Popping the big question to the woman of your dreams can be the best or worst part of your relationship, depending on how you handle it. These tips will definitely come in handy if you want to do it right.
Marriage on your mind?
She'll be telling the story of how you proposed to friends and strangers for the rest of her life, so put your own spin on one of these ideas to make sure it's memorable.
These practical tips will surely help you decide on how to go about that memorable moment in your lives.
Public Marriage Proposal Tips
1. Have a flair for the dramatic? Get in touch with the stage manager of an appropriately themed production and propose after the cast's curtain call.
2. Take out a full-page ad in a newspaper you know your girlfriend reads daily.
3. Arrange a surprise proposal with a street caricaturist. Have him sketch a picture of you two with word bubbles. Yours will read, "Will you marry me?" and hers will say, "Yes!"
4. Pay the divers at an aquarium to put on a proposal show inside their biggest fish tank. Give them a handwritten sign that says, "Will you marry me?" to hold up against the glass.
5. Go out for a night of dancing and ask the DJ or bandleader to pass you the mic so you can dedicate a song and propose on the dance floor.
"At Home" Marriage Proposal Tips
6. For a simple surprise, after she goes to bed, go to her jewelry box and replace her everyday ring with the engagement ring. She'll be completely shocked in the morning when she goes to put on her regular ring.
7. Write her a love note with the proposal at the end of it. Tuck it into her favorite book or the one she happens to be reading at the moment, and when she finds the note, surprise her with the ring.
8. Slip the ring on her finger while she's sleeping and wake her with champagne and strawberries. At first, the gesture will simply seem romantic -- the real surprise comes when she notices her new piece of jewelry.
Tech Marriage Proposal Tips
9. Create your own podcast proposal and sneak it onto her iPod.
10. Upload a video of your proposal to YouTube (tell her you have a hysterical home movie to show her).
11. Steal her digital camera and head to her favorite local outdoor spot. Bring a friend with you and have posters made with the words "will," "you," "marry" and "me?" Have your friend photograph you holding each one in a different position. Then, let her know you borrowed her camera and ask her to upload the photos.
12. Create a web page declaring your love and intentions. Leave your sweetie a clue with the web address written on it -- don't say a word. After the proposal has been officially accepted (which, of course, it will be!), she can proudly send the page to friends and family.
Foodie Marriage Proposal Tips
13. Put together a gift basket of yummy delicacies -- the best chocolate or coffee -- and hide the ring among the presents (in its box, so it doesn't get lost in the goodies).
14. Ask the pastry chef to write, "Will you marry me?" in chocolate sauce around the rim of her dessert plate.
15. Create a personalized fortune cookie with your own proposal message.
Playful Marriage Proposal Tips
16. Create your own crossword puzzle and be prepared to help her work it out over breakfast.
17. Spell your proposal out in glow-in-the-dark star stickers on your ceiling. Get into bed, turn the lights off and wait for the inevitable gasp.
18. Spell out your proposal with refrigerator magnets.
19. Get a ring size chart and ask your girlfriend to look up her size. When she accuses you of ruining the surprise that you're shopping for a ring, say, "Okay, try this one instead," and show her that you've already shopped for a ring.
20. Play hangman and have the phrase be "Marry me."
Hope these tips are quite helpful to you. If not entirely, then ask your married friends how they did theirs and add your own spin to it.
It doesn't have to be a grand affair, just be sincere about your feelings and ask her to marry you.
How hard can it be?
AUTHOR: OKE OFAGENE
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