Did you know or DO you know when....

[glueck]

I was thinking about lovely Miss Erin, who knows exactly which day her proposal will be. I thought of this topic as I was congratulating the BIW to be.

Engaged and Married ladies... Did you know that your FH or DH was going to drop to his knee? How did it affect to perception of the day? Do you remember more of the moment because you were calmer and more prepared or was it all just a wash of happiness regardless?

LIW... if you DO know, do you wish you didn''t or are you happy that you know?

For me personally, I ***THINK*** I know. The surprise will be HOW and WHERE. My FF has planned a weekend away, and will not tell me where.(Grrr...) I think this will be WHEN it happens, which keeps me a little calmer, as it is not until March 21-23. I know my antique ring that we ordered from America has arrived in Switzerland, and I suspect it is out being sized (Now that is is here, all talk of rings has been banished in this house!)I am glad to know a general idea of when it will happen, personally, or I might lose my mind overall (and ruin our little field trip to Montreux this weekend with anticipation of a proposal.) I like the anticipation, but its killin me!

What is your experience?

 

[chocolatefudge]

I haven''t got an answer to this, I''m unsure what to say. I haven''t got a clue when it will happen which has both positive and negative elements to it......

POSITIVE: When it happens it will be a complete surprise which will be amazing.

NEGATIVE: I''m CONSTANTLY thinking about when it could happen. Today is my birthday and all I could keep thinking about was that it MIGHT be today. Unfortunately it hasn''t happened which has slightly spoiled the day (of course SO doesn''t know this and I feel horrible for saying it!)
I wish I knew when it would happen so I wouldn''t keep getting my hopes and then it not happening BUT if I did know I would probably wish I didn''t as I''d want the surprise!

I can''t win!!

 

[bee*]

I kind of had an idea as we had our ring bought in July and in September he told me that he was taking me away for the weekend in October. Then nearer the time he told me that I needed my passport so I knew it was going to be somewhere nice that he was taking me. When we arrived in Barcelona I was so excited as he had taken me there for my 21st birthday nearly five years previously and we had a great time then. We did lots of sightseeing the first day and nothing happened so I thought that it wasn''t going to be the proposal trip then on the Sunday we went up Sagrada Familia and went to Parc Guell and it didn''t happen in either of those two places, then he wanted to go up the cable cars and as I''m afraid of heights I didn''t even think it would happen there and that''s where he chose! The whole trip was so exciting though waiting to see if he did it, and even thought I had a strong feeling that he would do it on that trip, he totally surprised me by where he decided to do it.

 

[lucy.lucy.80]

We ordered our ring from whiteflash and I pretty much knew when he had the ring in his posession, but my FI didnt tell me he did/or when he would propose. He ended up proposing about 2 weeks later and I was very suprised, because I thought he would wait until christmas. I look back and I am happy I had a say in the ring and I am also happy he did it when I least expected it.

I think you can prepare for the proposal, and guess a lot when you think it will happen, but no matter what its going to to be wondeful, so just enjoy knowing that its coming soon and revel in the moment.

 

[heather318]

I kinda had a really good hunch about when it was going to happen, but I honestly really wanted it to happen exactly when it did.. But I told FI that even if I knew exactly down to the second when it was going to happen, it would still be extremely special because there is no way I would know what he was going to say when he asked..

The only thing I would have changed was that I think I bugged him too much about when he was going to propose..

 

[sred2]

I don''t know exactly when it''s going to happen but the other week my BF said it would be in the next year and a half.. I know it won''t be before September/October because that''s when we''re buying a condo (so I know he won''t have extra money just sitting around lol) and I know it won''t actually be a year and a half because we already picked the date we''re getting married.. and if he waits the full year and a half then we''d have a 2 month engagement!! The other day though he mentioned something about a Christmas/New Year''s proposal.. so it could be anytime during December/January 2008/2009 I suppose!!!


Sorry if that was confusing lol