No Proposal??

[Kristina_and_Aj]

i know we had a thread on UW about not having a "romantic" proposal or no proposal at all! lets hear your stories!

[Kristina_and_Aj]

ill start with mine

we were sitting in our bed watching tv with the pets, we had gone a few days before and picked out my ring and it was going to be finished the next day.

were sitting there and he looks over at me and says "will you marry me" i said "yea" and we just went back to watching tv!:lolroll:

the next he went and picked up my ring and brought it to me, and that was it!

[Emily]

LOL....I have one! I came home from work one night (I worked 3-11pm then) and I start yelling at him about the dishes not being done....so after that, I am sitting on the couch eating dinner and he is in our bedroom messing around with my stuff(which is pissing me off)....he comes out with all these jewelry boxes and he's going to them trying to figure out what is in them....he hands me a box and I open it and it has a ring in it...I say " Is this an engagement ring?" he says "yes" then I say "well are you going to ask me" he does and we live happily ever after!

[Sk8ermaiden]

We went and picked out the stones for my ring on my birthday, and I knew when he was picking it up on Saturday (a freaking month later), and he came over my apartment and I was lying on the bed and kept begging him to let me see it.

Finally he goes to his car and gets it out and comes upstairs and hands it to me. He says, "Will you marry me?" And I say, "Yes." Then he rolls off the bed and gets on one knee and says, "This is how it's done, right?" I say, "Yes, generally." And he took the ring back from me and put it on my finger.

Happily ever after...and very us.

[~*Kate*~]

We had just shot the pictures at my uncle's wedding in OK and were headed back to AR to pack up our apartment at the end of the school year. We had talked about getting married lots of times so I was blabbering on and on about what we would do differently and what I liked about their wedding, and DH just kept getting quieter and quieter. This eventually led to a fight b/c I thought it meant he didn't really want to get married. We went to bed angry (okay, I was angry), which never happens. After a few minutes he got up and left the room, which really pissed me off, because that NEVER happens. I heard him go into the parking lot and I could not figure out what in the world he was doing. He came back in, got in bed, took my hand, and slid the ring on. I said, "What are you doing?" and he said, "I want you to be my wife." Turns out he was just getting quieter and quieter because he already had the ring-- it was hidden in his trunk, and he had a sweet proposal all planned for our upcoming trip to California. Oops.

He had intended to ask my parents' permission first, but obviously that didn't work out, so we definitely wanted to at least tell them in person. Of course we also wanted them to hear it first. But first we had to pack our entire apartment. It was so hard not to tell our friends who were still hanging around school. Also, we had my dad's truck, which he called "Baby," and managed to lock the keys in it right before we were leaving! When we finally got home, we asked my parents if they wanted to hear the good news or the really good news. The good news was: "The truck is fine." The really good news: I just put my hand out. Momma screamed, of course. Daddy was just really happy. When we told the rest of the family, my great-grandparents toasted us with grape juice. :-)

[*Diane*]

We had just shot the pictures at my uncle's wedding in OK and were headed back to AR to pack up our apartment at the end of the school year. We had talked about getting married lots of times so I was blabbering on and on about what we would do differently and what I liked about their wedding, and DH just kept getting quieter and quieter. This eventually led to a fight b/c I thought it meant he didn't really want to get married. We went to bed angry (okay, I was angry), which never happens. After a few minutes he got up and left the room, which really pissed me off, because that NEVER happens. I heard him go into the parking lot and I could not figure out what in the world he was doing. He came back in, got in bed, took my hand, and slid the ring on. I said, "What are you doing?" and he said, "I want you to be my wife." Turns out he was just getting quieter and quieter because he already had the ring-- it was hidden in his trunk, and he had a sweet proposal all planned for our upcoming trip to California. Oops.

He had intended to ask my parents' permission first, but obviously that didn't work out, so we definitely wanted to at least tell them in person. Of course we also wanted them to hear it first. But first we had to pack our entire apartment. It was so hard not to tell our friends who were still hanging around school. Also, we had my dad's truck, which he called "Baby," and managed to lock the keys in it right before we were leaving! When we finally got home, we asked my parents if they wanted to hear the good news or the really good news. The good news was: "The truck is fine." The really good news: I just put my hand out. Momma screamed, of course. Daddy was just really happy. When we told the rest of the family, my great-grandparents toasted us with grape juice. :-)

I believe I might have done some seriously jumping up and down, too. :twirl: Still makes me happy to think about that.

[Miss Cris]

mine is the worst, because I PROPOSED haha
i was in hospital one week for calculosis, feeling very bad. had my operation, he used to come to visit me and bring me gifts (we used to live together already) and out of nothing i am like "we should get married next year, civil rite, don't you think?" "yes"

that's it. lmao. i already had my engagement ring because in italy we get it not when they ask you to get married but when the relationship is serious and it means you are taken. that's how it works. americans are more romantic, who would have said that? ;):P

[jillian]

He had a romantic proposal all figured out and was in the process of getting to the beach where he had planned to propose. Just as he was turning the corner I snapped at him. I was hungry and I thought he was just going for a drive so I said something like, "Can't you just find a place to park so we can find a restaurant?"

Sure enough he turned around and went to a parking lot where he presented me a box wrapped in gold paper. I, being hungry, asked if it was chocolate very enthusiastically. So when I opened the box I just stared at the ring. I asked him what it was and he said, "It's an engagement ring, from me!" I just kept staring at it until he asked me if I was going to put it on.

I love our proposal, it's so us.

[purple_octopus]

We arrived at a decision to get married through several discussions. I know, not too romantic. People don't like to hear that when they ask "How did he propose?" But you know what? I wouldn't have it any other way. If he spent gobs of money on a ring, not only would I be pissed and never wear it, but I would be insulted that he would spend that kind of money assuming I would say yes. To me, marriage is quite a serious matter, and I think a lot of discussion is required. It has to be a mutual arrangement, IMO. There's no way I could agree to marry someone instantaneously just because they put a shiny thing in front of me. Putting me on the spot by asking me in public would be even worse. Come on, man, don't make me turn you down in front of a stadium of people. And don't think I'll say yes just so I won't have to. :p I guess we're just boring and practical like that. :)

[Sk8ermaiden]

We arrived at a decision to get married through several discussions. I know, not too romantic. People don't like to hear that when they ask "How did he propose?" But you know what? I wouldn't have it any other way. If he spent gobs of money on a ring, not only would I be pissed and never wear it, but I would be insulted that he would spend that kind of money assuming I would say yes. To me, marriage is quite a serious matter, and I think a lot of discussion is required. It has to be a mutual arrangement, IMO. There's no way I could agree to marry someone instantaneously just because they put a shiny thing in front of me. Putting me on the spot by asking me in public would be even worse. Come on, man, don't make me turn you down in front of a stadium of people. And don't think I'll say yes just so I won't have to. :p I guess we're just boring and practical like that. :)

I agree with your points. FH and I went to get my ring together AFTER we had decided through probably a year's worth of discussions about the future (finances, jobs, houses, religion, retirement, travel, children and child-raising, etc.) that we were not only in love, but had compatible views and goals. We did want to do the traditional engagament ring route though.I would not have said yes though if we had not already discussed it extensively. I don't know what to think when people say that they "Had no idea that he was thinking of proposing." It blows my mind that they would say yes if they did not already know that they were on the same page. Maybe I'm too boring and practical too.:caught:

[~Kate~]

DH and I had been dating for 2 months (yes, he was crazy) when he proposed. We were sitting on the porch one night, watching a storm roll in, when he got down on his knee and asked me to marry him. That's it.....just sitting outside drinking and BAM proposal. :lol:

I think my answer was "WHAT??!?! Are you serious?!?!?!" :heee: