Proposing... to my boyfriend
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Topic: Proposing... to my boyfriend
Posted By: andweknowthis
Subject: Proposing... to my boyfriend
Date Posted: 19 February 2012 at 7:20pm
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I'm proposing to my partner on the 29th and I wanted to know if any other ladies on here proposed to theirs instead of the other way around. I don't really know how or where or when to do it! I've bought him a watch and am getting it engraved with "will you marry me?".
And men, (if any happen to read this), what do you think about this, if someone were to propose to you, how would you like it done? |
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Posted By: MrsEmma
Date Posted: 19 February 2012 at 7:56pm
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Oh my gosh, I have no advice but that is so awesome and I wish you all the best!!! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Sag76
Date Posted: 19 February 2012 at 8:13pm
i think its great 
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Posted By: SethsMama
Date Posted: 19 February 2012 at 8:40pm
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How awesome! I can't give you advice from a guys point of view, but just from a general POV....
Don't do it in public...it's such a special moment between the two of you, it can be a little awkward having others around for such a private moment. And you know...in private can lead to much fun  ------------- 
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Posted By: andweknowthis
Date Posted: 19 February 2012 at 8:45pm
To be honest I was thinking about going out for dinner and doing it then, after we'd eaten... just passing it over the table and then telling him to look closer and turn it over! But i just have no idea... maybe going for dinner then after going for a walk and doing it then :) Or picnic at the beach! |
SethsMama wrote:Posted By: SethsMama
Date Posted: 19 February 2012 at 9:18pm
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Both great ideas.
Anyway what is most important isn't the way you do it, but the fact you are! All the best! -------------
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Posted By: Tissy
Date Posted: 20 February 2012 at 5:18pm
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to be honest, I proposed to my boyfriend and he spent the next hour laughing hysterically at me. and never took it seriously.
later when he did talk to me he said he felt stink because I took the thrill out of proposing and felt it emasculated him. he is yet to propose to me formally as he is waiting for the right time ------------- http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/ABCD1234" rel="nofollow - My Ovulation Chart |
Posted By: ChikkyD
Date Posted: 20 February 2012 at 5:28pm
He laughed at you?  what a wank -------------   
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Posted By: Tissy
Date Posted: 20 February 2012 at 5:38pm
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yep he laughed.
i felt really stink about it. my best friend had died in a sudden accident (its a year ago today), we were in chch and the earthquake meant my world had literally fallen down around me from what I knew and i thought bugger it I know what I want and what I want is you. so i proposed and he thought it was funny. I mean admittedly it wasn't in the best place seeing as we were on a plane but still I did it all legit and yet he still laughed. ------------- http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/ABCD1234" rel="nofollow - My Ovulation Chart |
Posted By: andweknowthis
Date Posted: 21 February 2012 at 8:20am
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Aw that is pretty stink... I know mine wont laugh but he might feel like it's something he's meant to do and not me and feel weird about it. He's the kind of guy that wont talk to me about his day or tell me if he's having a hard time with work because it makes him feel like less of a man. But I'm not the kind of person to wait around for something, when I want something I go out and get it haha. Plus, he can always propose to me as well, once he's bought me a ring ;)
I've decided to have a romantic picnic dinner and do it then, but not actually ask him just give him the watch and a letter saying how much I love him then get him to read what's engraved on the watch. I'm not romantic and we have never really done anything romantic together so I feel a bit silly planning a romantic picnic but I think he'd like it :) |
Posted By: Keolyn
Date Posted: 21 February 2012 at 7:41pm
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Sounds awesome :) goodluck! ------------- http://lilypie.com/"> 
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Posted By: andweknowthis
Date Posted: 22 February 2012 at 6:50pm
| So in the weekend he told one of my friends when she asked him when he's going to propose to me that he doesn't really want to get married. Guess I'm gonna need all the luck I can get!! |
Posted By: smw85
Date Posted: 22 February 2012 at 11:01pm
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Bummer, but maybe you just have to convince him otherwise?
I was thinking after reading all this, maybe instead of engraving the question will you marry me, perhaps put a statement on it. That way it is not an official proposal, he still gets the opportunity to do the 'man thing' later but it shows your intention that you want to be together forever. Maybe along with the gift of the watch, say I love you and I want to marry you. That leaves it open for him later, and takes away any chance of awkward silence if he needs time to process (especially if he is a man of few words - aren't most of them!!) A few ideas just brainstormed for the watch: True love is Forever Me + you = always Mr and Mrs ;-) Okay those are a bit cheesy, but I'm sure the girls in here have a few great sayings! Good luck and let us know how it goes! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: andweknowthis
Date Posted: 23 February 2012 at 10:34am
I'll tell him we aren't having any more kids until he buys me a ring haha. He wants four :s Or better yet, that we're not having sex for the next three months as that's how long the waiting list is for the birth control I'd go for. That could do it :p I've already got it engraved, and if I'm not direct about it he'll skirt around it and it'll never happen, I think! |
Posted By: BugTeeny
Date Posted: 29 February 2012 at 3:21pm
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SO, how're you feeling?
All set? ------------- 
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Posted By: SethsMama
Date Posted: 29 February 2012 at 3:32pm
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I've been thinking about this all day...all the best foreal!
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Posted By: Aroha11
Date Posted: 01 March 2012 at 9:07am
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I was thinking of you as well - hope all went well. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 01 March 2012 at 9:10am
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Yep wondering how it went here too ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: andweknowthis
Date Posted: 01 March 2012 at 12:19pm
| He said yes :) well, he said "do you want to marry me" and I said yes and then he said that he wants to marry me too <3 |
Posted By: jazzy
Date Posted: 01 March 2012 at 12:32pm
congrats 
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Posted By: EmDee
Date Posted: 01 March 2012 at 1:48pm
Yay! Congratulations  ------------- DS 8 DD 6 DS 4 DD 2 |
Posted By: SethsMama
Date Posted: 01 March 2012 at 2:55pm
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Congrats foreal! -------------
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Posted By: andweknowthis
Date Posted: 01 March 2012 at 4:32pm
| Thanks everyone :D |
Posted By: HoneybunsMa
Date Posted: 01 March 2012 at 6:05pm
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Oh congrats yo must be feeling releaved! ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: andweknowthis
Date Posted: 01 March 2012 at 7:38pm
yep! I was a bit worried after he told my friend that he didn't want to get married, but I know that if he didn't want to, he wouldn't have said yes :) |
Posted By: Aroha11
Date Posted: 01 March 2012 at 9:14pm
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YAY congrats!!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: fattykat
Date Posted: 01 March 2012 at 10:56pm
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Congrats
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Posted By: Raspberryjam
Date Posted: 01 March 2012 at 11:03pm
| phew I was really worried after reading your other post too!~ Thats fantastic Congratulations! - how exciting!! |
Posted By: HelloYellow
Date Posted: 02 March 2012 at 1:13pm
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wahoooo Congrats. Am glad it all went as planned! -------------   
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Posted By: andweknowthis
Date Posted: 02 March 2012 at 3:24pm
| naw you guys are all so lovely haha :) I'm taking him shopping for my ring next week, yay! Even though that's not what really matters it's still so exciting and makes it more 'real'. Wont be getting married for three or four years since he's going back to study next week and we'll be poor, but that's ok, at least I know it'll happen! |
Posted By: clover
Date Posted: 02 March 2012 at 8:17pm
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congrats! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Babykatnz
Date Posted: 07 March 2012 at 5:59pm
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Bit late here (been on a 'OB hiatus' but congrats! I proposed to mine this year, only I got a little impatient and asked him a week ahead... I made a photo montage with a poem and at the end asked him to marry me. He'd bought me a ring for Valentines day (I told him after 6.5 years together it was high time he bought me jewellery lol!) and since its the first ring hes ever bought me, I chose to use that as the engagement ring.
Was kinda funny afterwards cos he'd just finished saying at a friends house (I'm going to be her bridesmaid next year and we all met for lunch/wedding ideas chat) that he was glad he was never getting married... which had me wondering if maybe I was biting off more than I could chew after all... but within a minute of putting the ring on my finger, he'd changed his relationship status on facebook AND was ringing his brother to tell him the news, then text everyone in his address book, and telling people he catches up with that arent on his facebook that we're engaged now... not bad for someone who never wanted to get married again To be fair, for the last 7 years since I seperated from my ex hubby, I've said the same thing  ------------- Brandon - 05/12/2003  
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Posted By: andweknowthis
Date Posted: 07 March 2012 at 7:10pm
Haha they say one thing mean another half the time, don't they... sure they do it just to stress us out :s Congrats by the way :) |
Posted By: LittleBug
Date Posted: 07 March 2012 at 8:22pm
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Congrats!!! ------------- Chloe (4 years) and Oliver (3 years). |
Posted By: andweknowthis
Date Posted: 09 March 2012 at 5:22pm
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Posted By: Keolyn
Date Posted: 12 March 2012 at 3:04pm
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