Your Proposals
Real-life proposals as submitted by Which Wedding UK users.
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Name: Helen & Nick So, last Saturday 09/08/03, Nick tells me that we are off for a drive in the country as it is looks like it's going to be a lovely day. We go out in the car and drive off to the middle of nowhere. The sun is shining and there is hardly a cloud in the sky. Doesn't England look lovely when it's sunny? Suddenly, we turn off the road into a field and in the middle, I see a hot-air ballon getting ready to fly. There next to it is a picnic rug with champagne cooling and a tray of strawberries and cream (my favourite). Nick leads me over, kneels down and... then I woke up!
The real story? The week before, I turned to Nick and asked him "Are you ever going to marry me?" We have been together almost 11 years now and did have a discussion in Burger King, Guildford two years ago when we agreed to tie the knot, so I thought it was probably a fair question. Surprisingly, he did answer "I was going to suggest we went shopping this weekend for a ring." Fortunately I was sitting down, so managed to cope with the shock. We went shopping, chose a ring, and after getting the reply "Well, you know you've got it" to the question "Aren't you going to present it to me?" I guess I'm now engaged! We haven't set a date yet. You can't rush these things, you know...Name: Keith & Cally It was on the 28th December 1997,the 25th Birthday of Cally, that I decided to ask her for her hand, well and the rest of her too I guess. Following a five year courtship, now there's an old fashioned term!, I had done my homework and learnt that in her view diamonds really were a girl's best friend. I has spent about six weeks scouring the famous Lanes of Brighton, a haven for those in search of that special piece of jewellery and there it was sparkling at me. After walking past the jewellers about eight times inspecting the ring from every angle and with courage in hand I entered the shop and enquired of the ring I had coveted. It was old, rather like me and enormously beautiful, rather unlike me, but I had to have it.
With the ring in hand and feeling really 'sick' I headed for home and to plan the proposal. The night of Cally's birthday was cold and yet crisp as we made our way to The Grand Hotel in Brighton for dinner and that special moment. Shall I place the ring in a flower, place it in a flute of champagne or simply hand it over - turmoil reigned. The latter option won the day and I simply added the ring to Cally's desert without uttering a word - we were engaged and without a single word uttered, a single word not necessary. And so began a journey that would lead us to marriage in 1999 and to this present day, where we are happily married and determined to remain so.Name: Simon & Melanie Simon and I had been together for seven years, and living together for the past five. Marriage was something we'd not previously contemplated, we felt that there was no real need to get married and took pride in our non-conventionalism! It wouldn't make any difference to our relationship would it?
In 1998 Simon had an operation to remove a brain tumour, and the following three years involved radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Even though he had undergone such massive surgery and treatment, he remained postitive and was able to continue working - and his rather witty sense of humour kept those around him smiling. The treatment was a success and he made a good recovery. At times like these you evaluate your life and the people and things that are important to you, all of a sudden being non-conventional was way down on the list of priorities!
August 25th 2000 was the second to last day of our wonderful holiday in Rome. The holiday had been perfect and a wonderfully romantic place to be. How could anyone not fall in love with the the Trevi Fountain, Sistene Chapel and the amazing Colosseum?
Midday, we sat for what must have been the tenth time that holiday at the Trevi Fountain. It was a beautifully sunny day and the fountain was in its full glory-the cool water refreshing to sit by. We sat in silence for a while taking in the view when suddenly Simon said "Would you like to marry me?" I was completely suprised, and I replied with "yes I'd love to!" Simon went on to tell me that he had planned the proposal for three months and knew he wanted it to take place at the Trevi Fountain, which is why we'd visited it so many times, and he'd finally summoned up the courage to ask me! That night we drank champagne at a lovely restaurant and discussed our plans for our wedding to be held ten months later. It really was the most perfect proposal.Name: Tony & Sarah Tony & I had been together for 13 years and we were very happy living and working together. The subject of marriage had never been discussed, (apart from a hint from our accountant that it would save us a great deal in inheritance tax!)
We were spending Christmas Day at Tony's daughter's house, along with her husband and two children, and Tony's other daughter. Tony's grand-daughter Lauren (6 at the time) announced to me that I was not allowed to 'snog' her Grandad as we were not married, then asked why we were not man & wife. I replied that she would have to ask her Grandad. So she left the room and returned with him a few minutes later, leading him by the hand. 'Go on Grandad' she urged! 'I don't know what to do' he replied. She talked him through it, step by step, with sheer excitement! 'You have to get down on one knee, now take her hand in yours, kiss it, and now ask her'. So he did! And my reply? 'How much have you had to drink Tony!' After Tony & I escaped to a room on our own, I asked him if he meant it or whether it was just fun to keep Lauren amused. When she said he was serious, I answered 'yes'. The beauty of it was that it was romantic and very funny. I hadn't even thought about a ring until he romantically presented it to me two days later in a restaurant in Brighton and we were married 8 months later.Name: Ed & Jane Ed and I had first met when we were working for a mouse.... Mickey Mouse to be precise, during the opening of Eurodisney in 1992. We stayed together for a year and then decided to go our seperate ways. We met up again three years later and started the relationship up again. We were older, wiser and more in love! In January 2000 we had arranged to spend a long weekend back in Paris visiting Eurodisney and our old haunts!! On the third day we spent the day at the theme park. In the evening Ed said he wanted us to go into the Disneyland Hotel for a drink in the cocktail bar I used to work in. We arrived and he got down on one knee and proposed!! He had decided he wanted to ask me to marry him in the place that brought us together. As he knew I like to choose my own jewellery, he had bought a Winnie the Pooh ring so he could present a ring to me!! I proudly wore my ring for the rest of the holiday and it was just as precious to me as a diamond would have been!! Eurodisney would always hold wonderful memories for us, but now even more so!! We married at Alfriston, Sussex in May 2001 and before you ask.... no Mickey and Minnie were not our Attendants!!! Name: Rob & Sharon I didn't want to propose to Sharon on any particular special day, such as Valentines, Holidays etc. I wanted it to be a simple weekend with no plans; that way it would be even more of a surprise.As this was going to be the only time I was going to propose to someone, I thought I had better make it as romantic and special as I could. As a writer I decided that the easiest way for me to propose was to hide behind the written word, so I wrote a song, called 'Together Forever' and recorded it onto a CD. Then on an ordinary Saturday morning I suggested we went for a bike ride.I secretly stored my mini cd player and speakers into my rucksack. We cycled to our favourite place, the undercliffs in our home city of Brighton, and parked up the bikes to look out over the sea. I then put the CD player and speakers on the cliff wall and set the CD playing. I kept looking down to avoid Sharon's eyes and was quite touched when I saw tear drops fall onto the CD player. After a few seconds the teardrops increased until there was a full shower, it was then I realised that it wasn't tears from Sharon, but tears from the sky. From nowhere the sun had vanished behind dark clouds and the rain came down with a vengence. After I gave Sharon the ring we cycled back through the rain until we reached her parents house to give them the good news - she did say yes! She still plays the CD and it's something to keep forever. Luckily the rain eventually stopped,it never ruined the excitement of the day.
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