Ya’ll, I’m so stoked to have the very lovely, Leanne Banks here! Give her a warm welcome, you got it? Cause one of the commenters will pick up one of her books and you don’t want to miss that!
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I’m so happy to be visiting the cyber home of our fab, sassy Keri!:) I met her before twitter, but have really enjoyed learning all about h
er cooking and writing and (shhhh) power outages via twitter. She’s so much fun, and she was very sweet to invite me to visit. I’m also a writer and my Harlequin Special Edition, A MAVERICK FOR CHRISTMAS, has just hit the stands. Squee! Toward the end of the book, hero Cade Pritchett FINALLY comes to his senses (bless his heart, men can be so slow), and professes his love to heroine Abby. He does this in a public place while standing on a table.
This got me to thinking about public proposals and professions of love. Did you hear the recent story about the couple who got engaged while traveling on the same Delta flight where they met years ago? Must confess, the video brought me to tears. At the same time, I can’t help thinking how awkward it could get if the woman said no. Yikes! And then there’s that fun commercial where the guy is using a sky writer message from an airplane, and the woman misses the first sighting so he has to race off to the next place to catch the plane. The young man who proposed to one of my family members set up a kind of scavenger hunt where she followed directions on cards until she found him on the third floor where he greeted her with roses and a diamond, then fixed dinner for her! That’s a winner in my eyes!
So here’s my question. What was your proposal like? Do you know anyone who had a public proposal? How did it work out? One responder will receive a copy of one of my single titles. I can’t wait to see your responses! xo, Leanne
There was actually no proposal, we dated for years & just drifted into marriage. It was always kind of understood.
Mary, your husband got off easy! No nervous anticipation for him. Good for the both of you!;) Thanks for commenting!:)
I have to be honest I didn’t have a romantic proposal, it just came up, no big thing which in a way I was quite disappointed but then we loved one another at the time. I don’t know anyone who had a public proposal-just what I saw in TV.
Carole, no public proposal for me either, but it sure is fun to hear about others. I like the scavenger hunt thing my relative did.:) Thanks for popping in!!!:)
My husband and I had been talking about it for awhile, and I knew it was coming. I had dinner in the oven when he stopped over, and he was bouncing off the walls…not like my stoic engineer. He finally just pulled the ring out of his pocket and gave it to me, and said, “come on, I made reservations at our favorite upscale restaurant”. I don’t think he ever actually asked me! I turned off the oven and out the door we went. I still don’t remember what I did with the partially-cooked meal.
Like the other ladies, we just kind of drifted into it, although we’d only been dating for 3 months! Well, I knew who he was because we worked at the same place, but I never really talked to him that much. Anyway, we ordered my ring and picked it up after it had been sized. I tried on the engagement ring back at his house (in his kitchen) and was about to take it off, when he said, ‘oh, why don’t you just just keep it on.’ Yeah, not very romantic. But, we’ll be together 26 years in November!
I used to work with a young woman, but lost track of her when I changed jobs. Years later, I saw on our local news how her boyfriend had rented a billboard asking her to marry him, and she turned him down! How said, and embarrassing when it was so public.
Hey Leanne! Welcome to the blog today.
My proposal was simple and sweet. He asked me by his house one day and I stopped by. there were roses on his nightstand and when I turned around, there he was on bended knee with a ring.
My husband and I worked together for a little over a year. We had gotten to be really good friends, and then went out on a “group date” with several other people, we went to Massanutten to snow ski. We fell in love on that date and the next evening we had gone out and on the way home, he stopped the car in the middle of the road in my neighborhood and asked me to marry him! I said “yes, but I don’t want to get married any time soon, because I’m not ready!” We ended up dating for two years to the day from the “group date” until we got married. Six months before we got married, we were on a picnic on the Blue Ridge Parkway, and he surprised me with a diamond! We’ve now been married for almost 29 years!
He asked me after we left my cousin’s wedding. We were driving to the groom’s parents’ house when he nervously looked at me and said, “We…we…uh…yeah…we…you wouldn’t say no…I mean…we…will you…we should get married.” It was cute, but we both saw it coming. We did buy a house together! LOL.
He asked me in the kitchen, since I told him he hadn’t really got down and truly proposed, it was more a discussion that I agreed to. So I was cooking dinner one night and he got on one knee and asked me to marry him.
*pats Hubby* 6’3″ weight builders look so sweet on their knees. :d
We were in Rome, in gardens surrounding the Baths of Caracalla on Valentine’s Day and he proposed.
We still have to do the actual tying of the knot thing though…
Mine was in Mission Bay, San Diego. He got down on one knee (we never did bother with rings). Over the bay fireworks appeared. They weren’t arranged by us but it was spectacular and felt like a good omen. We had only been dating three days.
My husband had taken me out to dinner at the shore six months to the day we met. I had an inkling what he might be up to, we’d talking about it in general terms, but dinner came and went, and then we headed out for a walk on the beach since it was a lovely July evening. There on the beach, in full view of a busy boardwalk, he proposed on bended knee in the sand to cheering and whistles. We’ve been married ten years now.
I am only 20 years old, haven’t been proposed to. Very happily single. Most recently though my cousin asked his girlfriend of two years to marry him in front of her senior classmates. Thought that was very romantic.
Reading all these comments though makes me look forward to the day when I get proposed to.
Congratulations on your newest release.
My husband drove me around in his Dad’s truck, and said, “So, do you want to get married?” Not very romantic, but it’s been thirty years, so it must be working!
Janet, so cute that your engineer guy was so excited. I also love that he made reservations at your fave restaurant and you just ditched the dinner in the oven!:) Thanks for sharing.:)
Cindy Dandy, he must have been determined to keep you if he wanted you to keep wearing the ring!:) Sweet! And how sad about the billboard proposal. I wonder about those public grand schemes sometimes.
Keri, thanks for having me!:) And yes your husband’s proposal WAS very sweet!!! <3
Anna! How romantic! I love that he asked you to marry him in the middle of the street! So cool that you two waited. And the Blue Ridge Parkway is a perfect place to get a diamond ring.<3 THANKS for sharing, sweetie! xo
Maggie, he must have been so nervous, but DETERMINED! Very sweet!:) Thanks for sharing.:)
Chris, love that you told him he’d never actually proposed and he delivered! Good for you AND him!:)
Kim in Rome on Valentines Day? Wow, now THAT is romantic!!!:)
Wow Anya! Fireworks! That is so cool. Great setting, and I’m with you. Great omen!!!:) Thanks for sharing.:)
Babette, he was BRAVE, wasn’t he? I bet you always smile at that memory. And he gave all those people pleasure that they were able to see your proposal take place. How fun!:)
Tiffany, thanks! And enjoy your singlehood.:) Make sure you get a good one when do decide to settle down!:)
Charlene, 30 years is terrific! You two must be doing a LOT of things RIGHT!:) Congratulations!:)