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Best Marriage Proposal

Posted by Jwilldimedrop10 • 7/25/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: ceremony, engagement, fiance, marriage, marry, proposals, ring, Wedding

I am seriously considering getting married to my girlfriend of 4 years. I am trying to think of anyway possible to knock her socks off with a great marriage proposal? Any ideas? Thanks for your help!

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7/25/08

thefly

Get down on one knee and tell her that you got the idea to get on one knee and to marry her from the BlogCatalog members.

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1. 7/25/08
  
  Jwilldimedrop10
  
  hahhahahahahahahahah that was funny
7/25/08

Jwilldimedrop10

anyone else?

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7/25/08

ekim941

I little more information on what she likes may help.

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7/25/08

aningeniousname

Say to her "Look this hasn't been going well lately you know it and I know it, I think it would be best for both of us if we called it a day."
Then when she starts to cry pull out the ring and say " Only joking! Will you marry me?"
Women like a man to be both humourous and romantic.

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1. 7/25/08
  
  ekim941
  
  So, This is why you are single?
2. 7/25/08
  
  aningeniousname
  
  Well I never had chance to pull the ring out, it's quite hard to stop them crying once they start.
3. 7/25/08
  
  ekim941
  
  Then, you should have said it with your pants on.
4. 7/25/08
  
  aningeniousname
  
  I figured pantless would be more romantic, women!
5. 7/25/08
  
  ekim941
  
  Clean ones, next time.
6. 7/25/08
  
  aningeniousname
  
  If I had clean pants I wouldn't need to propose.
7. 7/28/08
  
  azoverload
  
  I think that would likely get a knee to the groin.. avoid this idea at all costs
7/25/08

usborneactivities

Is there a special place that you go to sometimes. Or where did you meet? One of those two places would be a good spot. Then the basic, getting on one knee and telling her how much you love her and can't live without her and "Will You Marry Me?", would be perfect.

Make sure you ASK "Will you marry me?" --- Don't tell her "Marry me."

Best of luck and let us know what you end up doing and how it turns out.

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7/25/08

pamelabaker

Does she like romantic things like candle light dinners and flowers?
If you can look her in the eyes and tell her how much you love her and why,everything else will be sweet but secondary.

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7/25/08

riverstyxxx

Well I'll tell you about the time I got married.

This was at the redneck biker bar a few towns over. She was there at the barstool, sucking down menthol cigarettes and winked at me with that wonderful caked-on eyeliner. I knew it would be risky and I hate rejection, but gosh darnit I knew she was the one.
Maybe it was the torn flannel shirt she had on with the chewing tobacco stains, her chin hair, or the fact that her seven remaining teeth were just the prettiest shade of yellow reminding me of the golden sun that drew me to her.
Anyway, I had to pick someones pocket and win a crooked game of pool, but I was able to buy her love. It happened an hour later in the restroom. I paid the quarter to open the door and it was over just as soon as it began. I think it was the fact that we had each drank about 4 quarts of moonshine made in someones bathtub, but I could feel the love and I know she did too. There was a LOT of love to spread around...It ended up on the toilet seat, her back, and even her daisy dukes got their fair share of the love.

I proposed right there on my knees...She was still on hers, so we were talking at eye-level and being completely honest with each other. After losing my balance and bashing my head on the stained concrete floor, she accepted and we made it official. The blood from the head injury was running down my face, but I was powerless over the true love that existed between us. There was a bubblegum machine next to the cigarette dispenser that had mood rings for a dollar. She knew I was obviously the best thing to happen to her since I had no shortage of money and a great career as a janitor at a mexican flea market for two days a week.

We consumated our official love, lets not be hasty though it was a waited thing. After the bar closed, I snuck her in the trailer I was staying in. She almost stepped on the dogs' tail, but by then she had the power of love in her. We were together forever.

Anyways, She ended up back at the bar the next night and ran off with some other guy..That's my advice: When you love someone, keep her away from the bar.

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1. 7/25/08
  
  aningeniousname
  
  That was so romantic I think I shed a tear.
2. 7/25/08
  
  Anok
  
  Do aardvarks cry?
3. 7/25/08
  
  aningeniousname
  
  Kick me in he balls and find out.
4. 7/25/08
  
  Anok
  
  OK. you don't have to ask me twice
5. 7/25/08
  
  aningeniousname
  
  I wouldn't say that if I was stood in front of you.
6. 7/25/08
  
  pamelabaker
  
  @ Riverstyxx When you look for someone to love, keep away from the bar
7. 7/25/08
  
  riverstyxxx
  
  I know! I haven't been to a bar in a very long time. Of course, I've been single for several years too; so maybe the bar wasn't such a bad idea.
7/25/08

Anok

Well, my husband looked at me, after we had finished an early dinner at a local dive restaurant, and said

"Hey! We should get married!"

And I laughed at him.

Then he said it again, but made sure i knew he was serious about it.

So I ordered a shot of whiskey, and told him I had to think it over.

I made him wait until we were sitting at the beach during a beautiful sunset before i accepted.

The moral of the story? If you propose badly all is not lost - but she might make you sweat for a while

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1. 7/25/08
  
  aningeniousname
  
  I feel sorry for Mr Anok, you're horrible you bloody.....ninja woman thing.
2. 7/25/08
  
  riverstyxxx
  
  The women I just mentioned still makes me feel that way. I wake up with night sweats and a scorching problem down there. Sometimes it's so bad I have to just crawl to the toilet and pray I don't get rugburn on the way over. The night ends with me falling asleep, clutching a bible and wondering where my life went wrong that I had to lose her.
  
  Honey if you're reading this: The pitbull got ran over by a tractor, you don't have to worry about him biting you anymore. Seriously, come back to me
3. 7/26/08
  
  Anok
  
  Anin, the Mr and I are a good match. We are equally evil
  
  River, doesn't the rugburn help stop the itch a bit? I mean...I would think it would. Unless you have an usually soft carpet
7/25/08

Jwilldimedrop10

she likes working out, movies. she sleeps during the day because she is a LPN at the cleveland clinic night shift. she loves sports (doesn't really play) mostly basketball and now football because the Browns are getting better. she loves animals. she is an asian american (fillipino) and is very exotic. great body and loves to dance.......how do i propose to that?

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1. 7/25/08
  
  riverstyxxx
  
  I bought that girl a video tape of "Buns Of Steel" from down at the thrift store. It was a red-tag clearance, so I didn't even have to steal it. She liked it too, you might want to try that strategy and report back how it went.
2. 7/25/08
  
  pamelabaker
  
  Romantic dinner, walk in the moonlight, If you could rig dance music with an Ipod or something, a dance and tell her you love her and ask her to spend her life with you. OR...
  Romantic dinner and go somewhere to dance, take a walk in the moonlight where you can still hear the music and tell her you love her and ask her.
  If you are giving a ring, that would be a great moment. Do you have a song that is special to you both?
7/25/08

usborneactivities

Ok, so my hubby and I had a romantic spot we always went to by a lighthouse when we were dating. Do you think he proposed by the lighthouse??? NO!!!!!!
Maybe that would have given it away.
We're in the middle of Seinfeld, back in the big Seinfeld days. At least he waited for a commeercial! Luckily he did get down on one knee and asked me to married him. He was lucky he was so moved to tears too. Of course I accepted the sweaty ring that had been in his sweaty palms for the past 20 minutes!
That is why I say - go to your romantic spot!! Do not propose during a commercial break!!!

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1. 7/26/08
  
  riverstyxxx
  
  Wait a minute. He preferred a tv commercial over a lighthouse? He chose to ask you in the living room, putting down his beer and wiping his chin during a seinfeld break? Ugh..What a worm..Seriously, I'm embarrassed to call myself a male when those creatures are on the same team as me. Maybe all those shows where the husband is seen as lazy really are true..Well, at least he'll fit in with something.
  
  I've never been to a lighthouse, that would have been so cool.
  
  If I were you, I'd save all the grief and divorce him now while you can still break even on it and not have any debt that will follow you around the rest of your life.
7/26/08

app2usadvisor

Like riverstyxxx said, go to a romantic - very exotic destination.

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7/26/08

peterfrans

take her to an ice cream cafe,before it u have add ur ring into the ice cream,i think banana split or ice cream cake will be perfect.And when u find that tell her,I BELIEVE THAT THE RING IS GIVEN FROM GOD,IT MEANS THAT WE WERE MEANT TO BE.TELL HER BY LOOKING STRAIGHT TO HER EYES.AND THE DOWN ON UR KNEES ASK HE TO MARRY U.A FLOWER CAN BE GREAT ADDITION...GOOD LUCK .NICE TO MEET U AND ADD ME ,RATE ME BUT JUST DON'T KICK ME

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7/26/08

usborneactivities

Yes, I would have prefered the lighthouse proposal --- BUT I have to tell you, if he/she is the right person - the proposal doesn't matter. Makes for a good story though. Anyway, my point is -- the porposal doesn't matter, it's the marriage that matters. If I had turned the guy down because he opted for the commercial break instead of the lighthouse I would have missed out on the last 12 years of bliss -- not to mention 2 awesome kids. SO - the proposal isn't an indication of how the marriage will end up.

Riverstyxx - you had some very valid points there though. And yes -- err on the side of romance.

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7/26/08

Jwilldimedrop10

What if she swallows the ring by accident?

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1. 7/26/08
  
  Anok
  
  Ha! LOL.
  
  You know what? Just be you. If she can't handle you proposing as you, then, well...you know.
7/26/08

Jwilldimedrop10

Anyone else?

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7/26/08

Jwilldimedrop10

I think I might just do it at a dinner set up by me. Just me and her, candles, cheesy stuff but she would dig it for sure

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7/27/08

inmyredhead

Put a ring in a fortune cookie, into which you previously placed a fortune that you printed yourself that says 'I missed you in my past. You are everything in my present. Will you be my future?" Then when she looks up at you ask her to marry you.

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7/27/08

Rozie818

Drag her into the bedroom, shove her onto the bed and then rip open your shirt exposing a will you "will you marry me" tattoo on your chest.
(I do advise to use one of those wash off ones though)

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7/27/08

Ca1v1n

I proposed to my wife at the Toronto Festival of Beer. She said no. I was under-employed and drunk at the time.

I asked her again at the same beer festival one year later. I was working in IT and I asked her at the START of the day not the end.

She said yes that time.

We celebrated our one year engagement anniversary the next year at the same place... the Toronto Festival of Beer.

We got married the following summer, missed the beer festival because we were on our Honeymoon in Vancouver.

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7/27/08

Jwilldimedrop10

haha...now thats a story

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7/27/08

melindaville

My husband proposed to me in the summer of 2006 in front of 35,0000 people at Fenway Park. It was lit up on the score board and I even have a picture of it! It was so awesome.

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1. 7/27/08
  
  Jwilldimedrop10
  
  how much did that cost?
7/27/08

genopianist54

Proposed her at the Planetarium, ask the projector man there to help you with your proposal thingy... right after the shows over, show your "Will you marry me" lines on the screen and then go to basic ~ getting on one knee and telling her how much you love her so on, so on...and ask her again "Will You Marry Me?"

How bout that?
The crowds and the atmosphere at the planetarium watching stars can make her go Awweee... and hopefully she will say yes

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7/28/08

Jwilldimedrop10

Where is the Planetarium?

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7/28/08

drjay1966

Darling, I've got a really bad sexually transmitted disease. Will you marry me so I can get on your health insurance and get medical attention?

That one almost always works.

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7/28/08

melindaville

Jwilldimedrop10--you know, I am not sure how much it cost--and I am sure it is different in different venues (Fenway is probably more expensive than most--they are more expensive for just about everything else). But it was definitely an attention grabber! Good luck to you and your proposal--wherever you do it, if you propose with love and sincerity, she will be blown away!

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7/28/08

Jwilldimedrop10

Ok, Thanks!

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7/28/08

sherliez

this is a cool discussion

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1. 7/28/08
  
  Jwilldimedrop10
  
  What do you think of a good proposal?
7/28/08

calais50

Here's how I was proposed to. My boyfriend planned a weekend getaway for us in a beautiful chalet in a little resort town in the mountains around Christmas time. We had a really good time and one evening he asked me to go for a walk. I said I was a little tired, but he finally convinced me to go. The whole town was lit up with Christmas lights; there were carolers on the streets; it was just really special. We stopped at the town square, where there is a huge gazebo and orchestra pit. I was really shocked when he got down on one knee and proposed. There were people walking by and everyone was like "awwwww." 2 groups of people took a picture of us as they walked by, so it was like having our own personal papparazzi, lol. I thought it was a perfect proposal. Too bad I said no-just kidding.

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7/28/08

Jwilldimedrop10

HAHA....that would have been really funny!

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7/28/08

ChicaX

I never got a proposal, I was just told one day while being introduced to one of his pals, that I was his fiance, I didn't even bat an eye.

As for something for a proposal.. I think something fun would be awesome. Say tie a ring to a string, and lead the string all over the house, outside, make it go up down around anything and everything. Leave little clues attached to the string in various places. Like maybe a card, a balloon, or other stuff.

I had a similar thing done with a birthday present one year, it was totally awesome.

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7/28/08

Jwilldimedrop10

So you were never proposed to, just introduced to marriage?

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1. 7/28/08
  
  ChicaX
  
  Hahaha exactly!
7/28/08

Jwilldimedrop10

So you were never proposed to, just introduced to marriage?

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7/28/08

LGramlich

You sure like bumping your own discussions, don't you?

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1. 7/28/08
  
  Jwilldimedrop10
  
  Can you tell?
7/28/08

Bayho

Im not ready to get married right now by all means cause im only 18, but i do think when i do get enagaged, that i want it to be really special and romantic but also at the same time humuorous and cute. Cause i like a man who has humor side and can joke about all sorts of stuff. But thats just me and my little dream. Can someone tell my boyfriend about this please so he can do this a couple of years from now? haha

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7/28/08

Andhari

Written in the sky. By planes. LOL Oh so that's why i'm not getting married anytime soon.

littleinsomniaclolita.blogspot.com/

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7/29/08

bladeaxe4

marriage, save yourself dont know but its something that hurts without having it and does hurt having it, both ways are unbearable !

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8/09/08

Onchong

Only your heart knows!

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10/14/08

mizhelena

do something outrageous and surprize her. women loved to be swept off their feet and love the romance. good luck !!

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1/22/09

lovehappens

If you are going to propose in such a special way make sure and get it photographed and recorded. I think it is wonderful you are looking for some way so memorable. Have fun whatever you decide on.

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1/22/09

idealpinkrose

here's what most Koreans do...put some balloons and light some candles in a heart shape...kneel down and give her some flowers and a ring asking if she can marry you....

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1/22/09

arjunu

It's your life! not anyone else's. do it your way, do it in style. do what your heart says. and let it be larger than life.

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