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Hellobee Boards Topic: How did you get engaged? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 23 Apr 2026 07:36:21 +0000 Espion on "How did you get engaged?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-get-engaged/page/2#post-743566 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:14:59 +0000 Espion 743566@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I LOVE reading these type of stories! I had absolutely no idea that DH was going to propose. (So I was appropriately shocked. I even fell down!) But I nearly ruined it at the airport. We were flying to Texas to visit my family over the New Year's holiday. As we approached the security line, I realized that DH had not put his carry-on liquids in a separate zip-lock baggie. (I'm such a rule follower.) Cue me frantically pawing through his dopp kit (where the ring was hidden!) for toothpaste as DH practically threw his body between me and his carry-on luggage. He had to convince me that not having his toothpaste in a clear plastic baggie would be okay, heh. And I *still* had no idea. Later DH told me he was sweating bullets the entire time! (He proposed to me on one knee at my grandparent's farm where I grew up. The perfect spot!) MrsH on "How did you get engaged?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-get-engaged/page/2#post-743464 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:48:22 +0000 MrsH 743464@https://boards.hellobee.com/ DH proposed on a beach in Key West. Best vacation ever!!!! JennyLayneAZ on "How did you get engaged?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-get-engaged#post-743399 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:35:03 +0000 JennyLayneAZ 743399@https://boards.hellobee.com/ He popped the question at the Grand Canyon. Our friends & my sister were there and everyone knew about it. I had no clue. Then we were engaged for several years (um, we got engaged in May '04) before we finally got married in December '12. We intended to have a longer engagement, it just, uh, took a bit longer than we expected or planned on LOL Weagle on "How did you get engaged?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-get-engaged#post-743371 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:29:56 +0000 Weagle 743371@https://boards.hellobee.com/ DH surprised me by showing up in Barcelona where I was studying abroad. I thought him being there was the surprise, but later that night he took me to my favorite spot in the city and proposed. LuLu Mom on "How did you get engaged?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-get-engaged#post-743363 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:27:04 +0000 LuLu Mom 743363@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We were celebrating our one year anniversary, we went to my favorite resteraunt, and then he suggested we walk through these gardens (so not a DH thing to suggest) so I knew something was up, and I waited and waited and nothing. Then he suggested walking around the park by our house, again awkward and waiting and nothing. We went home and I thought I was imagining things, I laid on the couch and he was like don't lay down, and I was like I have too I'm so full and have a food coma and he stomped off to the bedroom. Then he called me in there & I saw him through the door on one knee...he was too nervous to do it in a public place! haha it was cute :) yin on "How did you get engaged?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-get-engaged#post-743316 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:16:27 +0000 yin 743316@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I still had a month left of college before graduating so I didn't expect a proposal any time soon. DH recreated our first date but without being too obvious. I was pooped with school and general stress that I needed a break from everything. Sushi and a walk in Old New Castle was exactly what I needed. He proposed while we were on the dock. Arden on "How did you get engaged?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-get-engaged#post-743147 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:34:27 +0000 Arden 743147@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We had an all-day date. We went bungee jumping, clothes shopping, lunch, and then he suggested I get a manicure. After that we went to a lake boardwalk where he previously had my aunt and grandma set up this whole thing (table on the dock with candles, flowers, sparkling juice, strawberries) and he proposed there. The tablecloth on the little table was something he brought from Albania, and we used it at our wedding for our sweetheart table and we now use it for our anniversary dinners. LindsayInNY on "How did you get engaged?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-get-engaged#post-743121 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:29:20 +0000 LindsayInNY 743121@https://boards.hellobee.com/ DH proposed on vacation on Martha's Vineyard. We were near the cliffs in Aquinnah. It's become our special place now :) Rescuemom10 on "How did you get engaged?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-get-engaged#post-742980 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:06:31 +0000 Rescuemom10 742980@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We had my Step Daughter for the weekend and it was right around Easter. We werent going to have her for Easter so we did an early easter thing and had an Easter egg hunt for her. Outside watching her find all her eggs (that I hid) I noticed an egg I did not place. It was large and green (my favorite color, so thoughtful) It had my name on the outside of the egg. I went over and got it, opened it up and next thing I know he is on his knee. Mrs. Grizzly Bear on "How did you get engaged?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-get-engaged#post-742900 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:52:26 +0000 Mrs. Grizzly Bear 742900@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We just sort of agreed and then decided to tell our parents. lilteacherbee on "How did you get engaged?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-get-engaged#post-742879 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:48:20 +0000 lilteacherbee 742879@https://boards.hellobee.com/ DH proposed on the 4th of July under the fireworks. We were at his family's cookout and he took me around the side of the house and got down on one knee. I was happy about that because I did NOT want him to ask in front of a lot of people! JoyfulKiwi on "How did you get engaged?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-get-engaged#post-742765 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:26:58 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 742765@https://boards.hellobee.com/ It was his birthday and I had just bought him a dinner at a place we love in a strip mall. He wanted to go look at the store front across the parking lot, so we walked over (now I realize how lame this was - the shops were all closed!) As we were walking back to the car he said, "Hey what's that?" and pointed to a bush. I didn't see anything but was excited, because he always finds cool stuff randomly. He bent down to pick it up and came back up with a ring. I said, "Did you really just find that?!" He said, "No." Then I said, "Are you going to ask me?" And he did. And I said yes. It was literally the perfect proposal. I am extremely gullible, my husband loves to tell people he proposed in a strip mall parking lot after *I* bought *him* dinner, and I wasn't expecting it at all. We flew to Belize for a vacation the next day and I had been certain he'd do it there! ladyfingers on "How did you get engaged?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-get-engaged#post-742734 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:21:04 +0000 ladyfingers 742734@https://boards.hellobee.com/ DH proposed at home the morning of Christmas Eve :). I knew it was coming but didn't know when -- DH had called my dad a couple of weeks before Christmas to ask of he could come over to ask permission and get my mom's ring, and he left him a voicemail, and then my dad called ME instead because he was worried about why DH had caked him -- he thought something was wrong! I said nothing was wrong, he said oh ok, ask him why he called. And I was like, dad, why don't you just call him back lol. Then a few days later I saw a parking pass from my dad's condo in DH's car haha. mrsbookworm on "How did you get engaged?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-get-engaged#post-742726 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:19:17 +0000 mrsbookworm 742726@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We had flown into Texas to take a cruise the next day. The night before we went out to dinner and to a local amusement/boardwalk kind of place. He proposed on the Ferris Wheel. He said he couldn't walk around any more with the ring in his pocket, lol. Dandelion on "How did you get engaged?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-get-engaged#post-742712 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:17:20 +0000 Dandelion 742712@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Smurfette: Yep, that's pretty much what happened. We had both said before that day that it was something we both wanted. So, it wasn't a completely new idea, we just decided to actually do it that day, lol. IRunForFun on "How did you get engaged?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-get-engaged#post-742708 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:16:45 +0000 IRunForFun 742708@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We were on vacation in Cape Cod and he proposed in our condo on our last night there, right before we went out to dinner. We'd been talking about life and the future and he started breathing really heavily and just looked...odd...then said he had to go get something...I asked if he was sick and if he was going to puke because he was acting so weird!!! Hahaha. He came back with the ring and proposed...he was shaking so badly the entire time. So I thought he was going to puke, he asked me to marry him. Poor guy. Smurfette on "How did you get engaged?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-get-engaged#post-742694 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:15:40 +0000 Smurfette 742694@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Dandelion: my parents were just talking about getting married and next thing were making plans. Will be married 39 years this year and so in love still. So spur of the moment is good! Mrs. Champagne on "How did you get engaged?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-get-engaged#post-742661 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:11:08 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 742661@https://boards.hellobee.com/ On vacation with both our families on the beach in South Carolina.. it was great. fussygal on "How did you get engaged?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-get-engaged#post-742609 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:02:27 +0000 fussygal 742609@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I had just returned from my first ever business trip and he took me out to dinner as an early b-day celebration. He picked one of the nicest restaurants in town that we'd been meaning to go to forever and then we went for a drive to our favorite park (I still had no idea at this point if you can believe it...). He proposed on a bench in the park's garden that overlooked the city. :) @MRSJYW: Reminds me of the Parks & Rec proposal! :) Alivoo01 on "How did you get engaged?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-get-engaged#post-742604 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:01:49 +0000 Alivoo01 742604@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We were riding up to the top of the mountain for the last run of the day. At the top of the mountain, then-bf called me over to take a picture with him, but requested I take off my gloves for the picture. Weird request as I responded, "It's cold babe, I'm keeping my gloves on!!" He calmly responds, "Take them off, hunny." My brother follows in suit with attitude, "Just take it off, Alice!" Wide eyed , I reluctantly complied and removed my gloves for the picture. As we posed ourselves and smiled for the picture, he whispers, "You know I love you with all my heart, right baby?" I naturally responded with a smile plastered to my face for the picture my brother was taking forever to take, "Of course, baby. I love you too!" My brother hadn't lowered the camera yet to signal the picture was taken, when he was moving away from me. Confused, I assumed we were down taking pictures and were grabbing our gear to head down the mountain, when he reached for my left hand, got down on one knee, and presented the ring. Sadly, it took me a good few seconds to realize what was going on... When the situation became obvious, he was proposing! Dandelion on "How did you get engaged?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-get-engaged#post-742571 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:56:50 +0000 Dandelion 742571@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We woke up one morning and decided to go get a marriage license, lol. There was no formal proposal ever...no ring or anything. fancyfunction on "How did you get engaged?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-get-engaged#post-742547 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:53:49 +0000 fancyfunction 742547@https://boards.hellobee.com/ He proposed in my apt - we had left to go to dinner and he told me he forgot his wallet, so he went back to get it. I came in to help him find it and was greeted with candles and roses everywhere! Afterwards, we walked across the Brooklyn Bridge and had dinner at Grimaldi's. Smurfette on "How did you get engaged?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-get-engaged#post-742534 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:52:42 +0000 Smurfette 742534@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We were at a winery, finished lunch and a tasting. We having a drink on the deck, DH asked someone to take our picture. Then he got down on one knee! loveisstrange on "How did you get engaged?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-get-engaged#post-742529 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:52:13 +0000 loveisstrange 742529@https://boards.hellobee.com/ DH did it the weekend he graduated from Basic Training. We were just saying goodbye after the weekend I spent in San Antonio, he was all dressed up in his dress blues, we had no idea when the next time we would see each other would be, and he just did it. It was really sweet. mediagirl on "How did you get engaged?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-get-engaged#post-742524 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:51:42 +0000 mediagirl 742524@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We just came in from being outside in the "snow" and I was getting a cup of bird seed for the feeder. I walked back to the door and he said to me, "Come over here a sec, I think something is on the dog..." And he proposed. It was glamorous. :) We went out to eat that night. spaniellove on "How did you get engaged?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-get-engaged#post-742522 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:51:04 +0000 spaniellove 742522@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Ahahaha, no romantic story here. We had only been dating a few months and got back from a friend's baby's christening. He must have had too many sips of the Ethiopian honey wine because I think he was drunk! On our way back out he started rambling about us and I was like, can we go now, what is this? And then in the middle of it he asked if I would marry him...no one knee, no ring! I wasn't even sure if he was proposing so I didn't know what to say. It would have been so embarrassing if he wasn't and I said yes! Mrs. Pickle on "How did you get engaged?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-get-engaged#post-742513 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:50:06 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 742513@https://boards.hellobee.com/ He sent me on a scavenger hunt around the city. It ended at my mom's where he was waiting. A friend went around with me and filmed the entire thing! MrsBrewer on "How did you get engaged?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-get-engaged#post-742490 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:47:33 +0000 MrsBrewer 742490@https://boards.hellobee.com/ DH made me dinner one night at his mom's house (we both lived with our parents at the time) and I came over dinner was ready and the table was set. He barely ate a thing all dinner (which is crazy because my hubby is a BIG eater!!) after dinner, he excused himself to the bathroom (where my ring was hidden) and then he came out and was down on 1 knee! :-) Anagram on "How did you get engaged?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-get-engaged#post-742475 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:45:39 +0000 Anagram 742475@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My husband took me back to the bar where we first met (lol). Luckily, it has a really nice outdoor patio with a view of downtown, and christmas lights everywhere, so he said we should take our drinks outside and then he got down on one knee and did it! I was actually pretty shocked. Then, he'd arranged for a limo to pick us up there (sneaky boy picked me up like he usually does in his car, which he left parked at the bar) and whisked me off to dinner at the Ritz Carlton...then had my friends meet us back at the bar after dinner for drinks. It was a pretty amazing night! bunnylove08 on "How did you get engaged?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-get-engaged#post-742463 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:44:25 +0000 bunnylove08 742463@https://boards.hellobee.com/ On a beach in fort lauderdale