Did you and your SO have the marriage talk and make the decision together or did he surprise you with the proposal? Either way, did you guys pick the ring out together or was that a surprise?

i pretty much proposed to him. And we both picked out the ring

he surprised me with a proposal... but we had, in the past, talked about our goals for the future, etc etc :D

We talked it over for a long time. As for the ring... we had a JP ceremony 2 weeks before he left for basic and I just had a plain white gold band. While he was in basic I picked out my own bridal set, so it was a surprise to him! That's not something that most people would like, but it's what worked for us.

neither one of us purposed, it was just kinda like, "hey thats a good idea" lol

We talked about it :giggle we also talked about going out before we officially went out (though we were pretty much going out just didn't have the title.) For the ring I looked for things on the internet while he was in bootcamp and he picked the one he liked and for mine he just kinda asked and I told him I just wanted a simple solitaire one. I didn't get to see it till he came back from A-school so we could get married. :lovestruck

He TOTALLY surprised me with a proposal. He had his Grandmother's wedding ring sized for me without me knowing - I didn't even know the ring existed!!!

we talked about it a lot. and then he proposed and he will propose again when he gets the perfect ring. 2 proposals 2 great stories. :)

we had discussed it before hand but he actually proposed to me after we got married lol. one of those "i'm getting deployed gotta get hitched now!" situations, then he proposed a little later after we got married BUT before he actually left for deployment lol

we talked about it a lot. and then he proposed and he will propose again when he gets the perfect ring. 2 proposals 2 great stories. :)

I got two.

He kind of felt rushed the first time, and it was no surprise that we were going to get married, but he lied and said he wasn't going to propose (while I was "Conveniently" listening) and then did.

He took me to the jewelry section and let me look at necklaces, because he knew I'd "drift" to diamonds, and he kind of let me pick out my ring without knowing.

We talked about it, and we went shopping for the ring together, but I didn't like any of the rings we found (diamonds are so ugly IMO unless cut small and just for sparkle), so he asked me what I wanted, and had a custom one made from my exact preferences.

Hehehe, no talk, I told him "I think it would be a good idea if you proposed to me." And he said something like, "Let me see what I can do." We were engaged about 6 weeks later.

We were lying in bed one night, and my husband rolls over "You wanna get married?"

I say: "Sure, when?"

He responds: "How's tomorrow?"

We were married two days later :)

we have talked about our future together, and both know that we want to get married. i have tried to get an idea of when it will be, that we get engaged, but he's not letting me know. i think he wants to surprise me, and that is fine with me i (L) surprises. i asked him the other day if we were going to get married before he's done with school (3-4 years) and he said well that depends on when we get engaged...so i laughed at him and asked when that would be and he said when he picks out a ring...:sigh it will happen sooner or later i'm sure of it. as for rings, he knows what i like and don't like. i am leaving it up to him to pick out one for me, i want it all to be a surprise.

Total surprise.. we had kinda said hints back and forth prior.. but when he actually did it, was a surprise.. wasn't expecting it, or in the way he did it! LOL

he gave me lots of clues, but it was "meant" to be a surprise. he picked out the ring. the cat was let out of the bag when we were at dinner with both families and his mom says "dear, this would be a great time to ask her dad for permission..." he nearly died. :lol

We talked about it a lot!!! We had been dating for over a year when he asked me to move to GA to be with him. We moved into an apt and decided we wanted more. We bought a mobile home (which turned out to be a NIGHTMARE) and I told him I would stay in the apt until we were married. We closed the deal on the home Oct 21, 1998 and we married Oct 22, 1998....Our rings are another story. We had a beautiful set when we first married, but I couldn't wear them and do anything with the water in GA it would turn my yellow gold a rose color. Come to find out with my skin and the reaction I was having to the heavy sulfur based water in Kingsbay GA, so the yello gold had to be gone. So now he wears a titanium band and I a white gold princess cut set. We're adding to it when he gets home from deployment!!!

We talked about it, since we had already made the decision for us to move to VA with him. But the actual proposal was a surprise.