I had the ring bought, I was just waiting for the right time. We went to a movie in a nearby town, and on the way home I was driving her new car. It did not even have 10000kms, and I hit a deer and wrote it off. She was very depressed, I asked her if there was anything I could do to make it better, she said “no” Then I went down on one knee. There was one thing that made it better. The car didn’t matter after that.

- Bo T., Bonnyville, Alberta

I proposed to my wife at the beach where we shared our first kiss together. The spot is truly one of kind on the Northern Coast of California. I took her wine tasting and then I rented a house for the weekend. She had no idea that I was going to propose. I had made all the arrangements by contacting her boss ahead of time and making all the arrangements. It was a truly memorable weekend.

- Derek, Roseville, California

Well, we had lived together for about 13 years and one day our 8 year old asked me “Why don’t you marry Daddy?” So I did and we all went on a honeymoon to pre-Katrina New Orleans.

- Kim F., Maysville, Oklahoma

Keegan had flown down that weekend from Saskatchewan to come ask me to marry him. I already knew it was coming because we had our wedding planned, date planned, everything was planned out. The only thing was I had no idea when he would do it. So after a half an hour or my mom telling me to go show Keegan how the ceremony was going to go. (We got married on my front lawn).
I told him to stand in between the two big trees, as I pretended to walk down the aisle as a bride. (Very awkward) Out of nowhere he’s like man my heart is beating so fast. Me being as clueless as I am thought nothing of it and was like “why?” so I finally make it to where he was, and we’re sitting there holding hands, and I started to get nervous because it was becoming so real to me. I notice him put his hand in his pocket and I turned away and was like “this is where the bridesmaids are going to be.” when I turned back around he was on his knee with the ring…and I froze, walked towards him. I had no idea what I was suppose to do on TV and movies they always show what the guy does but is the girl suppose to just stand there? So without really thinking I got on my knees and just starred at him…watched as his mouth was moving, didn’t hear what he was saying cause I kept thinking, now its happening now. Next thing I know he’s like “why did you get on your knee?” I loved it because he asked me to marry him on the very spot we became husband and wife.

- Lisa L., Caronport, Saskatchewan

My husband and I went to Disney in 2004 for Christmas. We were at Epcot watching fireworks in “Mexico”. There are different countries you can visit there. Anyway, he was standing behind me and the next thing I know he is asking me to be his wife. I said yes of course, with happy tears in my eyes! I didn’t have a clue he was going to propose

- Jennifer B., Pineville, Louisiana

Beth and I drove up to Lake Tahoe for the weekend. (She thought we were heading up for her birthday, which was also that week.) I had the ring in my backpack in the trunk of the car, and when we arrived at the city of Lake Tahoe we stopped at a department store to pick up some supplies. I needed to switch the ring from the bag to my pocket so I told her that I just wanted to switch from flip-flops to shoes and that I’d be in the store in a second. She responded that she’d “wait with me” and I kept telling her that I’d only be a minute and that I’d be right behind her. She kept insisting to wait with me so finally I gave up, changed into shoes and went into the store with her. After a few moments in the store I had to pretend I needed to check whether I brought shaving cream (or whether I would need to buy more) and so I ran out to the car and finally moved the ring from my bag to my pocket.

After the store we went over the beach of the lake. It was windy and sand was swirling all around in the air but I insisted that we go for a short walk. I kept getting more and more nervous (especially as we would get near other people) and finally I just anxiously pulled out the ring and muttered, “So, you know I really love you right?”

Beth began to tear up, and I became even more nervous, especially as I noticed someone watching us, so I eventually blurted out, “Do you want to move further down the beach?” to which she shouted (half-laughing), “No!”

“So, I really love you,” I repeated.

“And??” she prompted.

“And, here’s your ring,” I stammered

“And??!!”

“Oh yeah! Will you marry me!”

She gave me a huge hug and kiss, her tears falling from her cheeks to my shoulders. Things hadn’t gone exactly as I had planned, but it was still the second best day (after our wedding day) of my life.

- M.J., Santa Monica, California

My girlfriend and I had only been dating for 3 months and we had our first “real argument”. I said “I do love you, enough to marry you!” and she said “Ok, then do it!” and I replied: “Ok I WILL!” we married one month later and that was 7 months ago today. We are expecting our first child together this October! Sometimes fate just flies right out of your mouth! We could not be happier.

- Michael N., Kalamazoo, Michigan

I met Suzy on my first day at Duke University — which also happened to be the day the football team broke their three year losing streak. Everyone knows Duke is known for their basketball, but not their football. At the end of the game, we rushed the field which required us to jump down from the stands onto the field level — an 8 foot drop. I jumped first and had Suzy jump into my arms. This feeling of instant trust and comfort is something I’ll never forget. We sat in aisle 9.

As members of the varsity swimming team, we’d often cross train by running the stadium steps. Each time I crossed aisle 9, I remembered the first date and always got an extra bounce in my step. That stadium was a special place to us — concerts, sporting events, both of our graduations — and I knew it would be the place where I’d ask her to spend the rest of her life with me.

So, in typical fashion, Suzy met me at aisle 1 to do our weekly stadium workout on a Friday evening. Instead of finding me at aisle 1, she found a bouquet of flowers and a note that said “memory 1″ tied to the flag pole at the top of the aisle. Each of the flags from aisles 1 through 9 had a corresponding flower and note as well. The notes represented my first nine memories of Suzy, each leading up to the moment when we rushed the field and found best friends in each other.

Upon reading the ninth memory, Suzy was instructed to turn around and look onto the field — where she saw me. She rushed down the 68 steps and leaned over the edge — just as she had over 3 years before. I told her I never wanted to live another day without her by my side. She leaped into my arms and onto my level where I hugged her as deep as I could. Then I dropped to my knee, asked her to be my wife, and she kissed me before I could even get up. It was the happiest moment of my life — and the best part is I captured the whole thing on camera and video! I brought her favorite bottle of champagne and strawberries onto the field where we celebrated on the grass before the limo picked us up for dinner.

It was an amazing night and the perfect way to start our new life together — in the same exact way we met. Love at first leap!

- Tim H., San Francisco, California

Friday evening I told her that I would be home late because my company was having its Christmas party. Around 8:00 I called to ask her to call in a food order for pick up in about 10 minutes, I wanted her to be preoccupied. I was really waiting outside the house. I minute or two later I knocked very lightly on the door. When she opened the door there was a puppy sitting on the porch with a leash hanging off of her. She assumed that someone in the neighborhood had lost their puppy, so she slowly grabbed the puppy’s leash to look for a tag on her collar. She didn’t find a tag, but she did find a diamond ring. I then came out from beside the house, got down on one knee and asked her to marry me. With a puppy that cute, and a ring that beautiful how could she say anything but yes?

- Shaun B., Pocasset, Massachusetts

I wanted to make my proposal different so I hid the engagement ring under her pillow and when she woke up in the morning to check the ‘lump’ under her head, she found the ring (in the box) and instant waterworks! Of course she said yes.

- Robert G., Timmins, Ontario