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Creative Proposals?

Asked by Skaggfacemutt (9820points) March 29th, 2013

I know others have asked this, but I am asking specifically for my son. He is not a social butterfly, and wouldn’t do anything that would involve a crowd or a spotlight. Also, his girlfriend and he have already talked about marriage and are putting together tentative plans, but he has not “officially” asked her, and his sisters think he should. Any ideas?

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poisonedantidote's avatar

I have one idea. You can use Google addwords to buy a search term. In this case her name, and have the result throw a “will you marry me” site as the link, then just tell her to Google her own name.

genjgal's avatar

Since they’ve already talked about it, I would suggest that he find a time to ask her when she would least expect it so that it’s still a fun surprise for her.

Sunny2's avatar

It doesn’t really matter a lot where and how, you’ll always remember the moment. A quiet place where they both like to go and would feel comfortable sounds good to me.

janbb's avatar

I agree with @Sunny2 . If there is a park they like to walk in or a special restaurant they go to, I would suggest he propose there. It will be meaningful and not everything in life has to be a movie production.

marinelife's avatar

Does the couple have a favorite or special place? I think it would be nice to do it there.

Luiveton's avatar

Also—it’s not just about the place. A beautiful ring would be nice—obviously. That will definitely be 50% of her happiness. And a nice box to go with it. For example, is there anything she likes? Does she like to read? etc.

Somewhere intimate like this.

This is a simple but nice idea http://brides.prestonbailey.com/files/2012/02/Screen-shot-2012-02-27-at-1.54.16-AM.png

augustlan's avatar

As a woman, I have to disagree with @Luiveton about the ring. One of my proposals didn’t even come with a ring at all, and it was still very memorable. A meaningful spot, and more importantly, meaningful words will do the trick. A little passion wouldn’t hurt either.

janbb's avatar

Yeah – I never got a ring either but I certainly remember the day and the place!

Bellatrix's avatar

I didn’t get a ring when my husband proposed initially. It wasn’t in a special place. I was at home, at my desk working and he came home early. The date was significant. It was the third, of the third, 2003 and he came home so he could ask at 3pm. He said he asked then because he thought it was a date we would never forget, and we haven’t. So, whatever he does as long as he does it sincerely and with love, she will be happy.

Dr_Lawrence's avatar

Honesty and sincerity trumps fancy proposals.

Skaggfacemutt's avatar

Thank you, everyone. I shared all of your suggestions to him. He wound up proposing on her Facebook! Oh well, not what I would do, but she was delighted. He even had a lovely ring for her. I gave him my wedding ring for her, since it hasn’t fit me for at least 7 years and just sitting in my safe. He just had it sized for her and replaced the emerald-cut aquamarine center stone with a radiant-cut white sapphire. It is gorgeous.

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