How did you propose?
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RizzoTheRat said:
I'm clearly not the only one on here who got the reply "Are you serious" rather than yes. 
In fact I pointed out to her sometime later that she never did actually say yes, to which her reply was "Well I kept the ring"
I got something similar - when I popped the question she went "I knew you were going to ask that" and proceeded to tell me all the tell-tail signs. I thought I'd been dead stealthy about it too. Had to prompt her for an answer! In fact I pointed out to her sometime later that she never did actually say yes, to which her reply was "Well I kept the ring" On a bridge overlooking a beach in Devon. On a long weekend away. Told her Dad I was going to propose (he said 'are you asking permission?' I said 'no, I'm asking her whatever you say!') I spent the entire weekend looking for the 'right' moment and place and totally bricking it. On our last week away we stayed at this hotel overlooking a beach, walked down onto it and up again, crossed this bridge, and it just felt like the right/only time I had left!
Proposed with a ring made of a bit of polished copper pipe. I had the ring that I wanted to get in mind, and I'd even bought the diamond (in New York, back when Sterling was strong), but I totally bottled getting the ring made up.
Proposed with a ring made of a bit of polished copper pipe. I had the ring that I wanted to get in mind, and I'd even bought the diamond (in New York, back when Sterling was strong), but I totally bottled getting the ring made up.
On Britballrun, a driving weekend all over the UK. It was all set up, when we arrived at Glenn Coe the camera crew were recording, everyone knew what was happening but my wife to be hadn't a clue. I was dressed as Fred Flintstone, my wife was Wilma, I popped the question expecting Batman & Robin would pass me the ring as i was now on one knee instead Scotty McDonald the tour guide had it. She said yes & we had a glass of champers in the car park. Then on again with the tour....
We'd been casually together a few months when she announced she was off around the world for 6 months and I'd be welcome to go with her.
With a quick remortgage and job resignation letter handed in, we buggered off. Singapore, then Oz & NZ for a couple of months. Fiji, Hawaii, then 3 months in Canada/America. The hostel network was very basic in north America, so we looked in the local paper on arriving in Vancouver and found this for $2200CAD (I remember that being £1023 at the time)
After 10000 miles, 4 Canadian provinces and 33 American states, we arrived in Toronto, and couldn't bare to sell our fantastic van. So we shoved it on a boat and flew home. 6 weeks later, we had to go down to London to collect it.
6 months on, a campsite somewhere in north Norfolk (after asking permission from her old man), I did the one-knee'd deed in the corridor of the van, a bottle on ice hidden under the bed. Not the most romantic thing I suppose, but it was technically our first home together, and it all went down rather well. We returned to Sydney 6 months later for a small ceremony.
That was over 11 years ago. We still use the van most weekends in the summer, and have toured all around central and eastern Europe in it. My 8 year old son considers it to be his.
With a quick remortgage and job resignation letter handed in, we buggered off. Singapore, then Oz & NZ for a couple of months. Fiji, Hawaii, then 3 months in Canada/America. The hostel network was very basic in north America, so we looked in the local paper on arriving in Vancouver and found this for $2200CAD (I remember that being £1023 at the time)
After 10000 miles, 4 Canadian provinces and 33 American states, we arrived in Toronto, and couldn't bare to sell our fantastic van. So we shoved it on a boat and flew home. 6 weeks later, we had to go down to London to collect it.
6 months on, a campsite somewhere in north Norfolk (after asking permission from her old man), I did the one-knee'd deed in the corridor of the van, a bottle on ice hidden under the bed. Not the most romantic thing I suppose, but it was technically our first home together, and it all went down rather well. We returned to Sydney 6 months later for a small ceremony.
That was over 11 years ago. We still use the van most weekends in the summer, and have toured all around central and eastern Europe in it. My 8 year old son considers it to be his.
Edited by Utterpiffle on Tuesday 1st August 14:15
We both enjoy climbing (although we are both fair weather climbers) - we both enjoy the west coast of Scotland. We were camping in Applecross campsite, and I had been pushing that I wanted to climb another munro, so we went to Beinn Alligin, and managed to convince her to climb it, rather than an easier walk around a nearby hill. When we got to the top there was another group of hillwalkers up there, so I asked them to take a few pics of us at the summit, then dropped on one knee.
Herewith a view from the top.
Minor notes,
I had asked her dad so long before that he thought it was off.
It took her less than 24 hours to loose the ring. (found again)
Note for novice hillwalkers - do not try Beinn Alligin as a learning munro, unless you are mega fit... starts at sea level, straight up to 986meters without levelling off.
Herewith a view from the top.
Minor notes,
I had asked her dad so long before that he thought it was off.
It took her less than 24 hours to loose the ring. (found again)
Note for novice hillwalkers - do not try Beinn Alligin as a learning munro, unless you are mega fit... starts at sea level, straight up to 986meters without levelling off.
We were skiing in Kirkwood, California, on her birthday a few years back. Whilst she was having lunch with our friends, I stated that I fancied a few more runs and went off on my own. I went up, skiied off to one side (not very far or particularly remotely) and stashed a bottle of champagne and the ring (a cheapie I’d bought in the airport – I took her to have her own made once she had accepted) in the snow.
At the end of the day, she was a bit miffed as she had had no present or acknowledgement that it was her birthday. She is a very keen and very good skier, so I suggested that we take a cool route I had found back down to the base.
I took her into the light off-piste bit, stopped, and told her that as it was her birthday, I had something for her, but she had to turn around. After ascertaining that I wasn’t about to strip off in the snow (I’ve done worse) or behave like a giant pervert (fairly standard), she turned around. When she turned back round, she found me actually on my knee, holding the ring, and I asked her to marry me. Luckily, she said yes!
I then told her to grab something an pointed at a patch of snow under a rock. Where she found the champers. Which was a nice touch. Skiing down after seeing off the whole bottle together was less clever.
We flew to her parents in Utah for Christmas the next day, and I was in their good books.
I was pretty pleased with myself, I can tell you. Still am.
At the end of the day, she was a bit miffed as she had had no present or acknowledgement that it was her birthday. She is a very keen and very good skier, so I suggested that we take a cool route I had found back down to the base.
I took her into the light off-piste bit, stopped, and told her that as it was her birthday, I had something for her, but she had to turn around. After ascertaining that I wasn’t about to strip off in the snow (I’ve done worse) or behave like a giant pervert (fairly standard), she turned around. When she turned back round, she found me actually on my knee, holding the ring, and I asked her to marry me. Luckily, she said yes!
I then told her to grab something an pointed at a patch of snow under a rock. Where she found the champers. Which was a nice touch. Skiing down after seeing off the whole bottle together was less clever.
We flew to her parents in Utah for Christmas the next day, and I was in their good books.
I was pretty pleased with myself, I can tell you. Still am.
We once had a very drunken conversation about if I asked her it would involve a toy push along dog. No idea why, we were very drunk. 
We often refered to this conversation and laughed.
So I printed out 10 A3 posters of a picture of said push along dog and the text "Will You". I posted these on her route home from work in very prominent places, when I say prominent I mean really prominent. I thought I was being clever and original. Perhaps a bit too clever!!
I even went as far to call here just before she left to tell her I had heard about and accident on one of the two routes she could have taken to ensure she took the right route home.
She arrived home, no reaction. My reaction was that she had seen but did not want to answer.
Me: How was your journey?
Her: OK
Me: Traffic ok on route x (where all the flyers had been out up)
Her Fine
Me: Nothing unusual?
And so on.....
She now looks at me with that why are you being weird look on her face.
Bizarrely step daughter wanted a lift at that moment, i offered and said to the Mrs want to come for a ride, again the weird look? Convinced her that a Friday night drive around traffic ridden Reading was a good idea!
So, we dropped SD off and returned along the route with THE VERY PROMINENT posters, they were f
king everywhere!!
Nothing, Nada, zilch!!! I stopped beside one of them, pointed it out and asked her what she thought it was. The penny dropped.
I proposed in a layby, outside a Kebab shop.
We often refered to this conversation and laughed.So I printed out 10 A3 posters of a picture of said push along dog and the text "Will You". I posted these on her route home from work in very prominent places, when I say prominent I mean really prominent. I thought I was being clever and original. Perhaps a bit too clever!!
I even went as far to call here just before she left to tell her I had heard about and accident on one of the two routes she could have taken to ensure she took the right route home.
She arrived home, no reaction. My reaction was that she had seen but did not want to answer.
Me: How was your journey?
Her: OK
Me: Traffic ok on route x (where all the flyers had been out up)
Her Fine
Me: Nothing unusual?
And so on.....
She now looks at me with that why are you being weird look on her face.
Bizarrely step daughter wanted a lift at that moment, i offered and said to the Mrs want to come for a ride, again the weird look? Convinced her that a Friday night drive around traffic ridden Reading was a good idea!
So, we dropped SD off and returned along the route with THE VERY PROMINENT posters, they were f
king everywhere!!Nothing, Nada, zilch!!! I stopped beside one of them, pointed it out and asked her what she thought it was. The penny dropped.
I proposed in a layby, outside a Kebab shop.
I didn't, he did 
Mum had been sick, so although we had the ring, he was waiting fir her to get better. (We'd seen it in a secondhand jeweller & after a few months he bought it to ensure no one else did as we both loved it).
The first proposal was when we moved into our first rented house together, he threw the box at me & asked me where to put it. I threw it back & said somewhere safe, not realising what it was!! Then realised & wanted it back - he refused.
Mum then got sick again & told him not to rush whilst she was ill. She died in the November
He asked in the April, drunk, on a night out with friends in London
I had to ask if I'd dreamt it the next morning
Mum had been sick, so although we had the ring, he was waiting fir her to get better. (We'd seen it in a secondhand jeweller & after a few months he bought it to ensure no one else did as we both loved it).
The first proposal was when we moved into our first rented house together, he threw the box at me & asked me where to put it. I threw it back & said somewhere safe, not realising what it was!! Then realised & wanted it back - he refused.
Mum then got sick again & told him not to rush whilst she was ill. She died in the November
He asked in the April, drunk, on a night out with friends in London
I had to ask if I'd dreamt it the next morning
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