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Any good stories about getting engaged?

It's been awhile since I've been on any boards, but I figured I'd drop in and see if I can get some good feedback.

It's been a busy couple of years. Without getting too LJ/TLDR I'll just say that I asked the most amazing young woman to marry me and she said yes. Not looking for advice per se, just wanted to hear about your travels toward marriage.

PS: So far I don't like the term fiancee, I prefer "Future Husband". It sounds very George Jetson like.

beebs

:toot:
Congratulations!

Congratulations! (now I'm picturing you AS George Jetson)

No stories to offer, though. We were very low key, but the timing was pushed along by the Immigration Dept, as his work visa was not going to be renewed.

Have you set a date yet?

Wow! I'm pretty sure I conjured you up by mentioning you in a thread about Dopefests last week. Congratulations!

I have an awesome story. My now-husband and I got engaged and then immediately---as in, could only have been that day---got pregnant after pretty much thinking that would never be in the cards.

Not what you were looking for?

Congrats! I hope all goes well!

Congratulations!

We got engaged while we each had about a year of schooling left, so we made it an 18mo engagement. During that time we graduated, got "real" jobs, made critical wedding reservations (church, hall, photographer), did all the typical wedding prep stuff (registry, showers, invitations, honeymoon plans, etc.), found a place to live, and then got hitched. It was a turbulent and happy time in both of our lives. I wish you all of the happiness and only a smidge of the turbulence.

I proposed to Mrs. Harry on April Fool's Day.

That good enough?

A magic trick was involved.

Congratulations!

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Originally Posted by mlerose (Post 847297)

A magic trick was involved.

Congratulations!

Did he saw you in half, and mid-trick asked for your hand?
_{Think about it....}

Hope it works out for you. If you're female, "Good luck!" and if you're a guy, "Congratulations!" Wait, husband, so congrats. I can tell you found a good woman -- that's important.

No stories from me -- just weird things happened.

We were sitting up late one Friday (we'd been together for years) and at like 2 AM or something crazy, Captain Romance says to me, "You know that marriage thing we talked about? Set it up."

Yup. That was it. We got married the day before Thanksgiving (he picked the date - he said he'd never forget our anniversary because it was the day before Thanksgiving. I asked him while we were having our reception if he did, in fact, realize that Thanksgiving is on a different day each year? :smack:

This year will be our tenth anniversary.

This guy raised the bar for everyone.

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Originally Posted by Missy2U (Post 847348)

Yup. That was it. We got married the day before Thanksgiving (he picked the date - he said he'd never forget our anniversary because it was the day before Thanksgiving. I asked him while we were having our reception if he did, in fact, realize that Thanksgiving is on a different day each year? :smack:

This year will be our tenth anniversary.

Oh. my. god.

We got married the day after Thanksgiving, and my husband said the same thing. Ours was also a 2AM conversation. Drinks were involved as well.

We'll have been married nine years this year. Our daughter will be 10. :)

The mister took me out for my birthday to our favorite chinese restaurant. After we had ordered our food, he popped the question and the ring, and I was thrilled (and said yes, of course). However, our waitress was apparently even more thrilled than I was; as soon as she saw the ring go on my finger, she started hopping up and down and cheering, "They getting married! THEY GETTING MARRIED!"

Good times, good times. *sighs reminiscently* :D

Congratulations, beebs!

Also a Thanksgiving wedding for us, but a *proper* one, in October, as it should be! It made sense, in terms of getting everyone together for the wedding (some people came from far away...including ourselves, as we got married in a different province than where we lived), but in terms of romantic anniversary weekends...not so much. Always have to be with family :smack:

My engagement involved a horseback ride, a vintage aircraft ride, tons of roses, a romantic dinner, balloons and friends for midnight champagne. He even cleaned my car! I figured it out before he got around to asking (he is not normally a romantic fellow), but it was awesome anyways!

And because it's one of the things that bothers me:

Fiancé refers to a male. Fiancée refers to a female. Generally, words with two e's (ée) are the feminine form in French. The verb is se fiancer and the engagement is les/des fiançailles.

See, you learned something today, so it's a good day!

Congratulations!

Nah, we talked about it, slept on it (IYKWIMAITYD) several times, talked about a date, and suddenly we were planning a wedding.

The planning phase left scars that remain to this day (not me, my bride) because my MIL decided to become deeply involved. But the getting engaged part was pretty much like discussions leading to buying a house.

Thanks for the good stories and grammar correction. We have enough to worry about without adding gender confusion to our upcoming marriage.

It was sort of sudden, but definately not too soon. We were sitting on the couch one Friday afternoon and my girlfriend gave me a couple of bullet points about how things are going with us, and about how her best friend is coming back to Massachusetts from her home in Israel for a few weeks in February and how much it would mean for her to be part of a wedding if that was part of plan. After that I went to her parent's to talk with them about asking for their daughter's hand in marriage. Then on Sunday I brought up a couple of big topics like family/religion/a home.

Two days after she brought up her bullet points I asked her that question even though I knew how she would answer. That didn't stop me from being nervous, but only because I was excited.

We already have a date, and a place rented for the ceremony and reception. More stress and more details to be ironed out are sure to follow.

awww... congratulations, beebs. That's so sweet.

And wow mnemosyne! That's so romantic!

When we were in college, Mr Baloney won a stuffed penguin for me at a carnival and I used to keep it around, moving it from chair to couch etc because it was so cute, dorky but cute. ^_^ About a year later, Mr Baloney and I are getting ready to go out and I noticed that penguin is on the coffee table ... with a sign around his neck ... that reads "Mr Baloney wants to know if you'll marry him?" lol I looked over at Mr Baloney and he's getting down on one knee with a ring.

Congrats, beebs!

Posted on the Dope, Oct 27, 2003

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Originally Posted by Dolores Reborn

My birthday was Sunday, the 26th.

My birthday weekend started out Friday night when my boyfriend Tom came over, with a spray of tiny roses and a bag of groceries in hand. He cooked giant hamburgers with swiss cheese and sauteed mushrooms. Mmmm...mushrooms... We had had a long week and went to bed early.

We awoke early Saturday morning to rain. Oh no! We were supposed to be going to the Texas Renaissance Festival! We drank coffee and watched the weather reports. We decided the rain would be over by the time we got there, so we dressed and hit the road. We stopped at a couple of garage sales on the way. I found a couple of tiny baskets for a dime apiece. I'm a sucker for tiny baskets.

We arrived at the RenFest, go through the gates, and were greeted by a giant crack of thunder and a huge downpour! We intelligently had only brought one umbrella. We made it to an overhang, thankfully by the turkey legs. Mmmm...turkey legs... So we stood there and ate turkey legs. We eventually scooted down through the people and found the beer. Breakfast of champions! But by then, the coffee and the beer have made their way to my bladder. We ran out, through a small river, and found the bathrooms.

Eventually the rain stopped, and a most joyous time was had by all! Or at least, by we two. It was great fun! The crowds were thin, and the shows were funny, and the food was pretty good. Tom had never been, and it was fun to watch him looking at all the costumes! We saw jousting, juggling, two bawdy women singing bawdy songs, knights, Scotsmen, fairies, and The Village Idiot. He bought me a beatiful hand made windchime, made of hand blown glass and driftwood. AND he sang Happy Birthday to me, very loudly, VERY offkey, at odd times during the day. It was great!

At dusk, we slowly made our way to the car, arm in arm, and drove towards home. We stopped for dinner at The Original Pasta Co, and ate a fabulous meal. I had Shrimp Alfredo, and he had Chicken Parmigiano. Much staring into each others eyes and smiling.

Then onto a tiny little club with a live band. They played stuff like Van Morrison and ZZ Top. Tom asked me when I wanted to receive my present. I told him Sunday was fine, but whenever he wanted to! I was grinning of course. He said that I shouldn't expect too much! That's when I figured I wouldn't be getting the bracelet I had asked for. I tried to keep smiling. He excused himself to go the the bathroom. When he came back he set a little white box in front of me. OMG!

I opened it, and inside was the most beautiful ring I've ever seen. I looked at him and he said, "You make me so happy. I love you very much. Will you marry me?" I was almost speechless, but I squeaked out a yes, and held him, and cried a little.

On Sunday morning, we woke up, drank coffee, and read the paper. Midmorning, he took me out for breakfast. We went window shopping, then to the grocery store, then to Best Buy where he proceeded to buy a new freezer for us! Then back home, unloaded everything, and I started a chicken on to boil for chicken and dumplings while he set up the freezer. Then we went to our favorite little bar, and watched some football! Then back home again, finished up the chicken and dumplings, and ate.

We watched a little TV, then Tom went home to his apartment. But he'll be moving in soon. His lease up Dec 1.

I had the best birthday weekend EVER!

Congrats! I was just thinking about you the other day, glad to see you're doing better than ever.

Ahh, rebo, that's so cute!

Congratulations, beebs. :)

Congrats, beebs!

My now husband and I had been living together about a year and had been together for about two years. He wanted to surprise me at Christmas with a proposal, but I didn't know. He went out and bought the whole wedding set, to include his band and my engagement and wedding ring.

The problem with his whole idea is that he just a huge kid when it comes to giving presents. So, two weeks before Christmas, he proposed to me. We were home in our apartment, getting ready to go hang out with some friends, when he told me he just couldn't wait to give me my Christmas present. I told him he had to wait, but he was just busting at the seams, so I relented and went to get my present for him. When I turned around, he had the ring box in hand and open. There wasn't any formal thing; we had talked about it for awhile, and this was just kind of an extension of that conversation, I guess.

Anyway, we were engaged for a little over a year before we got married. We were just going to run down to a judge but our parents wouldn't hear of it, so in less than a month's time, we planned a wedding, hired a judge, and held the wedding and reception at my in-law's house. My husband picked the date to honor his sister who was very ill with MS at the time. It turned out that date was Superbowl Sunday. We had a great wedding and great party after. The next day, we left for a short three day honeymoon on the Oregon Coast which his parents generously paid for.

Next January, we'll have been married 27 years.

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Originally Posted by Clothahump (Post 847406)

This guy raised the bar for everyone.

I was literally sobbing by the end of the video. Thanks for posting that!

My husband planned the best engagement. He told me he wanted to go watch the sunset at the beach. When we arrived there was a steel drum band playing and he said, "let's go check that out."

Turns out he had hired them, and had some friends set up a picnic blanket with champagne, desserts, and 12 dozen dahlias scattered around the blanket. Our friends were hiding and took pictures as he popped the question and gave me the ring.

We had a wonderful dessert/champagne picnic and mini concert with the sunset at a backdrop. Then later we met some friends out at a pub. It was a really awesome night. Thanks Mcnutty!

Congrats, Beebs, and to your FemBeeb as well!
Here's what I tell everyone who's planning a wedding and I'm always borne out; something will go wrong and unplanned and for that moment, it will suck. But at the end of the day you will have gotten married and it will all have worked out perfectly.
My first wedding to my first Husband named Robert, the best man came from Central Time to Eastern Time and didn't adjust his watch. We held up the ceremony for him being 20 minutes late when he thought he was really 40 minutes early.
My second wedding to my second husband named Robert, our accompanying guitarist apparently decided to forgo sheet music and merely strummed chords for us to sing along w/ during the hymns; I was also in 5 layers of clothes (underthings, pantyhose, crinoline, corset, floor-length dress) on an 85 degree still day in Charleston. I know I would have passed out if I hadn't changed into my 'after-reception' dress right after dishing up my food. Then I mailed all the gift money and checks to our bank - in an envelope w/ no postage that took 3 weeks to get back to our return address.

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Originally Posted by SugarPlum (Post 852824)

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Originally Posted by Clothahump (Post 847406)

This guy raised the bar for everyone.

I was literally sobbing by the end of the video. Thanks for posting that!

My pleasure. They even made it onto the Today Show for an interview.

The mind only boggles at what he's gonna come up with for the wedding. :D