MemberAll of us are less than patiently waiting for a proposal, and I know at least I would say hell yes any time, any where! However (and I told him) I don’t want my ring in any food items ( not even champagne) and no sporting event jumbotrons!!! What woukd you rather not have???
MemberI told DH no food and no public spectacle – in public was fine (as in other people are around in a park or something) but nothing jumbotron or concert stage.
Memberflash mobs or in a crowded setting
also a full drawn out day up till the moment at the end – i’d probably have an anxiety attack, I hope that he just catches me off guard
All that said, I honestly don’t care, as long as it’s heartfelt.
MemberI’d rather not have a public spectacle either! Friends or family around would be wonderful… Not a big crowd of strangers
MemberI do NOT want a jumbotron proposal at a sporting event. I love sports, but the idea of getting proposed to that way horrifies me – it would be awful.
Other than that, I don’t care how he does it. I just want him to do it 🙂
MemberI second the champagne thing as well as the jumbotron proposal. I recently commented how bizarre I think the cliche champagne proposal is while watching an early HIMYM episode with my SO and he agreed. SO attended an NBA game where someone’s jumbotron proposal was rejected so I doubt he would go that route either. I personally would prefer not to have a restaurant proposal of any kind, at least not with random people trying to enjoy their meals around us.
MemberI didn’t want something in a restaurant and didn’t want some big public spectacle like a flash mob. However, I was ok with it happening at a sporting event because I am such a sports nut, so it would be very fitting haha. So I guess I was kind of OK with a public spectacle, just not a flash mob to a Bruno Mars song.
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Member@LittleE3: this wont be a popular response, but I really, really don’t want to get engaged on holiday, I find it slightly…. Odd… That people would get engaged in a place they’ve never been before and may never ever go back to again. It’s also a massive cliche in my eyes
MemberWell I was never waiting impatiently for a proposal but for sure, if DH had proposed at our team’s soccer stadium I would have run a mile in the opposite direction. These half-time proposals are just cringe-worthy. Especially when 30,000 soccer fans shout “Just say No!”
Although any proposal that was a public spectacle would have been qually offputting, to be honest.
I got the perfect proposal for me. In private, at home and with a cup of tea!
MemberWhat about those proposals where you’re mostly asleep when they happen? Like in the movie Valentine’s Day with Ashton Kutcher’s character? I would much rather be awake and enjoying the moment!
MemberI just didn’t want anything that felt like it wasn’t “us”. This would include jumbotron (we don’t even watch sports), flash mob (FI isn’t a dancer/is introverted), calling a lot of attention (see introvert)… I did tell him I didn’t want to be at home in my pjs with no makeup on. He got it perfect- in public but not a spectacle. I was not aware of anyone watching us until we kissed and heard a few people about 100 yards away & downhill clapping for us. lol
Member@Sparkidoodle: I definitely didn’t want a holiday proposal either, so I completely understand.
MemberI made DH promise not to do it on a plane, I don’t know why I was so convinced that was his plan…it wasn’t even close to being right!
MemberI’d say yes to anything for sure XD
But ideally I agree with not putting the ring in food, what are you meant to do then – lick the food off? Put it on covered with whatever it was stuck in? Or wrap it in a napkin and wait until you can clean it at home? I’d find that unecessarily stressful XD
The other thing I wouldn’t really like is if he produced some kind of ‘joke’ ring, like a haribo ring or something? I’d be happy with *no* ring but a joke ring I’d automatically think that he wasn’t being serious.
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