How did you propose??
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Well I think it's time I made an honest woman of Mrs Glocko.
I have bought the ring and plan to drop my knee on Christmas morning.
Would have loved to jetted her off to somewhere romantic like Paris or Rome but finances and kids prevent that.
So, come on, what did you do to make that moment special?
I'm not wanting to 'publicise' it to strangers by doing it in a restaurant or banner/plane scenario. Just something special between me and Jen.
Any tips would be most welcome.
Ta
I have bought the ring and plan to drop my knee on Christmas morning.
Would have loved to jetted her off to somewhere romantic like Paris or Rome but finances and kids prevent that.
So, come on, what did you do to make that moment special?
I'm not wanting to 'publicise' it to strangers by doing it in a restaurant or banner/plane scenario. Just something special between me and Jen.
Any tips would be most welcome.
Ta
For me, the plan was to go down on one knee and propose at the stroke of midnight on Millenium New Year's Eve - new century, new life together, etc. etc. 
Unfortunately it didn't quite work out that way and we had a blazing row instead.
The moment was kind of lost, and we just started making wedding plans in the February without me actually proposing as such.
Ah well. Happily married now (to the woman in question, I hasten to add)
Cracking wedding too. The regular PHers know where it was so I won't bore you all by saying yet again.
>> Edited by JonRB on Friday 10th December 20:49
Unfortunately it didn't quite work out that way and we had a blazing row instead.
The moment was kind of lost, and we just started making wedding plans in the February without me actually proposing as such.
Ah well. Happily married now (to the woman in question, I hasten to add)
Cracking wedding too. The regular PHers know where it was so I won't bore you all by saying yet again.
>> Edited by JonRB on Friday 10th December 20:49
New Year's Eve at Bowness on Windermere.
We went for a meal beforehand and the ring box was in my sock rubbing against my shin.
We then took a near to midnight walk through the swan/goose poo down by the moonlit lake and there I popped the question. She had no idea.
I don't think she had any idea what she was letting herself in for either.
We went for a meal beforehand and the ring box was in my sock rubbing against my shin.
We then took a near to midnight walk through the swan/goose poo down by the moonlit lake and there I popped the question. She had no idea.
I don't think she had any idea what she was letting herself in for either.
mungo said:
I set the alarm for 09:00 in the bedroom then left to a destination known only by myself...
Turned my phone off so she couldn't call.
I left a note on her pillow.
... Said "Please follow all instructions - taxi picking you up at 10:00... love Matt X"
Taxi took her to the local train station where the taxi driver gave her a rail ticket I had bought her to Gatwick along with a note to check in at a certain desk and give her name.
On arriving at the desk and announcing who she was, she was told she was on the 13:00 departure to Paris and to look for the taxi driver holding her name up on the other side...
The other side, taxi driver picked her up and took her to the Eiffel Tower and told her to go to the top and that I was waiting up there for her...
She got to the top and there I was waiting for her and I uttered the immortal words in front of all present to show my feelings to the whole world, "Will you do me the pleasure of giving me my brown wings?"
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!
I won't let mungo kill this thread with his filthy humour!!
I got down on one knee in Chenencaue (sp?) chateau in the Loire valley and said the line from Pride and Prejudice (which she loves) "You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you" followed by "You must allow me to ask you to marry me".
She was so overcome she hardly noticed the ring was from Elizabeth Duke.
I got down on one knee in Chenencaue (sp?) chateau in the Loire valley and said the line from Pride and Prejudice (which she loves) "You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you" followed by "You must allow me to ask you to marry me".
She was so overcome she hardly noticed the ring was from Elizabeth Duke.
I was completely shocked when my ex proposed to me.
He had it all planned...he was going to propose on my birthday at sunset whilst we were holidaying in Africa. Unfortunately he got severe food poisoning and we had to postpone the holiday for 6 weeks.
So instead he proposed at my house whilst recovering (still on my birthday) and I promptly drove off to work with a platinum sparkler on my finger, whilst he went back to his sick bed!
He had it all planned...he was going to propose on my birthday at sunset whilst we were holidaying in Africa. Unfortunately he got severe food poisoning and we had to postpone the holiday for 6 weeks.
So instead he proposed at my house whilst recovering (still on my birthday) and I promptly drove off to work with a platinum sparkler on my finger, whilst he went back to his sick bed!
We knew we were going to get married, we had even chosen her engagement ring, what she did not know was that I had ordered it made by a small local jeweller.
Organised a "work" trip to Bath for a conference(one of her favourite cities) on a BH weekend and told her she could shop while I was in meetings etc. - sat outside the cathedral that night told her "I've been lying to you" looked at her shocked face, and explained "I'm not here for work, just here to ask you to marry me, and gave her the ring"
That brought her to tears
I thought they would have stopped after 8 years tho'
IMO Take her somewhere she loves, and if that is front of the telly with the kids than that will be as special, if not better than anywhere else in the world, good luck !!!
Organised a "work" trip to Bath for a conference(one of her favourite cities) on a BH weekend and told her she could shop while I was in meetings etc. - sat outside the cathedral that night told her "I've been lying to you" looked at her shocked face, and explained "I'm not here for work, just here to ask you to marry me, and gave her the ring"
That brought her to tears
I thought they would have stopped after 8 years tho'
IMO Take her somewhere she loves, and if that is front of the telly with the kids than that will be as special, if not better than anywhere else in the world, good luck !!!
JonRB said:
For me, the plan was to go down on one knee and propose at the stroke of midnight on Millenium New Year's Eve - new century, new life together, etc. etc.
Unfortunately it didn't quite work out that way and we had a blazing row instead.
>> Edited by JonRB on Friday 10th December 20:49
That's what I did.
Fortunately we didn't fall out that night.
leosayer said:Superb.
I got down on one knee in Chenencaue (sp?) chateau in the Loire valley and said the line from Pride and Prejudice (which she loves) "You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you" followed by "You must allow me to ask you to marry me".
Did you then strip down to your shirt and dive into a lake?
Took her on Holiday to the best hotel in Barbados, on first night, at candlelit dinner, produced engagement ring and popped the question (do you want it then or what? ) she said yes - good job really as I'd bought the ring and arranged wedding etc all before hand, had to buy wedding ring there (tax free though )...aah well I used to be a romantic bastard!
And I got to go water skiing 30 mins before being married..and Jet skiing a couple of hours later.
) she said yes - good job really as I'd bought the ring and arranged wedding etc all before hand, had to buy wedding ring there (tax free though )...aah well I used to be a romantic bastard! And I got to go water skiing 30 mins before being married..and Jet skiing a couple of hours later.
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