A romantic proposal is perhaps every girl’s dream. Here are some stories of people who were elated with their proposals. The stories are varied from funny to romantic and oftentimes a little bit both.
Cherise and Steven
Cherise and Steven went through a lot of rough spots in their relationship, but they stuck it out and made it work.
From Cherise, “Steven and I probably broke up five times in our first nine months in our first nine months of dating. He was always late, loved hanging out with his boys, just didn’t seem to have enough time for me. I told him that I didn’t think he was in it for the long haul, so it was best to end it for good.
“Two days after we split up, I met up with about five or six of my girlfriends at a local bar for my friend Jessica’s birthday. We were kicking back, laughing and having a few drinks, while listening to some bad karaoke singers.
“When I heard, ‘Nest up on the stage, Steven.’ I didn’t think twice about it since Steven is a popular name. But when I looked up, I saw MY Steven. He began to belt out, Bryan Adams’ Everything I Do I Do It For You and I was in shock.
“At the end of the song, he said into the mic, ‘Cherise, I just wanted you to know that I AM in it for the long haul.’ And there, on the stage in front of everyone, he asked me to marry him.
Melissa and Eric
Melissa and Eric now run a wedding favours website (among other ventures), so it’s no wonder their wedding proposal was so romantic.
From Melissa, ‘Eric had planned it for like four months completely unknown to me, of course. It was on our three-year anniversary of dating and he took me down to Shelter Island to a restaurant that was in a hotel (AJ’s Bar and Grill) — great food that overlooked a private beach the resort owned.
“So we eat dinner and he is totally smiling at me the entire time and can’t stop gigging, it was too cute! So we finish and he tells me that there was a surprise back at our house and that’s what he was excited about. Well he had me completely convinced we were going home, so we get in the car after dinner and start driving down the street, when we come to a round-about that takes you off this little island. He keeps going around, doesn’t leave and just returns to the hotel! (That is totally Eric and his ‘sly’ moves.)
“So we pull into the parking lot and I am completely confused wondering why we returned and he said we were staying for three days! I was so excited because we had never really gone on a trip like that. Little did I know he had packed my bags, which were hiding in the back seat. We go into the hotel and go straight to the room, we get to the door and he tells me to close my eyes … that’s when I KNEW IT! And of course I start to tear up as I close my eyes.
“He led me into the room. And when I opened my eyes the room was filled with roses and candles and he was on his knee asking me to marry him. It was the best night of my life, the roses even had little cards in them that read ‘Will you marry me?’ — sweetest thing EVER.”
Tim and Monika
Monika and Tim had been working in the same office for a year when he finally asked her for a first date. Though it took him a long time to ask her out, he wasted no time with the marriage proposal.
From Tim, “We moved very quickly. After our second date, we were pretty much living together because we couldn’t stand to be apart. After five weeks of dating, no one in our office knew that we were even seeking each other (it was against company policy).
“One day we were in a staff meeting with our boss and about 30 other employees, I was giving a presentation using a slide projector, crunching numbers about a huge project we had coming up. As I was wrapping up the presentation, I said, ‘I have one more thing.’
“I flipped to the final and there it was for the whole office to see. The slide said, ‘Monika, Will You Marry Me?’
“She was so shocked that she almost fainted. After catching her breath, Monika accepted and we got married four months later.”
Veronica and BO
Veronica always dreamed of romantic proposal and she definitely got it from Bo.
From Veronica, “One afternoon Bo took me to our favourite park — Paris Park. The story behind the name: I had always day dreamed about how romantic it would be to meet my future husband in Europe. I envisioned my crossing a bridge one way and he coming across it from the other direction, the two of us meeting in the middle and then us deciding to travel on together forever.
“Our first time at the park, about a months into our dating relationship, I told Bo what I had imagined and he had us re-enact it. We pretended a football goal, near our bridge was the Eiffel Tower. It was really sweet.
“So on this particular day, Bo went to Jim’s (local dinner) and bought tortilla soup (my favourite) and packed it and blanket and would only tell me that we were going on a picnic. We got to the park and went to a spot near our bridge at which point Bo presented me with three gorgeous sunflowers.
“We ate lunch and then Bo asked me if I wanted to go for a walk, like we did the first time we ever went to the park. We went over the bridge and Bo stopped in the middle of it and kissed me — our first kiss on our bridge.
“Then Bo said, ‘Do you remember when you told me about your day-dream of meeting your future husband on a bridge in Europe?’
“Then he went to re-enact it, which I at first didn’t think anything of because Bo is sweet and sentimental like that. But as I walked across the bridge to go to my side of it for the reenactment, it suddenly occurred to me, ‘Wouldn’t this be a super romantic way to propose?’
“I met Bo in the middle of the bridge and he was narrating the reenactment and he said, ‘You’re in Europe on the bridge and crossing it. You see a guy…’
‘A really good looking one,’ I interjected.
“Bo went on, ‘You run into each other and then he gets on his knee and ask, Will you marry me?’ By this point Bo was on his knee holding out towards me the most gorgeous engagement ring ever. And I said, ‘Seriously????? Yes!!!!’” — Agencies
