Popping the question tonight!
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Been planning this evening for three months and now it's finally here!
It's our anniversary. My parents are looking after Baby K for the night and we're borrowing my parents' MX5 to whizz down to the Tunnel and over to a Chateau in France.
Once there we shall shower and change and then whizz off once again to a table I have reserved at a gorgeous restaurant perched on the edge of a high cliff above a wide open sandy bay with a view for miles and miles!
What's the best point in the meal to ask do people think? After mains before coffee? Something like that? Never done this before and can't decide on my own...
To get here I've had to endure secret shopping trips, hushed phone conversations, sneaking off to speak to insurance brokers, parcels being delivered, and tears (hers, not mine - had to reassure her I was not having an affair! And having to tell her that all this secrecy wasn't because I was going to propose to her, I said I was organising her a surprise to do with the house; that threw her off the scent, now she's thinking washing machines! And had to tell her that I'm still not ready to get engaged to her, and I may not be for some time, but one day... cackle)
Had some nightmares as well - dreamt last night that I forgot the ring so ended up desperately fumbling around and using my keyring.
Still not entirely worked out what I'm going to say, apart from the obvious words at the end... dead excited though.
See you on the other side!!
It's our anniversary. My parents are looking after Baby K for the night and we're borrowing my parents' MX5 to whizz down to the Tunnel and over to a Chateau in France.
Once there we shall shower and change and then whizz off once again to a table I have reserved at a gorgeous restaurant perched on the edge of a high cliff above a wide open sandy bay with a view for miles and miles!
What's the best point in the meal to ask do people think? After mains before coffee? Something like that? Never done this before and can't decide on my own...
To get here I've had to endure secret shopping trips, hushed phone conversations, sneaking off to speak to insurance brokers, parcels being delivered, and tears (hers, not mine - had to reassure her I was not having an affair! And having to tell her that all this secrecy wasn't because I was going to propose to her, I said I was organising her a surprise to do with the house; that threw her off the scent, now she's thinking washing machines! And had to tell her that I'm still not ready to get engaged to her, and I may not be for some time, but one day... cackle)
Had some nightmares as well - dreamt last night that I forgot the ring so ended up desperately fumbling around and using my keyring.
Still not entirely worked out what I'm going to say, apart from the obvious words at the end... dead excited though.
See you on the other side!!
OwenK said:
My parents are looking after Baby K for the night and we're borrowing my parents' MX5 to whizz down to the Tunnel and over to a Chateau in France.
Once there we shall shower and change and then whizz off once again to a table I have reserved at a gorgeous restaurant perched on the edge of a high cliff above a wide open sandy bay with a view for miles and miles!
What's the best point in the meal to ask do people think? After mains before coffee?
I don't normally approve of this sort of thing, but, you have got serious organisational talent. If I were you, I would start the meal with a glass of champagne and do it then - otherwise you are not going to enjoy the meal for the increasing sense of tension - and she's liable to notice. Once there we shall shower and change and then whizz off once again to a table I have reserved at a gorgeous restaurant perched on the edge of a high cliff above a wide open sandy bay with a view for miles and miles!
What's the best point in the meal to ask do people think? After mains before coffee?
All the best - hope it goes well.
Sushi said:
D14 AYS said:
Why don't you get the waiter to bring her a glass of Champagne with the ring in the bottom of the glass,
Because there's always the slight chance she may gulp it down and either choke on it or OP has to wait a couple of hours and get a sieve.davido140 said:
Sushi said:
D14 AYS said:
Why don't you get the waiter to bring her a glass of Champagne with the ring in the bottom of the glass,
Because there's always the slight chance she may gulp it down and either choke on it or OP has to wait a couple of hours and get a sieve.
A glass each at the start of the meal as an aperitif is the way us posh folk drink it 
I wouldn't put the ring in the glass though, don't want the gold plating to react and turn the champagne green
D14 AYS said:
Why don't you get the waiter to bring her a glass of Champagne with the ring in the bottom of the glass,
good luck mate sounds like you have got it sussed anyway.
It's a bit of a cliche, but yes, I'd say it would work (unless she's an alcoholic and necks it in one!). The whole setting etc is nice and romantic too. good luck mate sounds like you have got it sussed anyway.
So good luck.
trooperiziz said:
davido140 said:
Sushi said:
D14 AYS said:
Why don't you get the waiter to bring her a glass of Champagne with the ring in the bottom of the glass,
Because there's always the slight chance she may gulp it down and either choke on it or OP has to wait a couple of hours and get a sieve. A glass each at the start of the meal as an aperitif is the way us posh folk drink it I wouldn't put the ring in the glass though, don't want the gold plating to react and turn the champagne green
Doesnt really affect me, closest I get to the stuff is when its free at work/corporate bash or I get a cheap-o bottle of cava from the garage to spray around my mates garden at a BBQ, hopefully soaking his wifes t-shirt in the process....
OwenK said:
Been planning this evening for three months and now it's finally here!
Once there we shall shower and change and then whizz off once again to a table I have reserved at a gorgeous restaurant perched on the edge of a high cliff
At that point, you could just jump! It'll be the end of your life one way or another.Once there we shall shower and change and then whizz off once again to a table I have reserved at a gorgeous restaurant perched on the edge of a high cliff
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