How did you propose to your significant other?
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My SO is a super hands on, loves to build and fix things kind of girl. She actually built me a set of nutcrackers for Christmas that I unwrapped in front of my whole family on Christmas day. She spent hours making these nutcrackers look like us. My nutcracker was down on one knee offering a crown to her nutcracker; essentially asking me to be her king. It was then I knew for a fact that in 1998, The Undertaker threw Mankind off Hell In A Cell, and plummeted 16 ft through an announcer's table.
LOL, same. She said yes so we both landed safely.
Our pilot(?) got really close to the ground at one point and later jokingly said that was when I was supposed to propose because if she said no and I pushed her out, she would have landed safely. It was a great experience.
Our fathers made a handshake deal in the garage over a case of Miller High Life. Some cash and assorted livestock changed hands, and we were married Saturday next. Your classic, timeless love story.
That’s beautiful.
Steps of the Old Capital, grew up in IC and knew it would always be there
TBD. It's happening this year though, so I should probably start figuring out. Maybe when we go to Colorado in July.
I flew both of us on a surprise trip to Northern and Central California for a week. We spent the first day in San Fran and Sausalito doing typical tourist things like Muir Woods and the various piers and then spent a day in Napa doing wineries and a day in Yosemite NP.
After spending the day in Yosemite we spent the night in a hotel on the beach in Pacifica where we were woken up early by the local police because of the nuclear power plant explosion in Japan had caused a tsunami and we needed to evacuate the hotel. The sun was barely coming up so we drove down CH1 for a bit until we found a tall cliff overlooking the water. We shared some coffee and Boudin sourdough bread for breakfast and watched the tsunami rush in and eventually out. Then we did what I had already planned (drive down CH1 and pull off for all the little pull off stops and quickly hikeable little parks and ended in Monterey Bay for a quick tour of the amazing aquarium and a two hour whale watching tour where (amongst other things) we got to see a mile long anchovy school get massacred by what the zoologists counted as 73 humpback whales, 600+ sea lions, 800+ Rizzo Dolphins and 2,000+ Common Dolphins in an amazing display of constantly jumping cetaceans as far as your eyes could see.
Then my plan was to propose here at Pfeiffer State Park an amazing place where a waterfall runs right into the beach.
But we were running a little slower than expected and were behind so we only made it to the famous Bixby Bridge overlook before I thought the fading daylight would make for bad pictures. So I proposed here instead.
The rest of the trip we spent doing a lot of wineries in Santa Barbara, Solvang, Santa Ynez Valley and other wine regions in Central California and enjoying the “bbq” (ie smoked steaks) of Central Cali. And we finished the trip with a couple of days in San Fran.
Crabtree Falls off the parkway in NC. It was and still is one of our favorite places
We were in Aspen with another couple on a hike. Friends leading the way with him in front of me. He turned, stopped and and asked “ will you marry me”.
Olive Garden. The really nice one in Fort Worth, Texas.
Nothing says love like garlic bread and tossed salad
On her birthday, at an upscale Atlanta restaurant called The Abbey, which was an old church that had been converted to a restaurant. She was so happy she knocked over her water glass.
And despite the asshat I can be, we're coming up on year 48. God bless her patience.
And despite the asshat I can be, we're coming up on year 48. God bless her patience.
Surprise trip to Paris for Valentines Day. Proposed on the Eiffel Tower on Valetine's day.
The surprise was the best part. I got her out of work and the bags were packed. Took her to the airport and we flew to NYC from SF where we lived at the time. It was her first time in NYC so she was excited enough then we walked to the Paris flight.
Our hotel room was a couple blocks from the Eiffel tower and when we opened the shade it was just the Eiffel tower. But the room was about big enough to fit our bed. Our phone rang and it was our travel agency saying they booked us in the wrong room and moved us to a 5 star luxury penthouse suite instead. Was a sweet trip.
That was 23 years ago. Still going.
The surprise was the best part. I got her out of work and the bags were packed. Took her to the airport and we flew to NYC from SF where we lived at the time. It was her first time in NYC so she was excited enough then we walked to the Paris flight.
Our hotel room was a couple blocks from the Eiffel tower and when we opened the shade it was just the Eiffel tower. But the room was about big enough to fit our bed. Our phone rang and it was our travel agency saying they booked us in the wrong room and moved us to a 5 star luxury penthouse suite instead. Was a sweet trip.
That was 23 years ago. Still going.
We went up to Decorah to spend the day doing a little hiking, exploring, and brewery stops. I proposed up on Pulpit Rock.
This brought a tear to my eye.
I was taking her to see Mamma Mia...she was trying to figure out what to wear with her dress which perfectly timed out with me saying, "Well maybe this can help you accessorize.", and I dropped to a knee and proposed. I had already asked her dad for permission. Her mom was ill with cancer so they were both waiting to hear that I had asked.
Now this one is actually believable.
Only the best stuff for such an important occasion!
Man, you are Mr. Smooth. I read this to my wife, and she's wondering why I didn't think of that.
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