My Marriage Proposal Story
By Rob. Filed in Creating Romance |
Teddy bear (photo by scoubo)
Probably not.
I was quite the romantic back then, hearts in the eyes, and all that. I was in love, totally (and still am!) and I wanted my marriage proposal to be more than memorable, I wanted it to bring tears to her eyes every time she thought of that moment (and it still does, 10 years later).
I decided to propose on Christmas Day. We were already living together and I wanted to solidify our being together by being married.
Besides the engagement ring I truly cannot remember the gifts that I had gotten for her, but there were a lot of them. All carefully wrapped. I even had the gift tags numbered so that the ring would be the last gift she opened. (I was the one handing out the gifts, quite easy really, there was only the two of us!)
As she opened candy boxes, dollar store jewelry and some simple clothes, my own impatience grew, waiting to give her my ring and proposal.
The ring was not on it’s own. I had tied the ring to a stuffed bear, so that when she opened the gift all she saw was this teddy bear. Of course, as she looked closer (my face and actions must have hinted to her what to expect) she saw the ring and I was on bended knee.
She looked at the ring, looked at me, and I said those magical words “Please marry me”.
It will be 10 years this Christmas that I proposed. The story still brings tears of happiness to both of us, smiles of the magic shared.
A marriage proposal should be well planned out, not an off-the-cuff question.
And it doesn’t have to be an expensive proposition, besides the ring that is.
I like reading stories of creative proposals, like the guy that had proposed on a dinner date: he had arranged for dessert to be brought to the table under silver covers, he had cake and she had the ring on her plate.
The guy that arranged for both familes to get together for a double family dinner and proposed in front of all by first having all the married couples talk about their own marriage proposals, setting the mood to a highly romantic level.
The ring in the bottle; the picture of the ring that was quickly substituted for the real thing; the proposal that was announced on the screen before the movie started.
Guys, make your marriage proposal memorable and you will start your true relationship on a great path!
Christmas is a great time to ask the woman you love to marry you. Do it!
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