Ways to get engaged to the other half???

Lord Trollington · 03-09-2009 4:03pm #1

Ok so i'm thinking of getting engaged to the other half, and was just wondering has anyone any ideas on doing so??
Or what have they done, or what has been done to you that was good/different/funny?
Just something different i'm after, not this whole getting down on one knee mullarky in a restaraunt...
So Any idea's??
Besides Dont do it....???

Dostoevsky · 03-09-2009 4:10pm

In the same boat myself, and have just posted earlier about the best place, value wise, to buy an engagement ring.

For starters:

a hot air balloon ride over Barcelona?

the Christmas market in Strasbourg (a deeply romantic city, even if it has no direct route to Ireland)?

Flight to Tallinn, and a boat to St Petersburg for Opera?

Rented Mule · 03-09-2009 4:11pm

I have seen people set up little post in notes all over the house and it becomes a 'treasure hunt'. Each note had a clue to where the next clue was located.

I have seen other people put a giant balloon in a lagre box (with some two by fours for weight cut to size) and the ring attached with a note in the box. Box opens and the note and ring float out.

Professey Chin · 03-09-2009 4:12pm

Knife to the throat
Guaranteed a yes

4zn76tysfajdxp · 03-09-2009 4:13pm

Nothing public, or he/she will fucking murder you.

Mr. Razzcocks · 03-09-2009 4:15pm

Supermacs, stick the ring in the quarter pounder!

My name is URL · 03-09-2009 4:15pm

Send her the link to this thread

mink_man · 03-09-2009 4:16pm

tell her to take the phone off the hook then ring her!

psycho-hope · 03-09-2009 4:18pm

how about somewhere like glendalough, find aquiet spot with a fab veiw and ask her there

Euro_Kraut · 03-09-2009 4:19pm

Ask her by text. That way she can chose to ignore it if she doesn't want to marry you. It will save a lot of embarrassment. A few weeks later if she has said nothing that you tell her you meant to send it to your mate Frank as part of an in-joke you were having.

Whispered · 03-09-2009 4:19pm

my OH did it in my sitting room before heading off to a friends party. How romantic.

Saibh · 03-09-2009 4:20pm

Gannon Sweet Semicircle wrote: »

Nothing public, or he/she will fucking murder you.

Didn't go well in this case

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac3AzaDohd0

pikachucheeks · 03-09-2009 4:21pm

Ultimate Chin wrote: »

Knife to the throat
Guaranteed a yes

You little romantic, you!
:pac:

Corb · 03-09-2009 4:24pm

Don't do anything like this! Gayest thing ever! She should have dumped him on the spot for being such a flamer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpojZ0COU3Y

By the way, best of luck!

useful_contacts · 03-09-2009 4:26pm

i proposed to my fella over the phone

we had a fight and i yelled it out

sad i know:P

Daroxtar · 03-09-2009 4:26pm

I'll tell you this. No matter how brave you are and no mater how well you prepare for this at the very last moment before you do pop the question you will fukking sh!t yourself BIG TIME.

Enjoy:)

Biggins · 03-09-2009 4:29pm

Take her to somewhere quiet and/or like the Burren, up a high mountain, etc.
Get her on her own there and tell her in your own words:

"We've been to the busiest of cities and the wilds of places like these.
In both I'm lost without you and I never want to lose you in either!
Because of that and the greater fact that I love you, I'd like to ask you a question..."

Professey Chin · 03-09-2009 4:31pm

pikachucheeks wrote: »

You little romantic, you!
:pac:

It works both ways.
She says yes and forgives both are happy.
She says no and theres either a break up or death for someone.1 less couple in the world so im happy.

Ohhhhh the bitterness runs through me.Turning to the dark side

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhnPaiSFVSE

truecrippler · 03-09-2009 4:32pm

Corb wrote: »

Don't do anything like this! Gayest thing ever! She should have dumped him on the spot for being such a flamer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpojZ0COU3Y

By the way, best of luck!

Thats pretty cool though.

My way to get engaged would be to Ask Her to Marry You.

Whispered · 03-09-2009 4:33pm

Biggins wrote: »

"We've been to the busiest of cities and the wilds of places like these.
In both I'm lost without you and I never want to lose you in either!
Because of that and the greater fact that I love you, I'd like to ask you a question..."

Noooooo. Unless you say things like this normally don't go for the cheesy lines. Be yourself, be brutally honest about how you feel about her and just ask her. OP there is no need for theatrics or thinking of anything unusual. So long as you spell it out. You love her, you will always love her and you want to be with her for ever. It will be special. (even if it's just in the sittingroom)

peepeep · 03-09-2009 4:34pm

That disney proposal was the worst thing I've seen in my life. My eyes vomited blood, and I was thankful because it blinded me from seeing the ending.

Biggins · 03-09-2009 4:35pm

helena.ryan wrote: »

Noooooo. Unless you say things like this normally don't go for the cheesy lines. Be yourself, be brutally honest about how you feel about her and just ask her. OP there is no need for theatrics or thinking of anything unusual. So long as you spell it out. You love her, you will always love her and you want to be with her for ever. It will be special. (even if it's just in the sitting room)

I 100% agree with the above main point. Thats why you should choose your own words. She will be used to your ways and mannerisms.

All the best and good luck.

claireycork · 03-09-2009 4:37pm

Just as helena said- no matter where it is it will be special.ITs what it means and not where it takes place, but if your adamant to do it beyond your front room maybe take her to the spot where ye first met/kissed etc.

cabrwab · 03-09-2009 4:44pm

Ah the nervous are a killer, don't do the whole hot air balloon do something romantic but some stuff is vomit enducing.
I'd thought of those what if you spend all that money and she says p*iss up a rope! !
Your right im a cheap skate she said yeah in the end and warned me if i did that cheesy rubbish she'd probably of said no plus it was a proper surprise!

Tar.Aldarion · 03-09-2009 4:47pm

useful_contacts wrote: »

i proposed to my fella over the phone

we had a fight and i yelled it out

sad i know:P

That's nice.

I was thinking about this a few months ago and I could only really decide on doing on holiday somewhere you had both been before and loved like paris, or wherever you both have enjoyed, some form of romantic evening. I hadn't rteally figured about picking a ring cos I am poor but I'm crap at this stuff.

Fozzie Bear · 03-09-2009 4:47pm

Get her knocked up! Instant shotgun wedding.....

Worked for my parents. They wed, many years ago, in April and I was born in August. Either worlds shortest pregnancy ever or my grandad produced the double barrell and had a quiet "word" with my Da. Oh did I have fun with them when I worked it out one day after a Biology lesson in school.

stovelid · 03-09-2009 5:14pm

Get this laminated on a card.

ejmaztec · 03-09-2009 5:20pm

claireycork wrote: »

Just as helena said- no matter where it is it will be special.ITs what it means and not where it takes place, but if your adamant to do it beyond your front room maybe take her to the spot where ye first met/kissed etc.

Push her into the boot of your car, do you mean?

Joey the lips · 03-09-2009 5:39pm

Preposed on two knees at the junction of o'connell street/Henry street/North earl street. It looked very funny because it looked like i was begging rather than asking. My girlfriend thought it very funny and lovable...... My wife did not! :rolleyes:

Story is true except for the wife girlfriend bit! One is enough believe me!;)

ninjasurfer1 · 03-09-2009 5:45pm

do ye think it stupid to get the ring in advance (to be more romantic) or should the girl always get to pick it herself (based on the fact that she'll be the one wearing it).

Poor Uncle Tom · 03-09-2009 5:51pm

Don't forget the chloroform, either to calm her down or in case she says no.....

queue Snyper...

Gran Hermano · 03-09-2009 5:58pm

Her finger
Your ring

What could possibly go wrong?

Professey Chin · 03-09-2009 6:02pm

Gran Hermano wrote: »

Her finger
Your ring

What could possibly go wrong?

Her ring and your finger?
Easy to get mixed up

Fringe · 03-09-2009 6:04pm

Gran Hermano wrote: »

Her finger
Your ring

What could possibly go wrong?

Anal prolapse.

keano_afc · 03-09-2009 6:11pm

I got down on one knee at sunset on the beach at Brittas Bay. It was where she used to spend her summer holidays as a kid so twas a special place for her.

03-09-2009 6:23pm

Do me a favour and don't go in sorry any of that sappy, insipid sheight. Just ask her straight out and then, if you're getting her a ring to mark the occasion, bring her off to pick it out herself.

As a woman, who happens to be married, I'm sooo feckin' sick of the competition that exists between girls I know as to who got the most romantic proposal. They're constantly trying to out-do eachother and it's a pile o' crap.

My favourite is a girl I used to work with. She and her boyfriend were staying in Belfast (I think) and when they got to the room, it was filled with red roses, a bottle of champagne and, as she entered the room he got down on one knee and sang to her, then produced the ring, popped the question and they cried in eachothers arm.
That's fine. But it was a fvcking Travel Lodge. If you're going to waste time and money doing something like that, don't make it a cheaped-assed hotel with no openable windows in the room, the TV bolted to a dressing table and itchy sheets. Even scrimp on the flowers and champagne a little and make it a decent setting.

You're inviting someone to enter into a legal, romantic and spiritual contract with you- give the occasion some weight and propose in an adult manner.

TheZohanS · 03-09-2009 6:29pm

00112984 wrote: »

My favourite is a girl I used to work with. She and her boyfriend were staying in Belfast (I think) and when they got to the room, it was filled with red roses, a bottle of champagne and, as she entered the room he got down on one knee and sang to her, then produced the ring, popped the question and they cried in eachothers arm.
That's fine. But it was a fvcking Travel Lodge. If you're going to waste time and money doing something like that, don't make it a cheaped-assed hotel with no openable windows in the room, the TV bolted to a dressing table and itchy sheets. Even scrimp on the flowers and champagne a little and make it a decent setting.

You were that girl in the Travel lodge, weren't you?

UnderpantsGnome · 03-09-2009 6:33pm

Plan for getting engaged to Other Half

1. Ask other half to marry you

2. ???

3. Engagement!!!

ebmma · 03-09-2009 6:39pm

helena.ryan wrote:

It will be special. (even if it's just in the sittingroom)

Yep, it was :-)

Prof.Badass · 03-09-2009 6:52pm

Write a note saying "will you marry me" and put the ring on top of it. Then all you have to do is place them in the toilet and wait till she goes in

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beertons · 03-09-2009 7:05pm

No matter how good your planning and preparation, it'll never go the way you want, so be prepared to go a little off track. I had everything down to a t, but couldn't say the words "Will you marry me." I got it a few minutes later though.

LadyMayBelle · 03-09-2009 7:11pm

I have heard of a few 'treasure hunt' engagements, with post it notes about the room from as soon as she woke up (obviously staying in a lovely hotel!)...

Someone else I know was served up spaghetti on toast with 'Will you marry me?' printed out in those spaghetti letters.. (seriously, this honestly happened)

As another poster has said, don;t go too public, and just say from the heart all those things you thought were naff and too embarrassed to say (the nice stuff that is). Girls want to hear that stuff. Not for it all to be over too quick and back to cooking dinner straight after. So make the effort to take her somewhere and spoil her a bit, and then spring it on her, even tho you'll be bricking it no doubt

Good luck:) I think it's lovely you're looking for a creative way to propose:)

03-09-2009 7:52pm

LadyPennyworth wrote: »

I have heard of a few 'treasure hunt' engagements, with post it notes about the room from as soon as she woke up

cute

(obviously staying in a lovely hotel!)...

meh?

Someone else I know was served up spaghetti on toast with 'Will you marry me?' printed out in those spaghetti letters.. (seriously, this honestly happened)

awww! this wins!!

StormWarrior · 03-09-2009 9:19pm

I think the treasure hunt idea is stupid. If someone arranged a treasure hunt for me I could not be arsed to complete it. Just take her somewhere nice and private, like a moonlit walk in a beautiful setting, tell her how muc you love her and ask her to marry you. No need for theatrics.

sharky86 · 03-09-2009 9:22pm

Can we start a tread on how to find a suitable OH you would actually want to bend the knee for

PhysiologyRocks · 03-09-2009 9:26pm

Buy her a dictionary of a language she doesn't speak.

Write her a proposal note in said language. (The dictionary may help you here.)

Only accept answer in this language.

Raise children to speak it.

Dankoozy · 03-09-2009 9:50pm

Take her to Lisbon, there it's acceptable to keep asking her till she says yes

hussey · 03-09-2009 10:23pm

I never forget my marriage proposal

"Yer bleedin' wha'?"

mr_edge_to_you · 03-09-2009 10:39pm

Dankoozy wrote: »

Take her to Lisbon, there it's acceptable to keep asking her till she says yes

Brilliant!

I was going to bring herself off to Galway for the night to her favourite hotel. Had it all planned! Ended up bottling it and eventually sort of proposed on the M4 after the toll!!!! You can't kneel down while your driving while shes in the passenger seat at 130km/hr!

I reckon if I set the standard so low it'll be easy improve over time!!!

By the way, let her pick the ring herself! It's more enjoyable when the two of ye are involved! And the ring will be nicer! I thought I knew what she would've liked, I was wrong.

Jesus Wept · 03-09-2009 10:43pm

Biggins wrote: »

Take her to somewhere quiet and/or like the Burren, up a high mountain, etc.
Get her on her own there and tell her in your own words:

"We've been to the busiest of cities and the wilds of places like these.
In both I'm lost without you and I never want to lose you in either!
Because of that and the greater fact that I love you, I'd like to ask you a question..."

Pink or Brown?

Mc Love · 03-09-2009 11:17pm

Did you ask the father if you could marry his daughter??

Ways to get engaged to the other half???

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