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Are you for it? Or not?

I would prefer that he not propose on Valentine''s Day but I think the only reason I think that is because everyone I talk to thinks its cheesy and if it does happen on that day, I don''t want people to constantly joke about it.

But then again I''m to the point where I just want to be engaged already! BF has said that he will be proposing "soon" and that soon can be measured in WEEKS! He also told me this weekend that he would like to have the wedding in Fall.....of this year!
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Eeek! He better propose soon, Valentine''s Day or not!
 
I''m for it.

It''s a cliche, but I''m hoping my boyfriend will propose then. For one, this is our first V-Day together so it''d be a really memorable one. And also because we''ve already got plans to go horseback riding, have a fancy dinner, and get a jacuzzi suite for the night. So, there''d be a lot of really romantic times for him to do it.

I think more than anything, I just want to be engaged already, too! I mean, we already have a date picked but he''s not technically my "fiance."
 
I''m not really for it because it''s so conventional. If I wanted my boyfriend to propose I would want him to do it on a day that is special to US, not to the world. That''s why I''ve never been big on Christmas, Valentine''s Day, New Year''s, and other holiday proposals.
 
I''m a little bit torn. I love the romance and appeal to Valentine''s Day, but I also like the idea of a day being special to us. As long as it isn''t like, President''s Day, or Groundhog day, or WORSE- April Fool''s Day, then I''m game. I think what I really like is the idea of him making a ho-hum day into OUR day. Like, if we take a Wednesday off and go to Disneyland! Then it would be fantastic. I guess to me, it''s the surroundings more than the DAY. Still, V-Day wouldn''t be so bad (or so far away!)
 
I already have the bling, but I think it would have been cute to be proposed to the day BEFORE Valentines Day so I could feel all warm and special ON Valentines:)
 
Date: 1/31/2006 5:33:46 PM
Author: AmberWaves
I''m a little bit torn. I love the romance and appeal to Valentine''s Day, but I also like the idea of a day being special to us. As long as it isn''t like, President''s Day, or Groundhog day, or WORSE- April Fool''s Day, then I''m game. I think what I really like is the idea of him making a ho-hum day into OUR day. Like, if we take a Wednesday off and go to Disneyland! Then it would be fantastic. I guess to me, it''s the surroundings more than the DAY. Still, V-Day wouldn''t be so bad (or so far away!)
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This post made me laugh!! I purposefully put off our official "dating" anniversary as long as I could so it would be on April Fools!! (The official "get together" happened Late on April 1st/early on April 2nd) Our anniversary is the 2nd. And I further laughed because my bf''s birthday is on Groundhog''s Day ... super cheesy holidays flock to us!

I am mostly against Valentine''s Day proposals - for the same reasons above. However, if my boyfriend did something super sweet for me on a holiday, like Valentine''s Day ... I wouldn''t be nearly as suspicious as I might otherwise be.
 
I don''t really care on what day he proposes... As long as he does!
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I know he''s not going to propose on Valentine''s Day because we''re not even going to see each other then and we''re going to look at ring two weekends later, but I wouldn''t have minded. Proposing on holidays doesn''t have that much of a bad reputation where I''m from, it seems!
 
Hey Seattle, did you see my foot go shooting into my mouth? I swear, it was a marvel rarely seen in nature! Sorry about that. I was born on Election Day, if that makes amends.. :) Our first official date was almost Halloween, and the FIRST time we dated, tons of years ago was the day after my birthday! Here''s a horrible one for ya: I broke up with him 8 years ago- on his birthday, 4 days before V-Day (he brought me flowers anyway, why didn''t I know he was a keeper then?), and 4 days after our anniversary! I''m STILL apologizing for that.
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Date: 1/31/2006 5:33:46 PM
Author: AmberWaves
or WORSE- April Fool''s Day
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OH, you Just had to say it! Now I''m convinced he''s going to propose on April Fool''s. He enjoys torturing me!

I''d love it if he proposed on v-day, since it''s also our 1 1/2 yr anniv. But it''s not going to happen since it''ll be 14 days until his thesis is due, no way he''s going to have time to plan anything.
Which reminds me, will someone please hit me repeatedly? I gave my bf some urls to ring examples of my taste .... and the lovely sapphire ring on the NSC site is ''out of request''. So of course my first thought is that my bf snagged it. Why do I do this to myself??

So I guess the reason I think v-day would be romantic is partly the fact that it''s valentine''s day, and partly because the date has other personal meaning. hmm.

And I have to say the whole ''not technically my "fiance"'' thing is very annoying. He is.. but he isn''t. grrr. oh well.
 
Oh no offense taken!! I wouldn''t want to get proposed to on those days either (especially if it was "themed" by those days, can you imagine?)
And he is a keeper!! If it makes you feel any better, I told my bf while we were dating (the first time) that I just wanted to be friends right after we had had a fun night at a Halloween/costume party.... (so just friends until I came to my senses in April.)

Oh no, I''m a thread pirate!!

Engagements ... on Valentine''s Day?? Not my ideal unless its very involved and extravagant ...
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I think Valentine''s Day would be a beautiful day, but it also has the stigma of being the most "romantic" day of the year. I''d rather is be a WEEK after, with the roses and candy and flowers that are because of ME, not just the day. Does that make sense? I also wouldn''t mind the V-day stuff as well.. but I ain''t greedy...
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I''m hoping for a V-Day proposal cause I used to hate that day. My ex rarely did anything special or barely acknowledged the day. I am hoping for a proposal that day cause it sure would change the way i feel about Valentine''s Day!
 
My boyfriend said there is no way that he would propose on Valentine''s day, but I really wish he would. I think it is romantic. Actually, I would think that just about any day was romantic. Oh well, he said it is not happening
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My ring isn''t even set yet, so he needs to get a move on.
 
I have always been a bit "bah humbug" about Valentine''s Day in general. In fact, I refused to celebrate the day at all with any previous boyfriends. It seemed chessy, forced, and artificial to me at the time. Since then I have greatly loosened up my attitude. Although I still feel like it is a great marketing gimick, I can still enjoy the day with my BF as an excuse to do something fun together for the evening, but I would prefer not to be proposed to on V day.

My good friend has hinted at me that I should expect something big on V day --- now my BF and I have been ring shopping for a number of months, but I don''t think that he has bought anything yet. She hinted to me that it might be a trip, but since then my grandfather has been diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour and my BF knows I want to go home over my break from school to be with my family (and V day falls in my break). When I asked my BF if I should pack something nice to wear to dinner on V day once we are back in our home town, he said that he wasn''t planning on dinner this year because he was going to spend a lot of money on my gift.

So that was cryptic enough and now I am worried that he will propose (although I don''t know if there is time for the ring at this point). He knows that I prefer not to be proposed to on a special occassion day, I think he might just do it because it would be a surprise and I am notoriously hard to surprise. My good friend said the other day that I should "just let him propose to on V day" and that it shouldn''t matter what the day is. I agree with her wholeheartedly --- but I can''t believe that he would be ready to propose that early! EEEEK --- will keep you posted!!!
 
Normally I would say I wouldn''t want a Valentine''s Day proposal, but at this point I just want to be engaged already!!

I asked this question of my married friends and most of them said they can''t remember the exact date their husband''s proposed as the wedding planning and wedding took over. Two of my friends got engaged on holidays; Christmas and New Years eve and they are the only ones who remember the day!!!

Like I said, I typically wouldn''t choose a VDay proposal but I just want the proposal now! I''m not going to be picky!
 
Date: 1/31/2006 9:22:13 PM
Author: squeaksluv
Normally I would say I wouldn''t want a Valentine''s Day proposal, but at this point I just want to be engaged already!!


I asked this question of my married friends and most of them said they can''t remember the exact date their husband''s proposed as the wedding planning and wedding took over. Two of my friends got engaged on holidays; Christmas and New Years eve and they are the only ones who remember the day!!!


Like I said, I typically wouldn''t choose a VDay proposal but I just want the proposal now! I''m not going to be picky!
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Pretty much the main reason I want him to do it on V Day, it''d be memorable and we''ll be in great surroundings. Honestly though, at this point I wouldn''t care if he proposed on Groundhog''s Day, as long as he does it!
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I agree that I would want it it be a day special to us rather than a national marketing gimmick. My boyfriend pretty much refuses to celebrate valentines day, and honestly I dont care about it either. Never needed a holiday to come around for my boyfriend to do something nice for me.

Although I know it wouldnt be his first choice I wonder if he''ll do it then because he knows I wont be expecting it.
 
Hi Ladies!!!!

I''m back from skiing! it was wonderful!!! we had a great time and a LOT of snow!. Now I''m trying to catch up with the posts...this is a good one!
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Proposing on v-day...hmmm....I normally would have said no way...I would want him to be more "original"...but now I think I would be happy whenever he did it!...

I think he wouldn''t do it on v-day because he likes to be very "sneaky" around gift giving and any other surprises...so he will probably choose any other day that I am not expecting it
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I really think that no matter what it will be the best day and that is what we will remember later....how happy we felt that day
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I''m not a big fan of holiday proposals -- especially Thanksgiving and Christmas. I feel that there''s just too much other activity going on on most holidays that the proposal can get lost in all of that, and you won''t have much special time alone together to just celebrate the engagement.

I do kind of like the idea of a New Years proposal though -- it''s a holiday but it is usually all about you and your significant other, and a group of good friends.

As far as Valentine''s Day....I would go with most the other women and say I''m not a big fan of Valentine''s proposals. It isn''t very imaginative to me. But Valentine''s Day happens to be me and my BF''s anniversary....so I happen to like Valentine''s Day quite a bit!
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We didn''t plan it that way, but things worked out so that''s when we became official, years ago.

That being said....I think I''d still like a seperate day for a proposal. I''ve been thinking my BF might propose this Valentine''s Day (our 7 year anniversary!) but I think it will be a few months longer than that. And I''d want a complete surprise, which is hard to do on a Valentine''s Day or anniversary.
 
Date: 1/31/2006 5:55:03 PM
Author: sistagrl2004
I already have the bling, but I think it would have been cute to be proposed to the day BEFORE Valentines Day so I could feel all warm and special ON Valentines:)
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I completely agree, but only because our anniversary is the day before Valentines Day...
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. I have always really loved having our anniversary on the 13th because leading up to it, the stores decorate everything with hearts and there are cute teddy bears holding "i love you" signs in the grocery stores. I hated Valentines Day until I met my boyfriend, and since then, every year we pretend that the world is celebrating OUR anniversary, not Valentines Day. It makes for a romantic time because anywhere we go, we are reminded that our anniversary is coming up!! YAY!! (Only about 2 weeks away!!)
 
Well my FH proposed to me on Valentine''s Day last year, and to me it was the dearest and most special thing he could have done (he proposed with a big picture on the front of the paper on Valentine''s Day
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) because it WAS so unexpected! I figered he would think it was too cliche'', commercialised, cheesy, whatever... so I figured he would never do it. Imagine my shock (and excitement!!!) when the day came! He''s always been a bit blase'' about Valentine''s Day, he has always sent me flowers but we haven''t gone out for dinner or anything like that, we usually just exchange small tokens of affection for each other. Now the day has taken on a whole new meaning, and it''s also my mum''s birthday... she was thrilled to have the attention of the day diverted from herself
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She isn''t a fan of her own birthday!
 
I think regardless of what the day means to the world (V-Day''s, Christmas, etc) when your SO proposes it suddenly becomes ''your day'' in your world. So when it comes down to it, it really won''t matter what day he proposes.
 
Date: 1/31/2006 5:33:46 PM
Author: AmberWaves
I''m a little bit torn. I love the romance and appeal to Valentine''s Day, but I also like the idea of a day being special to us. As long as it isn''t like, President''s Day, or Groundhog day, or WORSE- April Fool''s Day, then I''m game. I think what I really like is the idea of him making a ho-hum day into OUR day. Like, if we take a Wednesday off and go to Disneyland! Then it would be fantastic. I guess to me, it''s the surroundings more than the DAY. Still, V-Day wouldn''t be so bad (or so far away!)
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Hahaha! My birthday IS APRIL FOOL''S DAY!!! And my sister''s is Valentine''s Day so I think she would HATE being proposed to on that day.

Seems like most of the people that responded don''t care what day it happens....as long as it happens!

Only two more weeks till V-day, I can''t wait to read about proposals that may happen....Good Luck!
 
Date: 2/1/2006 9:43:39 AM
Author: Caribou
I think regardless of what the day means to the world (V-Day''s, Christmas, etc) when your SO proposes it suddenly becomes ''your day'' in your world. So when it comes down to it, it really won''t matter what day he proposes.
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I agree with Caribou! I could have written any of those earlier posts about preferring a non-holiday a couple of months ago, but when my boyfriend proposed to me on Christmas all that went out the window.
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I told him beforehand I didn''t want it to be a part of Christmas, and he was actually planning to do it before but FORGOT WHAT DAY CHRISTMAS IS
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so he didn''t have time. So then he thought he''d wait and do it a couple days later, but on Christmas after all 18 members of my extended family finished opening gifts and were just hanging around for a few hours before starting to get dinner ready....he just thought the moment felt right and suggested we go for a walk. From the second we stepped out the door, it ceased to be "Christmas" and was just the two of us hiking along in the snow, and it was a perfectly romantic time for it to happen. Sure, that could have been the same if it wasn''t actually on Christmas, but now I know I''ll never forget what day we got engaged, and I also have a special little private reason to love Christmas even more! I had always thought of Christmas as more a family holiday than a romantic one, so I like that now it gets to be a little bit of everything.
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End result, I thought it was a perfect time and it did not in any way get sucked into just being a part of Christmas. It was nice to have all my family there to tell/show them a few minutes after it happened, and we got toasted to at Christmas dinner which was cool, but as for the actual proposal - all I was thinking is WOW I actually get to spend the rest of my life with this man!!
 
Seeing as how our wedding date is March 9th, I sure hope he proposes before the 14th of February!
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Date: 2/1/2006 11:14:45 AM
Author: LaurenThePartier
Seeing as how our wedding date is March 9th, I sure hope he proposes before the 14th of February!
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Oh Lauren!! Have him call me right away! My ex never proposed...it bothered me forever!! (and we were married 18 out of the 21 years together!) When he proposed last year to his GF he finally admitted to me how it was one of those things he blew. Some guys just don't get it.
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Hard to say...but my gut says no...I think every other V-Day after that would be a let-down. I also am not big on holiday proposals in general, with the only exception being New Years Eve (don''t ask me why).
But, I would say it depends on the couple. Some holidays might be particularly meaningful to a couple and then it would be romantic for them.
I''d rather have a romantic Valentine''s Day for the two of us and then have a separate date for the proposal where we can focus on that only. Also, then we could call our friends and family to share the good news without making the single people feel bad on V-day!
 
Even though technically my BF will have the ring by V-day, he wouldn''t do it that day. His opinion is that doing proposals on a holiday is too cliche.

Amber and Seattle made mention of having anniversaries on other "days"- unfortunately that''s us. Today, Groundhog Day, is our anniversary.
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Happy anniversary Nytemist!
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My DH planned to propose on Vday but I had a night class with an exam. He ended up proposing on the 16th, even though in my cluelessness (is that a word?) I did alot to prevent it. I wasn''t a big fan of the Vday proposal but looking back I really don''t think it would have mattered that much.
 
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