So I Took the Plunge

Thanks. Wedding wont be until 2010. Her mom's side of the family in Cali doesnt know that we're engaged. Her parents and my parents have to meet and discuss first (yes, they met already and hung out). Something about tradition after engagement.

Congrats bandit (cute proposal!)

Yeah, Steph's fam is footing the bill on the wedding, I'm paying for the honeymoon. Wsup Americans.

I got a dowry. HipHip English.
lost it in the divorce. D;

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Originally Posted by Nomi

Congrats bandit (cute proposal!)

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Thanks. Something unique and different. Fiancee actually tried to rip the box instead of un-tying the ribbon

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Yeah, Steph's fam is footing the bill on the wedding, I'm paying for the honeymoon. Wsup Americans.

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I'm getting back almost $4,000 in tax refund so that will definitely come in handy. Hopefully the red envelopes/wishing well will come in handy as well.

Depending on where we go for our honeymoon (cruise, Hawaii, etc.) we'll probably setup a registry for people to pay for our excursions/events (I heard there is such a thing available). My fiancee already works for a company that sells houseware stuff like Mikasa, Farberware, CuisinArt, etc. so we get huge discounts on that already.

Congrats!!! :)

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Originally Posted by bandit

I didnt do the typical ring in dessert/champagne, roses in hotel or anything like that. I did it in front of my family and painted a Lilo and Stitch. There is a cut out of the ring covered with a box from a jewelry box (I had to estimate the cutout as I didnt get to see the ring until I got to Florida). Inside the cover is a light sensor recorder. When cover is opened, the recorder would play my pre-recorded message. The message is me saying "I love you. Will you marry me?" in Cantonese.

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That's pretty rad. I didn't do the "typical ring in dessert/champagne" either but I think your proposal is way more organized than mine was. We were at a hotel at the beach standing out front smoking. I didn't know I was going to propose to her until about 10 seconds before I did. With no set-up I did the kneel down thing. She was all flabbergasted/happy/confused. While we were trying to have a moment some random chowda' head came walking down the sidewalk and tried to tell us all about how he just saw John Cena in a bar.

Anyway, because my proposal plan was all of 10 seconds old, I had to get the ring and ask her father for her hand few days later when we got home.

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That's pretty rad. I didn't do the "typical ring in dessert/champagne" either but I think your proposal is way more organized than mine was. We were at a hotel at the beach standing out front smoking. I didn't know I was going to propose to her until about 10 seconds before I did. With no set-up I did the kneel down thing. She was all flabbergasted/happy/confused. While we were trying to have a moment some random chowda' head came walking down the sidewalk and tried to tell us all about how he just saw John Cena in a bar.

Anyway, because my proposal plan was all of 10 seconds old, I had to get the ring and ask her father for her hand few days later when we got home.

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Damn, yours was just random. HAHA. Too bad that a-hole ruined the moment. I didnt let her parents know. It was a shock to them as well. She called them up to tell them the good news and they wanted to know why I didnt tell them. I wanted to surprise them as well. I didnt ask for permission as they were already asking us when we were getting married and all that stuff.

I was getting a headache just trying to figure out how to do it. I thought about doing it at the house (which I did) but also thought about doing it at a restaurant or taking her to the beach. But I had a box and carrying that around would of been weird and suspicious. I had to find the perfect time when everyone would be there at the same time. Luckily, everyone was able to go to the house before we went out to eat brunch. So it was a perfect setup. It was better than doing it at a restaurant in a public area. I think it was my sister who said that we should pretend that I got a package mailed to my aunts house. My aunt pretended that she forgot to give it to me. I should of put a fake shipping label on the box it was hidden in but I just put my name and my fiancee's

When I was painting the lilo and stitch, I was just going to give that to her for vday but thought it would be a perfect engagement surprise. Since she saw me have my paint set and brushes out and was wondering why it was out, I had to paint a decoy. So I painted this and gave it to her for vday to throw her off. If I didnt give anything painted, something would of been fishy.

http://www.the-nextlevel.com/board/a...1&d=1238778278

Added two more clearer pics of the engagement project to the first post for those who care.

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Anyway, because my proposal plan was all of 10 seconds old, I had to get the ring and ask her father for her hand few days later when we got home.

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I bought the ring and went to the park where we fed the ducks the morning before a road trip.

I acted like I was kneeling down to pick up the bread, pulled out the ring and then waited for her to look down.

I also asked her mother for her hand a few days prior (her dad's dead). Her mom was nervous as hell and thought I was coming over to say I was dieing of lupus or something.

Good luck!