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Did anyone accidentally find out their FH was gonna propose?

Heather , on February 22, 2017 at 12:13 PM

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Share your stories! Here's mine: so my fh got a text message and he told me to reply not realizing who it was. Earlier that day he and his best friend were texting about him being ready to propose and how he was gonna do it and the ring price, etc. I instantly got warm and couldn't stop smiling. I...

Share your stories! Here's mine: so my fh got a text message and he told me to reply not realizing who it was. Earlier that day he and his best friend were texting about him being ready to propose and how he was gonna do it and the ring price, etc. I instantly got warm and couldn't stop smiling. I felt bad that I knew but once he proposed it still felt special lol

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  • Seale
    Master November 2017
    Seale ·
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    I knew. We had been talking about it for months but I didn't know when during that time. He started making a big deal about going hiking and I accidentally saw an email for the delivery verification of the ring so I knew. It's the reason I hiked up that mountain in 90 something degree weather without water. We forgot to stop and get a couple of bottles for the hike. Still worth it, though.

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  • F
    Dedicated February 2017
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    I assumed it. He took me to Disney world for my birthday and I had always said I wanted to be proposed to at Disney. I know I know. He acted so nonchalant I almost believed he wouldn't!!!

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  • Bee
    Master April 2017
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    I knew it would happen by the end of the year because we spoke about it. I also knew when the ring was delivered but that was because there was a delivery issue and he was home and visually frustrated about it so told me. I thought it was happening on Christmas (my favorite holiday) but he did a few months early (on my b-day) so that was a surprise. I didn't see the ring till the proposal though and I don't want to know what it costs.

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  • M
    Master June 2017
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    I did! Kind of. FH and I picked out my ring together in November 2015 and several months went by without a proposal. We were busy buying our first house and I was starting a new job so I kind of forgot about it.

    I work for the Loan Officer doing our loan so I had to go through his bank statements as part of the approval process - I noticed several large payments to his Capital One card and I knew he hadn't bought anything else recently that would've cost that much. So I knew, but it was still a total surprise when it happened because it was a good 5 months after the fact that he actually proposed!

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  • Miranda
    Super December 2017
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    My FH was inside while I was outside smoking. I heard him asking his kids if it would be ok if he married me. It was a year before he actually asked that he did that but I smiled when I heard it through the door. I only told him a couple months ago that I had heard the conversation.

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  • Margaret
    Expert March 2018
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    We had talked about it beforehand and I knew he had the ring. Then when I was at my sister she said something about Thanksgiving being the day but passed it off as a bluff. FH and I were at dinner and I said, "Yeah, Micki said it was Thanksgiving but I don't believe her."

    FH is not very good at keeping his facial expressions neutral, so he excused himself from the table, we both cried and I felt I ruined everything. All okay now, and we still had our special day. Thanksgiving, yes, but the way it was done was a surprise.

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  • Leanne
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    We were driving home from a work BBQ and his Bluetooth connected in the van. He was covering another restaurant so he would numbers calling he didn't have programmed into his phone. Turns out it was where he bought my ring. He covered it up by saying he had gone looking and it was an over eager salesperson following up. He proposed later that week...

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  • ambrok
    Master October 2017
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    NYE 2013...Got home n FH was still tipsy n over tired. He blurted out that with the exception of his son, I was the best thing to ever happen to him n mentioned that he was paying off a ring...Then he was out! LOL He proposed 4 months later over dinner at our fav restaurant. To this day he claims he never let the cat out of the bag Smiley smile

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  • Gkatelyn2
    Dedicated May 2017
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    I actually knew the exact date he was going to propose. What have it away was when he asked me to get sized. So I did. And he gave me a window between august and the end of October. And one day we were sitting on the couch and I told him I thought I knew when it was gonna be. So he asked me when so I told him October 26th. And he got really quite about it. I didn't know how he was gonna do it but I knew when. Then a couple days before he asked me to text one of his friends because he was driving. And he had sent his friend a picture of my engagement ring. I still haven't told him that part. It was still amazing though he did an amazing job.

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  • Samantha
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    Well I proposed to FH.... so ya I totally saw it coming. HAHA. Just a heads up that its not always the FH that proposes. Smiley winking

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  • Kathryn
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    I picked out my ring with DH & knew he was going to do it when we were home for Thanksgiving with family. I had it narrowed down to either Wednesday before Thanksgiving or Friday after, and I knew DH was smart enough to not propose to me after I'd been out since 3 am on Friday shopping, so I pretty much knew when it was coming. I had no idea how he was going to do it, and it was still really really special Smiley smile

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  • Grace
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    My fiance and I had extensively discussed marriage and the possibility of using his grandmother's ring as my E-ring, keeping the heirloom in the family. I had already seen the ring before we got engaged, and was there when we picked it up from being re-sized. I didn't know however, when he was going to propose. I was coming back to Chicago from Las Vegas on Christmas Eve (visiting my mom & dad) and he called them as soon as I was on the plane to ask them for their blessing. The next day on Christmas morning (which had always been very special to me with long standing traditions with my grandparents) he proposed. I was in my Chewbacca onesie, it was hilarious, but just right for us.

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  • Mrs. Brendan
    Super April 1994
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    I knew only because my FH was acting weird and his sister and her husband were coming to visit. I overheard my FH talking to himself saying "today is the day". Lol.

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  • JMA
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    We talked about. I hate surprises so he basically told me which was fine by me lol

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  • Keisha
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    I told FH I would leave a bunch of ring pictures saved in an album on my Ipad for when he was ready. This was in maybe March of 2016. In July of the same year, my train was running late and I had to search my emails for my coworkers contact info. There was an email he sent to himself with the pictures of the rings. He doesn't have an Iphone so he wasn't aware that the email would be saved on both my Ipad and Iphone. I swore my heart skipped a beat when I saw that email. He proposed in September. I've never told him I saw the email

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  • JGCT
    Super July 2017
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    Ha I was home for a baby shower, and he texted me asking my ring size for his mom for his sister in law for Christmas. I was like what the actual what? Later that week he had his dad on speaker, mentioned to his dad he was on speaker, and his dad said something about a ring. He immediately fumbled to hang up on him. I didn't want to get my hopes up so acted like I didn't hear anything, mostly because I was operating on assumptions. I did however go get my nails done, because with that kind of information, why wouldn't you be prepared. That following weekend he planned a full day for us, walk through a Japanese garden followed by dinner at my fave spot. I chalked it up to him making up for the weekend I was gone. Halfway through the walk he proposed which was awesome. I almost passed out from the heat and excitement combination. I can't wait to go back to those gardens yearly as a part of it being our place Smiley smile

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  • Jillian
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    Christmas Eve I saw my FH and my brother in the other room talking...there was a handshake and hug with lots of smiles. (My dad passed away so I'm assuming he asked for my hand) And sure enough the next day on Christmas he proposed around 2:00!

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  • Alicia v.
    Super March 2017
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    My FH lost the ring the morning of , he had the brilliant idea to take it OUT OF THE BOX and just put it in his pocket .... and so we are getting ready to go to our favorite brunch place on the water and he started crying on the car ride over hahaha and he starts saying "I screwed up I was going to propose but I lost the riiinggg" (sobbing at this point lol)

    We went back to my place to look for it and lo and behold it was in a crevice on his jackets inseem (because pockets can have holes) and he ended up proposing on the floor of my living room haha.

    Silly men

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  • Vicki
    Master November 2017
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    I had a feeling it was coming. We had been together about four and a half years. For the whole month of April I was at a work training, and he had dinner with my parents twice (super weird because he will sometimes gripe about having to have dinner with them too often-divorced parent problems- so the fact that he was going without me was super weird). We had planned a vacation to NOLA, Biloxi, Orange Beach and Pensacola at the end of May, so I was expecting it then.

    I ransacked the house looking for a ring but came up empty. We were flying to NOLA, so I also searched the packed bags. Nada.

    Two days before we left he asked if I was going to get my nails done. I jokingly asked what color and he said "that French thing is nice"( he hates the French Manicures) lol.

    He waited until day 3 of 5 much to my distress. I was still really surprised in the moment and that he planned it and asked my parents and all Smiley smile

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  • Van Pear
    VIP January 2017
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    We don't keep anything from each other, there was no surprise about it. And I'm fine with that. I knew when he purchased the ring, I knew when it arrived, I knew when he told my mom his intentions. Not that it was ever said outright, he just wasn't going out of his way to hide it. It was the "Let's watch our spending, I have a big purchase," and then "I have to... put something upstairs..." and the knowing giggles.

    Then at random he said he wanted to take me to a garden later that week, one he found that I would like. So I knew it'd be that day. My mom visited the day before and I told her "I'll text you the ring pic!"

    H had the ring out of the box in his pocket too! But luckily he didn't lose it; we only dropped it mid-proposal because we were both too shaky excited to put it on right.

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