Was it a surprise or did you know it was coming

Not even a little bit of surprise for me. I knew he’d picked the ring up from getting sized and that it was burning a hole in his pocket.
But before that...we had been talking marriage for a while. We’d recently gone ring shopping and he seemed really serious (unlike the time we went a year earlier when I knew he wasn’t ready yet). Then...silence. And then worse, comments about “pushing” him and that he wasn’t serious when we went ring shopping. I was LIVID. I thought he was finally ready then he pulled that on me. I told him how mad I was and to never take me ring shopping again. Meanwhile, he’d somehow snuck back to the jewelry store and bought the ring I couldn’t take my eyes off of. He was trying to throw me off the trail while he waited for it to be sized.
He broke a day or so later (the man can’t keep a secret to save his life), went out to his car, came back and tossed the paperwork on my lap.

5 years, no discussion whatsoever. I was hopeful because we went on this amazing vacation and had a feeling, but I really didnt know. (Didnt help that FH did everything he could to throw me off so i wouldnt even think it was a possibility)
So when it did happen I was just in disbelief for weeks.

I knew a proposal was coming (all the talks about marriage and rings - way more than usual lol), but the actual proposal was quite a surprise!! 😄🥰

My FH and I were in a pretty similar boat as you. We had talked months before the proposal by looking at rings and even deciding a good time frame for us to get engaged. He proposed on our two year anniversary (which I had talked myself out of the idea of him proposing that day) so when he actually did it still came as a surprise to me!

For me, I had a strong feeling it was coming, but I wasn't certain about it. We had went and looked at rings earlier that year and had talked about getting married this year (my fiance is a planner to the max unlike myself lol). I found out after the fact that it almost didnt happen when he wanted it to. The ring arrived the day before we left for vacation - he joked that he almost had to go buy a ring pop lol. We were 1/2 through our vacation when he asked and I was completely caught off guard and was not at all expecting it. Although I had an idea that it might be coming, I was still completely surprised in the moment.

I knew the day that Austin was going to propose. He made it fairly obvious with wanting to go to Seattle on that specific day and wanting to go up to the Space Needle, but even though I knew it was coming, it was the best day of my life ❤️ And let me tell you bout that ring.. lol It’s beautiful and matches my personality in every sense so I guess it’s safe to say he’s got good taste 😋

We discussed getting married. He looked up rings on Google and we went to Jared a couple of days later. He actually put a deposit down that I told him to go get back after doing some research. We picked a date before I got a ring. I didn't think I wanted an engagement ring but he wanted to get one. So.. I sent him hand picked diamonds/settings on blue nile that were within the budget he mentioned. I wanted to make sure it was a good investment. He let me know that he purchased one of them and when the ring would be in. I wasn't surprised about the where or when. I was caught off guard by the rose petals and candles (I mean..we already had a date set and he told me the ring arrived that day) ..and the ring setting wasn't what I expected. It was very special..even though I knew it was coming.

I hope you don't regret not being surprised. I feel that marriage should be something that's discussed beforehand..not a spur of the moment, surprise, thing.

I actually got two proposals.

The first one, the one I count as my real one was over pizza. We were eating and he just stopped and looked at me in a way I’d never seen before, then just asked me point blank. No sunset, no fancy scenery, no ring. Just pizza.

The second one I helped pick out my ring and for some reason FH insisted on a “do over” at a fancy restaurant. I didn’t really feel anything from it, I appreciated the gesture and just went along with it because it meant a lot to him, but I already said yes before. He felt embarrassed and “rude” for blurting it out the first time even if I find it sweet.

I had absolutely no idea! I was so surprised and confused.

We had always talked about getting married so i knew this was the road we were heading down, back in February 2019 we had a serious conversation to were I did express that I do not care if it is a 35 dollar ring from amazon, going down to the courthouse, as long as we get married. He noted that he wanted to make sure that the ring he gave me was "worthy" after back and forth we "came to and agreement" he said to give him a year to save for a ring if he couldn't do it then he will get me the 35 ring i asked for (lol ) well this whole time he had already picked out the "worthy ring" he ended up proposing on HIS 30th birthday this back March. So it was a total and complete surprise.

I knew exactly when it was going to happen. He took rings out of my jewelry box to get the correct size. I even had a say in which restaurant we went to. I don't regret it at all. It was still incredibly emotional and he made it special. What was a surprise was the ring! I was worried because he didn't get my opinion on that, but he ended up picking the perfect one by himself!

I was surprised. I had started to get suspicious because FH had started being protective of his phone and computer (which he usually isn't) so I was starting to feel like something was up and engagement might be coming. But then his car died and he had to get a new car and spend a lot of money on that. So that put an end to my feelings like proposal was coming because I knew he wouldn't be able to afford ring after that. But it turns out he'd bought the ring right before his car broke down!

I knew he had my great grandmother's ring, because my family was not sneaky about giving it to him and we had discussed marriage A LOT so I knew it was coming. However, the proposal itself was still a total surprise. The actual day, I had no idea it would happen.

Mine was a total surprise, but we had talked about marriage literally 2 days before he proposed & before then. He would always tell me he needed to get some other stuff in line. On the way up to where he proposed his brother asked me where I would not like to get engaged at. I think back now, they were just making him hella nervous.

Yes and no. No because we've always talked about marriage during the 3years prior that we had been together. We also just had a son together (planned) and we were going through the process of him adopting my daughter.

Yes because I had no idea he bought a ring and I ended up "ruining" his proposal because we had just got back to the house and he wanted me to come inside. I was stubborn though and didn't feel like getting out as we only stopped to grab something (or so I thought) and I was just too tired. When he finally came back to the car, as we're driving down the road I can feel his arm over the back of my seat. I was in the middle of reading something and kept brushing him off. When I finally said "what?!" slightly irritated that he kept bumping my head, I saw the jewelry box with the ring inside. Needless to say, I felt terrible for my previous reaction 🤦‍♀️ lol.

Well, I am the one who proposed and while I intended to at some point, I even surprised myself at the timing. We had talked about getting married and I knew she was looking for a ring but I kind of had the perfect moment and I took it. It was weird and unconventional, but that just means it fit us. She later got on one knee, and so did I since I didn't the first time, and we love the silliness of it all. We have actually made it a part of our ceremony, that we would say yes to marrying each other every day. Sometimes those stories are the best and it's nice to know that the person you want to spend your life with plans the same.

I picked out the ring and the date. I hate surprises and so I knew everything

I honestly had no idea it was going to happen then. I thought it would happen 1 month later when we were visiting my family. However, my fiancé had gotten the ring in and had set the whole thing up. He bought me a dress, told me we were going on a day date as I had just gotten back in town from traveling for work, and he set up to have my family facetime me while we were in a sunflower maze (my favorite flower and our main wedding flower), and he had a secret photographer for the moment of. It was perfect and I loved every part of it. After he proposed we took photos at the sunflower field with the photographer.

Surprise Proposal

Yes I did know it was coming I just didn't know how or where and what time and as of right now he said there will be another one you just don't know that I might do it to him this time

Mine was a total surprise. He had it planned with my boss so that it looked like I was working but in reality I wasn’t. He surprised me with a trip to Niagara Falls Canada. He also had my best friend and her husband come for the weekend. Best surprise of my life ❤️