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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: indy007 on June 18, 2008, 08:19:48 AM
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So I'm getting ready to take that plunge... ring shopping and what not... I have a happy home and it's time to settle down.
I've helped several friends over the years with orchestrated, choreographed suprises, sneaking them away to do their ring shopping, etc. I've come up with dozens of clever little things... but now it's my turn, and I'm drawing a total blank.
So how did you propose to your wife?
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I surprised her with new year in Budapest, staying in the best hotel. It was New Year's eve, and we went back to hotel bar after celebrating in the streets with a huge crowd of crazy Hungarians. The piano was playing in the background (with a small group of people singing). I ordered champagne (she protested, given that we had just been drinking cheap Hungarian sparkling wine which was pretty good). It arrives, and I explain why the champagne by getting down on one knee.
Funny thing was, an Irish couple on a nearby table noticed what I had done - she ordered champagne for us and told the people at the piano. Suddenly the music changes to 'Love and Marriage' and we're serenaded by a bunch of very friendly strangers - Americans, French, Canadians, English and Irish if I remember correctly. They then played and sang 'I'm getting married in the morning'. It was pretty memorable for that part alone. We were embarrassed, but it was great.
I get married in 4 and a half weeks. :)
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Congratulations to both of you!
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The first divorce is always the hardest.
lazs
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After 15 years of shacking up I said, lets go to Vegas and get married... she said "sounds good" and we went.
How's that for romantic?
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The day I met my wife I told her that we were going to be married. It was the first time I’d ever thought or said anything like that. I knew it was a stupid thing to say, but I really was that confident. Exactly a year later (to the day) I proposed. It was more typical than unique, and I was more nervous than I was the day I met her because I was trying to keep track of everything I had planned (I made dinner, decorated, etc.).
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Thanks Eskimo. :)
I was quite drunk when I proposed - it didn't hinder me at all, so maybe that is a way forward Indy007. But the early morning flight was... difficult and maybe it was just luck the way it turned out.
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I asked her to marry me and she said yes.
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I had her meet me at the spot where we had our first date. I gave her an envelope and told her I'd see her later. In the envelope was a clue to the location of the next envelope. Each one was put in a place that had special meaning to us. 8 stops later she met me at the place where I first told her I loved her and I proposed. She said yes and for the past 5 years it's been great.
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http://www.dont-marry.com (http://www.dont-marry.com)
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I don't remember :huh maybe I'm not even...........I got to go... :salute
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So I'm getting ready to take that plunge... ring shopping and what not... I have a happy home and it's time to settle down.
I've helped several friends over the years with orchestrated, choreographed suprises, sneaking them away to do their ring shopping, etc. I've come up with dozens of clever little things... but now it's my turn, and I'm drawing a total blank.
So how did you propose to your wife?
First off, congrats!
Here is my suggestion: Simple is better. Take her to one of her favorite spots and propose there.
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Stone sober I handed her the ring box and said, "here you want this?"
It was a joke, cause thats how my dad proposed to my mom... I then got down on one knee lol. :D
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I was on the phone with my wife (who was in Canada at the time) when she broke the news to me that she was pregnant.
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I asked her if she wants to put some money away for a divorce lawyer. She asked me why. I gave her the ring.
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We were dating for a few years. On one of our trips to the White Moutains in New Hampshire (Jackson to be more specific), we were walking by a covered bridge. After talking on the bridge for a few moments, she was telling me about a story that her cousin lost her hat in a river. Her boyfriend jumped in a river to get it when his toupe fell off and he tried to hold it on but it was ruined. Right after that, I asked her to marry me.
After 5 years of marriage, we still go to the bridge every year and joke about the "toupe story". And no, I don't have a toupe......yet.
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thx guys! as for divorce.. I've already secured my interests, so not worried about that. Dropped 3k on a ring today. Whoever said you're supposed to spend 10% of your annual salary wasn't paying $4.00/gallon. :furious
Anyways, I think the most clever thing I can do is propose on my own birthday. She'll never see it coming. :aok
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Congratulations! :aok
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thx guys! as for divorce.. I've already secured my interests, so not worried about that. Dropped 3k on a ring today. Whoever said you're supposed to spend 10% of your annual salary wasn't paying $4.00/gallon. :furious
Anyways, I think the most clever thing I can do is propose on my own birthday. She'll never see it coming. :aok
The jewelry industry says that. I think our bands cost $150 combined. (No, I didn't drop some zeros.)
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Mine went like this....
Wife: Hey, you and I, we're getting married. You hear?
Me: Yes dear.
14 years later, still can't believe she lets me call her my wife. Great woman.
:aok
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We had been dating exclusively for over a year. She knew I had a bad divorce experience and had no plans on ever getting married again so had resigned herself to never hearing a proposal.
We had just had a pleasant evening watching Christmas shows on the TV on Christmas Eve. I went into the kitchen and got a bottle of champagne out. When I came back I told her it was either for a celebration or to drown misery with. Then I simply asked her to marry me. The response took about 10 seconds as she was so shocked that I would do that. Since then, to me that has been our anniversary, not the day we stood up in Vegas.
I also propose again every year on Christmas Eve and have a bottle of champagne ready. Of course now when she say yes I say, damn and shake my head. :P
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Mine went like this....
Wife: Hey, you and I, we're getting married. You hear?
Me: Yes dear.
14 years later, still can't believe she lets me call her my wife. Great woman.
:aok
Our story was similar. We were sitting in a bar with a common friend and we were going on and on about what we liked about each other, what we enjoy doing together, etc. (At this point, we had been living together for 10 months). Our friend said "Hell, you two should be married!" I turned to her and said "Sounds like a great idea? Wanna get married Honey?" She tought I was joking at first...pretty soon she knew I was serious and told me to come back with a rock on one knee and she'd consider it. I did, and 18 years later, we're still wild about each other. I married my best friend...that's the secret to a successful marriage.
Footnote: I actually tied a swizzle stick straw into a temporary ring until I could get enough $$ to buy a rock, and slid it on her hand right there in the bar. We laughed like hell. :)
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There was a knock on the door. She was standing there. With a preacher holding a bible. And her daddy holding a 12-gauge. Things stated happening pretty quick and next thing I know, I'm married.
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I lost a "I Double Dog Dare You" 28 Years ago. She won.
:rofl
Just kiddin
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Me: Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...wow, I could marry you!
Her: Is that a proposal?
Me: Ya sure whatever...how bout grabbin me a beer?
Ya I know, a hopeless romantic.
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There was a knock on the door. She was standing there. With a preacher holding a bible. And her daddy holding a 12-gauge. Things stated happening pretty quick and next thing I know, I'm married.
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I didnt.
We just decided we were going to get married.
Then we went and picked out a ring.
And that was that.
A year later.
We were married.
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I didnt.
We just decided we were going to get married.
Then we went and picked out a ring.
And that was that.
A year later.
We were married.
She didn't make you get down on one knee because she around had you wrapped around her finger. :D
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thx guys! as for divorce.. I've already secured my interests, so not worried about that.
Worry anyway.
Lawyers have a funny way of finding ways around prenups.
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She didn't make you get down on one knee because she around had you wrapped around her finger. :D
Back then. yep.
Power of the punani and all that LOL
Right now even she will tel you.
Not so much.
I just deal with her like I always dealt with bosses.
Yes you to death then go and do it my own way anyway ;)
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I also propose again every year on Christmas Eve and have a bottle of champagne ready. Of course now when she say yes I say, damn and shake my head. :P
LOL
That right there is a darn fine tradition.
:aok
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I knew better than to pick out a ring myself. So she saw it coming a long way out.
Now, being in the South, I had to ask her daddy's permission, so that telegraphed it also (hence, no qualms about her opinion on the ring). But I waited...and waited, so she started wondering a little bit.
And I did pull one 'trick'. Went to Dillard's or JCPenny or something like that and bought a cheap ($10) ring with a big fake pink diamond looking stone in it. Put it in the jeweler's box and proposed to her with it a few weeks before Xmas. She didn't flinch. In fact, she thought I had gone with a different ring from the place she picked it out. Well dang, I could've saved several G's. :D
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awwww you guys are all so romantic......i can't believe not one of you proposed while flying a mission or in the middle of a furball lol....
Congrats Indy007
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The jewelry industry says that. I think our bands cost $150 combined. (No, I didn't drop some zeros.)
Mine and wife's were $75 at a pawn shop :rofl--after getting married on vacation in Tampa City hall by Teniqua, we spent the day at a water park, was a blast :aok
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Well. My wife and I met on a blind date. She went home and told the mutual friend who set us up that "I'm going to marry him." The friend took a bet with a buddy of mine that "they won't last 6 months". In December it will be 10 years of marriage.
I proposed to my wife at her work in front her co-workers (she did Admin. work for a local Fire Dept.). About 5 months later I made her "upgrade her ring".
An aside: About a month ago I thought I had lost my wedding band. She said "Good, that means I'm getting an Anniversary band!" She was bummed when she found it. :devil
I wouldn't trade her in for anything.
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Let's write his future wife's vows.
Do you (insert name here) promise to love and cherish this man, through disco's, HO's, bad bomb drops and blown missions?
And do you (insert name here) promise to not nag when the "squad just needs me for 5 more minutes honey" actually turns out to be 3 hours?
And do you (insert name here) promise to love and cherish his computer and gaming set up as if it was your own child? Allowing constant updates, tweaks, and additions so that he can stay on top of his AH game?
:rofl :rofl
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An aside: About a month ago I thought I had lost my wedding band. She said "Good, that means I'm getting an Anniversary band!" She was bummed when she found it.
I'm in the process of moving. Packed my dresser up in a container with my wedding band in it and drove out of town. About 1/2 way across the country (somewhere near Amarillo, TX), she asked where it was. My sphincter is still clenched hoping I come out of this unscathed. Got a few weeks until we get the containers delivered. :uhoh
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awwww you guys are all so romantic......i can't believe not one of you proposed while flying a mission or in the middle of a furball lol....
Congrats Indy007
If it had been while flying a mission or ina furball it would have been done the old fashioned way. via Club to the head to get her to shut up and not bother me when she see's Im doing more then just sitting there.
Then I would have had to marry her to keep from going to jail.
Looking back I might have been better off with the jail time.
In 5 days it will be 24 years.
wow. Think about it.
24 YEARS!
People get out of jail sooner then that for killing people :cry
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"Well grandpa you've been married 50 years, how do you feel?"
:cry
"Why you crying grandpa?"
"I'd have shot her 30 years ago i'd be getting paroled today"! :cry
:rofl
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I dont believe in marriage. I'm not saying i don't believe in other people's marriages but for me there is nothing a written contract could add to love and everything it could take away.
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I dont believe in marriage.
What's yer take on a "Civil Union"?
:lol
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I'm in the process of moving. Packed my dresser up in a container with my wedding band in it and drove out of town. About 1/2 way across the country (somewhere near Amarillo, TX), she asked where it was. My sphincter is still clenched hoping I come out of this unscathed. Got a few weeks until we get the containers delivered. :uhoh
I stopped wearng my Wedding band over 10 years ago.
Caught alot of flak over it at first.
But it was getting to the point where I had to either loose the ring. Or loose the finger.
Told her if she wanted me to wear it that bad. To get it resized for me.
She never did
I've never been a big fan of jewlery anyway.
I have two other expencive rings that I occasionally ware on the EXTREMELY rare occasion I get dressed up. (Nice shirt and a pair of dockers for me is "dressed up")
How rare is it I get dressed up any more then that?
Let me put it to you this way. the last time I wore a suit of any kind. Leisure suits were still in style.
It was a tooth and tonail fight just to get me to wear a tux for my wedding.
Anyway.
Once she tried not wearing hers thinking I'd notice...or care.
I didnt till she told me at a party
"Notice anything different"
"different about what?"
"My hands" (holding them palm down flat ont he table)
"what? you get a manicure or something?"
"no look closer"
"Red nail polish? WHAT??"
"You didnt even notice Im not wearing my wedding ring! I havent worn it all week. I was wondering how long it would take you to notice"
"Why would I? I didnt know I was supposed to.
"Got to tight on ya?"
"No I just figured if you werent going to wear yours then I dont have to wear mine"
"oh ok....So Ray (my brother in law) What time you picking me up to go fishing tomorrow?"
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well civil is usually a sweetend word used to describe the lower echelons of society and unions are almost always formed by the stated class to protect themselves. being mostly an uneducated layabout i have no real clue as to what civil unions you are refering.
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:rofl
I could run with this....but won't.
It just wouldn't be fair.
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hit me with your best mac, im bored, maybe i will learn something. i think possibly you underestimate how far off the beaten path my mind has strayed and not returned. :D
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Let's write his future wife's vows.
Do you (insert name here) promise to love and cherish this man, through disco's, HO's, bad bomb drops and blown missions?
And do you (insert name here) promise to not nag when the "squad just needs me for 5 more minutes honey" actually turns out to be 3 hours?
And do you (insert name here) promise to love and cherish his computer and gaming set up as if it was your own child? Allowing constant updates, tweaks, and additions so that he can stay on top of his AH game?
:rofl :rofl
do you know how many times i have heard just one more run..half way thru i promise its my last run..then poooof his last run turns into 20 more...he fixed the nagging problem by getting me into the game..now its more like can we fly one more before bed? Well not all of the time but sometimes..but you have got it..any guy that flies should get his girlfriend/future wife to sign an agreement on all those terms...
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My wife is so damn cool, when I used to fly with squads she would sort of wait on the sidelines and gofer for me in case I need a drink or to answer the phone. She used to get as excited as I did when I got a kill or when I had a successful mud-mover mission (which I preferred than than just furballing). She always said it was part of being a wife, whatever I'm involved with she's involved with. But now I sit and watch hours and hours of Home & Garden TV with her. Eh, nice trade off.