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Was your proposal a surprise or did you plan the engagement?

Original post by EJSD2006

Just for fun...want to see what the census was on this topic. Mine was a little of both. We talked about it and he told me in summer of '04 that we would be engaged before the year was over. We never went ring shopping or anything but I definitely knew it was coming, just didn't know exactly when...

How about you girls?
beautyq115 Posted:

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TOTAL surprise...but I must say I had a feeling...no one slipped...I just had this gut feeling

MrsStefan Posted:

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We talked about it, but it was out of my head. I was TOTALLY surprised!!!!
iBCraZ131 Posted:

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I kind of knew that it was coming. Our best friends got married in September of 2004 and we were both in the wedding party. That night he promised that he woudl propose by the end of the following year (2005). He had always promised that as soon as he graduated college (it took him a little longer) and got a job he'd get me a ring. He graduated May 05 got a job in July and we started ring shopping together. I showed him what I liked and let him pick it out. I had no idea that he had the ring at all. He kept telling me he was too busy to go buy it. Then on like a Tuesday he's like 'Marge and Andrei want to go the city since they have some free time. Do you want to go?' So of course I said yes. We were already planning to go to the city to go see the tree two weeks later. So I thought it would be then. So we went to the city and I kind of had an inkling all day but he never proposed. I'd even said to him 'I thought you were going to propose to me today' and he was like 'How can I propose if I don't have the ring!!!' We wound up going home and he actually proposed later that night. I was SOOOOOOO shocked!!! It was the best day of my life!

tiffandmatt Posted:

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We talked about it, so I knew it would happen, but it as a complete surprise when he actually proposed!
adamsangel Posted:

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We had been talking about it for months and I knew it was coming up, then I got pregnant so I figured we'd be waiting until after the baby and he actually proposed in Babies R Us while we were crib shopping...lol!! I think I'm the only one in the world that can say that!! We were going to have an April 2006 wedding but in November 2005(6 months after our son was born) we found out we're having another one(girl) in August so we're waiting until November to get married!! All I can say is we definitely know we can make it through the tough times..having a baby at 21 isn't easy, let alone being pregnant with a baby but we love each other and we're doing it!!!!

SummerBride06 Posted:

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a little of both...we talked about it but he bought the ring as a surprise and planned my surprise trip. he did a great job and i'll never forget it!

JNMWineBride Posted:

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Mine was a surprise... but I knew it was just a matter of time...we had been together for 6 1/2 years - so every possible moment I was thinking - 'maybe this is it'...drove myself nuts...but it was worth the wait! :)

DMart Posted:

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I knew it was coming but not how.... I had been a little bit of a nag about getting engaged since we've been together for a while and we were already living together. His plan had been to propose on our 5 year anniversary and he warned me that he would tell me his plan if I kept on nagging. Well a few months passed and I was still bothering him (annoying, I know, but it was really an issue for me), so he ended up telling me when it was going to happen.

OK, so I ruined that surprise, but he still managed to plan a great anniversary weekend because he planned a surprise trip to Montreal and we stayed at this great hotel and he proposed at night on the top of this mountain at Mount Royal Park overlooking the entire city.. It was beautiful and in the end I didn't care that I already knew it was coming.
DrBeLLaRoSe Posted:

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it was a surprise :)

TeeSee81 Posted:

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I knew. Fh and i started looking after 3 mos for being together by time we picked one we were together for 4 mos. I went with him to look. I told him i wanted a heart shaped stone and he picked the setting but the only way we could see what the diamond and the setting looked like was to by it and if we didnt like it then we could return it. So we took it home. He told me to take a good look at it cause i wouldnt see anymore. The next morning my parents ask if we were still looking or if we got one. So i told them we bought one yesterday, Then my dad said why isnt on your hand then. I was fine about not having it until my parents said something so when i got to his house i told him and he could see i was upset that i didnt have my ring so hours passed then we played poker i won and got my ring .... In away i wish didnt know cause it massed up the surprise. He had ideas when he was gonna give it to me, if i didnt say anything about it. But he said he was glad i did say something cause he didnt know if he wanted to really wait that long.

nposa07 Posted:

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Posted by stlmn2u

My proposal was a surprise....However, I picked out my ring....He wanted me to get exactly what I wanted becuase I will have it for the rest of my life!!! Lucky Me!!!



Same here! He felt bad that he made me go and help pick out my ring so he wanted the proposal to be special...a nice story to tell!! He's too cute!!
scappy123 Posted:

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My proposal was a complete surprise! FH always told me from the beginning he would never propose on a holiday, but on christmas morning after we finished opening gifts, he pulled the ring out from his pj pocket!!!
We had talked about marriage originally 5 months into our relationship, he is divorced so I figured he would take his time. We would always bring it up but never really discuss anything as far as time range etc. My only hint was one morning he asked to see one of the rings i used to wear on my left hand and he actually put it on and was asking goofy questions.
Anyway, he was going to do it when we went to AC in the end of january, but the jeweler called to tell him it came in and he couldnt wait.

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