Hey gang,
I''ve picked out the ring and should be getting it within the next week or two. I''ve just been struggling with how I want to pop the question, and I''ve narrowed it down to two ideas.
I want my proposal to be unique, heartfelt, a total surprise, and above all, I do NOT want it to be cheesy/tacky.
A little background...we''ve been dating about a year and a half. My birthday is coming up at the end of Feb, and hers is in early March. We are planning a trip out of town on her birthday weekend to visit her sister and her best friend. I want to ask her before our trip (preferably the night before) so that when we go out of town that weekend she can surprise her sister and her friend with the news.
Option 1: For this plan to work it will have to be on or around my birthday, which is a little earlier than I wanted but I think it''s still a good option. I come home from work with a UPS box addressed to me, but with no sender info. I open the box to find a present wrapped in wrapping paper. The present has no card, so I mention that it must be a birthday present for me. I open the present in front of her to find another wrapped present. This one has a card on it that says, "To, XXXX, open immediately." Confused, I hand her the present and tell her it''s for her. She opens the present, finds the ring, and I propose.
I like this option because I think it will really take her by surprise, especially since it''s on my birthday and she will not be expecting to receive anything from me. The only downsides that I see are (1) I might not have the ring yet, it''s still being finished by Mark Morrell, and (2) I liked the idea of proposing the night before our trip.
Option 2: I was thinking about making a scrapbook with pictures from all the fun/important events that we''ve had together. For each different section of the scrapbook I would have little captions describing the pictures. I was planning on using a different font/color for the first letter of each description, and by the end of the scrapbook, the different colored "first letters" would combine to spell "WILL YOU MARRY ME." I would give her the scrapbook and we''d look at it together, then I''d pop the question at the end. I think I could do it subtly enough that she wouldn''t realize what was happening until the end of the book. (She''s smart as hell, but not very perceptive so I don''t think she''d put it all together).
The second option was my initial idea. I like that we''d have something to mark the occasion and she could go back through the scrapbook and remember not only those memories but also our engagement night. I could also give it to her the night before her birthday, and the night before we leave to go out of town. I''m just afraid that this method might be a little cheesy, so I wanted other people''s opinions.
Sorry for the long post, I just want to do this right. Any comments or favorite ideas are appreciated.
I''ve picked out the ring and should be getting it within the next week or two. I''ve just been struggling with how I want to pop the question, and I''ve narrowed it down to two ideas.
I want my proposal to be unique, heartfelt, a total surprise, and above all, I do NOT want it to be cheesy/tacky.
A little background...we''ve been dating about a year and a half. My birthday is coming up at the end of Feb, and hers is in early March. We are planning a trip out of town on her birthday weekend to visit her sister and her best friend. I want to ask her before our trip (preferably the night before) so that when we go out of town that weekend she can surprise her sister and her friend with the news.
Option 1: For this plan to work it will have to be on or around my birthday, which is a little earlier than I wanted but I think it''s still a good option. I come home from work with a UPS box addressed to me, but with no sender info. I open the box to find a present wrapped in wrapping paper. The present has no card, so I mention that it must be a birthday present for me. I open the present in front of her to find another wrapped present. This one has a card on it that says, "To, XXXX, open immediately." Confused, I hand her the present and tell her it''s for her. She opens the present, finds the ring, and I propose.
I like this option because I think it will really take her by surprise, especially since it''s on my birthday and she will not be expecting to receive anything from me. The only downsides that I see are (1) I might not have the ring yet, it''s still being finished by Mark Morrell, and (2) I liked the idea of proposing the night before our trip.
Option 2: I was thinking about making a scrapbook with pictures from all the fun/important events that we''ve had together. For each different section of the scrapbook I would have little captions describing the pictures. I was planning on using a different font/color for the first letter of each description, and by the end of the scrapbook, the different colored "first letters" would combine to spell "WILL YOU MARRY ME." I would give her the scrapbook and we''d look at it together, then I''d pop the question at the end. I think I could do it subtly enough that she wouldn''t realize what was happening until the end of the book. (She''s smart as hell, but not very perceptive so I don''t think she''d put it all together).
The second option was my initial idea. I like that we''d have something to mark the occasion and she could go back through the scrapbook and remember not only those memories but also our engagement night. I could also give it to her the night before her birthday, and the night before we leave to go out of town. I''m just afraid that this method might be a little cheesy, so I wanted other people''s opinions.
Sorry for the long post, I just want to do this right. Any comments or favorite ideas are appreciated.
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