Did you have a romantic proposal of marriage ...And were you happy with it.?

We were very poor and trying to work out how to get more money. I read in the Which Money Guide that as I was working and he wasn't we could get an extra tax allowance if we got married. I suggested it and we married the following monday before I went into work (an hours flexitime). Not the most romantic engagement/marriage!

My husband proposed to me only 2 weeks after meeting and I honestly didn't hesitate in saying yes. He didn't get down on one knee, he just said (as we were watching the comedy Soap on the television), do you fancy getting married? I just looked at him and then said "Yes, I really do". We got married 6 months later and have now been married for 35 years with 2 amazing children (both adults now and doing exceptionally well). I still love him to bits and enjoy his company thoroughly. Best ever rash decision I have ever made in my whole life

We were out at the pub having a drink.When he proposed l said yes but did not mention it on our next date, thinking perhaps he had been joking.
Eventually he said well you have not asked about shopping for an engagement ring.He thenwent and asked my Dad and we eent and got the ring.
41 years later, 3 children and 4 grandchildren we are still as happy as Larry and enjoying our retirement till covid struck, but still laughing after all these years!

After an evening out,after seeing each other for about 6 weeks, he got taken short whilst walking me home and had to have a wee along the cemetary wall.
We lasted 26 years, he remained totally unromantic for all that time, he is more romantic to his current partner of 17 years

We were 17 and 19 and both desperate to leave home for slightly different reasons but couldn't afford a place of our own individually so decided to share.
His DM, being an Irish Roman Catholic and it being the late 1970s, created a stink about the prospect of us, "living over the brush" so one Friday evening, when discussing our plans for the following day, (I was going into the city to shop with my mother) he said, "I suppose you'd better choose yourself an engagement ring while you're there, don't go mad."
I chose a tiny diamond solitaire, barely more than a chip, in 9 carat gold which was 70 something pounds. The shop put it aside and he collected and paid for it the following week.
The marriage was a resounding failure but we hung on for 30 years and have three wonderful DC for whom I'm eternally grateful.

My proposal happened in a phone box!
My OHs car had broken down on the way home and we had called my dad to pick us up.
I put the phone down and he turned to me and said "shall we get married?"
We went shopping for a ring ( I had already chosen one way before he asked!) the following weekend before we announced it to friends and family.
When we told his sister, her reaction was not "oh congratulations" but "poor kids, they'll have your colour hair!!" (we were both redheads).
Not very romantic at all but seeing as he is my ex, possibly not a bad thing!

In Bettys in Harrogate, grand piano being played. Not on his knee as he has a bad back but with a lovely ring. The two ladies on the next table cried, which was very sweet. A waitress came and brought us two chocolate covered hearts. I’ll never forget it.

Husband no. 2 said "we can get married but only if you promise to have a baby". Not surprisingly he's now my ex!

I’ve heard similar stories of entitled young women refusing to accept a ‘poor’ proposal. Surely if you love them it doesn’t really matter. My DH had asked me to marry him while we were in bed. We went out one day to buy a ring. I thought I’d wear it straight away but he said no and pocketed the box. Then got down on one knee in the shopping centre. Maybe not the most romantic to some, but very out of character for him, so it meant a lot and I still smile when I remember. Unfortunately they’ve made changes to the shopping centre since but we still talk about it when we’re more or less in the right place. Honestly, if he’s done some big over the top romantic gesture people seem to expect these days I’d have been so embarrassed.

We were getting a mortgage, in those days they would only count both incomes if married. On Thursday we rang the registry office, got a 9am cancellation for the following Saturday. Sooooo romantic

My marriage proposal was not spectacular or too memorable, but our 37 years of marriage was truly wonderful and happy until he decided to leave me - what a fool I was to think everything was OK.

I met DH for the first time at an Halloween party, and we had been dating for just 6 weeks when he took me Christmas Shopping, and he stopped to look in the window of a Jewellers shop. We then went inside to buy some small Children's bracelets, he then asked me to choose a ring for myself. I started looking at Dress Rings, but he asked the assistant to let me try on a few diamonds, but at this point I was unaware of what exactly he was upto.
I chose a plain Diamond Cluster ring, it cost £130 in 1986. He paid for it, then put it away in its box into his pocket.
We went away to North Wales for Christmas, where on Christmas Eve he produced the ring out of its box under the Christmas Tree, went down on one Knee and asked me to Marry him. I said yes!
My Parents both said it had been too quick and it would never last, but we are still together with two adult Daughters from the marriage and 5 DGC.

First husband said one day while we were shopping in a supermarket (already living together) "I wonder if we'll still go out shopping together in 40 years when we're an old married couple?" I said "Maybe!" Then he said "Would you marry me then?" And I said yes. (All very heady and romantic at the time, but we were 21 and 16 and it only lasted 5 years.) Second hubby just blurted out "Will you marry me?" while we were eating a greasy meal in a Wimpy bar in Blackpool, after we'd only known each other for about 3 months. Been together for 42 years now.

Before he proposed (the full works, bended knee etc. in Richmond Park) DH asked my father's permission. The answer was a rather doubtful: "Well, I suppose you know what you are doing!". Charming, eh?

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We hadn't been going out very long before DH proposed to me. I'd never really liked him so it was quite a shock when he asked me out & I agreed to go! It wasn't very long before I realised that actually, he was The One. I was trying to teach him how to do the waltz in my parents' front room when he suddenly asked me to marry him. It was wonderful! It was in October 1980 & we were married the following July so just coming up for our Ruby wedding this year. He really was, & still is, Mr Right!

We were driving along on a pleasant Sunday with DD1 (aged 2yrs) and DD2 (2 mths) in the back of the car when he blurted out ‘I was wondering if you would marry me?’ My reaction was ‘Are you sure?’ ?

We married six weeks later, went on to have two more children, and were still nuts about each other until he died almost six years ago.

We were already living together for many years before my man proposed I remember it very clearly, we had just bought a garden lounger the swing type, both sitting next to each other swinging away, he stopped got off, and I said don’t you like it! He got down on one knee and asked me to marry him! He’d asked several times over the years, but I was happy how we were so never saw the point, both of us on our second marriages.but this time I said yessss, I think he was shocked and we carried on swinging, been together 37 years and very happy still,

I am about to get married for the 3rd time .
Not by choice when I met my first husband at 17 marrying at 21 , it was for life . But circumstances happen don’t they.
I was disappointed by my husband to be s proposal . On our 10 year anniversary of meeting I presented him with a bottle of wine & a card mentioning something about don’t worry if you didn’t get me anything ??‍♀️ It’s been 10 years . He then produced a small box out of his back pocket & just gave it to me . When I opened it seeing a ring I thought it was a dress ring as he hadn’t said anything. He then said I told you I wanted to marry you & that was it . I thought at the very least there could of been a little speech . We were sat in our garden .
Such a contrast to my second marriage proposal. When I was taken to Monaco as a surprise didn’t know I was going till I got to the airport , then flown from Nice by helicopter to monti Carlo . We stayed in the best hotel there & had a meal in their restaurant on my 40th birthday. After the meal he did a long speech about security & love for me before proposing & then our table was surrounded by 4 violinists playing .can’t get much better than that .
My first marriage was just assumed . We were young and in love and talked about our future from the beginning.
I’ve been very lucky even after 2 divorces . I spent 18 years with the first , 14 years with the second & been with my fiancé for 12 years . Our wedding hopefully will go ahead this august ?

Not conventual two daft students, I was dared to do something after having a few to drink and promised a ring, I dared back and said then he could buy me one. We both took the dare.
He asked my father who said he didn't mind if I married a gipsy as long as I was happy.
Except my "Dear" MIL pointed out her ring had cost a lot more 30 years earlier. Who cared The rest is a long history of doing daring things together.

We decided together that we were going get married - this was 3 weeks after we met, and we married on the one year anniversary of the day we met. Still together and celebrating our 32nd wedding anniversary this year

It's another media,marketing,money making occasion these days. Being transported away for an expensive romantic weekend or some adventure is what folk is the norm now. Di people not know if they are likely to get married without all the "surprise". Can't recall anything other than being told he had saved enough to buy an engagement ring and would I like to choose!

We workedneareachother and used to for lunch. One lunchtime we were looking in a jeweller's window and pointing out things we liked. I pointed out a ring in the shape of a rose. A few days later we were sitting (alone) in my parents living room andhe producedthe ring.
My older daughter Caroline's boyfriend was performing Sweet Caroline in the final of a holiday camp talent contest. He changed the words and got down on one knee and she burst i to tears. He was so nervous he kept texting me in the preceeding days asking if I thought she'd say yes ? That song still brings tears to my eyes.

My husband arranged our marriage without telling me. I was pregnant at the time and so he did it as a surprise. The only problem was we had both been married before. The first I knew about it was when he asked for my decree absolute to show the registrar etc!
We got married in Annan register office near Gretna Green ( a fair way from Hertfordshire) and then went to Gretna Green itself. As we had got married that day we had another service from the Blacksmith! A tourist attraction really as they piled loads of visitors in to watch! When he slammed the hammer down on the anvil I thought he was going to squash my finger!
So no proposal but an unusual and wonderful wedding! That was over 26 years ago and he has arranged my surprises since.

My proposal was on a freezing February afternoon at the San
Siro Stadium ,Milan, A cushion to sit on(which I still have)
A brandy and a declaration of love . We had been seeing one
Another for 4 weeks!
We were married for 46 happy years.