My husband and I met at age 15 when we were both vacationing with our families at Patagonia Lake, AZ. When our eyes met for the first time, it was literally love at first sight. We found out we actually lived in the same city and started dating. We were 20 years old on our 5 year dating anniversary and he took me on a trip to the same lake where we met. I did not suspect a proposal, but it was very special being back there with him again. After a nice dinner in the nearby town, we went for a moonlit walk at the lake. We sat on the bridge where we first saw each other and looked up at the stars. It was very magical because there were so many shooting stars that night and we just laid on the bridge looking up at the stars. Finally, he told me to make a wish on a shooting star and after I did, he sat up and pulled out a ring! I didn’t have to think twice about my answer, of course I said YES!!! It was so perfect and it meant so much being at the same place where we first met.

- Jennifer L., Tucson, Arizona

Before I ever met my Fiancé, I remember saving up for the engagement ring. I didn’t meet her yet, but the way I reasoned it, she would come at some point. With that in mind, I started saving for the ring about a year before I ever met her. Then she came into my life, and I quickly snatched her as my girlfriend.

Alas, the love story began. Man meets girl, takes her away from another man, and falls desperately and dedicatedly in love with her. What evidence do I bring groomgroove of my unyielding passion and devotion for the most beautiful and dedicated woman to date? From day one, my overwhelming love for her drove me to start writing a journal…

Within this leather-bound journal, I would continuously write about our adventures, my feelings, and other things in a narrative via my perspective. The journal began to fill up, and next thing I knew, it was time to make that big decision.

With the journal full of over a year’s worth of memories, narratives, confessions, and stories, I decided to propose.

Included is a video of the proposal. The leather bound journal carries all the weight of my love for her, while the ring, which I saved up for two full years to buy, carries the weight of my dedication to her (And if you could see it, and understand I’m a college student, you would be amazed!)

She is a Student Ministries Director, and on the day of her biggest event (3000+ families in attendance; Trunk or Treat Oct. 31), I gathered up all of our family, friends, and church staff. After sneaking them in the reserved sanctuary in church, I ran out, stole her from observing a worship-band, and brought her on stage. The rest of the proposal can be found in the video:

Enjoy and God Bless,

- Leonard G., Florida

For my marriage proposal I took my girlfriend on a Cruise with my family and I. While on Grand Cayman, we went to 7 mile beach, went paddle boating and all the fun stuff. Then her and I wondered off from the crowds of people. My little brother tagged along taking pictures and such. While we were sitting on the beach just enjoying the view and each other, my little brother wondered off to “make a sandcastle” (We set some of it up previously so I could have him go write in the sand for me) After a few minutes he came back and we went to look at his sand castle. Well of course it wasn’t a sand castle, it said “WILL YOU MARRY ME” in the sand. Of course she said yes and we were all lovey dovey and stuff. But that’s not what makes the story so interesting. Of course we were in swimsuits, so I had limited places to put the ring. My shorts luckily had a nice zipper pocket with an elastic tie in it. I tied the ring to the tie and well when I went to untie it, it was stuck. After an intense struggle to untie the ring, I was finally able to put it on her finger, at least it fit.

- Wesley K., Payson, Utah

Five months after moving from Panama City, FL to Cincinnati, OH for a job, the first weekend in February 2006 had finally come. Little did Stephanie, my courtship of 5 years & future wife to be, know I was on my way down to Panama City to propose to her that weekend. I had been planning the surprise proposal for months and had just about everyone close to us as well as our home church in on the surprise.

It was Sunday the 5th, and immediately following the church service I had our youth pastor announce a “MEETING” to discus a new “Christian film that was coming out.”

Several weeks prior I had produced a “movie” trailer called the Engagement which I had shown during the “MEETING” before I came out from behind the stage, surprised, and then proposed to the beautiful woman who married me!

- Ryan, Altamonte Springs, Florida

Being a singer/songwriter, I decided that I wanted to write a song for my bride-to-be Vicky and propose to her in public. Her favorite restaurant has a stage where bands play every weekend, so I contacted a couple of bands to see if they would let me propose via song on-stage during one of their breaks. The band and the restaurant both agreed, so a few weeks before the date I told my fiancée that my office was having a drawing for a $50 gift certificate to the restaurant. She was very excited, but of course I downplayed it saying, “Oh, you know there’s no way I’ll win though.” The proposal was scheduled to be on a Friday, so on that Monday I reminded her about the drawing, and then Tuesday told her, “You’re not going to believe this, but I won! Do you want to go this Friday?” She didn’t suspect a thing.

We arrived at the restaurant and were seated directly in front of the stage which turned out to be very loud. She was quite upset that “this is the only place they can find to seat us” because the loud music was giving her a headache, but I convinced her to stay for just a few more minutes, and then at the last song before the band took their break excused myself to the restroom. A waiter from the restaurant grabbed my previously-stashed guitar from the office, and I nervously tuned my instrument in the men’s room while waiting for the break. As soon as I began walking towards the stage my fiancée spotted me and her jaw dropped and she began desperately holding back tears as I played the song I wrote just for her in front of a packed house. As my song ended with “will you marry me”, I climbed from the stage and dropped to one knee and handed her the ring. The audience burst into applause and one guy in the back yelled, “What’d she say?” to which I held up her newly-ringed finger.

- Chris B., Richmond, Virginia

I proposed at our favorite Ice Cream Shoppe. The story actually made regional news headlines appearing in the local paper as well as the State Newspaper. I received a personal letter of congratulations from the Governor of SC, Mark Sanford. He spoke of how he actually proposed to his wife and said my idea was so much more creative than him. Please click on the link to read the entire story.

 
Chris, Rock Hill, South Carolina

My Wife loves Shakespeare sonnets so I bought a book of them at the book shop, glued the second half of the book together and carved out a hole in the center, shaped as the ring, I stuck the ring in the hole and then printed out a Poem of my own that in the end, asked her to Marry me. I glued it in right before the “ring” pages and put a book mark in it, so, she comes over for dinner and after words I tell her how I’m getting into Shakespeare and show her the book then tell her to open it up to my favorite one. After she reads it, she flips the page and then flips out. She was totally surprised and it worked like a charm!

- Craig, Wallingford, Connecticut

My Wife loves Shakespeare sonnets so I bought a book of them at the book shop, glued the second half of the book together and carved out a hole in the center, shaped as the ring, I stuck the ring in the hole and then printed out a Poem of my own that in the end, asked her to Marry me. I glued it in right before the “ring” pages and put a book mark in it, so, she comes over for dinner and after words I tell her how I’m getting into Shakespeare and show her the book then tell her to open it up to my favorite one. After she reads it, she flips the page and then flips out. She was totally surprised and it worked like a charm!

- Craig, Wallingford, Connecticut

I made a fake documentary video in which we traveled from northern California to southern California asking the question “What are the two most important decisions a person will make in their lifetime?”  The video was about 45 minutes of genuine response gathering, hilarious banter, The Black Hummer of Death, The BM Truck Express Vehicle, and many more hilarious scenes.  I held an event in which all of our local friends would gather to watch our “documentary” but they all knew I was going to propose.  She showed up after with my mom after a girls shopping extravaganza and watched the film.  At the end of the film, my buddy begins to prod me about my relationship with her and when we plan to get married.  I very awkwardly change the subject to request some Lifehouse music and the song, “You and Me” begins to play to a montage of video and pictures of my now wife and I enjoying life together.  Needless to say that when she was completely shocked that entire video was intended for this very moment.  She had trouble speaking and started crying when I asked her to marry me.  And now I have a movie called “Mello Gameo” which in Greek means to propose marriage.

- Rusty, Vacaville, California

My fiancée always wanted to go in a hot air balloon ride. She had mentioned that to me in passing not long after we met. 3 years later I took her up in a hot air balloon and proposed to her above the entire city of Ottawa.

- Brian F., Ottawa, Ontario