https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 09 May 2026 05:54:37 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lavish-proposal-or-a-quiet-simple-one/page/2#post-500527 Sat, 12 Jan 2013 16:20:24 +0000 mediagirl 500527@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It was at home, in the snow. Simple and perfect. :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lavish-proposal-or-a-quiet-simple-one/page/2#post-500519 Sat, 12 Jan 2013 16:12:14 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 500519@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: 12 hours??? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lavish-proposal-or-a-quiet-simple-one/page/2#post-500516 Sat, 12 Jan 2013 16:11:32 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 500516@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Super simple but so so so so so so perfect. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lavish-proposal-or-a-quiet-simple-one/page/2#post-500437 Sat, 12 Jan 2013 14:56:50 +0000 MsLipGloss 500437@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Moonlit beach in Jamaica. But we were the only people on the beach. So the location was lavish, but the proposal was intimate. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lavish-proposal-or-a-quiet-simple-one/page/2#post-500436 Sat, 12 Jan 2013 14:54:58 +0000 lolabee 500436@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it would qualify as lavish? DH proposed to day after our 6 month anniversary. He asked me in the morning to be done work by three. We hopped in the car and drove to the outside of our city, I thought we were going for a round of golf. Turns out we were going for a helicopter ride! So cool - it was something we had mentioned we both wanted to do. While we were up in the air, following the river that goes through our city, he turns and looks at me - I thought he was super terrified of being in the helicopter. He quickly recovers and with tears in his eyes asks me to marry him. I was 100% not expecting it at all, we had talked about marriage but I didn't think it would happen so soon. Afterwards we went to his parents house to share the news and then onto a delicious dinner at a beautiful restaurant. It was a very memorable day :)</p> <p>He asked my sister permission to marry me as I don't have a Dad and we're best friends. She said yes and gave the ok on ring. What a guy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lavish-proposal-or-a-quiet-simple-one/page/2#post-500156 Sat, 12 Jan 2013 11:35:42 +0000 .twist. 500156@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Simple! Just us in our house on a random night and then he took me to the movie Sherlock Holmes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lavish-proposal-or-a-quiet-simple-one/page/2#post-500154 Sat, 12 Jan 2013 11:34:09 +0000 yoursilverlining 500154@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It was very simple and totally out of the blue. He started acting so weird one Saturday morning and being all on the edge of crying and stuff for like an hour, I was convinced he was going to break up with me! Haha, nope, he was just terrified I was going to say "no". (like there was any chance of that happening!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lavish-proposal-or-a-quiet-simple-one/page/2#post-500152 Sat, 12 Jan 2013 11:31:52 +0000 chopsuey 500152@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@babyjmama: dh and I only knew each other 2 months and had met once before we got married! People thought we were crazy, but we knew we were perfect for e/o! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lavish-proposal-or-a-quiet-simple-one/page/2#post-500123 Sat, 12 Jan 2013 10:57:05 +0000 Andrea 500123@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A bit lavish with a surprise trip to Tuscany. He proposed in a vineyard. Loved it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lavish-proposal-or-a-quiet-simple-one/page/2#post-500087 Sat, 12 Jan 2013 10:28:02 +0000 MaisyMay 500087@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It was very simple. DH took me to a pier where we had talked on our first date. He proposed right where I had told him that I wondered what it would be like to kiss him. He had to work a few hours right after so I got to wander around campus (I'd already graduated) looking for friends to tell after I called my mom. He called his parents after he got off of work and told them I'd said yes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lavish-proposal-or-a-quiet-simple-one/page/2#post-500074 Sat, 12 Jan 2013 10:06:50 +0000 doodlepoodle 500074@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: 12 hours?! </p> <p>Ours was simple. I had picked up the ring from the jewelers (at the time he was working out of state 2 weeks out of every month) and so I was wearing the ring around the house when I was home alone LOL! When he got home we planned a nice dinner out and before we left he sheepishly said "Hey babe...I don't know what to do...." I asked "About what?" "The ring box is too big to fit in my pocket......" I CRACKED up (we both knew he was going to ask that night at dinner, NO surprise here, but I told him he HAD to get down on his knee and ask since nothing else about our relationship was traditional). The second we got sat down (before we even had waters!) he got on his knee and asked me. It's not exactly a dream proposal, but it's VERY him, haha! Unorganized and a little awkward :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lavish-proposal-or-a-quiet-simple-one/page/2#post-500069 Sat, 12 Jan 2013 10:00:38 +0000 Cupcake 500069@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FutureMrsMcK: long wood gardens!! Gahhhhhh. So pretty! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lavish-proposal-or-a-quiet-simple-one/page/2#post-500054 Sat, 12 Jan 2013 09:47:16 +0000 kaybee 500054@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So many great engagement stories! My husband proposed publicly at a restaurant where we were celebrating my birthday with my friends. I loved having my friends there. We returned to the same restaurant for our rehearsal dinner. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lavish-proposal-or-a-quiet-simple-one/page/2#post-499834 Sat, 12 Jan 2013 02:12:11 +0000 chopsuey 499834@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Simple! We were only "engaged" for 12 hours </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lavish-proposal-or-a-quiet-simple-one/page/2#post-499770 Sat, 12 Jan 2013 00:22:44 +0000 BoogieBea 499770@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It was just us but we were on a mountain at the Austrian alps in Lech. It was pretty awesome! Funny thing was, we had a huge fight at the beginning of our trip a few days earlier. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lavish-proposal-or-a-quiet-simple-one/page/2#post-499702 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 23:09:15 +0000 Mrs. Train 499702@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We were moving into a new town home the next day and on our way to dinner he said let's stop by the new place just to see if everything is ready for tomorrow. When we got there he had a little picnic with champagne and goodies. Then he proposed. Wen I accepted he gave me a package that had a whole bunch of wedding magazines in it. I loved it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lavish-proposal-or-a-quiet-simple-one#post-499689 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:58:32 +0000 littlek 499689@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Very simple. He in involved our dig in the proposal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lavish-proposal-or-a-quiet-simple-one#post-499684 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:55:56 +0000 Mrs. J 499684@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He took me back to the place we went on our first date for lunch, and then took me to a park that we went to early on in dating, and proposed on the bleachers there. He had a barbecue planned with our families waiting back at his apartment. It was very sweet. </p> <p> I think my (now) favorite part of the whole day was waking my Oma up from her nap to tell her...and she looked unhappy/angry at the news! Later on, she realized her reaction wasn't the right one, but to be fair, we did wake her up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lavish-proposal-or-a-quiet-simple-one#post-499472 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:00:32 +0000 sarac 499472@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Drunk, during sex. </p> <p>For real. It wasn't fancy, but it was very my husband. Very genuine and heartfelt and sweet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lavish-proposal-or-a-quiet-simple-one#post-499446 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:42:41 +0000 MsMini 499446@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Simple and quiet. Just me, him and our dog. We went for a walk at my favorite place in the city, overlooking downtown at sunset, we sat on a bench to watch the sun go down, and he asked me. Then we went home, cuddled, ordered in dinner and enjoyed our secret for the night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lavish-proposal-or-a-quiet-simple-one#post-499438 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:39:24 +0000 o0olibelulao0o 499438@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband owns a bar so every year on new years eve we have a party at the bar and usually do the countdown and lead the toast on the karaoke stage, so when he proposed he did it on the stage when the clock struck midnight. It was a complete surprise and all of our closest friends were there (and a bunch of strangers). I was shaking and crying, I was caught by total surprise and our friends were taking pictures and video. It was awesome.</p> <p>I love how he proposed, but it would have been just as great if it had been just the two of us, then he would have been able to give more of a "speech" you know?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lavish-proposal-or-a-quiet-simple-one#post-499432 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:38:28 +0000 wheres_c 499432@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sweetchic: awww thats always been my dream proposal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lavish-proposal-or-a-quiet-simple-one#post-499414 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:32:16 +0000 heffalump 499414@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just the two of us, in a beautiful spot he found while on a camping trip. </p> <p>We were camping with my family so I could tell them and celebrate with them right away. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lavish-proposal-or-a-quiet-simple-one#post-499408 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:29:31 +0000 lomom 499408@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It was in front of his ENTIRE family. I wouldn't say "lavish" but it was well-planned and thoughtful. Very special!</p> <p>And I bawled like a baby. I kinda wish it'd just been the two of us, it was awkward with everyone staring at us. I really just wanted to kiss him like crazy (and then some) but I had to restrain myself lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lavish-proposal-or-a-quiet-simple-one#post-499401 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:25:29 +0000 MediaNaranja 499401@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Simple. We had just gone to dinner and decided to grab a drink at a beachside shack. I was still hungry so I got a hotdog too. We talked for a while and I started whining about how I wanted to go because I had to pee, but he wouldn't let me and I was so annoyed. A little later we got up to finish the walk and he proposed and it was really sweet :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lavish-proposal-or-a-quiet-simple-one#post-499400 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:25:22 +0000 Penny Lane 499400@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We ordered the ring online together, and checked the tracking details everyday for 3 (!!!) weeks together. When the ring finally arrived, he facetimed me while I was at uni to show it to me. </p> <p>After work that night I got home and was all "where is it?! I wanna seeeeee" and he was all "where is what?"</p> <p>Later that night, just before he was about to drive me home (after I had been dyyyying for hours wanting to see it) he was all "so, I have a quiz. if you pass, you might get to see the ring". So I was like okay... and he whispered (because his flatmate was asleep just across the hall) "will you marry me?"</p> <p>My reply was "hmmmm... let me see the shiny... hmmm... yeah okay. I guess"</p> <p>It was hilarious, and totally us.</p> <p>I wore the ring around for over a week without anyone noticing, before we decided to update our facebook relationship </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lavish-proposal-or-a-quiet-simple-one#post-499371 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:13:49 +0000 prettylizy 499371@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He surprised me while I was on a business trip and proposed. It was sweet, he rarely pulls off surprises. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lavish-proposal-or-a-quiet-simple-one#post-499364 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:10:00 +0000 sslm 499364@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Super simple, just us, in our apartment. It was nice :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lavish-proposal-or-a-quiet-simple-one#post-499344 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:03:10 +0000 softcream 499344@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>super simple. at home. in our jammies. loved it so much i don't even remember what he said. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lavish-proposal-or-a-quiet-simple-one#post-499242 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 19:16:35 +0000 Foodnerd81 499242@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bebefly: us too. We were lazing around in bed one Sunday morning and he snuck the ring out and surprised me. Super simple and private, perfect for us. We didn't even call out families for a few hours. </p>