My son will be proposing to his girl in the next week or two. I was wondering if any of you had wonderful ideas or experiences he might be able to draw off of for the surprise. He has some good ideas but could always use advice.

I couldn't even imagine giving advise to someone about something so personal

L

My hubby took me out to a nice dinner and then to the local walking park... he proposed out on the bridge overlooking the moonlit water. I was so nervous I was afraid I'd drop the ring into the pond!

My friend is a Disney nut and she's hoping for the glass slipper treatment (like in that commercial from a couple of years ago).

Congratulations to the families!

-lala

My ex husband was working in his bookshop, I came in to visit, he took out the ring and looked at me and said "well?"

Advise him not to do this

My fantasy was on a beach or in a forest, somewhere natural, in either sunrise or sunset. Or at a fancy restaurant.

Sigh - I don't think I pick that type of man

Thanks so much for the input so far.

Yes Liz, it is personal and I personally THANK-YOU for no input.

My son didn't ask for any advice, has his own ideas and thoughts, I was just looking for a little edge to share with him. She is a great gal and any way he chooses will be memerable for her, I'm sure.

tell him to check out diamondsareforever.com... they have a whole section on proposals "made for the man"

Hehe, sorry I don't think I can help here! My husband never actually proposed. We were a long-distance relationship and just kind of agreed to get married over the phone. Not very romantic but at least I got to pick my own ring
It needs a cleaning but it's still very pretty!

EZMoney, do they have any shared interests or passions, like...ummm...rollerblading or kite flying or anything like that? (yeah, those 2 things just popped into my head - silly me!) He could adapt what it is they are passionate about and somehow incorporate it into the proposal. That way, it'll be very personal and memorable.

Good luck to him!

I'll share how my daughter's fiance proposed. My daughter had mentioned to her boyfriend that she wanted to get a kitten. One night, he invited her to his house, he had made her favorite meal for her (with candle light and flowers, the works). After dinner, he brought in a kitten as a gift to her and tied around the kittens neck was her engagement ring. My daughter thought it was the sweetest thing.

Healthy...THAT proposal is really up my alley!! I love kittens!

My proposal was a disaster. My hubby asked me on New Years Eve 1999/2000. It was supposed to be under the fireworks in the next town over (but I wasn't supposed to know), so off we went to the town at around 11pm. As we get closer, I'm seeing fireworks in the direction of the town. We get to the town and see a mass exodus of cars FROM town. We get to town and find out they had the NYE fireworks at 11 so everyone could be home to celebrate NYE together at home. I thought...what a STUPID IDEA!! So, we got home and he asked me in our dining room, which as our bedroom at the time (renovations) at midnight.

Hope he comes up with a good one!! Let us know what he comes up with!!

Thanks so much for the help so far gals! I am loving the stories ~ I wasn't very good at the proposing part! And I have had 2 chances ~~ they both basically went something like "so do ya wanna?" lol

The first one lasted 10 years, this one is heading strong to #11.

My son and his gal do have some romantic beach spots he has thought about and he does have other ideas, they are going to Disneyland, he is still just figuring out the "best" for him.

I will let you all know the results~~

Another good site for romantic ideas is lovingyou *dot* com. I visit it all the time! It has really cute romantic ideas for special occasions and stuff.

I agree that it should be a totally personal thing....so the "how" would be up to him, of course... but...
if you're giving him tips to give him an edge. remind him that this is something that they will always remember (obviously, from the stories above) and it's really up to the one doing the asking to decide what they will remember.
So personalize it... say something he wasn't her to always remember... and do something creative----totally worth it. It doesn't have to be big (like the sign at Fenway Park or something ) just special to them.

I had some friends who rented a movie at the video store. THey got home, while she was getting some wine, he put the movie in. The movie started, the opening scene began.... then it suddenly switched to HIM on the video talking to her... and proposing... He had made the video of it and taped the first part of the movie into it and, while she was getting the wine he switched it out. Very cool. Was so them because they watched movies together a lot.... definitely memorable.

If he wants to keep it simple... just doing it AT a place that is special to them will make it memorable.

I have never proposed to anyone, and haven't been proposed to either, but I would definitely want to be alone. Just the guy and the girl, not putting her on display or anything. But really, if they love each other, no matter how he goes about it will be fabulous and memorable!

A friend of mine had a very sweet proposal by her husband...

They met when they were in high school, at her mother's house (her father died when she was only a child.) Her husband-to-be was in a band with her brother, and they were practicing in a spare bedroom when she came in for the first time...

Years pass... She goes to college and he becomes a tradesman... Still very much in love...

One day they are visiting with her mother at her childhood home. She is off in another part of the house but hears him calling her. She follows his voice, and finds him in the original bedroom, down on one knee, holding out a beautiful sapphire and diamond ring

I really thought it was wonderful that he picked the very spot he first saw her, in her mother's house... sigh...

Best wishes for your son and his true love!