I've been married 31 years. My husband didn't talk to my dad before we got engaged. We told my parents together on Christmas Eve the year before we married. They acted like it was ho hum news. :roll:
Also, my sister and her husband are VERY traditional and straightlaced, but my brother-in-law didn't speak to my father beforehand either. If anybody I knew was going to do that, it would have been him.
Maybe because it was the 70s and we all thought we were past that kind of stuff. :shifty:
But I also can't believe that guys actually get down on one knee and propose nowadays. :wtf:
My future husband and I were driving to Baskin-Robbins and he said something about us getting married after I finished grad school and I said OK.
I've been married 31 years. My husband didn't talk to my dad before we got engaged. We told my parents together on Christmas Eve the year before we married. They acted like it was ho hum news. :roll:
Also, my sister and her husband are VERY traditional and straightlaced, but my brother-in-law didn't speak to my father beforehand either. If anybody I knew was going to do that, it would have been him.
Maybe because it was the 70s and we all thought we were past that kind of stuff. :shifty:
But I also can't believe that guys actually get down on one knee and propose nowadays. :wtf:
My future husband and I were driving to Baskin-Robbins and he said something about us getting married after I finished grad school and I said OK.
Hehe
For my second proposal, my wife and I were camping, and I actually had the ring in my pocket (was gonna propose in our favorite hidden hot spring later), when my wife started complaining about the fact we had been together for years and still no talk of marriage, blah, blah, blah. I pulled the ring out my pocket and with a big ol' smile said, "This ought to shut you up." Guess it was more of a d.claar-ative statement than it was a question...
True story. I'm a romantic at heart.
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I've been married 31 years. My husband didn't talk to my dad before we got engaged. We told my parents together on Christmas Eve the year before we married. They acted like it was ho hum news. :roll:
Also, my sister and her husband are VERY traditional and straightlaced, but my brother-in-law didn't speak to my father beforehand either. If anybody I knew was going to do that, it would have been him.
Maybe because it was the 70s and we all thought we were past that kind of stuff. :shifty:
But I also can't believe that guys actually get down on one knee and propose nowadays. :wtf:
My future husband and I were driving to Baskin-Robbins and he said something about us getting married after I finished grad school and I said OK.
Hehe
For my second proposal, my wife and I were camping, and I actually had the ring in my pocket (was gonna propose in our favorite hidden hot spring later), when my wife started complaining about the fact we had been together for years and still no talk of marriage, blah, blah, blah. I pulled the ring out my pocket and with a big ol' smile said, "This ought to shut you up." Guess it was more of a d.claar-ative statement than it was a question...
True story. I'm a romantic at heart.
I believe it! That's pretty funny.
I really think it's kind of a generational thing or that maybe these things go in cycles. My oldest nephew got married about 3 years ago and he went the completely traditional route, talking to her dad beforehand and then getting down on one knee to propose.
If my husband had gotten down on one knee and asked me, I'd have thought he was joking! Mean it!
For my second proposal, my wife and I were camping, and I actually had the ring in my pocket (was gonna propose in our favorite hidden hot spring later), when my wife started complaining about the fact we had been together for years and still no talk of marriage, blah, blah, blah. I pulled the ring out my pocket and with a big ol' smile said, "This ought to shut you up." Guess it was more of a d.claar-ative statement than it was a question...
True story. I'm a romantic at heart.
awesome!
i had an entirely romantic proposal, but i did know it was coming, just not the when/where. we went ring shopping together a couple months earlier.
i am actually surprised how many still follow the traditional route in asking for 'permission' from the father. for me personally, i think it's an antiquated custom that i disagree with, tho i realize many just see it as being 'traditional'.....so yea. not for me, at all....my husband did not do so and my father was certainly not slighted, he loved my husband/then BF. tho i guess i did have the full traditional wedding (tho my mother 'gave me away' as my father passed away, tho i was always going to have both of them do so) and i did take my husband's name. if i did it all over again today, i'd have eloped somewhere, just us, and probably just kept my own name rather than using both. such is life...
Jeagler. You Moron! Haven't you read enough crap on here to NOT get married??? If not, I'm personally going to petition Kat & Sea to allow Green Tea Disease back on the board, but only if she responds to your posts, and your posts only.
My in-laws asked ME if I would PLEASE marry their daughter! I should have known! Years later and they've still thanked me for doing so!
But seeing as how you're an idiot Philly and Nova sports phanatic, then go to Nova game with him and ask him in the first half. Assuming Nova wins the game and he gives you his blessing, then you both will have a bond that will stick. I'd say the Sixers game because God knows there would be plenty of tickets available, but that's boring as hell, and you just never know with the Broadstreet Bullies.
All kidding aside, congrats, and good luck with your decision. Old school is my advice. When I asked, her mom and dad were both present which made it special. They were very appreciative and it paid dividends when the wedding came around.
I took my fiance's Dad for lunch and asked him two weeks before we left for Italy. As someone mentioned, he was more nervous than me but respected the gesture!
Good luck Jeags and don't propose on a holiday or other special event(It's tacky!) This day should be unique in the date and method you choose to do it.
Hey Jeags, congrats..I called as they lived in North Carolina at the time..but yes, definitely ask either by phone and/or in person...Also, I think I remember you saying she is Hungarian, so the chances are her father is traditional and will appreciate the gesture....and us Hungarians enjoy our booze, so bringing a bottle of Hungarian vodka or a bottle of Bull's Blood (Bikavér) red wine won't hurt either ..
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I've been married 31 years. My husband didn't talk to my dad before we got engaged. We told my parents together on Christmas Eve the year before we married. They acted like it was ho hum news. :roll:
Also, my sister and her husband are VERY traditional and straightlaced, but my brother-in-law didn't speak to my father beforehand either. If anybody I knew was going to do that, it would have been him.
Maybe because it was the 70s and we all thought we were past that kind of stuff. :shifty:
But I also can't believe that guys actually get down on one knee and propose nowadays. :wtf:
My future husband and I were driving to Baskin-Robbins and he said something about us getting married after I finished grad school and I said OK.
Hehe
For my second proposal, my wife and I were camping, and I actually had the ring in my pocket (was gonna propose in our favorite hidden hot spring later), when my wife started complaining about the fact we had been together for years and still no talk of marriage, blah, blah, blah. I pulled the ring out my pocket and with a big ol' smile said, "This ought to shut you up." Guess it was more of a d.claar-ative statement than it was a question...
True story. I'm a romantic at heart.
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I really think it's kind of a generational thing or that maybe these things go in cycles. My oldest nephew got married about 3 years ago and he went the completely traditional route, talking to her dad beforehand and then getting down on one knee to propose.
If my husband had gotten down on one knee and asked me, I'd have thought he was joking! Mean it!
awesome!
i had an entirely romantic proposal, but i did know it was coming, just not the when/where. we went ring shopping together a couple months earlier.
i am actually surprised how many still follow the traditional route in asking for 'permission' from the father. for me personally, i think it's an antiquated custom that i disagree with, tho i realize many just see it as being 'traditional'.....so yea. not for me, at all....my husband did not do so and my father was certainly not slighted, he loved my husband/then BF. tho i guess i did have the full traditional wedding (tho my mother 'gave me away' as my father passed away, tho i was always going to have both of them do so) and i did take my husband's name. if i did it all over again today, i'd have eloped somewhere, just us, and probably just kept my own name rather than using both. such is life...
congrats and good luck jeags!
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My in-laws asked ME if I would PLEASE marry their daughter! I should have known! Years later and they've still thanked me for doing so!
But seeing as how you're an idiot Philly and Nova sports phanatic, then go to Nova game with him and ask him in the first half. Assuming Nova wins the game and he gives you his blessing, then you both will have a bond that will stick. I'd say the Sixers game because God knows there would be plenty of tickets available, but that's boring as hell, and you just never know with the Broadstreet Bullies.
All kidding aside, congrats, and good luck with your decision. Old school is my advice. When I asked, her mom and dad were both present which made it special. They were very appreciative and it paid dividends when the wedding came around.
good luck!
Good luck Jeags and don't propose on a holiday or other special event(It's tacky!) This day should be unique in the date and method you choose to do it.
Just ask him to have a beer some time and chat ... that's how I did it. Heck, my future father in law was more nervous than I was.[/quote]
so was mine. i actually asked her father & mother...to be honest i don't remember exactly what i said, but it went well!
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the right thing to do is ask her father... period
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put on a slow, dumb show for you
and crack you up
so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
god I'm very, very frightening
and I'll overdo it'
Butthead: It means that his friends are like turds and that they like suck.
Beavis: Heh heh. Oh yeah. Yeah! Get those spoons out of my face before I shove them up your butt!
Butthead: Huh huh.
thanks dude. good luck to you too.
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to you and the soon to be MRS. Jeagler!
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