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Scout101

Scout101

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Scout101 is off the market. Asked my girlfriend of 3 years to marry me over the weekend, and she said yes! (obviously, otherwise this thread would be a lot more depressing :p )

Went out for dinner for our anniversary, and walked around the city beforehand. Stopped in front of the big Christmas tree in the middle of the city, and popped the question. Thankfully, I'd managed to keep it a secret, so got to enjoy her shocked reaction as she tried to choke out the word 'yes' :)

Stupid work computers block all of the photo sharing websites, so as for a picture, best I can do is link to the place I bought the ring, and it'll show up there:

http://www.bluenile.com/diamond-engagement-ring-setting-platinum_6905?filter_id=1&collection_id=236

Hit the "show with diamond" option, and pick "princess cut". It's got a 1-carat princess cut in there, looks pretty nice if I do say so myself. Platinum band, pave-cut diamonds around the top half of the band, etc. About 1.25 carat total weight, very sparkly.

Anywho, to keep this thread from being a few 'congrats' posts, followed by a quick death, thought I'd open it up a bit, and see if people wanted to share engagement stories, or chat about rings (what, where, etc). I found Blue Nile to be an excellent place for the ring, as the quality was fantastic compared to normal jewlery stores (way better color/clarity options for way less money) and the prices were much better. Was a little sketched out by buying something like this online, but the service was great, and the ring looks amazing, so it would be highly recommended. Blue Nile did very well :)
 
Scout101 said:
Scout101 is off the market. Asked my girlfriend of 3 years to marry me over the weekend, and she said yes! (obviously, otherwise this thread would be a lot more depressing :p )
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Hey!! Serious congrats on getting the nerve up!

Good thing you didn't ask her at center court of a basketball game. :eek:
 
Congratulations!

I have no engagement story of any kind, so you're just going to have to put up with me spamming your lovely thread by wishing you love and happiness.

*Hugs*
 
Congratulations Scout. May you have many sexless years with your good bride.
 
Grats, dude! I know that I pop the question, I am going to have my bro hiding and taking pictures for posterity.
 
^sorry, not terribly religious. Much sex will be had (at least in the short term). :p

Of course, there's the old joke about why brides are smiling so much in all the photos: they realize they've given their last BJ :lol:
 
dude, bummer.

my condolences.

seriously, I hope you both are miserable which is the best one can hope for a married couple. May you have a quick death.

Congratulations, really! That's wonderful!
 
Hey, congratulations! That's great. It sounds like it went the way you imagined, which is important when popping the question...the "surprise" factor is the way to go!

SPOCKED asked me when we'd just woken up, on Christmas morning of last year. Needless to say, I was surprised. :D He didn't have a ring for me yet, but then on Valentine's day he surprised me with a gorgeous three diamond ring that had been in his family from probably the 1920s or so. :)
 
Congratulations. How romantic, proposing in front of a Christmas tree. That's just wonderful!

My engagement ring story is slightly different: it was purchased about 18 months after my wedding ring. We'd decided to get married after having lived together for 17 years. I saw the wedding ring I wanted ahead of time. The engagement ring was bought 3 days before the wedding, I think. I've always been a bit unconventional. :lol:
 
That's fantastic news! Congrats! Were you nervous at all?

I've known several people who ordered engagement rings online and they have all had good experiences, though they were meticulous in their research. We know several jewelers, one with really good prices, so my husband purchased my ring there.

Are the two of you probably going to have a large wedding, or a smaller one?
 
Congrats, my friend! My engagement story is much more low key......her and I were laying on the bed, and she rolled over and said "will you marry me?". I said "sure"! I know, it lacks drama, but I still smile when I think about it!
 
Well we didn't have a normal engagement in the first place-- we hadn't even met face to face for the first time when got engaged. We just sort of decided one night over the phone: Wanna get married? Yeah? Cool.

When we met face to face the first time it was so much a perfect match, that we scrapped the idea of living together for a year first, and ran off and got married 4 days later.

No regrets.
 
Congratulations!

I proposed to my now-wife on January 6, 2006, while she was in town visiting (at the time, we lived about 90 miles apart). I cooked a three-course meal of freshly tossed Caesar salad with homemade dressing, some fresh garlic bread, and chicken fettuccine alfredo (by which point I'm sure she knew something was up, because at that point, I rarely cooked). After dinner was done, I took the plates back to the kitchen and returned with a plate of pumpkin pie ... upon which was sitting a diamond solitaire engagement ring. I got down on one knee, looked at her and said, "Well ... would you?"

I bought the ring from Kay Jewelers, as I hadn't been living in this city for terribly long, but we bought our wedding rings from a local jeweler (Shamrock) who did a wonderful job of matching her engagement ring to the wedding band.

We got married on July 14, 2007. Congratulations, again! :)
 
Congratulations!

Learn when to say the following and you'll have a long, successful marriage:

Yes, dear.

Whatever you say, sweetheart.

Whenever you're ready.

Will save you a lot of headache down the road. :lol:

On our first date, after the dinner and movie bit, we went to a park and swung on the swings. I took her there to propose to her, and fortunately she said yes and hasn't yet realized she could have done a lot better. :p As they say in football, I outkicked my coverage.

Hope you have a long and happy life together.
 
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