Comments on: 10 Quirky Marriage Proposals

By: A

Sun, 07 Nov 2010 13:45:03 +0000

A few years back, I was working in an office across the street from a parking garage and when I looked out the window, there was a guy on the top level unfolding a banner. I can’t remember whose name was on it, but it said, “[LADY] WILL YOU MARRY ME?” …I never heard what the outcome was, but I’ve always thought it was a fun way to propose.

By: The Glamorous Life Association

The Glamorous Life Association — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 02:08:06 +0000

Ha ha ha….did you hear about THIS online proposal?

http://marcywrites.com/2009/03/proposal-20is-it-you/

By: Maggie

Maggie — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 01:40:53 +0000

what about the MLIA proposal?

By: P.

P. — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:42:17 +0000

I was watching a wedding program (I can’t recall the name) and the asker and askee were both police officers. They met for lunch, and he arranged to have an ‘officer down’ alert over the radio–a block away from where they had been eating. Naturally, the woman thought her boyfriend had been shot. When she arrived, he was fine and asked her to marry him. Aww, nothing says love and marriage like scaring the heck out of your beloved. (Oh, and she said yes, obviously, since they were on the show.)

By: Caroline

Caroline — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:37:44 +0000

I followed the link to WillYouMarryMeKC.com and was surprised to see how many very public and botched proposals existed. I guess grand gestures aren’t always met with excitement!

By: Kate

Kate — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:28:26 +0000

My husband proposed to me in an airport. We had met on Skype, talked for a year, then I sold everything (including my 1966 VW 18 window Bus) for a plane ticket to Italy to be with him. When I got off the plane and came through the terminal, he was already on his knee with a ring and asked me right then and there in front of everyone. We married three months later, and I’ve been here ever since.

By: Kelsey

Kelsey — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:01:34 +0000

I agree with Melissa in personally preferring simple, private proposals, but it’s neat to hear about elaborate ones also. I just think guys shouldn’t feel pressure to make their proposal “cooler” than anyone else’s. And they should definitely make sure a flashy, public proposal would suit their prospective fiancÃ©e’s personality before they go through the trouble of planning it!

By: Thena

Thena — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:12:09 +0000

Several years ago, a man proposed by writing “Will you marry me [name, which I've since forgotten]?” in Christmas lights on the roof of his house, visible from a major highway (major by CT standards, anyway). A few weeks later it was replaced with “YES!”

Obviously, it stuck with me. I always thought it was very sweet.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:56:57 +0000

Maybe I’m just old fashioned, but I still love the old fashioned type proposals. Nothing elaborate. No big production. Just a guy asking a girl to marry him. Marriage proposals don’t need to be catchy or original or big fancy suprises to be memorable.

By: Jen - The Alien Spouse

Jen - The Alien Spouse — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:23:52 +0000

I used to work at the TKTS booth in Leicester Square, and we were asked to write a proposal on our electronic scrolling marquee sign. I was managing that day, so I put it up, and it was really fun when people walked past the building, noticed the message and smiled!

The young lady said yes, and her fiance called the next day to thank us for helping him.