What’s the best proposal story you’ve ever heard? (It could win you $100!)

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I knew my fiance had the ring and was planning to propose, I even thought I knew when…but I was wrong. I was having a bad day…we had a family reunion and I had a rather large disagreement with one section of the family, to the point where I was sick to the stomach about it. After the reunion, my fiance, Rob, who couldn’t be at the reunion because of work, picked me up and took me to his place for a few hours to cool down. I was sitting on the couch nursing a Coke to soothe my stomach and he was upstairs. Soon he came down and crouched in front of me. “Are you okay?” I said I was feeling better. I thought he was acting oddly. He asked again how I was feeling…then the phone rang. He jumped up and answered and then said, “Oh, hi Jasmine!” And I’m thinking, who the heck is Jasmine? And why is he so happy to hear from her? As it turned out, she was the tech from Verizon helping him with his intermittent internet connection. They talked for a few minutes and he came back, rummaged under his jacket for a moment and asked again how I was feeling. Then he pulled out a box, lifted the lid (which had a little light inside) and held it out. Inside was a pretty little diamond ring, with little diamonds on the band and one in the center, and he asked me to marry him! What could I do? I started laughing…and laughed…and laughed…for about five minutes straight before I was able to say “Yes!” He still tells people about the evening where Verizon tried to help him propose and I laughed at him.

Martin and I had been planning on getting married for over a year when he popped the question; I had been waiting the whole time! The story goes something like this:
It was the last day of camp, and I was helping my team clean up their room a little bit before heading out to our last worship session. While I was standing with my back to the door, Sara, another team leader, told me to turn around.
Standing right in front of me was my boyfriend, Martin.
I almost started crying, but I think my racing heart and uncontrollable smiling stopped that. Martin led me outside, keeping a casual attitude. We started walking up to an old prayer chapel, which sits on a hill looking out on some trees. Almost exactly five years ago, we had been sitting in the same spot; it was at that spot that I started liking him. Today, as we sat together, I could feel my heart about to jump out of my chest. My thoughts were on one thing, one question.
We stood up.
Martin wrapped his arms around me and smiled. He started saying some sweet things, playing with my hair, staring into my eyes. He gave me a kiss and, as I started breathing faster than ever, got down on one knee and asked me to be his wife!
It was a very sweet, intimate time for us as a couple. We were alone up there, so there are no pictures, but I am glad we were able to share that moment privately!

My story is not as elborate as some, but it very special to me, my fiancee told me that he knew we were getting married the first time he saw me, however I was like yeah right. As we progressed he asked me to marry him in Nov 2010 mind you we met in June 2010, the cautious theda was like this is too early in the game. However he continued to woo and I continued to fall in love, I accepted in March 2011. now he did not give me my engagment ring until August of 2011. It was really stange no elborate set up just a man that found his mate and was will to wait until she accepted him. The ring process to approx 20 mins to chose and the sparke of this fire of our hearts cannot be measured or even taken a pic of(believe he has tried) ooo Did i mentioned that we met via online , june of 2012 is our wedding date and I will be packing up my family-son and 150lb dog to move from OHIO to Plano TX.

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I was coming home from Boston to Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport last February, and my fiancé said he would meet me at the top of the escalator and take me home. So I get there and I’m struggling with my suitcase, my heavy coat, and my hat, and I see him walk out of the crowd with a bouquet and a slightly nervous smile. He took my jacket and put it on the suitcase, handed me the bouquet, and got down on one knee. The crowd got very quiet; then he pitched his voice to carry and asked me to do him the honor of becoming his wife. I immediately said “Yes, gladly!” and he slid this beautiful sapphire set in yellow and white gold with diamonds around it onto my finger.
I helped him stand up, then we hugged and kissed and I tried to jump into his arms. While we have been successful with this maneuver in the past and since then, this time it failed. Hard. He leaned forward to kiss me again right as I jumped up and we overbalanced and I fell over backwards. Our hats went one way, my bouquet went flying, the suitcase tipped, and he landed on top of me! Everybody laughed and somebody yelled “Get a room!” We both burst out laughing as well and picked ourselves up before the airport security guard could get out of his chair to yell at us. It was a very memorable proposal that fit perfectly with the slightly crazy thing that is our life. I only wish somebody could’ve gotten it on film!

My fiance and I met at a festival we each went to with our friends. Throughout the morning I noticed this cute boy staring at me. I discretely told my roommate that he kept looking at me and smiling. Within minutes, my roomie walked by him and pushed me into him, much to my surprise and his. We ended up talking for hours together about school, family, church, sports, and life in general. We had tons in common including our love for travel, sports, and our adorable parents that had each been married for 30+ years. It was amazing that after a few hours I felt as though I had known him for years. That night he asked me to dinner, but I declined and told him to come running with me in the morning. I never thought he would really wake up at 9am on his day off from medical school rotations to run with me, but at 9:05am (of course) he showed up at my front door and ran 4 miles with me. Little did I know at the time but that was the most he had run in months and he was exhausted. After running with me, he bravely ventured into my house and said hello to my 3 roommates and the 20 girls at our house for a bridal shower. That night we went to dinner and the rest is history.
He matched for residency in a new city the following year. We stayed together and decided to continue our relationship long distance. Before starting residency we took a trip to Australia. After this trip, I knew we would be together forever. Absence really does make the heart grow fonder and after 9 months of distance and much prayer, I transferred my job to be with him and we were finally in the same city again. Since the move 3 years ago, our relationship has grown immensely. We have so many wonderful friends and have really settled into life together.
This past April we traveled to Southeast Asia to visit our friends in Singapore, as well as travel to Thailand, Hong Kong, and Bali. My fiance had three surprises for me during the trip and one morning in Bali after a wonderful brunch while relaxing at our pool, I got my third surprise when he asked me to be his wife. I said yes, and couldnt be more excited to spend the rest of my life with him. Since my move, we have grown stronger and closer, and fallen more in love with one another. We recently joined the church where we will be married and we are looking forward to sharing our wedding with everyone!

Proposal
The way that my Fiance’ and I got engaged was very special. We started talking about marriage and really getting serious about settling down because we saw in each other something so special that we knew that God had created us to be together. So, we decided that we should take that next step. He asked my dad for my hand in marriage on May 29, 2011 and he proposed to me in Cleveland, Ohio on June 11, 2011.
When Bryson proposed to me, we were taking professional pictures as a couple to cherish the stage we were in with our relationship. We had been to 4 different locations before we came to the place where Bryson wanted to pop the question.
The last place we went to was to the beach. The sun was setting and the waves were washing up on the shore so peacefully. Our photographer asked Bryson to get down on one knee and for me to sit on his leg. I didn’t think anything of it because we had tried a lot of poses, so I went along with it. As soon as I looked towards the camera, Bryson brought the ring from behind his back in a small black box and asked me to marry him. It was so unexpected and I was at a loss for words. My stomach dropped and the first thing I asked him was, “are you serious?” then I said “yes”. It was one of the best feelings in the world. The proposal was captured on camera from start to finish. We will forever have those memories!
God is real and He answered my prayer. I am so grateful and thankful because I am engaged to the greatest man that I have ever met! I have never had someone to care for me and love me the way he does. He treats me like the queen God created me to be.
So we are getting married February 18, 2012!
But to really see how sweet our story is… Visit our wedding wedsite http://www.warrenwedding.wedsite.com
♥ Gloria Collier ♥

it was december 25th of last year and everybody was opening gifts, i was down to my last gift and my boyfriend at the time was picking up the gift paper and walking around. i wasn’t paying any attention to him and he grabbed my hand and turned me around and gave me huge hug and said i love you.. his heart was racing hands was sweating i was scared because i didnt know what was wrong. he had tears coming down his eyes and held me sooooo tight and i was like baby talk to me. He looked at me and got down on one knee and pulled a box out of his pocket. He was shaking so much but he looked so cute though. He looked me in the eyes and said how beautiful i was and how i complete him and i was the only one he wants to be with forever. Then he asked me WILL U MARRY ME? I paused for a moment and then answered YES, YES, YES!!!! This was the best feeling ever, and the best christmas gift a girl could ever get.

when I was driving home from work on a Thursday night three weeks ago I had no idea that my then boyfriend was practicing His proposal in our living room. It was a long week and on top of that I was getting a nasty headache. I walked in and I said I needed a minute to lay down. He followed me to the bedroom. The look on his face.. I thought something terrible happened!! But he was just nervous. He told me that I was the love of his life and that he couldn’t imagine his life without me. Then he got down on one and pulled the ring out of his pocket. “Anna, will you marry me?” I couldn’t say a word bc I was already crying. Tears of happiness that is:) I threw my arms around him abd then he said:”is that a yes?”.. Of course it was a yes. He told me that he had talked to my parents a day before. They live in Poland, and he doesn’t speak Polish. He used skype and my cousin to translate. I think I love him even more, if that’s possible. We’re planning our wedding for April 2013:)

My fiance and I had recently bought a home together. We had been spending quite a bit of time doing work at the new place. I had been out of town all week and he said that he wanted to make a nice dinner in our new house on Friday night. He is the chef in our relationship so I was excited he was going to cook a big dinner after I had been gone. We had a chinese-inspired dinner. He knows I have an obsession with fortune cookies so he pulled a couple out of the cabinet from when we had chinese the week before. I am notorious for opening more than one cookie if my fortune is bad. I opened mine while he was cleaning up and it said, “to love and win is the best. To love and lose is second best.” I was sitting there complaining about how bad my fortune was so he came up behind me and said, this is the last one, do you want it? Uh..yeah I want it. My fortune was horrible. So I open this cookie and inside is a message that says, “I am so ‘fortunate’ to have you in my life and I want to spend the rest of it with you. Will you marry me.” Needless to say, I said yes and the rest is history!!

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We took a small trip to New York City for a few days around Easter this year. Our first full day there we visited Central Park. The Gapstow Bridge where Jeremy wanted to propose was too busy when we first arrived, so we walked around Central Park for 2 hours before returning to it! We took a moment to enjoy the view of the lake and The Plaza Hotel from the bridge and Jeremy quietly proposed.
We asked a nearby foreign tourist to take our picture and told her we just got engaged. She was confused and thought we were married. When she finally understood she was shocked and thrilled! She explained what we said to her daughters and they all screamed with joy congratulating us and giving us hugs. It’s truly a wonderful proposal we will never forget.

His side of the story…
Well if you must know the story, you’ll have to read about the beginning as well. After coming to the epiphany this beautiful princess was the one for me, I did what every man should do, I consulted my mother. It wasn’t like I was asking what she thought, but more of telling her I was going to pop the question sometime in the near future. The next step was finding a way to ask Lindsay’s parents without her knowing. Luckily God was watching over my decision, and Lindsay felt called to go to St. Lucia for a mission trip during Christmas break. Here I saw my chance to ask permission and I took it. Disguising my proposition to her parents in a “christmas present” gift card to Red Lobster, I asked if I could join them for dinner. There was no fooling them, as I well became aware of on their arrival at the restaurant. Once the “interrogation” was over, they gave me their blessing and I was on my way to buying the ring and coming up with my plan to sweep this girl off her feet.
Now fast forward to May 1, 2011, we’ll skip the countless hours of planning and preparation to avoid you falling asleep, the “semi” -big day. I decided to take Lindsay on a trip down memory lane. She would visit places or people that have played a key role in our growing as a couple. To keep this still a surprise, I had to discover a way for her to take the trip, but without me there. Luckily, thanks to my boss, Vickie Tillery, I had lifeguard training scheduled for the whole day. Vickie let me off of work that day, but I was forced to give my reason why. I decided to have her roommates go on the trip with her and I would always just be a step ahead of her.
A little unknown fact about Lindsay and I, is that we LOVE movies. I mean if you had to take a guess at what we were doing on a Sunday afternoon, it would probably be sitting on a couch, watching some random flick. I thought of incorporating some of our favorite “romantic” movies, okay her favorite, into the clues she would be getting on this scavenger hunt down memory lane. The clues I gave her all were given on pre-recorded cassette tapes (P.S. I Love You) and accompanied with a long-stem rose. She would listen to the tape, do whatever it said, and go wherever it told her to go. Again it was crucial for her to think I had someone do this for me, so she couldn’t see me, and it was crucial for her to believe I was at work.
I made her a brownie pizza, another one of our favorites, and had Lindsay’s RA take it to her along with the first clue. She was to yell wake up and leave the room. Right when I handed the pizza off to the RA I took off running to my truck and the chaos had begun. The first destination for Lindsay and the ladies was IHOP for breakfast. This IHOP in Hutch was our late-night destination countless nights. Here I filled in a waitress on her role in the scavenger hunt and gave her the next cassette, another rose, and a five dollar bill with my name and number written on it (Sweet Serendipity). The third stopping place was at Lindsay’s grandparents house. They have been married around one million years, so I figured they would have some good advice for her. I handed them the clue which contained a quote by Adam Sandler in his movie Mr. Deeds. The quote had something to do with bosoms and, well I guess you’ll have to watch the movie. Next I had her travel to her house, in the basement, where I had asked to her prom. I had done a scavenger hunt for that as well, and it had ended with a purple balloon. I tied the clue to the balloon and headed to my house. There’s a tree in front of my house where I asked Lindsay if she wanted to date, and I thought it’d be a good place for the next clue. I had her lay in the street (The Notebook) when she listened to the clue. My original idea was to carve our initials into the tree, but after hours of defacing the tree, I decided cutting down the tree was not worth it. The White house was the next destination. Another fun fact about us is that we play a lot of board games at each other’s houses. I had the girls play Taboo with my mom for their next clue. Knowing what the other person is thinking and feeling is important in any relationship, and that is why I had them play Taboo. Okay I’m probably boring you with details, I’ll just list the next few stops: High Park Feeding Ducks BWW: Blazin’ Wing Challege, Derby Plaza Theatre, Donut Hole, and Sterling Pond. Finally when she got to Sterling Pond, the last clue said she had to run the route that was marked by pink balloons. I had all of our education professors be markers for her and she ran all the way to Sterling College soccer field. When she came running to the field I can’t tell you how nervous I was. My plan was to sing her a song I wrote, stand up, and my family, her family, and friends would be holding the letters WOULD YOU MARRY ME.

The Charm Bracelet
Each Charm represents a milestone in our relationship, but also identifies that we have a lot of room to create even more long lasting memories. I am not going to go through all the meanings as some are very personal to Sarita and me. See pictures.
Orange Fizz – Sarita’s favorite color, it denotes energy, warmth, and the sun. Orange has the intensity and fire of red but is calmed by the cheerfulness of yellow…a perfect representation of Sarita.
Orange Swirled – Actually looks red, would initially have the same meaning as Orange Fizz. Since it looks red, we will say it represents our passion and love for one another.
Beach Chair – Double meaning:
Sarita and I are definitely beach goers, we prefer to be on the beach vs. anywhere else in the in the world. We have made a pact that 95% of the vacations we go on will be at the beach, so our life goal is to visit as many beaches as we can. We are truly relaxed and free of all work and social stress that life brings daily. Here, we can just be who we are in our own skin. Basically, we re-fall in love at the beach.
Once the above was identified, I knew that I was going to propose on the beach. But for more details on the actual proposal see the Proposal Section.
Iced Drink – The first time (well really second time) Sarita and I met and conversed, Sarita was pre-tipsy coming to a gathering at a mutual friend’s house. That day, Sarita couldn’t stop flirting with me (but I knew she was feeling me since PervArtistry (see Artist Pallet). Kidding, it was the first day I fell “in-like” with Sarita.
Artist Pallet – Double Meaning:
First time I ever met Sarita was at a mutual friend’s house. My first Wisconsin “game-night”…PervArtistry was the game of choice and EVERYBODY wanted this shy Latin lady on their team…why? Cause she was an artist. She was GORGEOUS, I had to have her.
Later on during our courtship, Sarita created a drawing that I hung up (and still have up) at my cubicle. One Saturday we came into the office to pick something up and she said that it was up; apparently she was surprised that I held on to it and had it hanging up as a reminder of her. She realized I was really into her (THEN she started liking me).
Soccer Shirt – We both love playing soccer.
Alphabet S – Her name is Sarita
Alphabet J – My name is Jon
Bundle Of Hearts Lock – Key Word: Lock – Sits in between the J and the S. Represents that no matter where, where we go, what happens, our love will always keep us together.
Love my Dog Dangle – Pico, our first child (as we have been told). If you know us, you know about Pico.
The Location
Sarita’s best friend (Stela) and my now close friend (Jaime) had a destination wedding in Playa del
Carmen, Mexico. At a beautiful resort called Grand Princess Riviera. I scoped out a place called the Thai Beach Club which was at the resort, but due to my consistent luck, the resort was renovating the Beach Club.
The Thai Beach Club (now called Chill Out) provides option-private cabanas that face the ocean.
Comfortable wooden beach chairs with a table. See picture, imagine the beds as wooden beach chairs.
I had the concierge set it up (after some begging) where we had the entire beach club to ourselves in the morning (8am – 9/930am). So the Beach Club was all ours and we had our pick of prime location cabanas.
The Proposal
So now I have the ring, the charm bracelet, and the location set…now I just need to get her there and propose.
I wake up at 615am, way too anxious to sleep.
We order room service and take it down to the Beach Club…private location, private cabana, private breakfast…it’s all about Sarita and I. I have Alicia Keys’ The Element of Freedom lightly playing as background music to the crashing of the waves and the light conversation between Sarita and me. I am too anxious (not nervous) to eat or hold any valid conversation. During this, Sarita is GRUBBING (she is going to be punch me for that)…oblivious to what is about to happen.
Once she is done eating…we have small talk and then I proceed to give her her first gift (the charm bracelet). I go through all the meanings and representation of each charm…she cries in remembrance, laughter and reflection.
Now the ring, I “act” as if there was a charm missing and proceed to “look” for the charm. As Sarita looks at her new gift, I get on one knee and let her know that I want and need her in my life forever.
Well, she hesitates (she is going to punch me again for this)…lol…in actuality she had started to cry a bit harder in surprise and joy (I hope).
Once she chokes back enough tears she nods, says YES! and jumps in my arms (comes close to tackling me) on the beach .
THE BEGINNING

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He took me out to one of the local bars, we had a couple drinks, danced was alot of fun. We then went back home, and in the middle of [being intimate] he proposed to me! Not my first choice but I can laugh about it.

I became a fan on your Facebook page but couldn’t find your page on Twitter.

Steve & I met when we were only in 7th grade, almost 12 years ago. We hated each other at first cause he always picked on me and I just made fun of him. LOL We went out for a bit in 7th & 8th grade before graduating to high school. We lost touch until sophomore year of high school when we started hanging out again. Both Steve & I dated on & off again and again in high school until our senior year of high school when we reunited again. He asked me over to his friend Mike’s house on the first day of senior year of high school to catch up. We started getting more serious until he asked me to be his girlfriend on September 25, 2003. We have been together ever since with some up’s and down’s, but we always found each other and loved each other very much! He gave me a promise ring on October 28, 2004 as a promise that he will one day marry me! He has always been by my side through tough and great times! I couldn’t be happier! We are so ready to move out and start our lives as one!
We just finished eating some Italian food for dinner at Steve’s place. We were getting ready to leave for the Eclipse premiere. Steve then told me to check if my Nintendo DS is still on cause he was using it earlier. I opened it and noticed it was off, so I turned it on to see what he was talking about. Then once I open it, I find a pic of Steve holding up a piece of paper asking me to marry him. I looked at him and saw the ring in his hand, and of course, I started crying! LOL He laughed at me crying! I said YES!!!!
We are getting married on July 20, 2012 in New York City at the Church (which is part of the elementary school we went to) where we met 13 years ago.

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My name is Becca and my fiance Charles and I have been together for 7 years! On New Year’s Eve 2009 I went out shopping then returned home with Charles asking to go to his work to get something which is typical being he is so forgetful! Just like any other day we got in my recently purchased Jeep and drove to Ocean City where we went to high school together and spent many days and nights together. While discussing our plans for that evening, Charles quickly pulled over and said something didn’t “feel right” in my new car! I was so mad, but believed him because he is a mechanic. While he looked under the hood (where he actually as I later found out pulled the fuel relay to make it not start)he came back to start it and it wouldn’t! He suggested that after he called AAA we take a quick walk on the beach by the gazebo we went to all the time to smell the ocean air and relax! I was complaining that it was cold and finally agreed. As we walked there I didn’t notice anything out of the ordinary. Then, as I walked further down with some convincing I saw a heart made of rose petals and candles. The inside read, “Becca, will you marry me?”! He got down on his knee and asked me. I said YES and we stood there together in the silence and I suddenly no longer felt the cold! We left the beach and my car was magically fixed! We went and celebrated the new year with our great news! We are getting married April 22, 2012 on the beach! I love the It Takes Two blue and green invitation! They are perfect and money towards them would help tremendously! 🙂

I can guarantee you have never heard a proposal story like mine before.
I knew my fiance had something up his sleeve the night before he proposed. He said he had made plans for the day but would not tell me what they were. I nagged him about the plans for a little bit, but he didn’t cave, so I painted my nails and went to bed. The next day, July 17th 2010 him and I were hanging out. When he asked me to sign on to facebook and check his farmville because his crops had to be harvested. As I was waiting for his farmville to load I looked over and saw him down on one knee, I asked him what he was doing and he said “oh, nothing”. I looked at the farmville page and saw: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=428623601532&l=2dd698f6fd (Cindy Will you Marry me?). I told him it didn’t count as a proposal because he didn’t say the words, so he looked at me and said “Will you?” I of course said yes. Then he put the box in front of me backwards. hehe. I took the ring out and placed it on my finger.
I can not wait to marry my high school sweet heart, best friend and soul mate on June, 30 2012! 🙂

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The setting was a dark, musty smelling restaurant. The dim lighting came from flickering overhead lanterns. They sat and waited at Table 123 as a melodic banjo played in the background, punctuated by the persistent chirp of nighttime crickets and the yellow, shimmering glow of fireflies. The Disneyland’s Blue Bayou Restaurant at Pirates of the Caribbean is known for its surreal atmosphere and that evening was certainly no exception.
Kara and Danny had always wanted to dine at the Blue Bayou Restaurant at Disneyland. They were unexpectedly rewarded for their persistent efforts with reservations made on a whim. They never thought they’d actually get in. Kara never thought fate would come knocking. But it did. And by knocking, I mean walking. Their server presented himself tableside and introduced himself as Al. Danny, being a Disney fanatic, started to inquire about employment at the Blue Bayou. After a long-winded conversation, Al asked Danny to leave his phone number so that Al could help him get a foot in the door. While Kara was powdering her nose, Danny decided to tell Al that Kara was single and gave both of their numbers to Al. It wouldn’t be until sometime later that Kara would learn that Al kept that piece of paper. Later that night, Kara received a text message from that server named Al and they’ve been inseparable ever since.
Kara and Al dated for a little over a year and to celebrate Al’s 30th birthday, Kara planned a trip to Pennsylvania so Al could meet her family and friends. This was the first time that Al would be introduced to her family consisting of over 100 people and her childhood friends. At a huge family gathering and to everyone’s surprise, especially Kara’s, Al made a speech to her entire family asking to be a part of her family and then all of the sudden he got down on one knee and proposed to her. Kara was in such shock, all that she could say was “How did you get the engagement ring through the security line at the airport?”. After hoots and hollers from the crowd, a tearful Kara realized what was happening and said YES!!!
Kara and Al are continuing their adventure as a couple and have planned a destination wedding to JAMAICA!!

I attached a video of my proposal (: It sums up everything better then words ever could!
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This is the story of me and my fiance (Renee & Bryan). I wrote this for our wedding website.
It was a Saturday in June, the sun was shining. Renee and Bryan were enjoying the day at Six Flags. Riding rollar coasters and eating funnel cake. Well, Bryan riding rollar coasters and Renee eating funnel cake. The had just gotten off the skyline – a pointless ride to say the least, but if they only knew this pointless ride would be the one they will remember forever. Nervous and scared – the words of love and forever were spoken. “I don’t want to wait anymore, I know what I want, and it’s you”. A ring was presented and the question asked: “Will you marry me”. Shocked, surprised, a bit confused….”Wow, can I think about” was the response.
Pretty typical scene, right? Now, what if I told you, she asked him? That’s right. Rewind 24 hours:
Renee decided to throw tradition out the window and plan a proposal Bryan would never see coming. She secretly visited the jewelry store and purchased an engagement ring (for him). She researched ways that other women have popped the question and decided on an amusement park proposal. She convinced Bryan to go with her to Six Flags, a place neither had been together (why he didn’t suspect then, we’ll never know. I mean really, Renee’s afraid of heights, hates long lines and detests walking long distances).
This story doesn’t end yet. Remember, Bryan asked for time to think about it. And time he got: 97 days to be exact. After 97 days, which for Renee felt like a lifetime, Bryan was finally able to say with confidence “yes, Renee I will marry you”.

This is our “story” of how Jared proposed just earlier this year. Enjoy!
Just so you appreciate the story a little more, you have to realize who the McFarlins are. With this family, it is not Murphy’s Law; it is McFarlin’s Law which states “What can go wrong, will go wrong, but we just keep on keepin’ on”. (Okay, so I added that last part. Thought it was catchy…anyway). All I knew was that Jared and I are going over to Auburn, WA (we live in Spokane) to spend time with his aunt and uncle and just have a weekend of relaxation and fun. No plans, nowhere to be – just me and him and part of the family. Note: It’s Friday the 13th of May.
We arrive at the workplace of Jared’s aunt and uncle to drop off the dog so that we can have the rest of Friday to ourselves. All the while, I’m being told, “This weekend is for us. Actually, it’s for you. I want you to really enjoy yourself this weekend.” (Hello! Who does not see a potential proposal plan in that?!?! That’s what I thought!) So, we go to the Woodland Park Zoo and had a blast making fun of the animals, taking pictures, and just enjoying the company of one another. Did it come then? No.
After the zoo, he showed me the Rose Garden, which he really talked up about how beautiful it was. All of the flowers weren’t in bloom, but it was still very pretty and made for a great photo op. Did it come? No.
Okay, so now it’s time to get back to downtown Seattle because we have dinner reservations at 8:30PM at Sky City Restaurant, and we have to find a place to change and park to be there early to check in. We’re driving along, miss an exit off of the Alaskan Way Viaduct, and get trapped in construction. We get stuck waiting for a train to pass, but did it just keep going? Oh no, it couldn’t figure out which way it was going. It started off going to the right, got all the way to the end, and started going back the other direction. Needless to say, I’m stressing because this crazy train is making us late. 20 minutes later, we’re out of that hot spot and scouting around for places to change. We go into a drug store and change there, come back out to the car and as we’re leaving, we’re met with a wonderful gal. Yeah, we got close and personal. She backed into my car. Was she sorry? Oh, no. “Did I touch you? Oh…do we need to do the insurance exchange?” Lady, just go. We’re late. Just leave.
So…we arrive at the Space Needle after parking, check in, and are seated right by the window. A bottle of chilled Martinelli’s Sparkling Cider is waiting for us. It is at sunset, and the view was spectacular. Absolutely gorgeous! We do our toasts (a couple, actually), enjoy a scrumptious dinner and dessert, and just enjoy the time and scenery. Did it come here? No.
After dinner, the observation deck was open, so we went outside and was awed by the city lights. I cannot express how much I love the view from the Space Needle. Did it come? No. (Really getting depressed).
It’s almost 10:30PM, and I request to go to Alki Beach (our spot) across the water, facing the lights of downtown Seattle. It’s become my favorite place and every time we are there, I request to go. I could sit out there all night. We arrive there and walk out on the dock, saying nothing and just looking. I’m thinking, “Okay, dude, this is the last of this evening. If it’s coming, it’s gotta come here.” Did it come? You answer. Instead, after talking up how special this spot was and reminiscing about other times spent out here, I hear, “Okay. Ready to go?” *sigh* (Totally ticked at this point).
The ride from Alki Beach back to his aunt and uncle’s house (40 minutes) was a very quiet ride. I’m frustrated because I expected it to come, and it never did. I’m tired from traveling and the hectic schedule of the day. I just wanted to go to bed, have my cry fest, and be done with it.
We arrive at his aunt and uncle’s house. Pull up to the gate, and I see red heart balloons and my name spelled out across the gate. It took a few seconds to process. All I could get out was, “What is this?” Then, when Jared said, “Brianna…” and brought out a silver box, I got it. The next thing out of my mouth was, “OH MY GOSH!” and the tears started coming. He finished the question, but then had to provoke an answer from me because I wasn’t saying anything, just crying. Finally, all I heard was, “Please?” and I quit sobbing just enough to mutter out a “YES!”
Come to find out this whole evening was planned from start to finish, even getting me frustrated and me giving up hope that it was even coming. However, it was beyond perfect. I wouldn’t have changed a single thing about that night. I will never again look at Friday the 13th the same.
And to think…I’ll be a McFarlin someday. 🙂

My story starts by a week of torture. My future husband bought the ring on May of this year and he proposed on July just before he left to live in Iowa. For some reason he thought that I knew that he was going to propose, so for an entire week before the proposal day he took me to very romantic places and he would always talk to me about marriage and told me how much he loved me and all those things. One time he even got on one knee and then pretended he was just scratching his leg. Then finally the proposal day came, it was a Friday.
I am a big animal lover and so that Friday I was hand feeding every two hours a little bird that my pets had and because they were not taking care of him, I took the role of the parent. So that Friday I was very busy feeding the bird every two hours and so I did not called my fiancé throughout the day. He arrived at around 6:30 and saw me in comfy clothes and full of bird food, at around 6:45pm he told me he was hungry and craving for a pasta at a special restaurant, so I got ready and by 7 pm I was ready to go, except that at exactly 7pm I had to feed the baby bird (which took me about 15 min)I could notice that he was getting frustrated and this was because he had made reservations for 7:30 at the restaurant. So then finally at around 7:45 we were on our way to the restaurant and I had my baby bird with me because I knew we were not going to be back before it was time to feed him again. All this time I thought we were going for a regular night out and I was not aware of anything.
When we finally arrived at the restaurant the waiter that received us did not know that he had made a reservation and that I was not supposed to know. So he we asked for a table my fiancé asked for the one that he reserved and the waiter said that we could not take that table because it was reserved, and in my fiancé’s mind he wanted to shout to him that it was for him. Thankfully the owner knew what was going on and he said that we could sit at the reserved table because “the people did not show up”. Dinner was served and we had some glasses of wine, and then he said that he needed to go to the restroom (the longest time he ever spend in the restroom) then as soon as he left the owner changed the music of the restaurant to songs by Frank Sinatra. My fiancé prepared a playlist that would give him time to change into a suit and come out exactly when the song “Fly me to the moon” was playing and get out of the restroom in a suit with some roses and the ring hidden in the roses. However, he had some trouble in the restroom putting on the suit so the restaurant owner played the playlist 3 times until he finally came out. I did not notice that the same songs had been played several times because I was enjoying the music. When he finally got out of the restroom he realized that the waiter where having trouble with the camera that he had provided them with to record the entire thing. His reaction so that I would not see him was to lay flat in the floor and fix the camera. Then finally, he walked towards me singing the “Fly me to the Moon” song, in a completely different outfit, and with roses in his hand. I was confused; I thought he had prepared a pre-anniversary celebration because we were going to be apart when the day came. We danced to the song and he was singing, and when the song ended he gave me the roses, I saw something in there, pulled the ring out of the roses and when I looked back at him he was already on one knee asking me to marry him. I said yes and everyone started clapping.
I am originally from Mexico so all my family still lives there, and I could not wait to tell them but I did not had to wait for a long time because he had arranged for them to come from Mexico and when I turned around my family was standing behind me watching everything. Of course I started crying as soon as I saw them and we had a great night.
This is our story I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.
Thank you.

My fiance suggested we go to Las Vegas for our 3rd anniversary of our first date. Almost as soon as we got there he said he had made reservations for us to jump off the Stratosphere (855 feet free fall) and apparently had arranged his plans to propose with the staff. He jumped first and waited for me to come down. As soon as I landed he was allowed to come out onto the platform (in front of everyone and on camera), got down on one knee (I was so disoriented and confused as to why he was on the ground!) and he proposed. Everyone around us was cheering! It was a great moment! And we have it on DVD! Later I asked him what he would have done if I chickened out and didn’t jump and he said he just knew I wouldn’t!

I can’t tell this story without going back to the beginning, so I apologize for the length of my tale…
Patrick & I met while waiting to have our student ID badges made at Freshman Orientation in college. We were both really early for orientation and ended up both heading down to have our pictures taken before we were scheduled to, so we were the only ones down in the office. The cameras weren’t even loaded yet, so while we waited in the hallway he asked me if I was going to be in band. I was shocked (and must have looked it) that he could tell that, but then he pointed at my shirt and I realized I was wearing a marching band shirt from one of the competitions that year. I laughed and said that, yes, I would be in band and he smiled and said he would be too. I asked him what he played and, to my great delight, he said French Horn. (When I started playing in band when I was 9 years old, I told my best friend that if I ever got married my husband would have to play French Horn, as it is my favorite sound in the whole world!) So, needless to say, I liked Patrick from the beginning! Even better was the fact that Patrick grew up in the city where we were going to college and when I told him that this was my first trip to this city, he offered to let me hang out with him and his mom that day. He showed me where my dorm was and took me around to all the buildings I would have classes in. Then, Patrick, his mom, and I all had lunch together. In retrospect, “meeting the parents” was never an issue! Patrick and I became friends and he dated other girls (I was still with my boyfriend from high school at the time), but we would always manage to spend a good bit of time chatting on AOL Instant Messenger (yes, this was about 11 years ago…who does that anymore?). After about a year of our chatting back and forth online my roommates started teasing me for the way I flirted with Patrick online even though I had a boyfriend back home. I had never realized I was doing that, but once they mentioned it (and the fact that he was flirting with me) I saw it as plain as day. My boyfriend and I split up relatively soon thereafter. Unfortunately, my grandmother got really sick my senior year and I had to move back home and finish my degree there. Patrick and I had really only been friends through those chatting sessions and, with my move, those ended rather abruptly. Fast forward about 2 1/2 years…
Right before Christmas in 2005 I got an email from AOL saying that there was a new and improved Instant Messenger available. I hadn’t used it in the last 3 years and I really don’t know what compelled me to do so, but I went ahead and downloaded the update. As soon as it was finished, AOL Instant Messenger popped up with my old screen name, signed me in, and showed me my old “Buddy List”. I probably couldn’t tell you who most of the people were anymore, but I saw one familiar name and, wouldn’t you know it, he was online! I clicked on Patrick’s name to send him a message and immediately wondered if he would even remember who I was. Before I had a chance to type anything another box popped up that said, “Hey, Stranger!” and it was him!! We chatted for a few hours before deciding to meet up for New Year’s a week later. The rest is history, as they say.
So, we’re going along swimmingly for almost 5 years (I moved to his hometown so we didn’t have to do the long-distance thing after about 4 years of dating) and I’m starting to think quite seriously that this is the man I’m meant to be with for the rest of my life. So, I start watching all the wedding shows on TLC when we’re hanging out (you know, Say Yes to the Dress, Four Weddings, etc.) just to subtly drop the hint that I’m interested. He didn’t make a move. Then, we decided to make the rounds to all of our parents’ houses for Christmas this past year. His mom and step-dad always spend the winter in Florida (they’re big Disney fans) and we’ve not gotten to see them for the past several Christmases because of that. So, this time we decided to drive to Orlando a couple of days after Christmas to see them for the holiday and get a little fun time in at Disney World. I should mention at this point that Christmas is my absolute favorite time of the year and that I had a feeling Patrick might propose on Christmas Eve or Day. When that didn’t happen, I assumed I would have to wait at least another year for him to pop the question.
We get to Walt Disney World on December 27th. We had a lot of fun riding the rides and seeing all of the spectacular Christmas decorations and trees. On the 28th we went to Animal Kingdom and had a lot of fun, but then went back to the hotel to rest in preparation for heading to Hollywood Studios and eventually the Magic Kingdom.
We went to Hollywood Studios that night and got to see the “Osborne Family Dancing Lights” (a spectacle to behold if you ever get to see it)! It was so beautiful and they had fake snow falling from the sky and thanks to Florida’s coldest temps on record that day it actually felt like Christmas! After seeing all of that, we went to the Magic Kingdom to watch the parade and holiday fireworks show. We tried to catch the monorail over to the park, but within 100 yards of our stop, the monorail stopped. The driver came on and said that one of the trains in front of us was having trouble and we might have to head back. We did end up going back to the parking lot, but we got on the ferry boat to go across the lake to get to the park (I’d never done that before and it was so beautiful). We got to Magic Kingdom in time to watch the last half of the Electric Light Parade go by and then we followed it up Main Street toward Cinderella’s castle for the fireworks to begin. We had our pictures taken in front of the castle, which was absolutely gorgeous with all of the lights they put on it! Then, Patrick’s mom went and found us a good place to stand to see the show (she’d seen it many times and was the “expert” for all things Disney on this trip). Once we met up with her I kept snapping photos of the castle and saying how lovely I thought it was. Suddenly, Patrick said that someone should get a picture of me in front of the castle and, as I turned to say “why would I want a picture of just me?”, I looked and he was on one knee with the ring box in hand. At first I was just stunned and all that came out of my mouth was “really?!”, but then I started to cry as he opened the box and asked me to marry him in a very special way…when I was in middle school, a friend and I started speaking a “new” language of our own that we eventually started to call “A Bong language”, for my first and last initial: A.B. Basically, you spell out all the words you speak, and say the consonants with the sound “ong” added to the end. All of the vowels are pronounced long, so what Patrick ended up asking me was “Wong-i-long-long Yong-o-u Mong-a-rong-rong-yong Mong-e?” He’s always been a fan of my “language”, but not been very good at it, so it took him awhile to get out the question and I think I said yes about 3 times before he was actually finished! He put the ring on my hand, I kissed him, and then the fireworks began. The best part was that his mom and step-dad were right there to capture the whole event with their camera. I will never forget that night and the absolute best Christmas I’ve ever had!! We’ll be married exactly one week before Christmas Eve at the end of this year and I can’t wait!!

Here’s our proposal story… on my birthday in January only about a month after we started dating Steve gave me a locked “safe” box and told me that I couldn’t open it until he said, he didn’t give me any idea of when that would be. Since I’m a woman I was GOING crazy, you can’t give me a present that I can’t have I would always say. Eventually we moved in together and ever since I bug him every once in a while about the box. Finally about a week ago Steve snuck out of the house really early and set the alarm clock for me to get up at 8:00.. he led me on a scavenger hunt all over town via text message when I eventually ended up at the Starbucks where we had our first date. He text me and told me to order the Crissy Special so I walked up to the girl behind the counter and asked for it and low and behold she had my BOX!! it was unlocked, so I peaked inside and found a note that he had written 8 months ago that said Crystal Hodges will you marry me?! then I turned around and saw him and he proposed right there in the Starbucks! I said yes of course and since he’s smart he video taped the whole thing start to finish so now we have a great video to remember every step with! ♥

Here is my story … Will was turning 30 that August in 2010 so I decided to throw him a huge back yard party. It was over a month of planning and preparing. Finally the day came … It was a hot Saturday on August 14th. We had about 60 people in his yard. The night was going great! Hustle & bustle as with any other party. I was cleaning up some dishes when his mom said to me “Can we sing grandmom has to get ready to go soon.” So I dry my hands, grab the cake, light the candles and then carry the cake out to the yard. When the singing was done I was thinking “Ok Yay happy birthday let me cut this cake & get back to cleaning up.” At that moment my tipsy boyfriend decided he was going to give a speech to thank everyone for coming. He turns to me & thanks me for everything & then says “You know I love you Baby, I love you like fat kid loves cake – & I do love cake (lol).” He gets down on his knee and asks me to be his wife. My reply was “SHUT UP …. HERE!!!” Everyone starts cracking up. Of course I said YES!! Then I stood there in such shock for about 30 minutes. It was the last thing I ever expected at that moment. He was walking around with the ring in his pocket all day avoiding me being on the side where the ring was. There was also several people who knew & apparently were talking about it all night anicipating it to happen. I never picked up on any of it. Best of all my best friend knew who is horrible at keeping secrets but she didn’t spill the beans!(Go Micro)
Our wedding is set for May 27, 2012 & is just 8 months away. Minus the wedding planning stress I am happier then I have ever been in my entire life!

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And here’s the story…
My fiance, Jason, and I have grown up going to the same church camp, Camp Deer Run. It is in a little bitty town in east Texas. He is a couple years older than me, so we were never in the same group, but kind of knew who each other were. We got to know each other pretty well through some friends, but fell in love when we started working together at Camp Deer Run. We worked together in 2009, 2010, and 2011. This past summer was both of our last years to work, so the last Friday the last group of campers left and the staff had our good-bye devo and party. It was really emotional to say goodbye to a place that was such a huge part of our lives. Because the staff has long drives back we stay the night and leave early on Saturday. Jason and I had a wedding to go to at 5:00 on Saturday (about 2.5 hours away from Camp). We didn’t really have a good place to go before the wedding, so we just decided to stay at Camp later than most people and get ready and stuff there. So, Saturday came and we said goodbye to all the other summer staff and only us and our boss were still at Camp. Jason and I went to finish our painting our spot in the Rec Hall (a place where all the campers and staff get to sign). While we were there our boss came and asked us if we had enough time to help him with some cleaning. He asked me to come sweep the Mess Hall with him and sent Jason to clean up another building (really Jason went to set up a few things….I was clueless). When Jason came back I asked him if he was finished cleaning and he said, “not quite”, but he asked me to come outside with him. When we went outside, he told me, “I have a gift for you, but you have to find it.” Then he handed me a sticky note (I have a very special love for sticky notes..I guess it is the future elementary teacher in me. He has always found this to be a funny obsession and would send me them a lot. When we went to different schools he would send me packages. On each item in the package he would include a sticky note with a silly poem on it telling me why he sent this gift). On the sticky note was a poem that directed me to the PeeWee Playground. I started to walk there and he walked in the opposite direction. At this point, I am thinking maybe this is it, but I didn’t want to set myself for disappointment. So, I spent most of my time walking around that this was just a nice thing to do and not a proposal. At the playground I found another sticky note with a poem telling me to go to the All Night Prayer Pit….then I was sent to the Rec Hall…the Wall…Canteen…the Staff Lounge…then the last one read “Now there is one thing I must ask you to do, Go to the spot where we said “I love you!”‘. So I began walking to the special place where he had first told me he loved me. As I was walking up, he was coming from the other direction. We met in the spot where he said some really sweet things, got down on one knee, pulled out the most perfect ring, and asked me to marry him! Of course, I said, “YES!”
Jason and I are getting married June 23, 2012 and I cannot wait to marry my best friend. I have already picked out my invitations from Invitations by Dawn and will order them as soon as we finalize the guest book! I cannot wait!

So, where should I begin…
My fiancée, Bria Smith, and I have been courting for the past 3 1/2 years. In recent months, we began having serious talks about getting married and preparing ourselves for that next step. With our direction clear, I knew that it was about the right time to propose to her.
A couple of years ago, Bria and I were having a conversation and Disney World came up. I asked her if she had ever been, and she told me that she had not. A few months later, she found out from her parents that she had in fact gone Disney World but was only 2-years-old at the time and didn’t remember the trip. So, I always thought it would be nice to bring Breezy (my nickname for her) back to Orlando and have her experience a Disney World trip. Originally, I planned to surprise her and take her down to Disney World right after we graduated from college—but then, I realized that I wanted to save a surprise like that for something REALLY special, like a proposal. Flash forward a year and a half later to Labor Day Weekend 2011. I told Bria about two months prior, to keep September 3 open on her calendar because I wanted to have a fun “end-of-summer” hangout day with her. She obliged and kept the day free. I told her in the days leading up to that weekend that we were probably going to Chesapeake Beach in Maryland to have breakfast and then later, going to a concert in Washington, D.C. (all lies by the way), and she was cool with that.
That Saturday morning, on September 3rd, I picked her up from her apartment and we drove in the direction of Dulles Airport. Mind you, she had no idea at all that we were going to the airport and getting on a plane to Orlando. When she recognized that we weren’t driving in the direction of Chesapeake Beach, she didn’t say anything. Bria knows that I like to surprise her every now and then and that I don’t typically give out details until the surprise has been fulfilled. Anyways, we park at a lot by the airport and make our way to the terminal. We print out our boarding passes and she sees that the destination is Orlando, FL. She looked at me and asked, “are we really going to Orlando?” I smiled and said, “yes.” And she smiled as well.
Eventually, we got on the plane and made our way to Florida. She continued to remain composed and didn’t ask any further questions except for how long I had planned for us to be there. She saw on the boarding pass that we were flying back to Maryland that night so that only left a few hours to be in Orlando. Although it was just a few hours, I knew that this trip had a special purpose that made it okay to be there for a short period of time.
Once we got to Orlando, we hopped on a bus and traveled to the Magic Kingdom. Bria was all smiles by this time. After we arrived, we only had about an hour and a half before we had to make our way back to the airport (I know, crazy right?)
I was hoping we could go on at least one ride before I attempted my proposal but the wait time for each line we got in was a little too long. Before we started walking around the park, I located the Magic Kingdom Castle. That’s where I aimed to propose to her. After checking out the wait time for a go-cart ride, I asked her if we could go back to the Castle. She said that was cool. We got in front of the Castle, and I told her that I wanted someone to take our picture, but that I needed to go to the bathroom first.
So, I walked away to a spot in the park where she couldn’t see me. I got the ring out of my backpack and put it in my right front pocket. When I returned to the castle, I saw her waiting and told her that I was going to get someone to take our picture. I see a lady standing near by and told her that I was going to propose to my girlfriend and that I wanted her to film it. I already had the camera on record mode, and all she had to do was point it in our direction. She agreed.
I walked over to Bria. We’re both standing in front of the Magic Kingdom Castle. I say to her, “before that lady over there takes our picture, I have something to say. You know how we’ve been having a lot of conversations and asking each other a lot of questions in preparation for marriage? Well, I feel like there’s only one more question left to be asked.” At this moment, I got down on one knee and took the ring out of my pocket. Even behind her sunglasses, I could see that she had started to cry. “Bria Danielle Smith, the love of my life, my best friend, and the greatest gift that God has given me…will you marry me?” She smiled as the tears were flowing and said, “yes.” I turn to the crowd that had assembled around us and shouted, “SHE SAID YES!” Everyone begins to clap and we hug. I could tell that she felt slightly embarrassed—I think back to it now, and realize that being in front of a crowd made it feel a little awkward but it was all great. We go off to the side, she calmed down a bit and we just sat their smiling. Mission accomplished.
In a couple of hours, we were on a plane headed back to Maryland. A great day, indeed