas for a whi;le and then do soemthing on our 1st anniversary Dress: David & Johnny (i think, i forget)
I'll post whatever pics I have here, but will put more up later when I get home..
Me: Randi, 29
He: Matt, 27
Me: I work in adv/marketing
He: Database consultant
Met: through mutual friends two years before we started dating ( I thought he was too young). Finally got together at a mutual friend's engagement party.
Ring: So gorgeous... Brilliant cushion cut in a antique setting with 3 rounds side stones on each side.
Proposal: In the apt. Came home to find no Matt, but 50 balloons with instructions to pop each one. Each balloon had a note in it- a cute thing, or a reason why he loved me. Last balloon had instructions to call down to our friend's apt- where he came up with one last balloon to pop!
