Engagements

Wise_a

So here's the story:

In a little over an hour, I will be leaving work. At this time, I am going to stop and pick up the roses I already bought from my parents house, and then continue to my house.

I will then light some candles, pick out some romantic music, and then wait for my girlfriend to come home. When she gets home, I will give her the shit-ass expensive ring I bought and ask her to marry me. Then, we are going to go out to dinner where she doesn't know that both of our parents and siblings will be meeting us.

I'm getting more and more nervous as the seconds pass. It doesn't help that everybody at my work keeps asking how it feels to be 1 hour away from getting tied down.

Any good engagement / proposal stories from you guys? Maybe reading about your experiences will be able to calm me down a little bit. Or you'll all write funny shit, which will also calm me down. Its a win win.

[Tycho?]

Good luck.

sarukun

Wise_a wrote:

So here's the story:

In a little over an hour, I will be leaving work. At this time, I am going to stop and pick up the roses I already bought from my parents house, and then continue to my house.

I will then light some candles, pick out some romantic music, and then wait for my girlfriend to come home. When she gets home, I will give her the shit-ass expensive ring I bought and ask her to marry me. Then, we are going to go out to dinner where she doesn't know that both of our parents and siblings will be meeting us.

I'm getting more and more nervous as the seconds pass. It doesn't help that everybody at my work keeps asking how it feels to be 1 hour away from getting tied down.

Any good engagement / proposal stories from you guys? Maybe reading about your experiences will be able to calm me down a little bit. Or you'll all write funny shit, which will also calm me down. Its a win win.

Good luck.


Try not to blurt "penis" out inappropriately during the proposal.

Aneurhythmia

In the rectal orifice?

DaySleeper

That is pretty rad, wise. Best of luck to you.

Framling

Wise_a wrote:

So here's the story:

In a little over an hour, I will be leaving work. At this time, I am going to stop and pick up the roses I already bought from my parents house, and then continue to my house.

I will then light some candles, pick out some romantic music, and then wait for my girlfriend to come home. When she gets home, I will give her the shit-ass expensive ring I bought and ask her to marry me. Then, we are going to go out to dinner where she doesn't know that both of our parents and siblings will be meeting us.

I'm getting more and more nervous as the seconds pass. It doesn't help that everybody at my work keeps asking how it feels to be 1 hour away from getting tied down.

Any good engagement / proposal stories from you guys? Maybe reading about your experiences will be able to calm me down a little bit. Or you'll all write funny shit, which will also calm me down. Its a win win.

Man, don't listen to those fucks. Being married is pretty neat.

For at least the first six months and twenty-five days.

redimpulse

I rented out an entire restaraunt one night for my popping of the question. All she saw was an incredibly empty restaraunt. Cameras hidden everywhere, and friends and family waiting in inconspicuous areas.

Right after I asked, everyone came out and we all had a jolly time.

sarukun

redimpulse wrote:

I rented out an entire restaraunt one night for my popping of the question. All she saw was an incredibly empty restaraunt. Cameras hidden everywhere, and friends and family waiting in inconspicuous areas.

Right after I asked, everyone came out and we all had a jolly time.

Dang, that's... that's pretty rad.

Framling

I tried to get Colin Mochrie to propose for me, but some dumb fuck in the audience didn't pass the card up like he was supposed to.

Fucking dick.

Jordyn

Framling proposed to me in front of Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood, after we had just watched their live improv show.



He used a Flash ring:



We had been dating for four years.

sark

i always hear about these people that have big elaborate proposals.

what if she would have said no? man, awkward.

sarukun

Jesus.


That's a pretty fucking awesome proposal, Fram.


I'm sorry that dick didn't pass the card up.

Fallout

wow colin's hair got white

Rankenphile

Jordyn wrote:

Framling proposed to me in front of Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood, after we had just watched their live improv show.



He used a Flash ring:



We had been dating for four years.

this warms the cockles of my heart

okay not really

I mean it's neat and all, and totally cool and stuff

but I just wanted to say cockles

Monkeybomb

Do what that awkward dude did on stage at PAX last year.

"Well, honey, I've brought you on stage here to bring you in front of all of these people and I hope that by seeing that you're with the people of my kind that you can accept who we... I am... and... and you will see the people together and I hope that you can accept that I love you together with people and marrying me is something that I hope you will do will you accept my hand in front of these people with marriage?"

Framling

sarukun wrote:

Jesus.


That's a pretty fucking awesome proposal, Fram.


I'm sorry that dick didn't pass the card up.

God, no joke.

What a dick, eh?

Phonehand

sark wrote:

i always hear about these people that have big elaborate proposals.

what if she would have said no? man, awkward.

you have to make it elaborate so you can trick her mind into thinking she loves you

ascot

Rankenphile wrote:

this warms the cockles of my heart

okay not really

I mean it's neat and all, and totally cool and stuff

but I just wanted to say cockles

sounds like cock, right?

Drez

Jordyn wrote:

Framling proposed to me in front of Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood, after we had just watched their live improv show.



He used a Flash ring:



We had been dating for four years.

Man, I always thought his name was spelled "Colin Mockery."

Wise_a

redimpulse wrote:

I rented out an entire restaraunt one night for my popping of the question. All she saw was an incredibly empty restaraunt. Cameras hidden everywhere, and friends and family waiting in inconspicuous areas.

Right after I asked, everyone came out and we all had a jolly time.

Thats really sweet dude. I wish I had planned something a little more intricate like that.

I kinda planned the proposal to coincide with a week of vacation that we will be spending starting next weds. We are going to visit some of her family in puerto rico.

Framling

I like to imagine the guy took the cards home with him and was reading them later and got to mine and was all "oh nooooo..."

Rankenphile

you see, cockles refers to the ventricles

DaySleeper

Framling wrote:

Wise_a wrote:

So here's the story:

In a little over an hour, I will be leaving work. At this time, I am going to stop and pick up the roses I already bought from my parents house, and then continue to my house.

I will then light some candles, pick out some romantic music, and then wait for my girlfriend to come home. When she gets home, I will give her the shit-ass expensive ring I bought and ask her to marry me. Then, we are going to go out to dinner where she doesn't know that both of our parents and siblings will be meeting us.

I'm getting more and more nervous as the seconds pass. It doesn't help that everybody at my work keeps asking how it feels to be 1 hour away from getting tied down.

Any good engagement / proposal stories from you guys? Maybe reading about your experiences will be able to calm me down a little bit. Or you'll all write funny shit, which will also calm me down. Its a win win.

Man, don't listen to those fucks. Being married is pretty neat.

For at least the first six months and twenty-five days.

It's pretty good at 4 years, 1 month and 17 days, too.

redimpulse

Phonehand wrote:

sark wrote:

i always hear about these people that have big elaborate proposals.

what if she would have said no? man, awkward.

you have to make it elaborate so you can trick her mind into thinking she loves you

That's pretty much how it works, yeah.

Rankenphile

Monkeybomb wrote:

Do what that awkward dude did on stage at PAX last year.

"Well, honey, I've brought you on stage here to bring you in front of all of these people and I hope that by seeing that you're with the people of my kind that you can accept who we... I am... and... and you will see the people together and I hope that you can accept that I love you together with people and marrying me is something that I hope you will do will you accept my hand in front of these people with marriage?"

man, that was a more awkward moment than even Michael Scott has ever accomplished

sarukun

Framling wrote:

sarukun wrote:

Jesus.


That's a pretty fucking awesome proposal, Fram.


I'm sorry that dick didn't pass the card up.

God, no joke.

What a dick, eh?

I can't help but feel like he would feel like the smallest human being on the planet if he knew what was on the card.

Did he read the card, and was that much of a dick?

Jordyn

There were some girls nearby when Fram proposed and they squealed like a Saved By the Bell audience.

Rankenphile

I like to think that the guy read it then and there and was all, "that ain't funny. Plus, she's probly a fattie."

Drez

redimpulse wrote:

Phonehand wrote:

sark wrote:

i always hear about these people that have big elaborate proposals.

what if she would have said no? man, awkward.

you have to make it elaborate so you can trick her mind into thinking she loves you

That's pretty much how it works, yeah.

Make it shameful to say "no," basically. Hopefully you've picked a weak-willed girl that is easily bullied into saying yes.

-An excerpt from my upcoming book titled "Take The Next Step," a companion text to my previous book "Successful Relationships."

Framling

sarukun wrote:

Framling wrote:

sarukun wrote:

Jesus.


That's a pretty fucking awesome proposal, Fram.


I'm sorry that dick didn't pass the card up.

God, no joke.

What a dick, eh?

I can't help but feel like he would feel like the smallest human being on the planet if he knew what was on the card.

Did he read the card, and was that much of a dick?

Well, it was a whole stack of other people's cards, too. So he wasn't such a dick as to totally cockblock me like that, he was just too fucking dumb to go "durr durr, forward."

sarukun

Or was it, like, a "Pass cards to the front and we'll do stuff because it's an improv show", and he was just fucking rude?

Edit: Yeah, I was right.


Fuck that guy.

Defender

Rankenphile wrote:

Monkeybomb wrote:

Do what that awkward dude did on stage at PAX last year.

"Well, honey, I've brought you on stage here to bring you in front of all of these people and I hope that by seeing that you're with the people of my kind that you can accept who we... I am... and... and you will see the people together and I hope that you can accept that I love you together with people and marrying me is something that I hope you will do will you accept my hand in front of these people with marriage?"

man, that was a more awkward moment than even Michael Scott has ever accomplished

So how did this on-stage proposal thing end?

lostwords

Good luck dude. Tres romantic. Hopefully, she'll be so overwhelmed with love that you can get a quickie in the restaurant bathroom while your parents and siblings wait awkwardly at the table.

Janson

sark wrote:

i always hear about these people that have big elaborate proposals.

what if she would have said no? man, awkward.

I would say no out of principle

t wise good luck though!

sarukun

Janson wrote:

sark wrote:

i always hear about these people that have big elaborate proposals.

what if she would have said no? man, awkward.

I would say no out of principle

t wise good luck though!

I don't think you would have the heart.


You talk big, sister, but on the inside you are made of delicious cookie dough.



Mmmm, cookie dough.

Jordyn

Janson wrote:

sark wrote:

i always hear about these people that have big elaborate proposals.

what if she would have said no? man, awkward.

I would say no out of principle

What

What principle?

What the

Doc

Defender wrote:

Rankenphile wrote:

Monkeybomb wrote:

Do what that awkward dude did on stage at PAX last year.

"Well, honey, I've brought you on stage here to bring you in front of all of these people and I hope that by seeing that you're with the people of my kind that you can accept who we... I am... and... and you will see the people together and I hope that you can accept that I love you together with people and marrying me is something that I hope you will do will you accept my hand in front of these people with marriage?"

man, that was a more awkward moment than even Michael Scott has ever accomplished

So how did this on-stage proposal thing end?

She said yes.

I really hope that nobody does it again this year.

Wise_a

lostwords wrote:

Good luck dude. Tres romantic. Hopefully, she'll be so overwhelmed with love that you can get a quickie in the restaurant bathroom while your parents and siblings wait awkwardly at the table.

Thanks man. That would be RIDICULOUS.

I'm about 45 minutes away, and my palms are starting to sweat pretty good.

Phonehand

Doc wrote:

Defender wrote:

Rankenphile wrote:

Monkeybomb wrote:

Do what that awkward dude did on stage at PAX last year.

"Well, honey, I've brought you on stage here to bring you in front of all of these people and I hope that by seeing that you're with the people of my kind that you can accept who we... I am... and... and you will see the people together and I hope that you can accept that I love you together with people and marrying me is something that I hope you will do will you accept my hand in front of these people with marriage?"

man, that was a more awkward moment than even Michael Scott has ever accomplished

So how did this on-stage proposal thing end?

She said yes.

I really hope that nobody does it again this year.

she had to say yes because, well, everyone was embarassed and it just needed to end

Rankenphile

Defender wrote:

Rankenphile wrote:

Monkeybomb wrote:

Do what that awkward dude did on stage at PAX last year.

"Well, honey, I've brought you on stage here to bring you in front of all of these people and I hope that by seeing that you're with the people of my kind that you can accept who we... I am... and... and you will see the people together and I hope that you can accept that I love you together with people and marrying me is something that I hope you will do will you accept my hand in front of these people with marriage?"

man, that was a more awkward moment than even Michael Scott has ever accomplished

So how did this on-stage proposal thing end?

they boned while we clapped and waved lightsabers


actually, now that I think about it, the most awkward and painful part of PAX was the second Q&A and the endless procession of mouth-breathers asking shit like, "Okay, so if Chewbacca and Doctor Zeus - the singing doctor zeus from the Simpsons, not the movie - got in a fight, who would be the victor?"

sark

so, if you propose to a girl, and she says no... what then?

i mean, is that it? or can you continue seeing each other? it seems like that would be like telling a girl, `i love you' and not getting the return. only ... times a million or something.

can you still fuck? 'cause, if you're getting good, steady shags, that's a lot to risk.