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From: SummersEchos
Date: 10-09-2005, 07:32 PM (1 of 9)
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Well today I had to watch a football game on tv to see my YD Gf get engaged. She is like another daughter to me and I know she knew nothing about it. So I got to thinking, how would I feel if that happened to me at some event in front of all these people? Then I got to thinking about all the different ways my gf's got engaged. Some were the romantic kind others were the blurt it out kind. So the question is_____________How were you asked for your hand in marriage? If you want to make a comment about having it done before lots of people on tv go ahead. Personally I wouldn't have liked it, I think that is something that should be between the two people and not the whole city. Summer
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From: joni lowe
Date: 10-09-2005, 08:39 PM (2 of 9)
I'm sure that I too would be too embarrassed to be asked in front of the whole world. When my husband proposed to me, we were swimming in my parents swimming pool. Of course I said yes, but then we just kept putting it off, as there were just too many other fun things to do over the weekends. We ended up doing everything backwards from tradition, bought our house first, got pregnant, and then got married in our front yard. That was 28 years ago. We spent less than $100. It worked. . . 
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User: joni lowe
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From: MissKittyDillon
Date: 10-09-2005, 11:30 PM (3 of 9)
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Well...My romantic hubby (LOL) never really proposed. We had been dating for about 8 months, and we had talked about getting married. Let me give you some background info first: My husband does A LOT of traveling for work. He is usually gone any where from 2 - 4 months at a time. If he is working close enough, he comes home on the weekends or at least once a month. When he is home from work he is home any where from 5 days to 6 weeks. Okay so on with the story: One day,while he was working in upstate New York (Ticonderoga to be exact), we were having our daily phone conversation when he said, "Let's get married on Halloween. That way I will never forget our anniversary". That is it. That is how he proposed. So, 3 weeks later he came home, and we flew to Phoenix so he could meet my parents. (He didn't think it was right to marry me without meeting them first.) Three days after we got back we were married at the Four States Fairground under the gazebo by a family friend who is also a Mayor of a small town nearby . I should also note that my now MIL made my wedding dress. She made a sample out of muslin so we could fit it. When that was finally correct, I left for Phoenix while she made the real one, praying the whole time that it fit. And it did. It was beautiful. Marci Marci
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User: MissKittyDillon
Member since: 09-28-2005 Total posts: 33 
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From: SummersEchos
Date: 10-10-2005, 12:18 AM (4 of 9)
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I found out my dear ex husband was going to ask me to marry him through a friend of mine. I was in my last year at college and she was a good friend. She had started dating his best friend. He told his best friend he wanted to ask me to marry him and he in turn told her. Well she told me and all I had to do was wait. When I graduated from college about 2 months later, he told me he was going to give me a party. On the way over to his parents house, we stopped for dinner, he asked me to marry him. It was nothing romantic, or wild, just will you marry me? At the party he made the announcement we would be married the following year. I hadn't really said yes, but I hadn't said no either. I did have another man ask me to marry him. I knew it was coming and I didn't want to get married. I had told him over and over I didn't want to be married at this time. I dated him for 5 years, and on our anniv. of going out on our first date he would ask. He did it with roses, candy, moonlight, all the romantic things. I really liked him a lot but didn't want to be married to him. After the fifth time he gave up, and we went our seperate ways. Now I remember going to a basketball game where on the replay board they showed a couple. Then they flashed Will she marry him? He was down on one knee asking her. She was in total shock and embarssed. Later on they flashed she said yes. I talked to my YD gf tonight and she was surprised. She said it was a typical thing of her bf to do, he does everything in a big way. She was surprised but happy as a lark, and was looking forward to planning her wedding. As she told me "You know I am not the romantic type" My response was why the Cinderalla wedding then? Marci---I like the idea of getting married on Halloween. I had always told my kids the two days I would consider getting married on were Halloween (everyone could come in costume) and April Fools Day, if it didn't work out I could say April Fools! Summer
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User: SummersEchos
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From: DorothyL
Date: 10-10-2005, 08:34 AM (5 of 9)
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My husband and I lived together for about four years. One day he said he thought we should have a baby. I told him I couldn't afford such a thing without his insurance and we had to be married before it would be covered so we did. We were married in the Heart of Reno Chapel by an Elvis impersonator (OK, so the Elvis impersonator part is a lie -- but it is such a good one). He'd lost the money for our room in the $1 slot machine so we spent our wedding night in the back of a pick-up truck (with a camper on it). It was more than 20 years before we had a real honeymoon. We have been married 26 years and that baby is a lawyer now -- or will be when the bar exam results get back. Oh yeah -- he has never gambled more than an occasional lottery ticket and one cheap trip to Niagara Falls since. Whoda thunk it? Dorothy |
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From: LauraM62
Date: 10-10-2005, 09:24 AM (6 of 9)
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1st husband was a 'lets get married, what do you think' one day out of the blue, but we were already living together. So we got married about 2 weeks later, simple chapel wedding, nice dress & suit. 2nd & present DH is a romantic! Oh and I like it too! Now he had all these big plans to ask me to marry him, when he realized it would have been a Friday the 13th when he asked  He thought that would be bad luck, so I got a double deal  Thursday night took me out to dinner at a nice restaurant, at the end of dinner in the middle of the restaurant with people around he got down on one knee - we ended up with an audience because everyone seemed to know what was about to happen! I thought is was so sweet! The next night he still surprised me by showing up at work at the end of the day with a dozen long stem roses, and a beautiful night on the town! So I got a 2 fer for the proposal  And this DH is still the romantic! Our last anniversary I got a surprise weekend to a 5-star hotel a couple hours away, dozen roses waiting in our room, chocolate cover strawberries, etc, but that is just him, every year, wouldn't trade it for anything in the world
LauraM
SW Indiana If everyone cared and nobody cried; If everyone loved and nobody lied; If everyone shared and swallowed their pride; Then we'd see the day when nobody died --'If Everyone Cared' by Nickelback |
User: LauraM62
Member since: 08-10-2003 Total posts: 246 
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From: Bama
Date: 10-10-2005, 05:37 PM (7 of 9)
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I dated my hubby for 4 years. About 2 years into it, he would occasionally say things like "when we get married..." but he still had not really asked me. One day he finally got down on one knee and asked me. Of course I said yes. I knew when we started dating that I wanted to marry him. I don't think I would have liked it if he had asked me in front of a bunch of people. |
User: Bama
Member since: 03-21-2000 Total posts: 2116 
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 10-10-2005, 11:04 PM (8 of 9)
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I had been seeing my husband about 5 mnths (we met on April Fools Days....yep....don't say it....). I'd taken him home from work, We both worked at HoJo's (he cooked and I was a waitress), he didn't drive, yet. (not till he was 22 ) We were 19, sitting on his parents kitchen floor, on a terrible looking green rug (back in the 70's avacado green was the rage). He grabbed my hands and asked me if' I'd marry him....I said what ??? are you crazy ??? Do You ACTUALLY wanna marry ME ??? He said yes. I love you...I said Oooookkkkkkk.....(thinking he was gonna take it back sometime) We got married 4 yrs later. (Just 3 days before he went into the AF). No I don't think I'd like the whole world to see (my) a marriage proposal. Because I don't always react like other people and they might think I was weird (and they'd be right...   )
Chrys
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User: Chrysantha
Member since: 09-06-2002 Total posts: 2414 
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From: bridesmom
Date: 10-10-2005, 11:09 PM (9 of 9)
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I met my 2nd husband in Aug 86. In Sept 86 he injured his neck and had to have surgery. I was working in the hospital the night before his surgery and that morning went in to kiss him and sit with him until he went in. (We'd been dating about 6 weeks by now). While he's laying in the bed, unable to move suddenly he says, if I'm not crippled after this surgery, do you want to get married? I laughed and said, sure, as long as you're not crippled. We eloped Jan 1, 1987 to Bakersfield California and were married at his brothers house. We had known each other barely 4 months. 19 years later, I'm still happily married to him. Funny thing was, just before we met (which was in a restaurant) he was moving to California and I was moving to Calgary and we had both given up on relationships. I wasn't ever going to get married again. He told me after we were married that the moment I walked into the restaurant he had such a huge 'bang' in his heart that he knew that he knew that he knew we would be together. Laura
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