where did you get engaged???

traceymonkstown

just wondering where people on the boards got engaged?? was it local or abroad?? i got engaged in a place called goughan barra in west cork, a lovely place with a small church on a little island in a smal lough. still can't get over the surprise 3 months later!!

tannytantans

Got engaged in Korea!But that's where we're living for the year. He proposed on the roof of our apartment - v romantic

sunnygirl

Got engaged on top of the Syndey Harbour Bridge on the night-time climb - it was a beautiful clear night, overlooking the nightlights of the city and harbour and was a total surprise. He chose the location wisely, as I was hardly going to say 'No thanks' on top of a bridge!...afterward had romantic dinner and rang everyone back home (in ireland)

Maddison

Got engaged in my kichen----how romantic:rolleyes:

Toots

Got engaged in my living room He'd cooked a nice dinner, and we were sitting down with a glass of wine watching Mock the Week when he disappeared into our bedroom, and reappeared with a big bunch of roses and got down on one knee. Awww :)

blossom180

got engaged in the local butcher shop,best day ever,went to the pub next door and had great craic:cool::cool::cool:

CathyMoran

Ours is complicated by the fact that we were on off engaged a few times - the final time before marriage though was in Dublin Airport after he had got off a series of flights coming back from India...it was our longest ever time apart (2 weeks) and he proposed in front of his sisters and my brother going down on one knee in arrivals!

Toots

CathyMoran wrote: »

Ours is complicated by the fact that we were on off engaged a few times - the final time before marriage though was in Dublin Airport after he had got off a series of flights coming back from India...it was our longest ever time apart (2 weeks) and he proposed in front of his sisters and my brother going down on one knee in arrivals!

Awwwwww!!!!!!!!

esharknz

Grand Canyon. Hid the ring in a smelly sock in his shoe. wondered if he'd taken too much cold medicine (he had a cough at the time) as he was shaking like crazy!!

The Big Red Button

I got two proposals!

One on a moonlight walk on the beach on Strandhill (Sligo) after taking me out for dinner ... then we went to Dublin that weekend to get the ring, but he wouldn't let me put it on - he brought me to Powerscourt Waterfall the next day and got down on one knee again

We're a year engaged this Friday

The Big Red Button

blossom180 wrote: »

got engaged in the local butcher shop

Class ... how did that one come about?

twanda

In bed on the morning of my birthday. He had bought the engagement ring and suprised me with it.:)

emma82

Been together for nearly 8 yrs & were going to see play in dublin, told me to meet him at hotel near my work so we could eat and then head into city for play. Landed at hotel n he started walking- I followed asking where we going? He said we aren't goin to play tonight we're staying in hotel tonight and going to play tomorrow night instead and we're stayin in the fancy hotel suite! Then gave me 'tour' of suite- living room 1st, then kitchen, then bathroom................... walked into bedroom and on white bedspread in red rose petals was..... MARRY ME!

Had dinner booked for that night & appointment in applebys for next day

Of course I said YES!!!!

prinz

Never actually formally got engaged. We discussed it a lot over a few months. Finally agreed to go ahead on holidays in Paris in February and gave her the ring a few weeks later. Never did the whole question popping / down on one knee thing. Neither of us were big into the whole theatrics of the thing and I really don't understand how it could come as a huge suprise to someone. Wouldn't be my style at all to ask out of the blue. Had to be a joint decision.

washiskin

In The River Suite in The Clarence Hotel on May 8th, our 13th Anniversary, after dinner in Chex Maz.

I met him in the restaurant and he asked me what I'd like to drink....I said nothing because I'm driving ...he said it's ok, we have a room for the evening....me: ooooh where?....him:The Clarence....me:eeeeeep!.....except it wasn't a room.

After noticing that it was indeed a suite, turned around to inform him of the fact and he was standing there with a wooden box with my initials carved on the lid.....I said ..."Is that....?" he smiled and popped the question.... talk about being on cloud 9.

The Big Red Button

prinz wrote: »

I really don't understand how it could come as a huge suprise to someone. Wouldn't be my style at all to ask out of the blue. Had to be a joint decision.

Yeah I have to agree with that, myself and himself had often discussed getting married and we both knew it was what we wanted. So I knew I'd be getting a proposal at some stage, but I'd no idea when. So in that way it came as a complete surprise when it happened - but not a surprise that he was proposing at all - if that makes any sense

Basically if a man were to propose and we'd never discussed our long-term plans together, I'd be a bit freaked out alright!

twanda

chatterpillar wrote: »

Yeah I have to agree with that, myself and himself had often discussed getting married and we both knew it was what we wanted. So I knew I'd be getting a proposal at some stage, but I'd no idea when. So in that way it came as a complete surprise when it happened - but not a surprise that he was proposing at all - if that makes any sense

Basically if a man were to propose and we'd never discussed our long-term plans together, I'd be a bit freaked out alright!

Yeah, same here. We had discussed getting engaged and knew we wanted to do it -- he then went ahead and secretly bought the ring and proposed to me on my birthday so that was the suprise. Personally, I would also be a bit freaked by a proposal out of the blue.

prinz

Sorry if I sounded bitter or rained on anyone's parade but spend a couple of hours watching weddingtv at the weekend and my mind was seriously boggled. Granted they were all OTT anyway, but the whole "'OOOOH my God, I had, like, nooooooooooo idea!!!" just put me right off. Surely if you're at the stage to be getting engaged you both have some idea. Maybe I'm just unromantic discussing it first, then getting the ring and giving it to her.:D.That said I've just had the idea to propose properly on the morning of the big day

The Big Red Button

prinz wrote: »

That said I've just had the idea to propose properly on the morning of the big day

Aww that's a lovely idea At least you can be fairly confident of what her answer will be!!

prinz

chatterpillar wrote: »

Aww that's a lovely idea At least you can be fairly confident of what her answer will be!!

If she knew I was getting choked up watching wedding tv at the weekend she just might change her mind :eek: Guilty pleasures

NinjaTruncs

esharknz wrote: »

Grand Canyon. Hid the ring in a smelly sock in his shoe. wondered if he'd taken too much cold medicine (he had a cough at the time) as he was shaking like crazy!!

Snap, was going to do it on the new sky walk but the security wouldn't let me, so i popped down on one knne once we got off.

Assets Model

The rose garden in Trinity on a summers evening last September.

twanda

prinz wrote: »

Sorry if I sounded bitter or rained on anyone's parade but spend a couple of hours watching weddingtv at the weekend and my mind was seriously boggled. Granted they were all OTT anyway, but the whole "'OOOOH my God, I had, like, nooooooooooo idea!!!" just put me right off. Surely if you're at the stage to be getting engaged you both have some idea. Maybe I'm just unromantic discussing it first, then getting the ring and giving it to her.:D.That said I've just had the idea to propose properly on the morning of the big day

personally I think a lot of the 'I had no idea!' ones actually had an idea of what was going to happen.. Either that or they got engaged on a whim, not long after getting together.

washiskin

Well mine WAS a bolt out of the blue after so long. I genuinely thought we would just plod on as we always had.

frizzefreckles

I genuinely had no idea. We hadn't sat down and discussed it at all. I knew that we would eventually as we were 4 years together. I wouldn't have liked to know that he was going to do it. I also think he got huge satisfaction out of my shocked reaction.
In relation to the original post he dropped to one knee at the side of a lake in Westport just as the sun was setting. To this day I still don't remember what he said exactly. I do remember telling him that the ring wasn't real and that it wasn't a very funny joke though :rolleyes:

hunnymonster

technically in France (see posts 1 and 13 in this thread http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055378277). He swam the English channel and proposed on the other side. It scores for uniqueness but loses it on the romance side. There is nothing romantic about rewarming someone from stage 3 hypothermia.

emma82

twanda wrote: »

personally I think a lot of the 'I had no idea!' ones actually had an idea of what was going to happen.. Either that or they got engaged on a whim, not long after getting together.

Def not engaged on a whim- some people like to be romantic and think after being with someone for years you deserve a proposal that makes you feel like you mean the world to them! Maybe thats just me & i'm not dissing anyone either way. Obviously we had discussed getting engaged at some stage but the timing was completet surprise- maybe thats what most people mean when they say they had no idea.....

Saint_Mel

I popped the question in Loughrea ... the Paris of Connaught :P

Mollywolly

We had already discussed getting married so I knew it was going to happen but I didn't know when. As for the deed itself, we lived in the UK at the time and were going to a cousin's wedding in Dundalk followed by a week in Donegal. After dinner at The Sandhouse Hotel in Rossnowlagh, he produced the ring - of course, I said yes. The staff were delighted and there was a round of applause from the other diners - very embarrassing However, it was made better by going for a walk on the beach in the moonlight - romance was well and truly alive in those days

Einstein

I proposed in the lazy river in the Mandalay Bay in Vegas...we were floatin around on a big rubber ring, then i fell off just as I asked, and had to catch up with her to see what she said...:P

Then we picked the ring together!

keano_afc

On the beach at Brittas Bay, in October 3 years ago. Lovely day, just as the sun was setting I got down on the knee and popped the question. Twas lovely.

IvyTheTerrible

Meh, mine was the other day. We had been talking about it anyway, and he asked where should we go to get the ring.

Not very romantic and I know I say I'm not into that stuff but I can't help feeling disappointed to be honest.

prinz

Saint_Mel wrote: »

I popped the question in Loughrea ... the Paris of Connaught :P

:pac: pmsl.

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

Meh, mine was the other day. We had been talking about it anyway, and he asked where should we go to get the ring.

Not very romantic and I know I say I'm not into that stuff but I can't help feeling disappointed to be honest.

Far more romantic than being one of the literally thousands of couples who all pick one spot tbh like the Eiffel Tower or something. :pac:

traceymonkstown

the actual proposal for me was a huge shock too! he told me we were just going for a spin and when we got to the place told me to go down by the water coz he had something to fix in the back. he came down a few mins later with a backpack and gave me this handmade photo album. it basically was photos of us and stuff we'd done since we started going out (like the cinema stub from our first cinema visit!) and they all were in chronological order (which i didn't cop on till after!!). some of the photos had little notes written on them and as i got to the end he seemed a bit shaky and nervous! then on the very last page it that days date and a picture of my ring and written next to it "april 5th 2009 - the day i asked trace to marry me and she said..."!! i started crying with the shock but obviously said yes!! then out of the bag he pulled a bottle of champagne and glasses (thats what he was stalling for!) and the rest is history!!!

gemasha

traceymonkstown wrote: »

the actual proposal for me was a huge shock too! he told me we were just going for a spin and when we got to the place told me to go down by the water coz he had something to fix in the back. he came down a few mins later with a backpack and gave me this handmade photo album. it basically was photos of us and stuff we'd done since we started going out (like the cinema stub from our first cinema visit!) and they all were in chronological order (which i didn't cop on till after!!). some of the photos had little notes written on them and as i got to the end he seemed a bit shaky and nervous! then on the very last page it that days date and a picture of my ring and written next to it "april 5th 2009 - the day i asked trace to marry me and she said..."!! i started crying with the shock but obviously said yes!! then out of the bag he pulled a bottle of champagne and glasses (thats what he was stalling for!) and the rest is history!!!

OMG - that is soo sweet!! I love when guys put in lots of effort like that!! It was soo thoughtful and time consuming.