Proposals - private or public?

We had a private proposal in a public place. It was beautiful and us and I loved it.

Ours was public which was strange that he went that route since we both don't like attention. When we discussed it I pushed for private. Honestly i'm just excited to marry him so i cant complain

I told FH years ago that if he propsed to me in public, I would definitely say no.

Mine was public in front of a ton of people in California adventure but I told him in the beginning either one was fine for me he knew I was gonna say yes and I’m super hard to surprise so if it were a private one I’d probably figure it out he got me pretty good though I honestly wasn’t expecting it

Ours was private! FH was planning a public one at the park where we're having our wedding ceremony, but it was the middle of February so that plan went out the window when there was a massive blizzard the day before, lol.

I'm happier it was just the two of us. I'm sure his original plan would've made for a great story/photos, but this felt a lot more authentic and fitting to who we are as a couple. We had never talked about private vs. public beforehand, but I probably would've voted for private if we had.

Ours was private and I'm so happy it was. It is a really special moment that only FH and I share. I'm an introvert (and so is he) so it wouldn't have made sense to do a big over the top public proposal. FH proposed in our backyard, under the stars, while we had a picnic with pizza from our favorite place. It was romantic and perfectly us.

We hadn't really discussed it prior other than he knew I wasn't a fan of holiday proposals and I wanted my feet firmly planted on the ground when it happened. A friend of ours had proposed to his now wife in a helicopter and being afraid of flying/heights I told him I would kill him if he tried something like that.

Private! If he had asked me in public I honestly would have concluded he didn’t know me well enough to marry me *shrug*

I don't like crowds, so FH would be funny and would say he'd propose in Walmart. I told him if he did, I would tell him no just because that's how much thinking of doing it in front of so many people made me cringe.

Luckily, he did it at his house, just him and I. Even if someone was there just for pictures, I think it would have made me feel weird. I'm a very private person and glad he respected that! 😊

DH was planning to do a big one at Busch Stadium during a Cardinals baseball game. He planned to have it on the big screen the whole 9 yards. One night I said when you decide you want to propose whatever you do don't embarrass me in front of people. I hate being the center of attention.

On our wedding day when it was time for me to walk down the aisle I had a panic attack and couldn't breath. This is why I don't do public things. LOL

Our wedding still turned out amazing.

I think it’s all about knowing what the significant other wants. My FH knew I’d get so embarrassed in public. I love that my proposal was just him and I.

Ours was private and I prefer it that way

We are private people, so it was just FH and I on the beach alone after sunset, couldn't believe it! 😍

We didn't discuss this ahead of time. We had a private one with family and friends waiting for us after. My fiance told me he struggled back and forth if it should be public or not. We thought we'd both enjoy private more and we did!

I had no preference between private or public, but I wouldn’t have wanted it to be at a family function or surrounding by all our friends. I love that we were able to keep the moment private (no one else was around), but I can see this being possible with just strangers around too (like in Central Park or something).
I really had no idea how FH would do it so it was hard to imagine. His original plan was to propose at Niagara Falls, so there would have been people but no one we knew. It didn’t work out, and while he still proposed in a “public” place, there happened to be no one around!

Private. In our kitchen on a random Sunday morning. We did not talk about it beforehand bc my FH knows me so well that he knew I wouldn't want a public proposal. The way he did it was perfect!

My FH proposed at a beach in the OBX. It was a public beach but we were really the only ones there. It was such a sweet moment. He made me a coloring book and told me to look through it. The last page had a beautiful celtic design engagement ring. He was so nervous that he said nothing. It was just a completely blissful moment. We are both introverts so it was perfect. Wouldn't change it for the world.

I begged my FH do have a private proposal because I do not enjoy being the center of attention. He ended up proposing to me on a bridge in Galena IL... which for those who don’t know is a SUPER busy city all the time. He got on one knee and blanked lol people were starting to look at us and dig out their phones and I was like “are you going to ask me anything or are you just hangin out or what?” 😂 that’s when he said “omg thank you! I just blanked on every word I’ve ever known! Yes I wanted to ask you if you’d marry me”. And my answer was “yes! Get up...” Lol and that was that! We ended up getting his picture from a passerby (one of the people who took out their phones) lol

Semi- private- there were people around but not near us! He proposed in Ireland at the Cliffs of moher and got it captured on a go pro

Private. My fiance is super chill and he would not want to share that moment, be they strangers or family/friends.

We had a private proposal in Central Park in NYC. I was really glad he didn't decide to do something public.

We celebrated with people afterwards, but it was really nice to have the proposal part just be for the two of us