Engagement disaster?!

Mine was not a disaster but I think everyone always has some kind of vision of how the proposal is going to happen. We planned a trip to NC to celebrate our 5 year anniversary. We rented an AIRBNB in the middle of the mountains. I was looking forward to this weekend and had no idea he had this planned. We drove up Saturday morning and apparently he had the ring in his pocket the whole time. He had planned to put on MARRY YOU and propose but he didn’t find the song and I was playing DJ the whole way. Halfway to the house we stopped at a restaurant with the most incredible view and he told me he planned on asking me there but there were a lot of people and he wanted something more personal. We got to the house and we relaxed he started to make some lasagna for dinner and the whole day I told him I wanted to watch the sunset. We had some wine and sat outside to watch the sunset. It was great until something flew by and of course in the dark I wasn’t able to identify what it was but FH just laughed because I got scared. A couple of minutes later something flew by AGAIN… this time I saw what it was…it was a BAT!! I freaked out and told him we need to go inside, forget the sunset. He laughed at me and we decided to have dinner. I had left my soda in the bedroom so I went to go get it and when I came back out to the living room he was on one knee and asked me to marry him. I think it was perfect!!

FH and I went to see his favorite bass player at a club in NYC - it happened to be the 3 yr anniv. of our first unofficial date. He later told me that, that day, he decided he wanted to propose to me and couldn't wait any longer. He was going to see if he could get the musician to play a particular song. Turned out he couldn't get a ring on such short notice. Halfway through, the song is played. I didn't realize then, but he took the straw out of my drink ( backstory: I have pockets and boxed and purses full of little straw sculptures. He's a fidget and I save every one) and makes it into a ring. When we get home, he asks me to marry him. And gives me the straw "ring". I'm crying, because I've been waiting for the proposal and I'm so happy. BUT (and I regret this to this day, and feel terrible) I was confused, and basically asked if we should wait to tell people until the "real proposal". Difficult couple days where I don't know if we're engaged or not. A month and a half later, on the 3 yr anniversary of our "official" first date, he proposes again with a beautiful ring. I never told anyone. He may tell the story at the wedding when he plays the song ( he's a bassist as well). Im happy now but still feel guilty and spoiled for how I handled it. I cherish that little plastic ring, and will keep it forever.

DH split his blue vintage dress pants from fly to back waistband when he got down on one knee! He was so flustered that he could barely get the words out! Plus, he had a camera set up and an app on his phone to snap a photo of the moment and he missed that too.

There's my original ring, on a shelf over our bed lol.

Wasn't a disaster. But definitely wasn't a fairy tale. There was no one knee, confessing of love. I was in bed, in my pajamas, and he handed it to me and I cried and said "are you fucking kidding me" (in a good way)

But we had disaster after disaster with my ering and zales, after being engaged for 2 months I had the ring on my finger for less than a weeks time total. It took all the magic out of it and was really upsetting. It wasn't his fault but the last time we went I screamed in the store and cried the entire way home. Thankfully I got a replacement ring (same ring) and everything is better and hopefully I never have to bring it back there again.

My step mom is disabled, so my dad had to propose at home and planned to do it one night after dinner. He was so nervous holding the ring while they were watching TV that he decided he couldn't wait through the meal. He muted the TV and before he could say anything my step mom yelled "HEY I WAS WATCHING THAT." When she realized what was happening she was so embarassed that she snapped. They were watching Kardashian reruns and she says the show rubbed off on her!!

Not at disaster by any means, but not in a romantic setting.

FH and I had talked about getting married and he had periodically asked me what I liked when commercials would come on. His two brothers got engaged within a month of eachother (both were dating less time than we were).

Flash forward a few months we were at my mom's house cleaning out her basement with my brother (my step father passed away a few years ago and he loved to keep junk so the basement was overwhelming to her, so we volunteered to clean it out for her over a weekend). I was hauling things out to the dumpster which was across the street from the house (dead end street) and FH came with a load as well and when I turned around he was there on one knee and asked. Obviously I said yes and gave him a kiss, when my brother walks around and tells us to get a room (he didn't know what happened yet). So I ran downstairs to tell my mom so she was the first to know. I was hot, sweaty and the ring didn't fit because I was swollen (perfect fit later!).

He didn't want to lose it in the cleaning so he tried to get me alone and that was his only shot. I did find out later he had a yellow umbrella on order but it was not here in time (the ring he designed came in and since we were going to be with my family he wanted to do it then). We are big HIMYM fans and it was lightly misting at the time, even without it was still wonderful.

At least I can technically say I was proposed to on the street I grew up on. Much more romantic than in front of a dumpster lol.

It was a Thursday. I missed work because both my girls were sick. I had a horrible migraine and was in dirty yoga pants from the night before, hair was a disaster and no makeup. I was so relieved when he got home to watch the kids so I could nap. Just as I fell asleep he asks me to come read this book he wrote. I knew he had been working on this book for weeks but I had no idea what it was. But now I'm super pissed. I start reading and he tells me to read it outloud...wtf? I don't feel like it! But I oblige. As I get to the last page there is a ring there and I turn to look at him, he is on his knee and asks if I would continue our story (the book was our story...we were in 1st grade together, dated at 16, lost touch for 10yrs, reconnected and dated again briefly and now here we are 8 years later) He had been working on this proposal for weeks and took my sister to go pick out a ring a month prior. He almost didn't ask that night because I was such a mess and he had video set up but my sister told him to do it anyway. I'm so glad he did! 4 ibuprofen and a proposal was all I needed to get rid of my headache!

LOL!!! @futureDMK....terrible when it happened...but very entertaining to a hire party and a great story to tell the kids! I read no comments, but this is def a story for the ages and NOT a bad omen at all! Enjoy the wedding planning and forever happiness girl!!!

*third party

Ours ended up being perfect for us, but it was a long time coming. When his brother got engaged last July, he talked to me and said I don't want you to be upset because I know you want to get engaged and it will happen sooner than you think. When I said that my wheels started turning. We had talked about getting engaged by the time we had to move for his phd (less than a year away).

We had a family trip to Asheville coming up with a tour of the Biltmore. I got super excited and my friend drove in since we thought he would propose there. Nope.

There were so many perfect opportunities throughout the trip, but it still didn't happen. A few days into our trip, I was looking something up on his phone. When I hit the Internet function, his email popped up with a large Your Brilliant Earth order. I didn't click on it, but I knew that he bought a ring.

Our 3rd dating anniversary was coming up and he bought Ed Sheeran tickets (my favorite) to celebrate. We went to a winery for dinner and he kept saying things during dinner about not getting engaged, etc. I got super upset and started crying when he was in the bathroom. He came back, saw me upset, and we got into a slight argument. He was like, do you want me to do it here? I said to what? And he said I want this to be special, so he waited.

When we got to the concert, we were both stress free since we knew what was going to happen (I hate surprises). We were just having a good time dancing, then our song "Tenerife Sea" came on. We danced, then halfway through the song he pushes me away and gets down on one knee. It was perfect for us. I just wish the road there was easier, but I'm glad he was less nervous.

I wouldn't call it a "disaster" but it felt like it at the time. I had told my FH I did not want a diamond or anything "white" for a stone. No offense to those that have them, which is most everyone, but they just aren't my thing, I wanted some color and meaning to the stone. I picked out 3 possibilities - the one you see in my picture, an aquamarine or a Maine tourmaline. He planned out an elaborate proposal involving Yankee Candles, as I'm a total Yankee Candle queen and have a ton of them. He surprised me by putting pictures of us on 3 candles and sneaking them into my cabinet. Each had a sweet note inside, the first about how much I meant to him and the second about how I'd changed his life for the better and made him a better person. The third note said "will you marry me?" and under it was tissue paper and under the tissue paper was the ring, which he picked up and then got down on one knee. I tried very hard not to show how disappointed I was because the ring was not the stone I wanted, but I was not very successful! I felt horrible and I tried to like the plain white ring but after I wore it for a day said NOPE. He insisted that he had ordered the one I wanted and well long story short - he'd ordered the right ring - The jeweler had messed up the order! I had to send it back to get the right one. When it arrived he did the whole thing over - and this time everything was perfect. Some of his friends thought I was being crazy but damn it if I have to wear this every day for the rest of my life I want to love it not hate it.

My fiancé was gone a trip from December 26 -January 14 for a field camp for his major. He of course was missing me and was being more sappy than usual and on the 12th admitted to me that he had been looking at rings (didn't want to propose during holidays) & could not decide which to get me that would look best on me and asked if when he got back if I would go with him to look, I said of course and when he got back on the 14th we went and picked the perfect one out. Well then I had no idea when he was going to do it because he kept saying he had a plan. Turns out he didn't really have much of a plan other than to go where we first met and do it. Well on the 16th (our 2 year anniversary) a random snow storm rolls in and we are stuck in the apartment. He is snippy all day long and I can't figure out why. Finally after yelling asking what his deal was he said well I planned on doing it today with the saddest look on his face so instead he put on music and got in front of the fire place and asked. Obviously I said yes and knew it was coming but wanted a picture so we set up his phone on a timer and spent the next 45 minutes trying to get a picture that looked like it wasn't staged and was actually the first time. Hahaha so he proposed about 60 times by the end of the day.

I don't want to say it was a disaster but I managed to ruin the proposal!

FH and I live together. He's out of town a lot and has always told me to open his mail while he's gone just in case it's something urgent. Well something came in the mail that was not sealed and had no return address on it. I took the letter out and saw it was from a jewelry store!!! I quickly put it back, and sealed the envelope. I tried to keep it a secret while on the phone but I just couldn't. I told him what happened and he said "I bought my mom some earrings!" Yea...okay lol fast forward 2 weeks:

When he got home, he took me on our favorite jogging trail against my wishes since it was a Sunday and we had just split a pizza lol while on the trail, he was acting weird and I just knew it was coming. Then he stopped, (I remember asking if he was going to murder me or something. He said "not quite) got down on one knee, and asked me.

It was still perfect

These stories are so funny.

FH kept fake proposing to me for MONTHS. He'd get down on a knee, take my left hand and do his sappy speech. Once I started crying, he would just stand up and that was that. Such a jerk!! He did it again when we were on our way to the ball, running late of course. I grabbed his hand and tried to drag him away. I told him he wasn't funny and we did not have time!! Finally it was for real

Turns out, he was on plan E of his proposal plans lol. He wanted to do it on the beach, but then realized I would be in heels, on the pier over the ocean, but it was storming out etc.

@therightlane we're dancing to Tenerife Sea for our first dance

I was engaged to someone else about six years ago. We went to Maine so he could look at a grad school there. While he was in the shower, I was going to use his laptop to find a restaurant for that night and a Facebook message popped up with a picture of some girl's boobs.

When I confronted him about it and told him I didn't think he was as serious about the relationship as I was, he pulled a ring box out of his bag and threw it at me to "prove himself." He then asked if I would accept.

I would come to find out she was not the only one he was talking to online. Needless to say, that didn't last...