My husband proposed while we were out at dinner in a restaurant and caught me completely off-guard. It doesn’t matter where you propose as long as it’s fitting for the person you want to marry; I’m not a big production kind of gal and would have been embarrassed by a more public display, but your SO may like the attention. Just make her feel special when you ask.
Make sure to get her name right. They love it when you do that.
Lighthouses are a lot more romantic on the outside than the inside. Propose outside of it at sunset.
I have found it’s one of those situations where you don’t win, you just not lose.
I mean seriously, I don’t get praise for saying her name right every other time, but you mess up just once, then you’re screwed.
So if the setting isnt perfect, you think she’s say no?
Actually, Cape May is on a peninsula with Delaware Bay to the west, so it is possible to watch the sunset over the water.
Well?
My fiance proposed to me in a restaurant over dinner as well, but because he knows I am a big production kind of gal he had the waiters stationed to take pictures and had the whole restaurant quiet down and pay attention as he proposed. You could hear a collective gasp from all the women there when they realized that he was proposing and not just some asshole disrupting their dinner. 
After we ate everyone in the restaurant stopped us on our way out so they could see the ring. It was great!
That is such the opposite of my proposal story I had to laugh. We went to the quiet, relatively secluded arboretum where we’d had our first date, to celebrate our three year dating anniversary. I totally knew it was coming. As we’re sitting there on a blanket by the river, the couple several yards away gets into this tremendous argument. We just sat there giggling and staring at one another while we waited for them to quit fighting.
I was on cloud 9 of course. That’s what dudes don’t get. It doesn’t matter how you do it. If you’re the right one, it will be the single most romantic and wonderful proposal ever.
Hehe, mine is oppposite again to yours, I had it in my mind we wouldn’t get married till after I graduated and I was on a roll chatting and he isn;t really given to dramatic gestures (nor do I care for dramatic gestures) but the upshot was that I didn’t really even notice he was trying to propose – in fact I interrupted him three different times telling him inane stories about Junior High School. Finally he said SOANYWAYIreallylikeyouletsgetmarried, really fast so I couldn’t interrupt again.
And I was like like. “…” “What!?” “YES”
Amazingly, he still wanted to marry me after that incident.
You might have been giggling, but I almost died laughing at this one. (“Would y’all please just hurry up and finish your stupid little pissy fight, we’re trying to have a romantic goddamn MOMENT here!!”)
My husband proposed in my walk-in closet. He just couldn’t wait any more for the perfect setting. It was hella romantic. It’ll be romantic for you two as well, no matter where you decide to ask.
My suggestion: If you do anything at sunset, take plenty of the Deep Woods Off ™ with you.
It’s hilarious how different people want things! That sounds absolutely amazing, but I would’ve been mortified if my now-husband did that. He wrapped up my engagement ring and put it with the other couple of birthday presents he had bought me. I opened them at his apartment after work. 
The important thing is to know how she’d want to have it done, which is more about “big production” versus “private” or “low key”. If you know that, basically whatever you do will be great!
Ha, quoted for truth! On our first trip to the arboretum together, my husband gazed into my eyes and said, ‘‘You’re so beautiful.’’
I replied, ‘‘You have a dead bug in your teeth.’’
Alas, it was true.
Alas, I proposed at sunset. She said “Yes!”.
Where: Cape May, NJ.
Yes, as a few astute geographers have noted, there are sunsets to be had over the bays that unfold west of the islands and peninsulas on the East coast. I’ve been everywhere, man, and we get stunning sunsets.
She was absolutely beaming, and she had been telling me the whole evening that something was wrong with me (Haha. Funny, 'cause you could make a joke right here. I see what you were about to do).
And there you have it.
ETA: I am incredibly happy.
Congratulations!
Yay! Congratulations!
Well, congratulations! I married just the right person 21 and a half years ago. If you marry the right one, marriage is just about the best thing you can do!
Best of luck to both of you!
Now see, I’m all grinning like a loon over here. Congratulations!! I wish you both all the happiness in the world!
Ring description, please. (Especially since you said it was the ring of her dreams.) These things are important to we women.
Oh, and congratulations!