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January 11, 2007
How Would You Propose Proposing?
I mentioned last week that a woman recently got engaged. She mentioned was that her boyfriend's brother asked her if she'd seen her ring several days before the question was popped. I guess she was annoyed that she knew in advance, even though the brother didn't say for sure it was an engagement ring. She personally would have liked it to be a real surprise but some girls might have appreciated the heads up.
In the office, when she told about her engagement, right away someone asked if the rest of us had seen the Fiesta Bowl when BSU running back Ian Johnson asked for his girlfriend's hand on national television. She apparently rather readily said yes in front of the stadium full of fans and all the folks at home. I have of course said you’d want to be mighty sure of a gal's answer before you put her on the spot like that.
We've all heard of people hiding the ring in unusual places for their intended bride (or groom, it is 2007 after all) to find as a big surprise. I read in the MSN Men's Lifestyle section subscriber-submitted descriptions of various proposals. One woman mentioned that her ex-boyfriend hid the ring on the Christmas tree and made her search for it.
She went on to explain that they never got married because he turned out to be "a dirty dog kind of man" so I apparently he hid more than diamond rings from her. I guess that's what I find has always been the part of romance I don't get. Surprising someone always seems a deceptive way to act nicely to me.
I guess since in my family everyone knows what he or she is getting for Christmas in advance, I think of a planned attack on showing affection as the most effective. I know, for example, the old standby of hiding the ring inside dessert wouldn't fly for me. Knowing how voraciously I eat sweets, let’s just say that would be a recipe for disaster.
Another man on the forum sounded slightly wiser as he hid the ring in his fiancee's napkin. She discovered it when she went to dab her mouth daintily at the end of the meal. However, then I remembered the dinner was on a moonlit beach. Knowing my luck, I think if I tried that trick on someone, we'd be frantically searching sand in the dark.
Anyway, it's fun to imagine what you might do. Of course, the first step before proposing is finding someone to whom to propose, so I might as well stop putting the cart before the horse I guess. It's especially true if I keep describing finding a possible spouse with such an unromantic cliche.
Posted by Will at January 11, 2007 4:11 PM
Comments
Im no expert at dating or chatting it up with any one. I would just be sincere and propose when it felt right.
Posted by: Ken at February 1, 2007 12:04 AM
i'd like to propose to my boyfriend. but i don't know how do I propose to my honey.
Posted by: elise at April 27, 2008 2:46 AM
