I've sort of been ruined by Laurie's proposal to Amy in Little Women.

Damn you, Louisa May Alcott!

Now I've got the sniffles, thinking about Laurie's proposal. "I wish we could always pull the same boat together. Will you, Amy?" "Yes, Laurie." Awww!!

(And isn't it pathetic that I can quote that from memory?)

Ooof, that one kills me, too, Steph.

I've decided to grill some sea scallops with butter & garlic, and some sweet corn with butter & brown sugar for dinner.

The DH proposed by apologizing. He said "I have something to say to you which is really not romantic. I have been thinking and I realized I want to be married to you, but I just don't want a wedding. I'm sorry." THIS from a guy who writes for a living. Doofus. My response was first to say "Wait, you want to get married?" and then to plonk myself onto his lap and tell him it was a lovely idea and I already had one wedding and didn't need another.

THIS from a guy who writes for a living. Doofus.

He kinda buried the lede there, huh?

Don't brag.

Heh-- it was a perfect sort of proposal-- family dinner for Lewis' dad's birthday. His dad has a history of giving people gifts for his birthday, so he was going to hand me the ring. However, my psycho sister-in-law to be (married to Lewis' brother) decided right then was the perfect time to have a meltdown, telling everyone that I'd been pressuring her about information about her marriage to L's brother and snooping through their private photo albums at dinner the evening before. (Um, she babbles inappropriately and pulled out the photo albums showing me pictures of her giving birth-- trust me, I never wanted to see her hoochie that up close and in that state).

ETA: I should note that they eloped for all the classic southern girl reasons, so they never had the family approved proposal and big wedding. She also created Big Drama at my wedding as well, by showing up in a white lace dress.

So there was Big Drama and I ran off to the bathroom and Lewis followed and said, "Well, hell, I should've just proposed here in the first place."

So he did. Nice, private proposal while my sister-in-law continued wailing like a banshee downstairs.

Good times.

DH, all of 20 years old, bent down on one knee and popped the question in my dorm room with a tiny ring and everything, to my complete surprise.

I stuttered "yes."

Considerably more romantic than how we hooked up drunk at a house party the year before. We call it the one night stand that has lasted forever.

Loving the engagement stories!!

(hating car issues...fucking cars)

We were at a party, he came up behind me, slung an arm around my neck and his mouth right up to my ear and growled, "Marry me, gorgeous."

Thinking he was just feeling really good, I grinned back. "Sure!"

He held me to it.

My Sister and her husband dated for sixteen years before they got engaged. And then they didn't tell anyone for a month. That was nice, they had some time to just enjoy it before everyone went all wiggy.

Then on Christmas Eve he gave her a ring. They came over to Mom's and nobody noticed it.

Dude! She had us TRAINED! We had stopped asking!