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[Becky]

I thought it would be a nice idea to share engagement stories! I'll kick things off...

My other half (Ian - BigDay.co.uk's resident geek) and I have been together since March 2003. We met in Manchester during our first year at uni as we lived in the same halls of residence. Over seven years have gone by since then - can't believe it's been that long! We realised pretty quickly that it was the real deal - I've never met anyone that I've clicked with so instantly. We were instantly best mates, and fell head over heels for each other!!

My family is from Dorset and his is fom Newcastle, so staying in Manchester seemed like a good compromise. We realised that we wanted to get married one day, but having both come from broken families we were in no rush. After about 5 years together we both started to think that actually, we'd quite like to do the whole marriage thing, and yes, we would like to do it in 'the next few years'.

By Spring 2009 I was getting reeeally keen to get married - not for the wedding, but for the marriage. Ian was informed that if he didn't ask me by New Year's Eve then I was going to ask him!!

In July 2009 we had a family get together. Everyone from my family was there (no mean feat as we are all very spread out), including both my step-dad and my Dad. We were out for a meal in the hotel we were staying in, and I nipped up to my room to get a cardigan. When I came back everyone was grinning at me and there was a quick change of subject... the plot thickens...!

A few weeks later, we went to Paris for my birthday. The day we got there was roasting, and even though we were really tired we wanted to go out for a nice meal. Ian got some good recommendations from the lady running our hotel, and we decided to walk there as it was such a warm evening. Ian had planned out a lovely walk - through parks, next to the river, by Notre Dame - it was gorgeous! We got to our restaurant and had one of the best meals ever! Even at this point I still hadn't suspected anything...

After the meal, we strolled back to the river. In the middle of a bridge overlooking Notre Dame, we stopped to have a sneaky kiss. Ian told me he'd got me a little present for my birthday. As the trip was meant to be my birthday present I told him off! He then got down on one knee, pulled a ring out of his pocket, and asked me if I would marry him!!

Turns out he had asked both my step-dad and my real Dad for permission at the family get-together, bless him.

And I didn't need to ask him at New Year after all!

[MrsBrown]

What a lovely story!!

My Fiance and have been best friends for 5 years, though he lived in Scotland and i was down in yorks. He ended up in a job near me about 18 months ago, 4 months later we were a couple and engaged 9 months after that! Its a bit of a joke that we took so long to become a couple and then went full steam ahead he he!!

Anyway my proposal was a bit different. I sorta new he was up to something, he was acting strange! Anyway we went out for a run, came back had breakfast and then he insisted I came up the top of the garden with him (he was being very strange) Anyway I went over to the veg patch pulled out a bunch of leeks and a turnip and turned round and there he was asking me to marry him with a ring (Yes I had dirt over my hands he he!!) He later told me, he had planned to go to the florist get flowers and hide the flowers and champagne in the garden whilst i went to the gym.. only I decided to run with him and spoilt his plans!!

Anyway good thing is that we have taken the proposal as a theme for our wedding.. I am even tempted to throw a bunch of leeks instead of my bouquet!! I also get to see the my proposal site everyday


Jayne

P.s we did go out for a nice romantic meal in the eve!!

[flo2310]

Ahh Becky that is such a lovely story! And so romantic! Love Paris - perfect place to get engaged!
Mrs Brown2B - I think that's such a great idea to have the leeks to throw - is the theme going to be flowers etc then?

Well this is my story...

H2B, Andrew and I met on night in 2005 in the cheesiest night club around - complete with the sticky floors and walls which light up in crazy colours! I was convinced he wouldn't get in touch but he did and we went on a few dates before I started Uni at Oxford Brookes. At this point I wasn't sure I wanted to be in a relationship as was just starting uni. But Andrew kept intouch and we spoke nearly every night on the phone (up to 5 hours some nights!!) and finally... I agreed to go out with him!

So fast forward 2 years... We decided to go away for our 2 year anniversary, to a lovely Hotel just outside the centre of Windsor, were there are lovely walks and beautful gardens. I found and booked the hotel so wasn't expecting anything at all. Infact, we had just come back from a 2 week holiday in LA where I was convinced he was going to propose... and when he didn't, my family and I were resigned to the fact that it wasn't going to happen any time soon!

When we got to the hotel, we had brought a bottle of champagne with us, so called for some glasses and ice and after they arrived Andrew suggested heading for a walk in the gardens of the hotel which were right by the river. So wondering around, chatting about things and taking pics, Andrew suggests that I stand on a little jetty and he'll take a picture of me... so off I go, and he gets down on one knee to take the picture, he is quite arty so didn't think much of it... until I came back to look at the picture and he stayed down there and looked up at me and said "Well, as I'm down here I might as well ask..." and got the ring out "...Will you marry me!"



I was speachless....! And if you knew me, you'd be supprised!! Of course I said "Yes" but not sure it actually sounded like the word! Then the sweetest thing happened, a man staying at the hotel had seen the proposal from his window, and came down from his room and asked us if he had seen correctly, and congratulated us and took a photo! Was so lovely of him



Andrew hadn't asked my dad as he knew I'd find out (my family is very close knitt and we're not good secret keepers...or liers!) so I rang my mum straight away and all I sais was "Mum, you'll never guess..." Her reply was "He hasn't?!"... "He has!" and by the end of the 5 minute phone call I was getting texts from family and friends - didn't realise just how fast good news travels!!

Every time I think of the proposal my heart flutters! Was the best weekend of my life!

Can't wait to read more stories!

Flo xx

[WelshBride]

Mine is NO WHERE near as romantic as either of yours lol!!

My h2b and I had been together for about 2yrs and he was always talking about getting engaged. The night we met he told me he was going to marry me, the drunken sod lol! Anyway we were out shopping one day and we were passing the jewellers,he insisted on having a look at rings, I saw one I liked and he said I can either buy you that ring now or I go and buy golf clubs!! So of course I couldn't turn down such a romantic gesture and we bought the ring

And guess what! He still went and bought golf clubs the next day

[MrsBrown]

Its great to read all the stories, so different but so special in their own ways!

Flo2310, we are having a garden theme, I have written about this on another thread, but we trying to have lots of touches about gardens and our cake topper has a bride and groom complete with a wheel barrow and a bride with a bunch of leeks in her hand!!!

[flo2310]

MrsBrown2B, on 09 May 2010 - 07:45 PM, said:

our cake topper has a bride and groom complete with a wheel barrow and a bride with a bunch of leeks in her hand!!!

That sounds great - where are you getting it from? Is it personalised to look like(ish!) you too?

[MrsBrown]

The woman who is making our cake is making it for us. She asked for a photo, but I am accidently forgetting to drop it off he he!! She knows hair colour etc etc!

[Becky]

I love all the stories! Keep 'em coming

[Helen]

Great stories !

I met my h2b on the internet! I'd just finished with a guy who was a total idiot and my friends convinced me to try internet dating for a bit of a laugh more than anything. Matt was the first guy I emailed but nothing more really came of it for ages, I thought he wasn't really interested and I thought he was a bit boring After quite rejecting quite a lot of weirdos and very nearly deleting Matt hehe we somehow got talking on msn one day and that was it, within a week we were talking on the phone and we arranged to meet up.

After we had been together about 2 years we were on holiday skiing with a whole load of my family and friends, we went out for a meal one evening by ourselves and afterwards when we were sitting on the reindeer sleigh (not real reindeer they are made of lights will try and find a photo) and he asked me to marry him unfortunatly I though he was just sort of talking about it so he had to try again and gave me the ring before I realised what he meant! Whoops! It was a total shock as although we had talked about getting married etc I really thought he wouldn't ask for a while longer. He had been really worried about taking the ring on holiday with us and had wrapped it up in his wallet the whole two weeks

[Helen]

Also must mention the ring - I'd said that I wanted white gold, really flat setting so I could wear it every day without catching it on things, and a green stone as I didn't want a diamond and he got all three right such a good boy

[vhc]

how on earth did you manage that???

That's exactly the type of ring I want! (for the exact same reasons)

I want a picture of it.

[Jaybabes]

I met my H2B online as well. We started talking via a dating site and it soon progressed from leaving each other messages online to nightly phone calls. At the beginning he was in Germany still serving in the army and I was back home in sunny Scotland but nonetheless every night we were on the phone foe most of the evening, even when he went away to Norway on exercise for 3 weeks.

Anyhow the phone calls then progressed to weekend flights over there for me or back here for him until his time was up and he moved back home and moved in with me.

Later on that year we had decided to go on a nice holiday and chose Domican Republic, I'm not the best of flioers so we upgraded and flew first class so it would be that little more spacious.

Along came the stewardess taking drinks orders and at thei time I reaaly didn't want anything but H2B insisted I have a drink to ease my nerves so I ordeded a breezer. He took the order when it came and took my glass to put the ice in, along with which he dropped a white gold engagement ring before passing it to me.

I was just about to pour my drink into the glass when I noticed it, did I shriek or did I shriek lol, so that was it, he proposed to me 35000ft in the air.

The rest is history and it was a great holiday as well

[Helen]

vhc this is for you (if it works lol)

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[vhc]

Helen, that's exactly the kind of thing I want!

it's perfect!

[Helen]

thanks! It's just what I wanted so dead chuffed. He had to have it made specially. (It's a green sapphire)