I wear my mom's ex-fiancé's wedding band (sounds more confusing than it is - they broke up during the engagement and she'd already bought his band) on my left middle finger. It's sort of a reminder to myself that I can make mistakes and still come out on top - she thought she was going to marry this guy who, from what my dad tells me, treated her badly in more ways than one; instead, she stood up for herself and broke it off and she ended up with a loving husband, five kids and a happy life.
That being said, though, I have no idea how ex-fiancé - or even my dad, for that matter - proposed, and I'd kinda like to know. Next time I have my dad on the phone, I'm definitely asking.
Knowing my mom, she would have wanted something really low-key for the proposal - probably just the two of them in a private place that meant something to them - and I'm sure I'll be the same way. Baseball stadium on the jumbotron? No thank you.
If your parents were/are married, do you know how your dad proposed to your mom?
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My parents eloped, actually.
My parents got married because my mother got pregnant when she was 17. I am not sure, but I'm guessing it was a quick decision between the two of them, more then likely without a proposal involved. Back then (in the seventies) I think it would have been considered morally wrong for them to not get married, especially since they were both born and raised with strong catholic beliefs.
my parents never married.
but I'd like to be proposed to in private. No need for a ring or a fancy dinner or for it to even be so serious. I can picture it happening by us just laying around and saying "let's get married." and I'd laugh like it was a joke then realize he was serious and say yes!
haha I'm lame
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but I wouldn't want other people around, or it to be in a restaurant. I'd want it to be sentimental and meaningful.
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I'm not sure but my parents got engaged 3 months into their relationship. That was fast. They didn't get married til 3 years later though.. & now they've been happily married for almost 24 years. NUTS! Shoot.. I guess I gotta get started on planning their silver anniversary... >.<
Im not sure exactly, but I DO know they had been together like 4 or 5 years and when he proposed my mom responded with "it's about time!" which obviously meant yes, haha
haha, my mom told me she just told my dad they were getting married and he said ok. and they just went from there. idk if that's true though.
My dad proposed in a hotel lobby. My mom's sister and best friend were watching from the bar.
I actually don't know. Hm. I don't know if I could even ask that question, considering that my parents are now separated. Might be too weird for either of them to answer that.
I actually am not that clear how my dad proposed to my mom O-O
I have no idea but I'm really curious now. Hrmmm... knowing my parents, I bet my dad proposed to my mom in private.. and he probably had a whole corny speech planned out lol.
No, I don't know how them wanting to be married came around, and I'm kind of sad the whole ordeal happened, to be honest. I know I wouldn't be around if they hadn't, but I know my mom would be in a much better place.
don't know how exactly he asked..all i know is that it took him 3 separate attempts before she said "yes." if i were a guy, i don't know if i could stand the rejection and keep persisting in asking, but obviously he must've known she felt something or he wouldn't have asked 3 times.
Apparently my dad never even planned to propose to my mom when he did. They were at a bar on a date and he popped the question while she was in mid-sentence. He didn't even have a ring. He still has no idea why he did it that way, it was sort of a spur of the moment thing, but 30 years later they are still together!
My dad asked my mom somewhere private I think, but she turned him down because she felt they weren't ready. Then my mom went to Alabama fro a summer college thing and my dad went to visit her. They were swimming in a lake when my mom asked him if he would still like to marry her. He said he would, and she said she wanted to marry him, too. They've been together almost 28 years:^)
Um my mom said that one day they were out for a walk and my dad just said, "let's get married." and my mom was like "okay." That's it, nothing too exciting. But my parents are weird...they've been married for 29 years, but I think they were in different countries for 20 of those years (not consecutive though)...I can never live like that but they seem affectionate enough when they're together, so I don't really get it.
I do not know much about my parent's past, only recently have I began learning about it. Makes me curious now.
Mom and Dad didn't love each other, they were just together because of the birth of me and my brothers. Never married. I wish they did love each other.
He didn't.
He didn't. He went and talk to my Mom's Mom (my Grandma), and she agreed to him marrying her daughter. Then the parents of both sides hashed out the details on the wedding...and that's that. Afterwards, he told my Mom that he got an okay from her parents, and that they are going to get married.
My dad took my mom out to eat at a really fancy restaurant and proposed to her there, I guess. I don't know anymore details other than that though...
I actually don't know the details. All I know is that they registered their marriage on a military base in South Korea. As far as my mom's answer to the proposal, I think she said calmly, "I'll think about it." Haha, that's my mom :)
my mom was watching TV, and my dad just comes up behind her and says "want to build a house with me?" while holding a diamond ring. lol.
My Dad proposed to my Mom on the exact spot near the bench in the park where he first told her he loved her. I like that story, it's very personal and romantic, but not in a horribly cliche way. They've been together since she was 14 and he was 16 years old (as far as marriage goes it's been 28 years and still going strong :D )
All I know is, he was her professor, and then I came and he got fired. I think they married in a courthouse.
He said, "We're going to go get married. Let's go."