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May1979

Good morning! I am new member here and just wanted to say hello and introduce myself.

I am 35, never married, no kids, living with my BF since this past fall. We have been together for almost 4 years, he also has never been married and no kids. I have two daughfurs, a dog and cat.

Met my BF at a Meet Up event in our area and after 3 months playing cat and mouse at the events, we ended up going out and have been together since.

BF was looking at rings two years ago but a series of events prevented him, I think and hope, from making the purchase. Recently he has been making me wonder if he is going to ask. He insisted on a picnic one day, a walk a few days later and last week got down on one knee and kissed my leg and left the room. The last two days he has been obsessed with playing with my pinky and ring finger on my left hand. So I am basically going crazy with wonder.

How did you guys meet your BF's? Are you experiencing the same silly things I am lately?

Look forward in being part of the community and getting to know all of you!

 

Blue & White

I went to high school with my H.  He dated my best friend.  I then proceeded to "steal" him after undergrad, lol.

I honestly had no idea he was going to propose in the upcoming weeks to the proposal.  I'm sure he might have been acting weird - I just wasn't picking up on it!

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ShallowSeas

Welcome! If I were you, I would try to preoccupy yourself with something to keep your mind off a possible proposal.  I know it can be hard not to read into things and think about about; I've been there, done that. I had a hard time keeping my mind off it also, but sometimes it only leads up to a let down.

I met my FI in college during our second semester of college.  We had the same Biology class and sat next to each other. We were lab partners that whole semester, became really good friends and stayed that way until the end of 2012 when we started testing the waters by moving from friends to something a little more.

I didn't know when or how FI was going to propose, but I knew it was going to happen.  FI took me to look at rings in October 2013. I picked 5 or 6 out that I really liked and he went back a couple days later and bought one. He had the ring for almost 2 months before he actually proposed.  I was expecting the proposal to happen around March 2014 but he surprised me during our Christmas card photo shoot and proposed so the photographer could get photos of it.

Before we looked at rings, he had been talking about marriage a lot which I found weird.  He would say things like, "when we get married..." and then start talking about what kind of wedding he wanted, so I figured he had been looking at rings. We went on our first vacation together in September 2013 and I thought for sure that he was going to propose then. He didn't, but luckily my hopes we not up too high and it didn't ruin the day or the vacation.

minskat30

I met H online (Match).  I had a pretty good idea when he was going to propose....his family was coming over from India to meet mine but his mom kept mentioning engagement.  He actually did it before his family came, which was a nice surprise. 

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Dignity100

Hi and welcome to the forum!!! I'm also 35, I've been with my FI for over 6 years. We met at my old place of employment, he was actually assigned as my mentor. I was dating somebody else when we met and he treated me so much better than my ex did. So ex and I went our separate ways because I decided I deserved better. Shortly after that FI and I started dating. Before we got engaged, we talked about getting married. We actually started looking at rings, he had me pick out everything for the ring. After we ordered it (I was standing right there when he ordered it) we walked out of the store and decided we should tell our families and start planning. There was no getting down on one knee or "elaborate proposal" and now that it's all said and done, I wouldn't have wanted it any other way.

Blackbird230

Hello and welcome! I met FI while in college my freshman year. It took us 3 years to finally get 100% together. (We would on/off meet up, casual date, date other people.) He proposed on our couch with no ring and it was wonderful and I didn't expect it at all. He didn't even expect himself to propose!

blabla89

Hey, welcome to NEY! Where are you from? What's your favorite summer time activity? What are your furbabies' names?

FI and I met at a coffee shop. I started getting a little BSC when I knew he was going to propose. We had been talking about marriage for a while, and I knew he was probably going to do it before we went to my family. Then he was really insistent that we should go to the Atlanta Botanical Garden on March 29, and absolutely not the weekend before or after, so I knew something was up. And then I went completely BSC. The ring he ordered came in 3 weeks early and he proposed as soon as he got it...otherwise I might have lost my mind.

Peaseblossom55

Welcome. I didn't notice any weird changes in H before he proposed, so I had no idea of when it was coming. 

We were set up by one of my best friend's, it was her H's best friend, in October we will be together 5 years.

KeptInStitches

Welcome! What's your favorite dessert?

FI and I have been together just under 6 years now. We met my first week of college in band, but we didn't start dating until my fourth year of undergrad. He proposed last spring, and I knew exactly when he was going to propose since he was using money from a side job to get the ring. I had a hand in picking it out, and he did tell me when it had shipped and arrived. He proposed at the earliest opportunity he had after that, so there was no surprise, but it was a very lovely moment.

loves2shop4shoes

I met my DH the first day of orientation at Boston University.  I was an incoming student and he was a rising senior whose summer job at the Orientation Office meant he got to help me pick my classes.  We became friends and started dating shortly after the school year began.

And I pretty much knew DH was going to propose the weekend he did.  I just didn't know exactly when or how.

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GoldenPenguin

Hi!

FI & I met after the universe finally got us in the same place at the same time. (We went to college together, never knew each other, but had mutual friends - he moved here & the first people he met were people I was friends with, and the rest is history.)

I knew the proposal was imminent - I knew he was getting the ring made - but I didn't know WHEN it was going to happen. The day he proposed, he was SO WEIRD, but there were no behavioral changes before that - even though he had had the ring for like two weeks!! 

We were going to visit my family for Memorial Day Weekend, and I had hoped we'd have something to celebrate while we were there (but I hadn't said that to him), and the Wednesday before, he pulled out the ring. 

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I met H through one of my sorority sisters who grew up with him. She introduced us while I was still in college. We started dating about a month before I graduated.

H proposed 10 months after we started dating the day after Valentine's Day. He told me on valentine's Day that he wanted to take me out to dinner the next night but the location was secret. That drove me crazy and the thought of him proposing came to my mind but I wasn't expecting him to actually do that until we got up to The Ritz and he told me that he planned an overnight stay for us there and brought me up to our decorated room with champagne. Yea...I figured it would happen then lol.

H was really quiet the whole ride over there though so he was acting a bit strange that day.

bethsmiles

Welcome to the boards. I met BF my first week on college. We were officially together about a month after that and have been together for almost 6 years.

BF is hopefully proposing this summer. We've pushed it back a couple of times because of unexpected thing popping up but we really don't want to postpone anymore! I know it can be hard not to focus on it and constantly wonder when it's coming. But it will drive you crazy if you don't put it out of your mind!

May1979

Oh wow! Everyone has such great stories! My mother has also told me to find something else to do and I am over here like "I work 40 hours a week at my FT job and own a company on the side. How do I stay busier?!?" LOL But honestly, I would be floored if he did propose right now. He is a bit slower at these things than most, which I have known since the nearly beginning. My favorite cheese? Oh boy, I love cheese but I would say a good Gouda, Brie and Havaratti are the ones I go to the most! So nummy! My favorite dessert varies, I have a major sweet tooth but I love cake!! I would sky dive and several of my friends have gone recently. My cousin was actually proposed to just before jumping out of a plane with her now husband last year! BF wouldn't like me jumping out of a plane though. We are total opposites but it completely works for us and gives us both the perfect balance where we need it. We are both accountants but in very different industries. I just love hearing everyone's stories! I have been reading a lot on here before I became a member and have been enjoying it very much! I can't wait to get to know everyone better and hear more about the things going on and seeing posts from the ones who finally get to have their long awaited proposal! Keep the stories coming!

May1979

Whoa! My paragraphs aren't separated! Sorry about that ladies!!

eilis1228

Welcome to NEY! I met FI through a mutual friend at a party in grad school almost four years ago. We talked about marriage for a looooong time before he proposed, and the other posters here will tell you that it drove me BSC. He dropped hints like crazy leading up to the proposal, and it was all I could do not to snoop through his stuff to figure out what was going on. Like the others have said, definitely try and preoccupy yourself for a while. Find a new hobby, go out with friends more, travel, etc. The less you think about it, the better your life will be, I promise. 

luckya23

Hi there!
I met my SO on match 14 months ago.
I didn't notice anything really different with him beforehand, because we had always talked about getting married someday, from like 2 months in. I didn't know he started really meaning it, plus I had been a little peeved last year when he signed another year lease which goes now until Dec 31, so I figured if anything it would be closer to then.
Apparently he had been fairly serious since last August, but didn't want to be actually engaged until 1 year, so he went ring shopping the day after our anniversary.
I had always sort of assumed you eventually had to tell guys it was now or never :-p

I have two daughfurs as well! Love that!

BreMR

I definitely knew my proposal was happening.  My FI started out on his own contacting a private jeweler, talking about diamonds and then panicked because he didn't want to make the decision alone. We had previously looked at rings, but he still was nervous about the decision.

I had originally thought he was going to propose on my birthday and even mentioned something on here about it (in April).  I later found out that he was planning on doing it on my birthday but when the jeweler said he probably couldn't get the ring done that quickly my FI decided to get me involved.  It took a little bit of the excitement away, but I'm really glad we did it because the ring we picked the 2nd time around was slightly different and even more amazing! 

lmcooper86

Hi and welcome!

My FI and I met on eHarmony (although he DID message me 6 months earlier on a different site and I never opened the message...whoops!). I didn't really have a chance to go BSC as we got engaged fairly quickly, but once I knew he had ordered the ring I started getting a bit antsy wondering when exactly he was going to propose. I don't like surprises and I didn't know what he had planned!

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