Was your proposal a surprise?

It was a complete surprise! He asked me in front of our moms, kids and got down on one knee, I could not figure out what he was doing!

NR but you're not engaged and have already set a date or? My fh bought my ring almost a year before he proposed. He bought it from a closing jewelry store at 66% off. He wasn't ready to propose at that moment but it was too good a deal to pass up and I loved the ring. He ended up proposing on my birthday cruise. We were on a private island with white sand beaches. It was absolutely beautiful and unexpected. I had asked him various times throughout the year if he was going to propose on "special occasions" he always said no and never did. So when I asked him this last time, I expected the same.

We booked our venue in March of 2016 and got "officially" engaged when he proposed on our 10th anniversary in July. honestly, it was still just as special as if it had been a surprise. We went away camping and and it was a really special trip. You will still have that moment, don't worry!

FH and I had been dating a couple years (been friends close to 20years) We where having issues and had decided we where better as friends and broke up. We where still staying in the same place in separate rooms. Fast forward a couple weeks or so and we are talking about other housing options we had both found and deciding where to go from here when he broke down and started crying. He tells me how much he loves me and can't imagine not being with me for the rest of his life and asked me to marry him. LOL we joke now about how we are probably the only couple that has gotten engaged when we weren't even dating.

We're so not into big stuff. We were just sitting on the sofa talking and we were like "yep, let's get married". No engagement ring, no big surprises. That was two weeks ago. We're having reception in 3 months, and we just went to court and signed documents.

My FH www going to propose to me while we were in Florida for vacation and my birthday. He forgot the ring at home and so he did it the day after we came back at Dave and Busters. It wasn't everything that I had imagined but it's still my day. I had a feeling that he was going to propose because I already knew he had the ring but I wasn't 100% sure when.

We had been talking about it for a couple of years and went ring looking together. It was FH's idea to do that because he wanted to get me something I would like. Last fall he took me on a surprise trip (he plans one surprise date night each year) and I assumed it was going to happening on this trip! When it was actually happening I was totally surprised!

He proposed on our 5 year anniversary in the Keys! We have a baby and had talked about marriage but after being together for quite awhile I'm like it's never gonna happen lol I kinda thought he would on our trip but I didn't see a ring box or anything in the pocket or so I thought. After dinner we were walking on the beach and he had the resort bring my fav champagne and strawberries at sunset. He asked the staff member to snap a picture and when she did he got down on one knee and asked! The best part was my parents were there watching along with our son. Even tho he was a baby it meant so much to me that he included our son in our special day!

Well...kind of. When he asked my dad, he knew I wanted to use my grandmother's engagement ring. (It had been left to me for that purpose.) However, my dad didn't know where it was. After my mom passed, we put all of the good jewelry in a lock box to keep it out of hands that might steal/pawn it. FH told me on the way home that dad didn't know where it was, so I had to find it and give it to FH. I knew he had the ring, but didn't know WHEN he was proposing! Turns out it was on New Year's Day on a glass bridge overlooking the Tennessee River. It was perfect!

Absolutely had no idea!! Thursday night my FH told me he wouldn't be home for dinner (we lived together for about a year at this point) because he had to go to the college. This happened kind of often so I was like "dang it, okay that's fine" Friday night comes and I ate dinner on the couch by myself & watched Little Women L.A. with some wine, trying not to be bummed because you know he's doing something for college. Well I finish my show & dinner and his mom calls (still nothing out of the usual) she wants me to come over and help her pick out a trendy outfit for her interview on Sunday. We chat for about an hour & a half , and they drop me off. Okay, now im a little bummed because it's like 9:30 and my guy is not home. I grab my keys & open the door (and realize that our lab Daisy isn't jumping all over me....then, I see something on the floor " dang it she got into something again" im thinking. But, its was a rose petal trail leading into the dining room... I get about halfway throw the living room watching the trail of rose petals and I hear the cutest hick voice say " You gon' turn the light on? " Im in shock when I see him knealing by our kitchen table at the end of the rose petal trail, with candels in the shape of a heart on the table and pedals all over the place....and then I see the little box in the middle of it all!!! I thought my heart was gonna beat out of my chest when he grabbed the box & my hand then asked me to marry him (through his VERY shakey voice) So, it was very much a surprise! I love him!

We had talked about getting engaged and he had me look at rings online but we never talked about a specific date. I knew we were going on a two week vacation to Iceland, Amsterdam and Germany and I had a feeling he would do it sometime during the trip. Fast forward to our third day of the trip and we were at the beautiful waterfall taking pictures trying to balance my camera on rocks and such. He decided to run back to the car to grab the tripod. He returned with the tripod and I would hit the button for the self timer and run back and forth. He said one more picture and when I ran back and started to stand next to him, he went down on one knee and pulled out the ring. I started crying and we still don't know if I told him "yes" in that moment. He asked again later and I did say "yes",

My proposal was simple and not romantic and a total surprise and simply perfect.

I had no real expectations for getting married. My relationship with FH was great, married or not. We never talked about rings or really engagements/married life, though we did talk about future things.

It was a Friday night and he texted me on my way home from work to ask if I wanted Five Guys or Panda Express. Typical Friday night stuff. I told him Five Guys and hopped right in his truck when I got home.

We pull into the Five Guys parking lot and I'm getting myself together and about to hop out when I first realize something odd. FH is usually out of the truck and like half way through the parking lot before I even open the door. Today, he's still inside.

I turn towards him and he's just facing me with an open ring box, and I am confused. Seriously, I didn't understand why he was showing me a ring. I thought it was like a gift for his sister or something. He asked me to marry him and I said yes, and we had some celebratory Five Guys.

As we are walking in, I ask him if my parents know and he says "how do you think I got your ring size?" And I'm perplexed again, because I don't wear jewelry. My mom wouldn't know my ring size.

Well, this is how oblivious I am. He had been in contact with my mom and she devised a plan to find out. This sneaky bitch (which I say with love and adoration) fooled me by saying she just happened to come across my school ring and had me try that on and had me play with some other rings of family members.

So, that's all the details of my surprise proposal.

Sort of? We had talked extensively about it and he knew what I wanted. We'd gone to look at rings multiple times. We went on a big vacation and then BOOM proposal. But of course, I expected it because it was talked about so much. We already had the wedding date and venue in mind before he even proposed - that's how far ahead we were thinking. So I guess the day of it was a surprise because I didn't know when precisely it would happen? I do sometimes wish I could have been more surprised but I'm happy with how it worked out.

Total surprise!

I mean, we'd talked about getting married-- we already lived together for about two years and bought a house last year, so we were already lifetime committed. So I guess I knew it would be coming one day. But on the day he proposed, it was the farthest thing from my mind! Now looking back, there are a couple of signs I didn't pick up on. But he proposed to me while we were walking on the beach, and at first I didn't even realize what he was doing because I thought he'd stepped on something! He even picked the ring all by himself, and he chose the perfect one!

I really, really dislike the trope of the surprise proposal.

Getting married is a huge, life-changing decision. I hate all the cultural bullshit that says it's the man's decision when and if that happens. I firmly believe that in a healthy partnership both people should be involved in making that decision and moving the relationship forward.

We got engaged on a discussion, not a proposal. Around three years into our relationship, we had a series of talks about what we wanted for the future and those talks cemented our desire to make our relationship permanent. We picked out a ring together, and once it came in we told everyone our news.

We had talked about it, and the fact that we had a house together made it pretty clear we planned to get married. But the proposal was a complete surprise. Apparently he had the ring sitting in our office for MONTHS before he proposed. My friends had been teasing him all that time, asking when he would propose. He would just make a face at me and avoid answering. I didn't give him any direction with the ring but he did awesome! I couldn't have picked it better myself.

Mine wasn't a surprise at all and yet it came from his heart and so i loved it

My FH and I talked all the time about getting engaged. I even bought a shirt that said "put a ring on it." But when he finally purposed I was completely surprised!!! I attached a photo of the shirt lol

We're younger at 24 years old (but have been together 8 years) so it was really important to me that we talk about marriage and our goals in life as we grew up together. College was hard because we were long distance for 5 years but we made it work and always talked about getting married after we graduated. I think the younger you are the more it SHOULDN'T be a surprise. If you haven't had time to process you may say yes and end up regretting getting swept up in the moment. Either way it will be a special moment and you'll have a whole lifetime together to be surprised by things. My FH told me I should come home (we are still long distance so it's an hour and a half ride) and make sure "I bring a dress or something nice to wear" so we could go out for a nice dinner. I instantly knew and stressed about it for 2 weeks but it was perfect and cute because even though he knew my answer would be yes he was paralyzed with nerves.

FH and I were dating for 8 years before he proposed. By time we get married it will be 10 years of dating. I was thinking it was never going to happen. When he did it, there was no elaborate set up, no one to capture the moment. He just proposed out of the blue in the park. I couldn't believe it. Even though you kind of have a clue, the actual surprise is in the manner in which he proposes. You will still be amazed!