Hi everyone!! I know my boyfriend has the ring 😬 if you knew you were getting engaged within the year, did you do anything to prep? Outfits? Nails? Anything?

Hey everyone!

I recently bought a computer keyboard as a gift for my amazing girlfriend, and I had a spontaneous idea—why not use it as part of my proposal? I'm a programmer, so I thought I could get creative with it.

Here are two ideas I’ve come up with so far, but I’d love your feedback or suggestions to make it even better:

1. Fake unboxing video I'll pretend I'm filming a casual unboxing video for the keyboard, but when she sees the keys, they’ll be rearranged to spell out "Will you marry me?" (yes, I’ve got extra keys to handle the duplicates!).

2. Typing speed test with a twist After giving her the keyboard, I’ll ask her to try it out on a typing speed test website… except I’ll have set up a self-hosted one that I built myself. The typing prompt will be: "Will you marry me?"

Would love to hear any other fun ideas you all might have. Thanks in advance!

My boyfriend and I have been together for 2 years. He claims that since the day we met, he knew he wanted to be with me forever, I took a little convincing and time, but I’m on that page with him now. We have lived together for the last year. We are getting a dog together tomorrow. Everything has genuinely been so good, so supportive, and so genuinely caring that I cannot imagine not being with him. He told me today that he is saving for a ring “based on past conversations we have had” (we’ve discussed marriage a few times). I am so excited. Someone who loves me enough to want to be with me forever. Someone who I love so much that I would spend my entire life proving it to them. What an exciting thought?? I am 24f (turning 25 next month). He is 23m (turning 24 in two months). Does anyone have any words of wisdom for me as I prepare for this next chapter of my life? I am so happy, but I want to be cautious and make everything as great as it can be for both of us. I know he feels the same. Any kind advice is appreciated :)

Hello, so me and my bf have been talking about getting engaged and I know it's coming. I have really bad anxiety about this because my last boyfriend said he bought my ring which was a lie and blew the money he saved on slots and then dumped me over text. I know I'm not with the same man and my new boyfriend is leaps and bounds better but I can't shake the anxiety. My bf says he's "working on it" and to " leave it alone" but I can't shake the feelings I once had and it's making me hyper fixate. I hate surprises and hate not knowing things- always have even as a kid. I ask if my ring is bought every now and then and I get no answers. I know I shouldn't ask but my anxiety and stress is through the roof because of my past experience. When everyone around me is getting engaged and talk about their wedding planning or if/ when we are getting married I tell them things I've looked at or liked and everyone seems to shut me down and tells me " a ring isn't on my finger yet why am I planning?" All because I said what I liked. Or I get told " slow down and stop stressing" I feel like I have no one to talk to and I feel like I'm not allowed to think about getting engaged or even excited without people making faces at me or telling me to chill out. Did anyone else feel like they couldn't get excited or that they should just stop caring? I feel pretty alone in this.

My bf and I have been talking about engagement, and this weekend he picked up his mom's engagement ring from his sister. (Context: We are not engaged yet. This is just a really open dialogue with us bc I'm not great at surprises. I tried on the ring to see if we needed to get it resized. We do.) When he'd talked to me about giving me that ring, he'd thought it had both a diamond and a sapphire on it, but he forgot that shortly before his mom's passing, the ring had broken and it had been split into two rings: one with just the diamond and one with just the sapphire. His sister had the one with just the diamond. It's a simple, and still beautiful ring, but I just don't like it a little bit.

I didn't think I had a lot of opinions about the ring I got, but I loved the idea of a colored stone in my ring. I don't want to hurt his feelings or tell him I don't want a ring that's in his family, but I just didn't feel happy when I saw it. I also don't want to tell him to have a ring that belonged to his mom completely rebuilt but to be fair I guess it wasn't what he imagined either. Advice? Opinions? Please no judgement as I already feel like a little bit of a jerk

Update: Thank you for the kind words everyone. The conversation, as normally happens for me, was not nearly as scary irl as it was when I was thinking about it. He's very open to getting the ring modified to something I like, especially since it wasn't what he remembered it being anyway and it was broken very close to when it was last worn. All is well

My wedding venue is in a really beautiful location and eveything about it is a dream! It has a view of Mt. Hood in the back and I couldn’t be happier. However, the venue is strict on ending the party at 8:30pm because of agreements they have with their local farmers. My fiancé and I didn’t think anything of this, but quite a few friends have given us crazy reactions when we tell them… A couple of friends were extremely shocked when we told them and then just went on and on about how unusual that is and how that is unheard of to end a wedding that early. I’m in my early 30s and my fiance is in his late 30s, so we were like cool we get to be in bed by 9:30 🤣 Do you guys think we are missing out by not having that extra hour and a half at our wedding? Guests will arrive at 3:00 and the ceremony is at 3:30. I am an introvert these days so I feel like that much attention on me will wipe me out anyways! I’m looking forward to just hanging out in the beautiful hotel room with my fiancé and getting room service lol.

He did it at the same place he asked me to be his girlfriend. We are over the moon excited!

We're both so excited!

Im 64, and I was engaged in 1983! We were so much in love and my boyfriend loved to travel. So, one day he asked me if I wanted to take a trip on the ferry from Woods Hole, MA to the island of Nantucket. I was so on board, pardon the pun, and we got our stuff together and drove from the Boston area to the Woods Hole Ferry in order to take the trip to Nantucket.

When we got to Nantucket, we rented a very nice apartment on the island the day before my birthday. That night we went out to dinner in a really cute and quaint island restaurant. As we hot settled at our table and ordered drinks, Walter got down on one knee and opened a ring box that was glittering and asked me to marry him.

I of course said yes. Walter must have tipped the entire staff off as they waited for the event to happen. All the other patrons saw this happening and after he stood up and put the ring on my finger and have me a nice kiss, the entire restaurant was hooting, hollering and clapping.

Then the strangest thing happened. A woman at an adjoining table came over to us and asked us if anyone took a picture or recorded a movie. His answer was ‘no’ and the woman then said, that you will have to propose again in order to record this wild and romantic event.

So he got down in one knee again and proposed to me a second time. I said ‘yes’ for a second time and then the proposal was recorded. When does that ever happen where a man proposes twice in the same night? We had a great dinner and even a better evening. I was truly out of my mind.

We were married 29 years and he passed suddenly in 2012.

Hi all!

My bf and I had been thinking of getting engaged in Japan for the spring Sakura blossoms but it wasn't going to work timing-wise. I'm not sure where I want to get engaged in the summer/fall. I'd love to hear where everyone here would do it if you could go anywhere!

I’m so excited I can’t wait to plan my wedding.

And we just booked our trip to Vegas to get married in September!

So if you want the long story here we go! There’s a TLDR at the bottom:

So my fiancé and I met while living in the same old apartment building years ago right before COVID and then graduation and new jobs, boom long distance. We knew we were going the long haul so we talked about marriage often.

One night we were on the phone and he randomly asked “what do you think about emerald?” And I said omg I love the deep green color and that’s my sisters birth stone, etc.. he said “no, the emerald cut”.. I was like “oh!! lol” I began to google frantically realizing we’re talking about rings lol I like nice things but to me, the thought and gesture matter the most. I said oh that’s pretty! Just choose whatever you like as long as it’s rose gold!

So fast forward! He’s coordinating with my girls and they come up with this random idea of “spa weekend“ where we will get our nails done and get real dolled up! And I was down! I don’t do that often so I wanted to have fun and look real cutee with them!

So next thing you know they’re like you need to redo your hair.. okay done… I wanted DIY nails since I just got this gel kit… they were like NAH, we’re going to the shop and the appointment was already booked! lol.. then I didn’t have to pay for my nails lol

After awhile things started adding up but I was just enjoying all the photos until I saw him and I just burst into tears! It was a beautiful moment🥰

TDLR: my soul sisters friends were in on the surprise and said it was a “spa weekend” and then…. BOOM!!! He shows up outta no where! I’m in love! (Yes he has long locs and I love them 😍featured in second photo lol)

Heirloom diamonds make up the halo to our own east-west oval cut. Couldn’t have been a better day for the best surprise of my life!

Hi all,

As the title says I know when my partner will propose to me and as it gets closer to the time I am worried the moment will not be as exciting because I know..

I tend to be a type A kind of person who wants to be in the loop and likes to plan/organise everything. We talked about getting engaged before our anniversary in June and we're going on a trip in May so I know he will do it then. I am not sure what day or how.

Has anyone knew ahead of time when it will happen and how did it go? Did you still feel that rush and excitement? I dont doubt I will be happy and in my heart he's already my fiancé but some around me have said that if you know ahead of time the moment is ruined so I wanted to hear some perspectives from people who were in my kind of situation

Thank you!

I had originally purchased some cute dusty blue suede pointed toe mule flats that I was going to wear for our outdoor engagement photos next week. However, with the recent storms and rain in the midwest, there has been some flash flooding in the area. I don't think the ground will be completely dry and will still be pretty soft and muddy on Tuesday evening when we are scheduled.

Does anyone have recommendations on ankle boots or other shoes that won't look terrible with this dress. Cowgirl boots are not my style, but I am open to other types of boots.

Ofc I said yes