Proposal Poll

Valentinegirlxo · July 2009

Fun way to start the morning.*Took this from the 9/2009 Board*1. How long did you date before you got engaged? 2. Did you get the ring you wanted? 3. Was the proposal a complete surprise? 4. Do you wish you had a bigger/smaller diamond? 5. Did you cry when he proposed? 6. Was the proposal romantic or creative? Explain how. 7. Are you buying his wedding band for him? 8. Have you gone over your origional wedding budget? 9. What was your biggest wedding day splurge (aside from the obvious "reception/food/drinks")

arbolita · July 2009

1. Just under 2 years 2. TBH, I didn't know WHAT I wanted...he did a good job though! 3. Yes, I was completely shocked 4. At first, I kind of wished it was bigger, because mine is on the small side and I was self-conscious at G2G's when we would do the signature ring picture. But I love it now. 5. No, but I giggled a helluva lot. 6. Creative, and only romantic if you understand where it came from. He proposed on the Jaws ride at Universal Studios when the shark pops out of the water in the end with all the fog. 7. Yep, already bought it! 8. We never really had a specific budget. I've done really good at keeping things lowcost though. 9. Probably the photobooth, because it's not totally necessary, just a lot of fun

Bmore09Bride · July 2009

1. How long did you date before you got engaged? 7 years!2. Did you get the ring you wanted? All I knew was that I didnt want yellow gold...I didnt want to pick out a ring...FI did a great job!3. Was the proposal a complete surprise? YES!!!4. Do you wish you had a bigger/smaller diamond? NOPE!5. Did you cry when he proposed? No...but everyone asked me that...should I have!?6. Was the proposal romantic or creative? Explain how. YES! he had pictures of all of our favorite memories and when I got to the last photo it was him hold a heart that said Kelly will you marry me!7. Are you buying his wedding band for him? we bought eachothers8. Have you gone over your origional wedding budget? Probably9. What was your biggest wedding day splurge (aside from the obvious "reception/food/drinks")The DJ...I think 1 K is a lot for someone to play music...but he's supposed to be awesome!

mandyjulie · July 2009

1. How long did you date before you got engaged? 6 years2. Did you get the ring you wanted? Yes, because I asked for it (the style that is)3. Was the proposal a complete surprise? No. All day I had no idea, but he called me when I was coming home from work to ask when I'd be back. Then I knew.4. Do you wish you had a bigger/smaller diamond? No, I am happy with mine5. Did you cry when he proposed? I got a little teary6. Was the proposal romantic or creative? It was romantic, being on Valentine's Day and all. He lit candles and had champagne out (the ring was in my glass)7. Are you buying his wedding band for him? Yes, I bought both of ours8. Have you gone over your original wedding budget? YES9. What was your biggest wedding day splurge? I think transportation. A shuttle bus for guests, plus an SUV limo for wedding party for taking pictures in the city. Definitely more than I'd planned to spend, but I'm happy I did. Of course my mom is splurging separately...this goes with obvious food, but she added sushi and other outside appetizers to our already big cocktail hour

Valentinegirlxo · July 2009

1. How long did you date before you got engaged? 5 1/2 years2. Did you get the ring you wanted? Yes. I love it! It means so much to me, especially since FI designed it.3. Was the proposal a complete surprise? Yes! FI had been layed off for 6 months, just started a new job on Monday and proposed on Saturday.4. Do you wish you had a bigger/smaller diamond? I think it is perfect.5. Did you cry when he proposed? Like a baby!6. Was the proposal romantic or creative? Explain how. Both, he did it at one of our favorite resturants(Jordans Steak House) at the table for 2 in the window seat. We NEVER got the window seat when we went there and he knew I had always said that I wanted to sit there so he reserved it for us. 7. Are you buying his wedding band for him? He picked it out and I bought it.8. Have you gone over your origional wedding budget? I don't think we had a budget to begin with. We knew we didn't want a big lavish wedding and I think we have managed to stay at what we thought was reasonable.9. What was your biggest wedding day splurge (aside from the obvious "reception/food/drinks") If we get the photobooth that will be my splurge.

FieryIrishAngel · July 2009

1. How long did you date before you got engaged? 2 years, 2 months.2. Did you get the ring you wanted? Yes. DH initially worked with a jeweler on his own, but at the jeweler's suggestion, brought me in so that I could give input. Apparently he'd reset a LOT of e-rings over the years because they just weren't what the woman wanted. 3. Was the proposal a complete surprise? No. I knew that he had the ring and I'm *really* difficult to surprise, so I knew it was coming. 4. Do you wish you had a bigger/smaller diamond? I don't have a diamond, and while I like the size of my stone, I do wish that I'd thought more about how high it sits. I wear it on my right hand (it doesn't fit on my left ring finger with my wedding bands - my fingers are too stubby) and because I'm right handed, it's constantly catching on things. 5. Did you cry when he proposed? No, probably because I knew it was coming.6. Was the proposal romantic or creative? It was more romantic than it was creative. We were at a New Year's Eve party with friends and at the stroke of midnight, he handed me a letter he'd written that contained my proposal, took me into a hallway so that I could read it, and got down on one knee. 7. Are you buying his wedding band for him? We merged our finances when we bought a home and had a baby, both of which happened before we got engaged. So, no, we didn't buy each other's bands - everything comes out of our join accounts.8. Have you gone over your origional wedding budget? We didn't have a clear-cut budget... which isn't to say "woohoo! spend whatever!" We're just bad with budgeting and spent what and where we could. My Mom funded the most expensive items, so we petered out the smaller things as we had the money to spare.9. What was your biggest wedding day splurge? Honestly, we didn't have one. As I said above, m Mom funded the most expensive things - the venue (which included alcohol, food, drink, etc.) and my dress. Everything else was very much on a budget. I wish I'd splurged on a better photographer.

KellyColleen06 · July 2009

1. How long did you date before you got engaged? 14 mos2. Did you get the ring you wanted? Yes, I sort of gave ideas when he asked me.3. Was the proposal a complete surprise? At the beginning of the day yes, but as the night went on, I had an idea it might be coming.4. Do you wish you had a bigger/smaller diamond? I likey5. Did you cry when he proposed? It was more like an animal sound/yell/cry6. Was the proposal romantic or creative? Romantic...it was next to the Smithsonian castle, but also had some other sentimental touches.7. Are you buying his wedding band for him? I bought8. Have you gone over your original wedding budget? YES9. What was your biggest wedding day splurge? My bouquet? I really wanted a shuttle.

weezie825 · July 2009

1. How long did you date before you got engaged? Officially we dated 3 years before he proposed, but we stared discussing marriage very early on. Probably 6 months in or less. We actually started planning our wedding before the the proposal. 2. Did you get the ring you wanted? Nope. I inherited a diamond that he could have re-set, for next to nothing. I was actually sort of p*ssed that he spent money on a ring when we already had one that was perfectly adequate. I almost returned it until my mother talked me down. (I love it now, and wouldn't trade it for the world, I just needed to get my head out of my you know where.) 3. Was the proposal a complete surprise? No, not completely. It's hard to make it a complete surprise when we were already planning the wedding. But it was still a bit of a shock when it actually happened. 4. Do you wish you had a bigger/smaller diamond? No5. Did you cry when he proposed? No, but I am a laugher not a crier.6. Was the proposal romantic or creative? Explain how. He put a lot of thought into the time/date/location, but when it came time to actually propose he was trying to not cry so he ended up doing it really fast. It was really sweet though.7. Are you buying his wedding band for him? We bought it from our joint account. He choose it.8. Have you gone over your origional wedding budget? We didn't really have a set budget. I ended up going quite a bit over what I had intended to spend.9. What was your biggest wedding day splurge (aside from the obvious "reception/food/drinks") Most expensive item- My Dress. I went 4X my original budget, and that didn't count the accessories (Bra, Shoes, Veil)Most important budget item- Photography

SarahKate31 · July 2009

1. How long did you date before you got engaged? 2 years, 3 months.2. Did you get the ring you wanted? Yes. I was undecided about a solitaire vs. having teeny side stones, but my ring is a solitaire and I'm completely in love with it.3. Was the proposal a complete surprise? No. I knew he had been thinking about proposing. And once he started his little speech I knew what was going on.4. Do you wish you had a bigger/smaller diamond? I expected a smaller diamond, but I am happy with mine. It took some getting used to because the setting is so high - but that's what I wanted.5. Did you cry when he proposed? No.6. Was the proposal romantic or creative? It wasn't really creative, but it was romantic because of the speech. Which for the life of me I can't remember and I wish I could.7. Are you buying his wedding band for him? I bought his wedding band, yes.8. Have you gone over your origional wedding budget? Not really. My parents paid for almost everything. DH and I didn't really have a budget for what we contributed.9. What was your biggest wedding day splurge? Our venue. 100% worth it - aside from our actual marriage, it was our favorite part of our wedding.

unionbay7 · July 2009

1. How long did you date before you got engaged? 5 years, 11 months and one week. :)2. Did you get the ring you wanted? Absolutely, if I could have gone and picked out any ring ever made it would have been this exact one, and I had never showed him what I wanted!3. Was the proposal a complete surprise? Yes! I didn't think we'd get engaged until 2009 but he proposed in 2008.4. Do you wish you had a bigger/smaller diamond? No, I love my stone and think if it were bigger it would be too flashy for me, I like simple.5. Did you cry when he proposed? I got teary eyed, but no bawling.6. Was the proposal romantic or creative? Explain how. Very romantic - he made dinner reservations in a private cabana on the beach in St. Maarten so it was just us, looking out over the ocean, eating by candle light. Then during desert he said "this is so perfect, I could do this forever" and I just thought he meant eating on the beach so I said "yeah me too!" and he said "no, seriously, lets do it forever" and he got on his knee and asked me to marry him. It was perfect and I loved that it was just the 2 of us, no big scene.7. Are you buying his wedding band for him? No, he found a solid gold ring in the ocean when he was vacationing in Hawaii and so we had it refinished & rhodium plated, that was what he wanted to do!8. Have you gone over your origional wedding budget? Strangely enough we never had a set budget. My parents paid for the majority and pretty much would say "thats too much, or you can spend more" but never gave me a set number. When it was all said and done, my mom said it came out less than she expected though. So thats good.9. What was your biggest wedding day splurge (aside from the obvious "reception/food/drinks") - The wedding band added a huge chunk onto the bottom line and was our most expensive vendor by far (except for food) but it was so worth every cent!

JVeaux · July 2009

1. How long did you date before you got engaged? Just over a year.2. Did you get the ring you wanted? I didn't really know what I would have wanted since I didn't pick it out, but I love what he got me!3. Was the proposal a complete surprise? Yes!4. Do you wish you had a bigger/smaller diamond? No, I am happy with the size.5. Did you cry when he proposed? No, I'm not really a crier by nature.6. Was the proposal romantic or creative? Explain how. Yes! It was the day we settled on our new house, he had the builder let him before we signed the papers to do some set up. After coming back to the house after settling, I walked in and saw a set up of gerber daisies (my fave) and a box in the middle of the counter with a ring box, I turned around and he had the ring and was on one knee. It was a great way to commemorate the day we bought our first house together!7. Are you buying his wedding band for him? We bought our rings together with money we had mutually saved.8. Have you gone over your origional wedding budget? Yes and no. We originally wanted a real casual backyard thing and spend no more than 10k. Then, I decided that I didn't want the hassel of the backyard thing and we found a great venue with our date open so we booked it, we knew doing the whole she-bang thing would cost us more, but we never really set a $ amount, but we probably spent more than FI originally thought.9. What was your biggest wedding day splurge (aside from the obvious "reception/food/drinks") Probably the photog and videographer. I wanted a good photog, and the videog was a last minute addition.

smange10.10 · July 2009

1. How long did you date before you got engaged? 6 years and 2 months2. Did you get the ring you wanted? Yes and No. I wanted just a simple solitaire but since FI picked the one he did, I loved it regardless. 3. Was the proposal a complete surprise? Absolutely. Apparently he had the ring for 3 months and kept it in a drawer - amazingly, I never found it. 4. Do you wish you had a bigger/smaller diamond? No, my grandmother gave me her stone and FI was able to pick the setting5. Did you cry when he proposed? No, but I was shaking so much I had to sit down6. Was the proposal romantic or creative? Explain how. Both. Well, creative for FI. He's not a romantic, nor does he like attention. I came home from work and he had flower petals on the floor and candles lit, with my favorite song playing. He left a card on the counter for me to open, as he hid in the bedroom. After I read it, he came out and got on one knee. He was so cute.7. Are you buying his wedding band for him? I bought both rings8. Have you gone over your origional wedding budget? We don't really have a set budget...it's more or less what my parents will say yes and no to.9. What was your biggest wedding day splurge Probably my dress

merica111 · July 2009

1. How long did you date before you got engaged? A little over four years2. Did you get the ring you wanted? Yes - it's perfect!!!!3. Was the proposal a complete surprise? Not a total suprise, we had gone ring shopping a few times so he could get an idea of what I liked.4. Do you wish you had a bigger/smaller diamond? Any bigger would look funny I think.5. Did you cry when he proposed? Like a baby!6. Was the proposal romantic or creative? Explain how. Romantic! He had candles everywhere, and he had pictures of us blown up into black & white 8x10's everywhere too, it was beautiful.7. Are you buying his wedding band for him? I did buy his.8. Have you gone over your origional wedding budget? We had or "original" budget that I wanted to scale down into a more modest budget, but we went over the modest budget closer into original budget territory.9. What was your biggest wedding day splurge (aside from the obvious "reception/food/drinks")Hm..proportionally? Probably my veil or headpiece. I loved them though and I hope one of my friends or family members will borrow it/them someday.

Kristy31 · July 2009

1. How long did you date before you got engaged? Little over 5 years2. Did you get the ring you wanted? Yes, I picked it out

3. Was the proposal a complete surprise? Yes, I thought he was going to ask on the cruise we were going on, but it happened before.4. Do you wish you had a bigger/smaller diamond? No, it's perfect for my finger.5. Did you cry when he proposed? I did a little bit.6. Was the proposal romantic or creative? Explain how. A little of both...it was on a random Friday night (we are duckpin bowlers, so we had just gotten home from bowling in our league). I had bought a puppy the week earlier...I went to check on her and DH had the room dark, with candles and flowers everywhere, with the ring on Lily's (my dog) collar. He was on one knee holding Lily. 7. Are you buying his wedding band for him? We bought them together.8. Have you gone over your origional wedding budget? We didn't really have a budget, but I don't think we went overboard.9. What was your biggest wedding day splurge (aside from the obvious "reception/food/drinks") Um, probably the DJ/uplighting...but I wanted a really good DJ because DH and I really like to dance and so do our friends.

TriciaandSean · July 2009

1. How long did you date before you got engaged? 3 3/4 years 2. Did you get the ring you wanted? I never wanted to ring shop because I wanted DH to pick the ring out himself. My only request was that it was either white gold/platinum, and not a gold color. He did an awesome job, and he has better taste in jewelry than I do, so I was never worried. 3. Was the proposal a complete surprise? Yes, I kept guessing when he would propose, and than it never happened, so when he finally proposed I was in complete shock because it actually happened. 4. Do you wish you had a bigger/smaller diamond? I like the size of my diamond 5. Did you cry when he proposed? No, I was in too much shock. 6. Was the proposal romantic or creative? Explain how. Creative. I love running, and I convinced DH to run a half marathon with me. He is not a runner, although he had done the occasional 5K in the past with me. I told him if he ran the half with me I would run at his pace and stay with him during the race. He had the ring triple safety pinned in his shorts and proposed as soon as we crossed the finish. It was perfect! 7. Are you buying his wedding band for him? It's the same money. We had been saving for the wedding together and we just used the money from our wedding account. Now we have one account so it's all the same. 8. Have you gone over your origional wedding budget? Ours ended up being under because we had less guests attend than we had planned. 9. What was your biggest wedding day splurge (aside from the obvious "reception/food/drinks") So significant splurge on the wedding day itself. We went over budget with the honeymoon to Ireland, but mostly because the dollar is so weak compared to the Euro and everything is so expensive in Europe.

Kristy31 · July 2009

Revision to my post: It was a random Friday night to me, but not to DH, we had talked about getting married on May 16th and I told him I needed at least a year to plan..so he proposed on May 16, 2008 and said now we have a year to plan

cmmesq · July 2009

1. How long did you date before you got engaged? about 2 years 2. Did you get the ring you wanted? yes 3. Was the proposal a complete surprise? no 4. Do you wish you had a bigger/smaller diamond? no, I am happy with what I have 5. Did you cry when he proposed? kinda got teary 6. Was the proposal romantic or creative? Explain how. romantic- he made me dinner (he'd only cooked for me once before, and it was a frozen entree from a bag, so it was a big deal that he cooked!) and got my favorite wine. 7. Are you buying his wedding band for him? yes 8. Have you gone over your origional wedding budget? not yet, but I probably will when all is said and done 9. What was your biggest wedding day splurge (aside from the obvious "reception/food/drinks") my headpiece

wmam1013 · July 2009

1. How long did you date before you got engaged? A little over 4 years2. Did you get the ring you wanted? I didnt want to know anything about it, and FI did an awesome job3. Was the proposal a complete surprise? We knew we would get engaged soon, but the actual night he proposed, shocked!4. Do you wish you had a bigger/smaller diamond? no5. Did you cry when he proposed? I teared up, but we were in a public place and I'm pretty shy6. Was the proposal romantic or creative? Explain how. I think romantic, because he caught me off guard and it was a wonderful moment7. Are you buying his wedding band for him? We just started looking, but I think we are buying each others8. Have you gone over your origional wedding budget? not yet9. What was your biggest wedding day splurge (aside from the obvious "reception/food/drinks")our limo ( we had a hard time finding one available) & the B&B for me and my BM the night before

ms.j'09bride · July 2009

1. 2.5 years 2. Yup3. not really4. no5. no but i cried when I started telling people6. it was sweet and simple7. yes8. not yet!!!9. The DJ..cost more than my dress limo and church fees!

alexandramezzo · July 2009

1. How long did you date before you got engaged? 3 years2. Did you get the ring you wanted? I gave my FI ideas of what I liked and he exceeded my expectations!3. Was the proposal a complete surprise? A little bit. I knew it was coming, but not exactly when.4. Do you wish you had a bigger/smaller diamond? I love my ring as is! 5. Did you cry when he proposed? Yes.6. Was the proposal romantic or creative? Explain how. Yes to both. He incorporated major events from the past 3 years into the proposal. Check my bio for the complete story! 7. Are you buying his wedding band for him? Yes.8. Have you gone over your origional wedding budget? We just started on planning (and spending), so I'll let you know in 9 1/2 months.

9. What was your biggest wedding day splurge (aside from the obvious "reception/food/drinks") Same as Question 8.

alexandramezzo · July 2009

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HoosierTerp · July 2009

1. How long did you date before you got engaged? 2.5 years2. Did you get the ring you wanted? I gave him examples and he picked something out very similar and even better than I had showed him. 3. Was the proposal a complete surprise? He ruined it the night before he proposed, but I knew it was soon before that. 4. Do you wish you had a bigger/smaller diamond? I wouldn't have complained if the diamond was bigger.

5. Did you cry when he proposed? No6. Was the proposal romantic or creative? Explain how. It was more sweet. He proposed in front of our parents.7. Are you buying his wedding band for him? I guess I did, but it was all the same money anyway. 8. Have you gone over your origional wedding budget? We didn't really have one. Definitely spent more than we thought we would. 9. What was your biggest wedding day splurge (aside from the obvious "reception/food/drinks") The photographer was the next most expensive item, with my dress being a close second.

Mella&T · July 2009

I am sitting here "awwing" at all the cute proposal stories :)1. How long did you date before you got engaged? 2.5 years2. Did you get the ring you wanted? Yep...he nailed exactly at what I had been hinting at. 3. Was the proposal a complete surprise? I had a feeling it would be happening sometime that year (we had looked at rings, etc) but the actual day was a surprise. 4. Do you wish you had a bigger/smaller diamond? No way - love mine5. Did you cry when he proposed? I got very teary but none actually fell.6. Was the proposal romantic or creative? Romantic and just adorable. We went to Harper's Ferry (where we had gone on one of our first dates). After walking around all morning, DH's plan was to propose on this ginormous tree stump where we took our first picture as a couple on our first trip there. We got there...it was gone! He did some quick thinking in his head and instead we took a hike the visitor's center suggested and overlooking the Shenandoah river he said the sweetest things and asked me to marry him. It was absolutely perfect. 7. Are you buying his wedding band for him? We bought them for each other8. Have you gone over your original wedding budget? We didn't really have a budget...we just tried to get what we wanted at the best deals we could. If anything was too extreme, we nixed it. We still spent more than I would have liked but there isn't a single thing I would have changed.9. What was your biggest wedding day splurge (aside from the obvious "reception/food/drinks") Videographer which was MORE than worth it.

2have2hold · July 2009

1. How long did you date before you got engaged? 2 yrs2. Did you get the ring you wanted? yup, I picked it :)3. Was the proposal a complete surprise? NOT AT ALL4. Do you wish you had a bigger/smaller diamond? nope5. Did you cry when he proposed? nope6. Was the proposal romantic or creative? Explain how. even though I did pick the ring, he didn't propose for another few months. We were having dinner and he started "the speech". it was very sweet.7. Are you buying his wedding band for him? yes I did8. Have you gone over your origional wedding budget? in the beginning, i was keeping tabs but as more things kept getting added I decided that if we can pay for them without going into debt, it's ok.9. What was your biggest wedding day splurge (aside from the obvious "reception/food/drinks") - hands down, photog and videographer. i didn't want to skimp on these two, but every now and then I can't help but wonder if we spent TOO much. oh well...

meghann1046 · July 2009

1. We dated for 6.5 years. 2. Yes. I wanted white gold, princess cut diamond solitaire. 3. Yes and no. I knew it was coming soon but not on that day. Until he asked me to go running at the park with him in January! Then I knew. 4. I love it but I wouldn't mind it being bigger. I feel horrible saying that but it's true. 5. Sure did. Sadly, I cried on that morning too. After 6.5 years, I was really hoping to get engaged. When he didn't propose on Christmas or New Year's Eve, I got pretty upset. Secretly, he was laughing at me bc he had the ring in his pocket. 6. It was romantic. He planned to propose on New Year's Eve so he took me to Cheesecake Factory (where we went on our first date) but by the time we left, we were late to a party at our friend's house so he couldn't carry out the rest if his plan. So the next morning he toole to Allen's Pond in Bowie to the gazeebo where we went and talked after dinner the first night. Long speech, got down on one knee, etc

). I said yes and we went to Ledo's to celebrate with pizza!! 7. Yes, I bought it but he picked it out. 8. Yes, we went over a little. 9. We actually splurged a lot... It's hopefully a once in a lifetime event. We splurged on photography and I splurged on my dress angro'scaom cake.

meghann1046 · July 2009

Fun! 1. We dated for 6.5 years. 2. Yes. I wanted white gold, princess cut diamond solitaire. 3. Yes and no. I knew it was coming soon but not on that day. Until he asked me to go running at the park with him in January! Then I knew. 4. I love it but I wouldn't mind it being bigger. I feel horrible saying that but it's true. 5. Sure did. Sadly, I cried on that morning too. After 6.5 years, I was really hoping to get engaged. When he didn't propose on Christmas or New Year's Eve, I got pretty upset. Secretly, he was laughing at me bc he had the ring in his pocket. 6. It was romantic. He planned to propose on New Year's Eve so he took me to Cheesecake Factory (where we went on our first date) but by the time we left, we were late to a party at our friend's house so he couldn't carry out the rest if his plan. So the next morning he toole to Allen's Pond in Bowie to the gazeebo where we went and talked after dinner the first night. Long speech, got down on one knee, etc

). I said yes and we went to Ledo's to celebrate with pizza!! 7. Yes, I bought it but he picked it out. 8. Yes, we went over a little. 9. We actually splurged a lot... It's hopefully a once in a lifetime event. We splurged on photography and I splurged on my dress and groom's cake.

meghann1046 · July 2009

Oops! Sorry for the double post!!

Ragdolls · July 2009

1. How long did you date before you got engaged? Close to 2 years 2. Did you get the ring you wanted? I thought I knew what I wanted but we both ended up thinking the stone would look better in a vintage setting, so we worked together with a jeweler after the fact to design a setting. 3. Was the proposal a complete surprise? I knew it was coming, but I didn't know it would be that day. 4. Do you wish you had a bigger/smaller diamond? Nope. It's perfect.5. Did you cry when he proposed? No6. Was the proposal romantic or creative? Explain how. Story's in my planning bio - he hid it in an ice cube.

7. Are you buying his wedding band for him? I did, yes.8. Have you gone over your origional wedding budget? We were pretty much on point.9. What was your biggest wedding day splurge (aside from the obvious "reception/food/drinks") My dress, hands down.

MereFM99 · July 2009

1. How long did you date before you got engaged? 4.5 years2. Did you get the ring you wanted? yes- I gave him lots of ideas of stones and settings that I liked to give him room to find something that he liked too, but he picked out exactly what I would've picked for myself!3. Was the proposal a complete surprise? not a "complete" surprise, he kept asking me weird questions for a few days prior that had me wondering, lol4. Do you wish you had a bigger/smaller diamond? no I love my ring!5. Did you cry when he proposed? not at the time but later that night6. Was the proposal romantic or creative? Explain how. a little of both, creative b/c he used our dog Roxy as part of it, I thought it was romantic that he did it on the street7. Are you buying his wedding band for him? probably?8. Have you gone over your origional wedding budget? not by much, maybe $2K9. What was your biggest wedding day splurge (aside from the obvious "reception/food/drinks") probably my earrings, not b/c they were thousands of dollars, but proportionally they cost over 1/3 of what my dress cost, which was way more than I thought I would spend on jewelry!

taracy · July 2009

1. How long did you date before you got engaged? Only six months, which is a lot less time than most of you!2. Did you get the ring you wanted? Yes, I picked it out. 3. Was the proposal a complete surprise? Not at all, I knew it was coming. 4. Do you wish you had a bigger/smaller diamond? I'm not going to lie, I'd love a bigger diamond, but I'm happy with what I have. 5. Did you cry when he proposed? Yes!6. Was the proposal romantic or creative? Explain how. Not really. He did get on one knee, but as I said, I knew it was coming, so he basically just told me how he felt about me and why he wanted to marry me. 7. Are you buying his wedding band for him? Yes, we already have it. 8. Have you gone over your origional wedding budget? Actually I believe we're under budget at this point. 9. What was your biggest wedding day splurge (aside from the obvious "reception/food/drinks") Invitations, we went with letterpress.

cincin35 · July 2009

1. How long did you date before you got engaged? 5 months 2. Did you get the ring you wanted? the designer, metal and cut of diamond - yes 3. Was the proposal a complete surprise? Yes 4. Do you wish you had a bigger/smaller diamond? No, I love it - it is "mine" and I've never seen anyone with one like it 5. Did you cry when he proposed? No, I was completely surprised 6. Was the proposal romantic or creative? Explain how. Romantic - during vacation, alone, on one knee 7. Are you buying his wedding band for him? Yes, it is already bought 8. Have you gone over your origional wedding budget? Every day! 9. What was your biggest wedding day splurge (aside from the obvious "reception/food/drinks") Getting our teeth whitened!

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