Awhile back my friend Julie and I watched the movie Bride Wars, which lead to a conversation about weddings. Neither of us knew each other when we got married, so of course we started talking about our own weddings - dresses, flowers, cakes, etc. From this discussion we concluded two things:
First, every girl wants a great engagement story – one that is a total surprise which she can tell her family, friends, and coworkers about for years to come. However, very few individuals get one. Think about it – how many women do you know that actually have a romantic, movie-quality proposal? Neither of us could think of anyone. We concluded that no one actually has one and it’s the fault of the movie industry that every girl feels disappointed by this. (If you have one, please share it so that my faith in romanticism can be restored in 2010, lol!)
The second thing that Julie and I concluded was that, although girls want to be surprised by the proposal, they also want the perfect rock. Therefore, every girl needs a “Ring Friend”. The Ring Friend would be someone who knows the exact engagement ring that you want and this friend would be able to articulate this to said guy. That way, every girl would get the ring that she actually wanted (rather than the one that she ends up loving only because the guy picked it out himself, even though it’s not actually what she would have picked) and she would also get the surprise proposal ~ best of both worlds!
I realize that many of my readers are female, so ladies make these facts known to your sons, brothers, cousins, and single guy friends… And to my few male follows, heed these words of wisdom (and for Pete Sakes, get down on one knee)!
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I had a very nice and surprised proposal. My husband and I had been talking about marriage, but nothing serious. My husband knows I am not a fan of the month of December. It's way too busy and not nearly as fun as it was when I was younger. So, in early December before my company Christmas party, he suggested we have a drink at Des Moines Club (the top floor of the Ruan building in Des Moines). It was a full moon night and the capital building is beautiful from up there. So, there we sat with our feet up on the table (he had arranged for us to sit on the side of the floor they only use for parties) drinking a glass of port and having chocolate. Suddenly he was pulling a ring from his pocket and promising a very fun life full of whatever I wanted. I was floored, hadn't expected it. He wanted to propose before the xmas season so that I could share the news at the party and all the other parties we would be subjected to that month. It was nice.
ReplyDeleteFor the record, he bought the diamond (2.58 carats) and had arranged for a meeting with Bruce at AmeriGem to design the setting. When he proposed, the diamond was in a simple band setting. I got to pick out the final product. I prefer that method.