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

I think the common thread here is that you don't need to have a romantic gesture to stay the course.

My proposal was “are we getting married then, or what?” Very romantic. No getting down on one knee or any of that. We chose the engagement ring together and have been happily married for almost 45 years.

No romantic proposal here, things just evolved. We chose the ring together and got engaged on Valentine's Day.

I am always intrigued by the Mumsnet posts where women are grumbling that the proposal was not "good" enough - seems a bit shallow to me.

We kind of drifted into getting married as it was becoming apparent that getting pregnant was not going to be a problem and might catch us unawares!

OH was the next in line for an overseas posting. We had been together just over a year. As the posting was to a tropical island, OH went on an underwater diving course. On his return he proposed and I said ‘yes’. Apparently he had spoken to his boss who had said that unless we were married the company wouldn’t pay for me! So, a month later we were married, with the reception in my parent’s garden. A couple of weeks after that we flew off and spent the next two years living in Seychelles.

We were staying at a sport centre, in rooms as far apart as they could put us. We were chatting in my room before dinner, and he suddenly said 'Are you going to marry me when I have enough money?' I told him that wasn't a proper proposal, and he would have to do better than that! After dinner we went out for a walk, and he did go down on one knee and asked me again. I said yes, but the following day he seemed to have had second thoughts, and disappeared. I found him staring into a waterfall, thinking 'what have I done?'

He decided he did want to take the plunge, went to see my father, who was very relieved I had at last chosen someone he approved of, and the following week we went up to Hatton Garden to choose a ring. We had only known each other two months, but are still together 48 years later.

No romantic bending of the knee here either.
We had been out for a meal with my parents and Mum said how she had enjoyed it and we must do it again. DH replied that we could do it again next month when G and I get engaged.
This was after 4 years of ‘going out’ and I had no idea about his plans. Luckily I was quite happy with them.
Have known each other for 50 years now and married for nearly 45 of them.

Kate1949

I was thrilled with my £23 (ish) engagement ring. I went into work the next day feeling very excited. A girl I worked with ask to see the ring and said 'Oh not a diamond then, just a chipping. Mine's a real diamond'.

Oh, how nasty!

I always admired others rings, but quietly thinking, ‘That’s not the sort I want’.

Mine cost £32 back in 1972, more than my ‘fiancé’s’ week’s wage.

I worked in a bank, and soon after I got engaged, I was serving the local GP’s wife (a posh lady).
She said “Is that an engagement ring?” I said yes. “It’s very pretty” she said.

I was thrilled.

We were "living in sin" and didn't get engaged. OH proposed in bed!

My silver wedding ring cost £8 from Carnaby Street. Still wearing it 49 years later but it is very thin now!

I was thrilled with my £23 (ish) engagement ring. I went into work the next day feeling very excited. A girl I worked with ask to see the ring and said 'Oh not a diamond then, just a chipping. Mine's a real diamond'.

We chose the ring and the day to get engaged together and he went down on one knee.

On holiday the previous year we were walking up the stairs in a museum and DH said it was the sort of place he would like to work, then added if he were to get a job somewhere like that he would have to have a chat with my dad. We’ve visited that museum many times since that holiday and I always think of his words when we go up those stairs.

DH bought my engagement ring all by himself. It cost £90 and when I lost a stone a good while ago the replacement cost twice as much!

Our wedding rings cost £25 together.

We had only known each other a few weeks when we went shopping together we were outside a jewellers when he said would you like to pick a ring everyone was surprised when we told them we have been married 40±years he still isn't romantic but shows is love in many ways ??

I didn’t go down on one knee - never a good idea in country pubs - but DW said yes and chose the ring by herself the following week.

No, he isn't romantic at all. He has been a good husband and Father though

Don't forget to add interest *Laura". I think my engagement and wedding rings were about the same price as yours!

That reminds me Kate1949, Orlin still owes me £10 for the wedding ring although he did fork out £23 for the engagement ring.

We were 19, snogging in the car on Parbold Hill, after an evening at the cinema, the radio was playing ‘you were my thrill on Blueberry Hill, Orlin started singing along replacing blueberry with Parbold and then asked me to marry him.
We went back to his house to tell his mother who said she was delighted but didn’t want us to marry until we were at least 25.
Orlin actually asked my Dad for permission, he’s always been a bit proper. My Dad said ‘If you can handle her, mate, you can have her. We got married at 20 and emigrated to Australia.
He still sings that song to me sometimes, big sook that he is.
The rest, as they say, is history.

I can't really remember. It wasn't a grand gesture. I do however remember going to the jewellers to choose my wedding ring. They gave us a free gift of three teaspoons in a box. I was thrilled!

When I met my second husband (by accident) about 30 years ago, I was going through a divorce and the last thing I wanted was another man.

He was in the forces and away some of the time. Eventually he decided to take early retirement as he had served for 25 years. He went on a pre-retirement course where the men were told that, if they were thinking about getting married, they should do it while they were still in the forces, for pension reasons.

Also, it was advisable to marry someone who works in a bank or building society - yes, I worked in a bank!

That is how my marriage proposal was delivered and we are still happy together and have survived the last year shielding together. It is I who needs to shield but he has done it with me rather than try to split the house, have separate bedrooms etc.

On top of the Eiffel Tower. It would have been very romantic if I hadnt organised the whole thing

We booked a holiday cottage on Anglesey in a remote place called Hermon. We had been out for hours walking and my children were playing in rock pools. We decided it was time to go and started the walk back to the cottage.
Later while eating our meal my partner got up and left the room briefly. He returned with a ring box opening it he knelt down on one knee. He asked me to marry him then looked at my children and asked if that was ok. My son was eight and daughter was five at the time. The two of them were jumping around with delight. That was nearly twenty five years ago I don't know where the time has gone.

Life is full of disappointments and my proposal was one of them! We were only 19 and he took me outside at a ‘do’ so we stood in the car park and he said “do you fancy getting married”? or something like that completely out of the blue and I said yes and that was it!

We all went back to a friends house and the men were playing cards and I was left to talk to the girls who were asking me questions and I had to shout over to him to get the answers!

Our wedding day was very disappointing too but we’re coming up to 52 years now and I’ve had a lovely life on the whole so I’d better get over it I suppose!

I didn't get a proposal as such from my lovely man,after I had had our first son he said "seeing that we both like the little boy we now have don't you think we should make it official" ?
He was the kindest husband and father you could wish to meet and we would have been married 45yrs on 19th March but I sadly lost him last year.

Dh proposed after a Burns Supper while we were sitting on the floor in someone's lounge. Alcohol had been taken.

But, he rang up at 9 am the next day to check that I remembered and meant it when I said yes.

We had only met 6 weeks previously and married the following October. And, it was our golden wedding anniversary last October.