Hey ya'll i just joined this forum to get ideas from others out there that are planning to be married or have already married their significant others.My girlfriend and I have been together for 6 months and I want to propose to her but not really sure how or what to do.I am a 30 yr old female and she is 29 yrs old. We have a 2 year old that we are raising together that she had prior to us.I love her with all my heart and soul and just want to have a specail everlasting proposal that she will never forget can anyone help?
J and I talked about marriage for a while before we actually got engaged. She had been through several bad relationships in a row, and absolutely forbade me to pop the question until we'd been together for at least a year, so I had lots of fun teasing her before then. "Honey, will you.... pass the salt?" I respected her wishes, though, and just cooked up a big, fun proposal for our weekend away in the spring. I described it before on the first post in this forum. Have fun coming up with ideas!
Posts: 39 | Location: Western Massachusetts | Registered: 23 January 2006
if you're going to go a traditional route - getting down on one knee and having a ring already, i suggest finding out beforehand about her style and tastes, and what she imagines she wants to wear on her finger for the rest of her life.
(i've had a lot of friends get engaged and / or married recently and some of them either had to say something about not liking their ring, or are going to be wearing it for the rest of their lives, unhappily)
as for the actual event - just do something out of the ordinary. either take her away somewhere special (even for an afternoon), and have a location and setting that will mean a lot to her personally. if it seems appropriate, i would also suggest having the two year old (son? daughter) play a role in the engagement, since your marriage will in part be about the family that you three form together...
i read some of other people's stories on the forum, and thought that the ideas they all came up with were so creative and wonderful and truly heartwarming! those might help too!
William and I had been together for nearly a year when we went to my family's home for the Holidays. Christmas morning comes, everyone had unwrapped all packages and we were all about to clean up and prepare for the rest of the day's festivities. Suddenly, my sister sits me down, my brother in law brings the champagne (at seven o'clock in the morning? Well, it is the South...) and my mother whips out the video camera. Okay, something's up and I have an idea what it might be ... William gets down on one knee, takes my hands and professes his undieing love to and for me, everything we've been through already and what he wants to do together in the future, that sorta' stuff. Then my young nephew walks into the room, takes a silver christmas bulb ornanment off the tree and hands it to William ... who opens it up to reveal the most simple, beautiful ring I could have ever hoped for! Of course I said "YES!" and cried ... then gave him the ring I had had made for him (that I was planning on giving him ... in private ... about an hour later!)
It was beautiful, fun and well planned. I couldn't have asked for anything more.
i am also new on the website and i have a few question on how should me and my girlfriend move to the next step. Would it still be the same as us to be called husband and wife or wife and wife. IF you have any advice to tell me please let me know.
Hi everyone, I am new to the site and am planning my wedding with Lyly in August 2008. I am from England and Lyly is from France. Lyly and I went to London for the weekend to see Phantom of the Opera. The following morning after having seen the show and having dinner in a lovely Italian restaurant, we were cuddled on the sofa in our hotel room. I was looking in her eyes and just thought to myself "I want to be with her forever"....
Now, because Lyly speaks excellent English and my French is...well, let's say limited, I am learning and am always asking how to say certain things in French...so I asked how would you propose in French and do people get down on one knee? She replied saying they do and the french translation. I kissed her and then looked in her eyes again....I then said the words to her and whispered in English..."I mean it!"
She looked at me, kissed me and smiled saying "of course" in her beautiful french accent. It was truly the most magical moment and I felt like all my years of unhappiness were gone for good. I know she is THE ONE for me.
Sometimes I think that spontaneous moments are the best, whilst planning it is also just as wonderful. I felt that particular moment was right and just went for it....But if you want to plan it, I think you would be wise to consider her tastes in jewellery and the type of evening or day she might like so she can remember it. I was lucky since my moment was quite unique in a hotel, after a romantic evening out the night before and the moment....well was just there for the taking!
Posts: 3 | Location: England | Registered: 24 May 2007
