Proposing

emmagean · 10-06-2005 07:29AM #1

A 'friend' of mine (no really it is actually a friend!) wants to propose to his girlfriend soon but doesnt want to do it in the normal "cheesey" way (his word, not mine).

I think he's referring to not over a romantic candlelit meal, not up in a hot air balloon etc etc etc.

Does anyone have any suggestions for something a little different?

prospect · 10-06-2005 09:32AM

He could knock her up, and then say,
"I spose a weddin is da righ thing ta doo loike!"

joejoem · 10-06-2005 09:57AM

Get a friend of hers to pack clothes for a weekend and then have a car pick her up and drop her to the airport, have her friends there and maybe family and propose at the front gates then fly her to Paris for the weekend. then maybe knock her up?

toiletduck · 10-06-2005 10:17AM

He could get her wasted and then ask her, she's guaranteed to say yes!

monkeyfudge · 10-06-2005 10:18AM

joejoem wrote:

Get a friend of hers to pack clothes for a weekend and then have a car pick her up and drop her to the airport, have her friends there and maybe family and propose at the front gates then fly her to Paris for the weekend. then maybe knock her up?

That plan would work so much better if Chloroform was involved somehow.

I remember I was in Captain America's on Grafton street one quiet sunday afternoon drinking long island ice teas with some friends at the bar, and this guy who was sitting at one of the tables signaled for the music to be lowered and then he got down on one knee.. and the girl just bolted out of the restaurant. Her friend was sitting there too and ran out after her, I think he left shortly after. It may have all been an elaborate ploy to get away without paying the bill though... but it certainly didn't stop me cracking up laughing at the guy...

haha.... proposing in the best god damn steakhouse on Grafton street... genius.

DBK · 10-06-2005 10:31AM

Tell her that you've been invited to a fancy dress. Hire out a clown suit or something crazy and propose in that. Works every time.

joejoem · 10-06-2005 10:33AM

toiletduck wrote:

He could get her wasted and then ask her, she's guaranteed to say yes!

Ha ha ha in a night club, a really dingy one that smells like pee, and wait until she is throwing up, hold her hair back for her, slip your finger in her bum and say "how about it, wanna spend the rest of your life like this" and then produce a ring - make it a brack ring or a childs one you get with Kinder Ssurprise

vibe666 · 10-06-2005 12:18PM

double bungee jump and propose on the way down.

IANOC · 10-06-2005 12:20PM

tell him to say to her "im going to propose to this girl, and im afraid she might reject me or think im full of cheese, what do you think"

qz · 10-06-2005 12:21PM

He could always say to her, really quickly: heywillyoumarrymeifsosaywhat
And then she'll say "what", and bob's your uncle-in-law

LegacyUser · 10-06-2005 12:46PM

haven't a clue

keevita · 10-06-2005 12:52PM

qz wrote:

He could always say to her, really quickly: heywillyoumarrymeifsosaywhat
And then she'll say "what", and bob's your uncle-in-law

i fell for that one once. look at me now... barefoot and pregnant again. woe is meeeeee

Piste · 10-06-2005 12:58PM

Dont do it in Public! First of all if she refuses, both you (sorry, I mean your friend) and her will be extremely embarassed. Second of all, she may not want to marry your friend but care about him enough not to want to embarrass him and will say yes just to avoid an awkward situation.

joejoem · 10-06-2005 01:00PM

Get another friend to ask for you - will ye marry me mate?

danniemcq · 10-06-2005 01:01PM

steal loadsa the big shop letters and get them to spell "will you marry me" in the garden

HOT_ALPHA_MALE · 10-06-2005 01:25PM

Threaten her with marriage.

Larianne · 10-06-2005 01:35PM

set up a little treasure hunt for her and at the end the prize is 'Will u marry me?' hmmm... make sure u ( or your friend, whoever!) has a nice big rock to go with the proposal, so at least she has something to pawn if she says no and it aint a total waste of time.

But if she's a bit thick, scrap the hunt as she won't get the clues.

fozzle · 10-06-2005 02:06PM

He's asking her to marry him but he doesn't want to be romantic? Is he just getting married as a business contract? Sheesh! :rolleyes:

(one assumes) he knows his girlfriend better than the rest of us, he's the only one who can know what she'd like.

simu · 10-06-2005 02:11PM

Um call me weird but...

Do people still do this proposing out of the blue thing these days? I would have thought that it was a topic that would come up now and then during a relationship and so, that most members of long-term couples would have some idea of how their partner felt about it. Marriage isn't just an excuse for a party - it's a serious financial move to take and needs to be thought out carefully.

prospect · 10-06-2005 02:14PM

I proposed to my girlfrend (who is now my wife) 'out of the blue'
We knew we would marry at some stage, but hadn't decided when, where aor anything like that.
So that christmas, i bought her a rock, and the rest is history....

ionapaul · 10-06-2005 02:16PM

The wedding itself might be a financial move worthy of some consideration, but the legal arrangement of marriage is fairly beneficial in the long term from a financial standpoint! Tax benefits, economies of scale, etc...

The modern way of Irish living (have a kid or two, buy a house, THEN get married) has taken most of the romance out of it.

fozzle · 10-06-2005 02:22PM

Oh I know that marriage is very important for legal and financial reasons, but I don't see why that should stop any romance, even if it's something you've spoken about before. My cousin proposed to her bf last February 29th, my old housemates got engaged on their anniversary a couple of years ago, they'd all discussed it to some extent beforehand, yet it was still romantic, there was still one of them arranging to get a ring for the other and then organising a nice evening in in which to pop the question. I just don't think that romance is destroyed by beig aware of yer situation. If it is then maybe ye shouldn't be getting married.

thelordofcheese · 10-06-2005 02:23PM

prospect wrote:

I proposed to my girlfrend (who is now my wife) 'out of the blue'
We knew we would marry at some stage, but hadn't decided when, where aor anything like that.
So that christmas, i bought her a rock, and the rest is history....

there ya go.
bring her out to a someplace posh, then over the after dinner mints, whip out a big slab of granite, smack it down on the table and violla, instant spouse!

joejoem · 10-06-2005 02:23PM

Tell him to stand butt naked and say to her, Ive hidden a ring somewhere in my body, if you fing it I'll marry you. I'll give you a hint, it doesnt smell good

Dizzyblabla · 10-06-2005 02:27PM

how about just on a lazy Sunday morning, you know those days where it's nice outside and you're just lying in bed, all snuggled? and say something like "I could do this forever" - check her response, and then ask he if she wants to do it forever, til death us do part etc etc.... ( you can make up the rest...!)

ionapaul · 10-06-2005 02:27PM

joejoem wrote:

Tell him to stand butt naked and say to her, Ive hidden a ring somewhere in my body, if you fing it I'll marry you. I'll give you a hint, it doesnt smell good

Do you have an engagement-ring-up-the-bum fetish or something? Why mention it twice in one thread?!

simu · 10-06-2005 02:30PM

fozzle wrote:

Oh I know that marriage is very important for legal and financial reasons, but I don't see why that should stop any romance, even if it's something you've spoken about before.

I'm not against romance - I think it's prudent to discuss it beforehand. That's all I was saying!

flyz · 10-06-2005 02:37PM

simu wrote:

I'm not against romance - I think it's prudent to discuss it beforehand. That's all I was saying!

You'd be amazed of the potential brownie points that can be earned

My hubbie sussed me before he proposed, to make sure the ring he had on hold was the correct one.
The conversation ended with, 'Right so we'll get engaged next year so!'.

That was on the Tuesday, little fecker proposed the following Friday on a park bench in Brussels.

Major brownie points earned from both mothers and me for him picking the ring out himself.

I'm not expecting another romantic gesture for at least 10 years!

Something sweet would be nice, if she likes the beach, and evening stroll along the beach to pop the question would be lovely.

joejoem · 10-06-2005 02:49PM

ionapaul wrote:

Do you have an engagement-ring-up-the-bum fetish or something? Why mention it twice in one thread?!

I think its from a repressed childhood memory of being an alter boy

monkeyfudge · 10-06-2005 02:53PM

At the Dublin Wax Museum or at Dublin Zoo would be my suggestions...

but hey... what do I know?

emmagean · 10-06-2005 03:33PM

thanks for the suggestions....some of them anyway....

i should have mentioned that they have discussed it before and both want to get married. He wants to be romantic but at the same time wants to do it slightly differently.

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