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How did you guys propose/pop the question???

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Cornerback6

Cornerback6

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Not that I'm planning on tying the knot anytime in the near future at all, but my cousin is and I like to hear how guys proposed to their ladies. Some take the traditional approach and take them back to where they met and some are more original. How did you pull the trigger (no pun intended)?

Also, I'd be lying if it wasn't in the back of my head. This girl I'm dating is the one I think, I just have to wait a bit longer.
 
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mine was an ultimatum... she said "we've dated long enuf.. we need to move on.. if you don't know in a couple mths, I'm outta here" .. may be a lot of things but dumb ain't one of 'em...

Plus Deety would only date Mormons... and OSUsushichic was running up and down the east coast until she found out Manfreds parents were gazillionaires... so I jumped on the grenade...
 
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exhawg said:
I'm sorry, but I don't think you're allowed to marry your cousin.
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Define "cousin". :biggrin: SO just kidding.

No, I was actually curious to see how some of you did it. I know there are a lot of married gents on here, so I was curious to see if anyone really blows the rest of the crowd away. Some guys don't really put much thought into it, though I imagine I'll probably worry away months trying to make mine unique.
 
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I wanted it to be a complete surprise, so since she had just got a new job, I used the excuse that I wanted to do something special to celebrate.

I first took her to the Columbus Fish Market since she loves sea food. After this, we went to the club house where we used to go after all of our dates when we first started seeing each other. I had already stashed a bottle of wine there earlier in the day, so we drank it as we sat in front of the fire place.

Now this next part may sound weird, but if you're a devote Christian, you'll understand it. I took out a bowl of water and towel and began to wash her feet. As I did this, I told her how much I loved her and how much she meant to me. I then quoted Ephesians 5:25 (Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her). And then I said, as you know, the night before Christ gave himself up for his church, he washed the feet of his disciples. Likewise, I wanted to wash your feet to show you that I am ready to make such a commitment. And then I popped the question.

(At our wedding, when we were exchanging our personal vows, I reminded her of our engagement night and once again promised to always love her as Christ loves His church.)

Again, many might think this is kind of weird to do it this way, but I have yet to meet a devote Christian woman who doesn't get teared up when my wife tells the story.
 
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Ours was really romantic. We both just kind of casually said "You want to get married?" Hell, we went together and picked out her engagement ring and our wedding rings. I know what you are thinking and I had to convince her to get the bigger ring.

However, when the rings were ready I picked them up, headed over to her place, got down on one knee, gave a little speech and she told me to shut up and pushed me over. I do like to remind her of that every once in a while.
 
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I'll give the manly, not so girly romantic version, of my proposal.

She didn't have a clue. I took her down to Conkel's Hollow (at Hocking Hills) and we went for a hike. Found a nice spot on top of a cliff and proposed (bought the ring in secret). I angled it so if she said no I could push her off.

I actually hiked her for about 3 miles before I found a spot remote enough and worthy of the proposal. Damn tourists trying to invade my moment!
 
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she knew it was coming, but she didn't know when. We were headed to Florida in June, but we went to Niagra falls for a weekend in May, since i knew she was expecting it to happen in Fl, i did it on the observation deck @ Skylon Tower, overlooking the falls, there were people around, everyone cheered, it was straight out of a movie. went down the elevator and went around town in a horse drawn carriage!!!
 
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I asked in the midst of some wonderful sex.

Ok, that's not true. I actually had this whole elaborate plan set up, but we got into a minor argument in which she was wrong. She was in her senior year of college, and I was living three hours away. This minor argument happened on the phone Friday morning...then I went to visit her Friday evening, and she was really upset about the argument. I kept trying to tell her that it was fine, and I wasn't angry, but she was still upset...so, I dropped to one knee right there on her front porch...which just so happened to also be the place we first met.

The one thing I would highly recommend is that you ask for the father's blessing. This is important to a lot of girls. I would never go so far as to ask for permission, but I did have a pretty intense conversation with her father, asking for, and receiving, his "blessing". That was important to my (now) wife.
 
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FKAGobucks877 said:
The one thing I would highly recommend is that you ask for the father's blessing. This is important to a lot of girls. I would never go so far as to ask for permission, but I did have a pretty intense conversation with her father, asking for, and receiving, his "blessing". That was important to my (now) wife.
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my wife's dad isn't in the picture its her mother and step dad, so i took them to dinner (while she was at work) and ask them for their blessing then. Her mom listed to what i said, then looked at me and said exactly the following:

"I kind of figured thats why you asked us to dinner, and i have been thinking about it, and I honestly have to say no."

She was stone faced, my jaw hit the ground, i didn't know what to say...then she told me she was just kidding and infact she was very excited. I still dont let her live that down.
 
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FKAGobucks877 said:
The one thing I would highly recommend is that you ask for the father's blessing. This is important to a lot of girls. I would never go so far as to ask for permission, but I did have a pretty intense conversation with her father, asking for, and receiving, his "blessing". That was important to my (now) wife.
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This is good advice. There is no reason to ask for permission, but you should try to get the blessing as this means a lot to most women (at least those who do not hate their parents). I was lucky in that I knew I had her father's blessing before I even asked.
 
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