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Yes, I did. MyFI was acting odd leading up to the day he asked me so i kinda knew somthing was up. But even though i knew it was coming i acted surpirsed/shocked, and i didnt expect how he asked so it was all good
Ha! I only knew because I had told the fiance I needed a year to plan a wedding, and if we wanted a summer 2009 wedding, he needed to propose when he got back from his R&R from Iraq in May 2008 (for those who don't know, R&R is a 2 week break the Army gives deployed soldiers). He didn't come home until Christmas Eve so I would have been going crazy to say the least! Plus I got to stare at my new ring and think about how when he came home for good we could get married!
I did. But thats because I saw my parent's phone number on his cell phone a few days earlier... I knew it was coming- I just wasn't sure when. Even though he was acting strange on the day of, I was still a little surprised when it happened.
I totally knew it was coming... I kind of reget my intuition b/c I would have loved to have been completely surprised, but knowing helped me not be a raging biotch while I was waiting :)
Hmm ... interesting question. Personally, I was taken completely by surprise, in spite of the fact that we'd been talking about it kind of vaguely for months. He was as shocked by it as I was, though. I think he decided that he was going to ask about 2 seconds ahead of time. I don't think I breathed for awhile after that one.
completely unexpected...
we were at my cousin's wedding, and even though i tried as hard as i could to avoid the bouquet, it fell right at my feet. then the mc (my brother in-law) said: wow, we'll see what her boyfriend has to say about this!" and right there in front of everybody, my bf comes out to the dance floor, gets on one knee, and holds out a ring for me. he was so nervous, he actually forgot to ask and just knelt in front of me smiling.
being at a wedding, it was all caught on video and pictures.
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I feel like I SHOULD have known, but I really didn't...
- We went away for a long weekend a random week in November.
- As we were packing he was really indecisive about what to pack...and this man traveled for 85% of his last job..he's an EXPERT at packing.
- On the way into the restaurant I went to hold his hand and he took a big step away..thinking I was reaching for his pocket. I thought he was being cranky.
But no...I was still VERY surprised when he proposed. While he was getting on one knee I thought his shoe was untied and asked what he was doing down there.
Honestly.
I just knew...its crazy so I made sure that my hair looked good just in case ( I was hoping ) someone took any photos of the proposal!
I kind of suspected it was for that day, but wasn't entirely sure. I'm glad I was surprised!
Firefly062 - your story is hilarious!!!
I mistook my "gut feeling" last weekend! It really was a horrible rash that I got from a bathrobe at the resort we stayed in! I'm still itching and on benadryl for the last 3 days now.
But my true "gut feeling" says the official e is coming very soon. Very soon. :)
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I had no idea. I thought I was getting a digital camera, not a ring! I hate to think back to how sloppy my hair was, that I was in my pajamas, and I did not have a bra on! I wish I had been more dressed up. But I like the fact that it was a surprise!
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I was absolutely shocked. A few minutes before, I was doing the dishes that he was supposed to have done earlier and fuming. Then we sat down to watch a movie, and he sent me off on a scavenger hunt for a present he bought me. And when I found that pretty blue box, I was pretty sure he had gotten me the earrings I was craving, though I had no idea why...how wrong was I!!!
We agreed to get married and picked out the ring so it wasn't a real full proposal and there was nothing to really know.
But when I met him I knew he was the one
We hwent on a trip to PEI that summer (woot woot Green Gables!) and everyone thought it would happen then (including me). So, three months later when he went down on one knee by the chicken coop at my parents' ranch, I was gobsmacked.
I totally knew the morning of. I asked myself what to wear to get engaged and my hair and makeup got extra attention. When the normal day was nearly over and I had put my sweats on. . . that's when he proposed and I was totally surprised!
I thought that I knew! We were having all of our friends over for a new year's party. I obsessed about everything being perfect, down to my outfit and hair, thinking that it was going to be "The Night."
By the time 11 rolled around, FH had spent most of the night haging with the guys and playing XBox. I was disappointed, but tried to roll with it. I could not believe my intuition was so off, and that I had gone through the whole holiday season (starting with our 4 year anniversary in November) without him proposing.
With about 10 minutes left before midnight, FH called me upstairs to help him with something. When I got to our room, he was down on one knee! I was truly surprised because I had already told myself "it's not going to happen tonight."
Bellenga, I hope you're right about your feeling this time!
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I *thought* I knew it was coming. However FI did everything he could to throw me off. He did a lot of talking about how we might have to rethink our original ideas about dates if we wanted to be engaged a year before the wedding because he wouldn't have the money to get me a nice ring yet, blah blah blah. He even had my mom in on it!
We bought champagne at the grocery store -- which I thought was weird because we're usually beer people. I snuck away and called my mom and she totally lied and told me not to get my hopes up because he hadn't called to ask permission yet and that's something he said he was definitely going to do.
When we got home he dragged his feet. Played on the computer, took a shower, etc. I totally thought I was wrong about him asking. I figured that he would want to do it ASAP. Well, I suppose his plan worked because when he did actually ask me that night it ended up being a surprise since he had me so convinced I was wrong. :o)
i actually dreamt the night before that he fake proposed with a fake ring, but then said, don't worry i will propose for real soon. (i've NEVER had a dream like that before.) that morning he proposed. it was really crazy!!!
I basically knew. We went to a party over the weekend and he kept commenting on other women's engagement rings and also commented on my own jewelry. The night before, when I went to bed, he stayed up for a few minutes later and I heard him rummaging around in the study. (turns out that's where the ring was hidden!)
The next night when I got home from work he asked if I wanted to go out and grab dinner. I definitely had the thoughts of "I think we are getting engaged tonight" but tried to put them out of my head. When we started walking through a park on the way to dinner, he started walking really slow, and I knew that he was about to pop the quesiton!
I was totally surprised! I should have known-he called off work that day. Said he wanted to spend the day with me because I was working the following weekend (I was working retail then). But half the day went by before he did it!
I definitely knew! He was totally transparent. He even called me to ask for my parents phone number (what, he couldn't steal it off my phone himself?)! And then a half hour later he called to ask me to a fancy dinner that coming Friday. I knew he was going to do it then and I was right! But I am not big on surprises so this was great for me. I found it utterly charming.
Since he lives in Florida and I live in Texas, we only had a limited number of weekends during which he could propose...he came down for Valentine's Day weekend, and while I didn't know the precise day, I knew it would be before the weekend was over. :) It was still a slight surprise when he did it, though!
He asked me out of the blue on Christmas night, after we'd gotten home from spending the day with his family. It was the first time we'd actually been able to spend Christmas day together. I had such a great time with his family, even though I thought I'd be sad to be away from mine, and I couldn't stop talking about how happy I was. That was when he asked me. He said it was unplanned; it just felt like the right time.
Next up is the ring. He told me he wanted to wait until we'd found an apartment (we're moving in together in Sept.) -- well, we signed a lease last week. AND we spent far less on it than we thought we would, so as he said, he's "got all this extra money I was expecting to spend...what should I do with it?" I told him I didn't really need or want a ring, but he insists...so I hope he doesn't spend a crazy amount of money on it. It seems like such a waste to me...but it'll be pretty!
I wish! I had no idea it was coming. I was still in school, finishing up my last year of college. I knew my fiance was the one since we first started dating 3.5 years ago, but I didn't think he would pop the question until after graduation. I knew how he would propose to me (recreation of our first date), but he still caught me by surprise! The proposal part is still a little fuzzy in my mind. I remember freaking out and asking whether or not this was a joke (there was an led light shining on the ring inside the box). He was happy that I didn't see it coming and that he could actually surprise me. I wish I had a slight clue so that I could have picked a better outfit for that day.
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I honestly had NO CLUE! LOL At least not from the start. Once we sat down in the sand and watched the sunset I was hoping but still didn't know! I'm glad it was a surprise because that made it 100x more special! :D
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My fiance likes thinking that he surprised me, but we were on a special day together, and I could just *feel* something. I had no clue in the few days before, but that day... I could feel it. :)
I wish there had been an inbetween answer. For every major event or holiday in 2008, I thought "This is it, he's going to propose!" and he didn't. So for Christmas, I tried not to set myself up for disappointment. Opening presents, I knew I was getting jewelry (I asked for earrings) but had that little bit of hope that it would be a ring instead, and it was!
If I had really thought it was actually going to happen, I might have put on actual clothes rather than sitting around in old PJs, haha.
I definitely had a feeling! We got engaged the day after our 4-year anniversary - we went out to dinner at a beautiful restaurant in Philadelphia called The Moshulu - it's a boat that is also a restarant and its right on the water and just so lovely. My suspicions started weeks before that when he asked if I would like to go out to Moshulu to celebrate our anniversay...my <3 HATES going out to eat, so I had an inkling that something was up. While getting ready for dinner, I made sure I was extra pretty just in case it was 'the night'.
Sooo back to the story...after dinner he said that he wanted to go on a walk with me outside up to the top deck of the boat so we could look at the water etc and he was acting all nervous and everything. As soon as we got up there I just started giggling because at that point I just knew for sure! He was like "What? You know?!" and I said "What are you talking about, I have no idea" in a joking tone. And then he got down on one knee, recited a poem by heart that he wrote for me, and consequently proposed :)
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I think that women are wired to just 'know'.
I woke up the day of and thought to myself "today is the day"
When getting dressed, I asked myself "now, what does a girl wear when she is about to be engaged?"
Did anyone else just have that gut feeling? And did you act shocked when it happenend (I acted surprised when he asked)