Men: How long did you wait between having the ring and proposing?
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Anonymous
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Did she know that you had the ring already? No. Where's the romance in that?
How long did you wait between having possession of the ring and the actual proposal date? About one week. How much planning did you put into planning the proposal? Moderate. The surrounding trip, a lot; the actual proposal, some. |
Anonymous
Amen brother. |
Anonymous
| DW here. DH bought the ring 6 weeks before he proposed. I didn't know he had it. He made a book he used during the proposal, so putting it together online then ordering it, maybe a month? But no planning beyond that. |
Anonymous
Guessing you both had sucky marriages and ex-Ws. |
Anonymous
No, still sucky, but don't want to see the kids only half of the time... |
Anonymous
Op. Sorry to hear that. Truly. |
Anonymous
I'm the other PP. Still in the sucky marriage as well. Too broke to get divorced. |
Anonymous
| Yes, she knew I had the ring - she had already helped pick it out. I gave it to her a couple days after picking it up. I probably spent minutes planning the proposal itself. |
Anonymous
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My father who lives 500 miles away connected me with a jeweler who I gave the specs to over the phone. I gave him 50% down and we agreed to a payment plan at 0%. My father transported the ring when he came for "his birthday" about a week or 2 later. I planned a lunch that day. Her parents we supposed to attend but they were not feeling well. Her father knew of the proposal. I intentionally kept her mom in the dark.
My mother, father, her brother and his fiancée attended. I had 2 friends hiding out so they could pop out and video it. Oh and the restaurant staff knew ahead of time too. She was surprised! I was so nervous that day I had very little appetite. She later confessed that my loss of appetite was a giveaway that "something" was up, but she didn't expect a propsal and ring. |
Anonymous
I would have HATED this! I knew he was buying a rug but didn't know when. Proposal was at dinner in a restaurant, which was way too public for my taste, but I still said yes ? |
Anonymous
| I meant ring, not rug... Damn auto correct |
Anonymous
| And question mark was supposed to be an emoji |
Anonymous
Same with us, pretty much! (minus the NYE part). We had the ring custom made so that we could put a CZ into a really pretty setting (great decision IMO). Ring was 3k complete with center stone. DH picked it up and proposed later that day. It was supposed to be a surprise, but since I knew it was coming any second, it was really obvious to me when I saw his eyes darting around for the right spot to prop down in a park. He paid for the ring, and I can't imagine it being any other way. Is he going to pop out our kids equally? I don't think so. Call me old fashioned! |