One thing about proposing is, no matter how sure you are of the answer, it sucks. It is the scariest thing in your life. And if your girlie is like mine, she’ll stand there for like, 30 seconds, not being able to say anything, and you just want to pass out.
Fun times.
Huh. Ms. Attack said “I’ll get back to you”. On the plus side, we’ve been married 12 years now.
My brother did this exact same thing. He said the problem wasn’t someone taking away the bottle, but to get his girlfriend to go over and look at it. He was pointing it out and trying to get her to look at it, but she just assumed it was a regular bottle and wasn’t having any of it.
They’ve been married 5 or so years now I think. My nephew is about 2 1/2.
When Crusoe asked me, I immediately burst into tears. After five minutes of listening to me sob, he nervously says:
“So, er, was that a yes?”
ETA: And good luck! Hope it went well!
Mine started laughing. This was after a surprise booking in a suite at the Ritz Carlton Chicago, a beautiful tasting menu dinner and a horse-and-carriage ride back to the hotel at which she announced “If you ever propose, it better be as good as this.” And did I mention it was New Years Eve?
Yes, she started laughing while I was terrified. And then she said yes. (And then she called her mom, of course. Be ready for that…:))
Here’s hoping they’re enjoying a blissful weekend together and that Tio is not crying his eyes out in some seedy bar.
That is a pretty innovative way to propose, hope it all goes well.
Gah. I guess that fact that he’s not posting on a message board is a good sign but dayum!
I know! It’s ridiculous but I keep on checking to see if he’s posted back.
Killling me!!
Sorry for leaving everyone hanging, but I didn’t have computer access at all last weekend. Now on to the details!
Open curtain
We arrived late Thursday evening at the Pigeon Point lighthouse and checked into our room at the hostel there and shortly after settling in, went to sleep. I awoke at 5:00 under the pretense of taking sunrise photos and gathered the necessary supplies. I had a brief scare when my now ex-girlfriend (heh, thanks Hal) awoke and asked me if I wanted her to go with me. After a second of sheer panic in which I saw my carefully laid plans disappear like a sheet of flash paper, I gently persuaded my love to stay in the warm bed and sleep for a bit longer. HA! Success! A quietly crept outside where the sun was just starting to lighten the Eastern horizon.
Once outside, I scouted around and soon found beach access to a small cove just south of the lighthouse. I took the message in a bottle and half buried it in the sand next to a large rock. The overall effect was just perfect. I then proceeded to take the sunrise photos of the lighthouse, shoreline, etc., before going back to the room
I got back just as my beloved was getting up and she wanted to see the sunrise…perfect! We walked around a bit, took some more photos, and in general enjoyed the glorious scenery. My love was getting cold and was wanting to go back to the room when I “discovered” the trail to the beach and convinced her to explore for a few minutes more.
While I was shooting her next to a rock she said, “What’s that?”
“What’s what?”
“That over there…it looks like a bottle.”
“Probably just trash.”
She walk over and inspects it…, “It looks like there’s a note in it…I’m going to read it.”
She takes the bottle, pulls the note out and starts reading my insipid poem which concludes:
“I can’t write Poems
(As You can see),
So I’ll ask you now:
Will you Marry Me?”
Meanwhile, her back is to me, so I pull out the ring, get down on one knee and when she turns around…BAM! She has tears in her eyes (probably from the bad poem), and she says yes!
Close curtain
Rock.
Awwwwwwwwwwwwww.
Yay!
Congrats to the both of you!
Woohoo! Excellent job – congrats to you both!
Happy for you both!
Congratulations, Tio Gringo. And good job on what sounds like perfect planning and execution of your proposal.
Well done! I kept checking this thread when it had updates because, quite frankly, the suspense was killing me.
Congratulations!
That is the sweetest thing I’ve heard/read in a long time!
Congratulations!!!
Congratulations! And well done, a beautiful memory you will both cherish. She’s a lucky lady.
swooooooonnnnn…