Comments on: Indecent Proposal http://nwamotherlode.com/archives/274?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=indecent-proposal NWA Motherlode.com is an interactive, online magazine for women and families in Northwest Arkansas. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:12:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kristy http://nwamotherlode.com/archives/274#comment-177 Kristy Sat, 31 May 2008 02:13:40 +0000 http://nwamotherlode.com/archives/274#comment-177 My husband and I had both been in terrible past relationships so the thought of marriage was very scary for both of us. However, age does make things tick and we were so in love...so why not bring up the subject right? I brought it up, MONTHS later we looked at rings...then I dropped it. I didnt want to scare him compeletly away. We looked at rings in Oct and I knew that maybe by Valentines he would be warmed up to the idea and we could have a summer wedding. Well..he totally surprised me they day before Christmas! We were living together and there were tons of presents under the tree (which was another dead give away he would given me a ring AND spend that much money on gifts). After we opened our gifts I gave him his card. We always give special cards and write a soppy, tear jerking note :). He said "OH! your card, I gotta go get it!". He ran to the back and handed me my card. As I was struggling to read it without crying, he was getting 'on bended knee". The last sentence of the card said "I cant wait to spend the rest of my life with you. Wanna?". It still melts me how he was able to surprise me and pull that off. Needless to say, an hour later I came down with a violent stomach virus! yikes! My husband and I had both been in terrible past relationships so the thought of marriage was very scary for both of us. However, age does make things tick and we were so in love…so why not bring up the subject right? I brought it up, MONTHS later we looked at rings…then I dropped it. I didnt want to scare him compeletly away. We looked at rings in Oct and I knew that maybe by Valentines he would be warmed up to the idea and we could have a summer wedding. Well..he totally surprised me they day before Christmas! We were living together and there were tons of presents under the tree (which was another dead give away he would given me a ring AND spend that much money on gifts). After we opened our gifts I gave him his card. We always give special cards and write a soppy, tear jerking note :) . He said “OH! your card, I gotta go get it!”. He ran to the back and handed me my card. As I was struggling to read it without crying, he was getting ‘on bended knee”. The last sentence of the card said “I cant wait to spend the rest of my life with you. Wanna?”.

It still melts me how he was able to surprise me and pull that off. Needless to say, an hour later I came down with a violent stomach virus! yikes!

]]> By: admin http://nwamotherlode.com/archives/274#comment-172 admin Fri, 30 May 2008 00:41:14 +0000 http://nwamotherlode.com/archives/274#comment-172 "A plastic ring with blue hair and a face" is quite creative! I love that the real ring wasn't what you actually picked (but that you loved it anyway). It sounds like you have one of the good guys! -Shannon “A plastic ring with blue hair and a face” is quite creative! I love that the real ring wasn’t what you actually picked (but that you loved it anyway). It sounds like you have one of the good guys!
-Shannon

]]> By: Patti http://nwamotherlode.com/archives/274#comment-169 Patti Thu, 29 May 2008 22:11:47 +0000 http://nwamotherlode.com/archives/274#comment-169 We looked at rings but when nothing happened in the two or three weeks after I guessed he had decided the time wasn't right. The thing is, he's a planner, and he was just taking his sweet time so it would be a surprise. (Yes, that annoyed me beyond belief.) We had an overnight trip planned and he was planning to propose when we got where we were going. Unfortunately, I had to work late, and he ended up taking me to this somewhat secluded spot at about 11 p.m. He was nervous and walking so fast when we got out of the car that I could barely keep up -- and I had no idea where he was going so I sure didn't want to get lost. When we got to the spot he had chosen he got down on one knee, pulled out a plastic ring with blue hair and a face and popped the question. I said yes in spite of the jewelry. It wasn't until a few minutes later that he pulled the real ring out of his pocket, and as he presented it to me, he said, 'I thought you might rather have the ring you picked at the jewelry store instead of that one.' I cracked up a little because it wasn't actually the ring I picked. (I loved it, though, because it was sort of a compilation of two or three I had told him I liked, if that makes any sense.) I still have the fuzzy blue ring, but it doesn't really go with my wardrobe so I don't wear it often. ; ) We looked at rings but when nothing happened in the two or three weeks after I guessed he had decided the time wasn’t right. The thing is, he’s a planner, and he was just taking his sweet time so it would be a surprise. (Yes, that annoyed me beyond belief.) We had an overnight trip planned and he was planning to propose when we got where we were going. Unfortunately, I had to work late, and he ended up taking me to this somewhat secluded spot at about 11 p.m. He was nervous and walking so fast when we got out of the car that I could barely keep up — and I had no idea where he was going so I sure didn’t want to get lost. When we got to the spot he had chosen he got down on one knee, pulled out a plastic ring with blue hair and a face and popped the question. I said yes in spite of the jewelry. It wasn’t until a few minutes later that he pulled the real ring out of his pocket, and as he presented it to me, he said, ‘I thought you might rather have the ring you picked at the jewelry store instead of that one.’ I cracked up a little because it wasn’t actually the ring I picked. (I loved it, though, because it was sort of a compilation of two or three I had told him I liked, if that makes any sense.)
I still have the fuzzy blue ring, but it doesn’t really go with my wardrobe so I don’t wear it often. ; )

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