No way you’re getting away with that. Share, missy.
Mine was good and bad. The good: We were walking leisurely around downtown D.C. on an evening when there were few tourists around and when we got to the Navy Memorial he did it. Nice location for a proposal.
Also good: I adored him so the answer was absolutely yes with no hesitation.
The bad:
I’ve always hated the down-on-one-knee thing because it’s so… beggarly. I’m a strong woman and I like strong men. Don’t beg for things, just ask.
I’ve also always hated jewelry commercials because they make it sound like “she won’t love you unless you buy her a BIG ROCK”. Even worse when they show lady being presented with said rock, she seems to appraise it’s value before agreeing to marry the guy. That’s so mercenary and so offensive.
So what does my beloved do? He gets down on one knee and shoves a ring in my face. I was truly torn between rolling my eyes (I didn’t want him to think my reaction was to the thought of marrying him) and pushing the ring away so I could address the man himself and not the bribe he presented.
I do LOVE the ring he chose. I just didn’t like it presented as a bribe.
About 9 months after we started dating hubby-to-be came to meet my family at Thanksgiving. We went for a long, moonlight walk. He gave me a long, rambling talk about how he thought not everyone should get married and divorce is good for some people and relationships shouldn’t be rushed. I knew his parents had a ROUGH divorce, and his dad was on wife number 3. I thought it was kind of a strange talk, but I didn’t mind. He was my sweetie.
Which is why I was floored 3 weeks later in Mexico City, when we were visiting his family for Christmas and he proposed while we were sitting on a bus bench. No ring or any planning. He wanted to share the good news while we were there. 23 years later we’re still together. 