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

My ring which we chose together in those far off days, it was Easter 1957, cost £22:50 .
We were 21 and 19.

A other one here with no proposal. We discussed getting married rather than proposed. We chose the ring together, and I loved it. Some years later I lost it and was terribly upset. We replaced it, but I never felt really happy with the replacement. Three Christmas’s ago, before Christmas he said he’d take me to Hatton Garden to choose a new ring. We went together and chose a diamond together, and had it set in a very similar setting to my first ring. It was a lovely romantic day, and to me, it made up for the long years of never feeling quite right about the replacement ring.
Incidentally, I had the replacement ring diamond set into white gold and put on a chain and we gave it to our daughter for Christmas. My Christmas present was of course, the new ring, which I love.

Yes, I suppose it could be classed as romantic but I kind of ruined his moment by declining (VERY kindly) initially. About an hour later I was persuaded otherwise and never regretted my decision. Five hours later we were waiting for the jewellers to open and my ring was chosen by him with my approval. In the next hour he was off on a train with the thought that we wouldn't be meeting up again until our marriage. However a family death intervened and we had an unexpected short time together.

I was with my boyfriend on the ferry to Jersey. The sea was extremely choppy and feeling queasy needed to get fresh air. A seasick girlfriend clearly did not put him off as it was on deck he asked me to be his wife.

I tease DH that he proposed to my DM, who adored him. It was reciprocal.. Something like “would your mother like us to get married in Mauritius?” Both sister had married in Europe.

So no, no bender knees, no rings in champagne glasses (could barely afford Hirondelle wine, remember that?), no rings... I had had my eye on one and was waiting for the proposal.

BTW we paid for my rings from having saved Common Market 50p pieces!

Following our second date, we were sitting in the car chatting.

He told me he'd fallen in love - I asked 'who with'?

I haven't an ounce of romance in my bones (then or now) and it never occurred to me that someone might love me let alone want to marry me!

Oh how I agree with that sentiment, my H was never the romantic one but I couldn’t have done better in so many other ways.

No special proposal - I remember the place and discussing marriage - but oh, so very very lucky that we have been happy together for so long and haven't grown apart.

A marriage isn't made by grand proposals, grand weddings or grand gestures, it's the small every-day kindnesses that truly count.

We still laugh about Mr. S.'s 'proposal'. We were sat in his car outside my mum's and he said "I suppose it's time we got engaged". At not quite 18 I was so excited I said "does that mean we'll be getting married?". He said "I suppose so" and looked rather pale!!

Looking back it could have been better but being married to him couldn't have or be any better.

DH proposed to me at Haworth Waterfalls. I had no idea it was going to happen. We climbed up the side of the falls until we came to a spot were I could stand in the dry with the water coming down on either side. DH said he wanted to take my photo. So I stood where he said. He then kneeled in the mud in front of me and proposed. I started to cry and couldn't stop. I'd gone up the waterfall laughing and came down crying. There was a group of ladies giving him the evil eye until I explained that he'd just proposed. They started gushing about how lovely and romantic it was. This led to their husbands giving DH the evil eye

We then went to Oakworth Station (where they filmed the Railway Children) and he put the ring on my finger on the platform. The station master was so nice. He wanted to give us a gift but didn't have anything so he let me close and reopen the level crossing gates when the next train came along. OMG that was soooooo exciting and made the day even more special.

My ex said he would like me to be the mother of his children. I assumed that he meant marriage! So I am still the mother of his sons but haven't been his wife for 36 years!

I had to think hard to remember! Basically, it was another example of just assuming we would get married. There was never a proposal as far as I remember.

I proposed both times! Well just casually said “Would be nice to be married just after my birthday” first time, and “Would be nice to be married just before Christmas” second time round!

I was never ‘properly’ proposed to either, if you mean boyfriend down on one knee and producing a ring in a box.

We just assumed we would get married, we chose the ring together, would not have liked to have no say in the matter.

DS bought his girlfriend a ring and proposed properly. He had asked me what I thought beforehand, I said would she rather not choose her own, but he seemed to know what she wanted, and she loved it.

Should add he wasn’t getting my permission or blessing, just wondered how best to do it.

He took no notice of what I thought anyhow!