Marriage Proposal

[Aperitif]

Steady girls...it's not me.
I was reading an illustration 'blog' this morning and came across this proposal.
Did you ever receive or "pop the question" in an interesting way?

 

[longers]

We went for a walk with the dog and I got down on one knee when we stopped at the cairn on the top of Alphin Pike.

She said yes and I got out the bottle of bubbly that I'd snuck into the rucksack and we shared it and had a merry walk home. The rest is history. Really it is.

I can see that hill from nearly everywhere round here.
No regrets.

 

[longers]

The ring was from a cracker, a purple butterfly IIRC.

 

[ianrauk]

Mrs Ian said "Keep September 5th clear for next year", "Why?" I asked.. "because we are getting married and we need to book the church and the reception", "But what if football is on that day?" I asked.. We came to a compromise... We got married at 2pm and had a tv at the reception with the rolling footy results.. It was very popular with the chaps. Luckily Chelsea were not playing that day.

 

[Norm]

Not quite on topic, but I used the same trick for handing over my present on the first anniversary.

As the first is the Paper anniversary, I got the cheapest, tackiest notebook I could find, cut the holes (on Bognor seafront, with a traffic warden trying to ticket me as I sat in the car doing it... so romantic, eh) and glued the pages with a flap in the top page, then went back to her parents where we were staying at the time.

When I handed over my wrapped present, in front of her whole family, there were some raised eyebrows at what looked like a spiral bound notebook.

Her mother and sister left the room.

Mrs Norm opened it with an eyebrow raised and said "You've got me a notebook."

Her father and brother-in-law left the room.

She tried to flick the pages but, because they were glued, she said "You've got me a notebook that doesn't even work!"

The tone she used was such that even the dog left the room.

I am only here to tell the tale because, when she dropped it on the floor, the platinum ring with diamond and two sapphires dropped out of the "hidden" pages. It was touch and go for a while though.

Although I must admit the line "...notebook that doesn't even work" still has me chuckling to myself.

 

[rich p]

Regarding the bloke in the OP - what a dickhead!
It took him 8 months to find the book. I wish she'd said no

 

[longers]

I wish she'd said no

We were in a pub in London and saw someone get down on one knee, so everyone turned to watch.

She shook her head.

We stopped watching.

 

[Aperitif]

Regarding the bloke in the OP - what a dickhead!
It took him 8 months to find the book. I wish she'd said no

I would have rejected him on grounds of cannibalising a book. Probably would have taken the ring and sold it on though...

I have seen plenty of friends say 'yes' Mark...only for them to say 'no' a few years / houses / kids / later.

 

[Globalti]

What a vandal!

 

[rich p]

I would have rejected him on grounds of cannibalising a book. Probably would have taken the ring and sold it on though...

I have seen plenty of friends say 'yes' Mark...only for them to say 'no' a few years / houses / kids / later.

Surely you'd have rejected him on the grounds that you're not homosexual?

 

[mr_cellophane]

I had a lot of different ideas but in the end I decided to write and illustrate a magical little story for her that revolved around a story of the ring.

Not very original - Tolkien has already done that.

 

[Aperitif]

Surely you'd have rejected him on the grounds that you're not homosexual?

the presentation would have been a 'bum wrap' of the first order...

Never discount the 'art school days' rich - I have no idea what happened.
(But you're right - again!)

 

[rich p]

the presentation would have been a 'bum wrap' of the first order...

Never discount the 'art school days' rich - I have no idea what happened.
(But you're right - again!)

Ah, of course, you bohemian arty types got up to all sort of Byronesque mischief in your youth (so to speak). I was stuck with some very dull economists and missed out on my bi-curious phase

 

[sheva]

On the subject of marraige proposals.

http://www.waccoe.com/index.php?showtopic=175652

 

[Crankarm]

Not quite on topic, but I used the same trick for handing over my present on the first anniversary.

As the first is the Paper anniversary, I got the cheapest, tackiest notebook I could find, cut the holes (on Bognor seafront, with a traffic warden trying to ticket me as I sat in the car doing it... so romantic, eh) and glued the pages with a flap in the top page, then went back to her parents where we were staying at the time.

When I handed over my wrapped present, in front of her whole family, there were some raised eyebrows at what looked like a spiral bound notebook.

Her mother and sister left the room.

Mrs Norm opened it with an eyebrow raised and said "You've got me a notebook."

Her father and brother-in-law left the room.

She tried to flick the pages but, because they were glued, she said "You've got me a notebook that doesn't even work!"

The tone she used was such that even the dog left the room.

I am only here to tell the tale because, when she dropped it on the floor, the platinum ring with diamond and two sapphires dropped out of the "hidden" pages. It was touch and go for a while though.

Although I must admit the line "...notebook that doesn't even work" still has me chuckling to myself.

Good story.