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Popping the big Q

PowerSports said:
Q to the guys that are married or about to get married...do you already know ur going to get married but its just about when u do....me and my gf have been together for 3 yrs...and we have told eachother we will marry eachother we just have to wait for the right time...i.e when both of us have finished uni etc etc

I guess what im saying is it a surprise to them that your asking them or is it just a matter of time when you did/will ask them...
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Man are you serious??? Maybe you were being romantic
or something...

I'm not sure about anyone else but I would not say that
at all.. SHEAT.. anything could happen tomorrow.

It's all good to say that you are the only one for me etc etc..
but life says other wise...

Anyway just my thought.
Devante.
 
brendon said:
i was engaged at one point, we both knew we would get married, for us it was just when i would propose. she knew i would just didnt know when , where or how. after 6 months enagaged all went down the poop shoot and she said bye.. lol.... oh well thats life
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Didnt know u were engaged big man!
 
I just got engaged 3 weeks ago after being going out for 5 years.

I asked her Mum/Dad for permission over dinner at a restaurant (they knew why i invited them).

Sometimes we suprise each other on an anniversary and take each other out different places for a day.

The day started by me renting a HSV GTO Signature coupe, picking her up and going to the hot springs for a private bath, driving to arthurs seat to look at the view (our first date), then off to melbourne and hired a proper Gondala on the yarra (with champagne and a platter of food), sailed along for an hour and watched the sunset and asked her then on 1 knee (I was very nervous when the time came, leading upto it was no problem), she accepted and I gave her a nice ring, then we went through the casino, into crown towers to our room, dinner at a nice italian restaurant (best meal i had in a long time, top top service and food), then had room service dessert LOL.

Was quite fun, we were talking amongst friends over dinner and told them the story and a few of the blokes were reluctant to share LOL
I tried to make the day as special as i could and don't regret it.
 
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Mike, I plan on going balls out, I always do. The hotel we are staying in at the end if our trip is second to none. Picnic on the beach at sunset or something....... She will love it.

Craze, I don't blame your mates for not sharing...... Top class!
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I'll enjoy it if she says yes :D.
If not she'll be left in Brunei lol.

Did anybody ask her parents? I'm going too...
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Yeah man..

when i did it ... organised a awesome lunch in a park on sydney harbour, out of the way found a nice secluded spot on the water, was a perfect day, i d organised lunch and drinks and all then i proposed there then that night went on a dinner harbour cruise, fancy cruise boat, awesome food and entertainment, i didnt spend Massive dollars doing it all but it was what she wanted, something not to over the top but nice and would be remembered. even though it didnt work out in the end i still remember it being a fun day and night. you dont have to spend lots or go all out but make it something nice that she ll remember and look back to.

one of me mates who recently got married did a whole amazing race style thing. started with a limo picked her and a friend up and had a note from limo driver saying they had 20 mins to get ready and go to this address for breakfast, that was all paid for , then a waitress gave them another note to go shopping at a particular shop where me mate had organised payment for what ever shoes she wanted, then after all that the shop keeper gave them an envelope saying to get a cab home and be ready for a limo ride to a resteraunt for dinner. they went and did all that and then me mate had the menus made up with one of the dishes being "Name will you marry me?" and had it timed that as when she looked at it the champagne and ring was brought out... pretty extravagent full day event but i thought itwas pretty darn cool way to do it.
 
Logic? I assume you mean reason behind this?

I think it shows respect, if you are a parent I would imagine you also would like to be asked.
Perhaps its not as common these days to ask but i felt it was the right thing.

+ we all had a nice dinner and a bottle of wine so why not???
 
craze said:
Logic? I assume you mean reason behind this?

I think it shows respect, if you are a parent I would imagine you also would like to be asked.
Perhaps its not as common these days to ask but i felt it was the right thing.

+ we all had a nice dinner and a bottle of wine so why not???
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If you are a father, and it was your daughter, it wouldnt exactly be an easy part of your life i cant imagine. I mean by her marrying another guy is kinda like severing the tie between both of you. She even takes his surname (in most cases).

I will be asking when i am ready to pop the question, as a sign of respect more than anything.

Goodluck Scott! :)
 
ALWAYS ask the (father) parents.. its pretty much just how its done, shows respect to parents and that your a decent person. If i had a daughter id want the guy marrying her to ask for my permission or blessings first.
 
brendon said:
ALWAYS ask the (father) parents.. its pretty much just how its done, shows respect to parents and that your a decent person. If i had a daughter id want the guy marrying her to ask for my permission or blessings first.
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Brendon just using your quote to illustrate so
not specifically targeted at you per se.

Anyway, it's quite interesting all the comments (thanks).

I'm not a father so can't comment on that aspect but
I can see how asking the parents can fit within to
this context.

I'm curious to know what would happen if the parents
said NO!... lol... :eek: No comment necessary of course.

Thank you gents.
Devante.
 
k_21 said:
Brendon just using your quote to illustrate so
not specifically targeted at you per se.

Anyway, it's quite interesting all the comments (thanks).

I'm not a father so can't comment on that aspect but
I can see how asking the parents can fit within to
this context.

I'm curious to know what would happen if the parents
said NO!... lol... :eek: No comment necessary of course.

Thank you gents.
Devante.
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I guess if they said no you would have to ask why, and what you would need to do in order to get their blessing.
 
yes ask the dad, He will appreciate it, The response I got was, "ohh yes of course, Well I thought it would happed eventually, "

We had had been together for 10 years prior.

I waited until we had both finished uni , had a decent job (rings are damm expensive, weddings are mind numbingly expensive)

We had talked about it heaps, looked at rings etc for ages.

I didnt go too crazy, we had a weekend away, at a resort. The plan was to propose in the resturant, didnt happen, nerves, and the meal was pretty ordinary, we both just wanted out of there.. So we went for a walk along the beach, and around the resort, found a nice spot and on bended knee, blah blah. grabbed a bottle of wine and cruized back to the room, by the time we had got there she had called i think everyone we knew, (we told or parents when we saw them), she was very happy.

Wish it was a better night meal wise, even thought about delaying it, but in the end it was a good night. That was nearly 4 years ago.

It is really strange you have been with someone for ages you know you are going to get married, but you still get all selfconcious and nervous..lol

good luck sticky sounds awsome.
 
If they said no theres gonna have to be a pretty decent reason as to why... if its no just to annoy you or coz they dont like you then the dads obviously a moron and id ignore it. if the dad did say no and was a decent person he'd tell you why and what youd have to do.. within reason.
 
i proposed to my girlfriend last year while on holidays in Vietnam, i did it at midnight walking along the beach at our resort in Hoi An. Her parents are Vietnamese but she is Australian born and it was her first visit to the country so it was pretty special to her that it happened over there. we had been together 6 years and we are getting married in march next year.

edit: i also asked her father for permission first.
 
We are going to hoi-an, and have been together for 6 years too!

How old are you hyjack
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just turned 31, shes 28. i wish i had of done it a bit earlier but i knew about the holiday a long time in advance. funnily enough we went back to vietnam recently with her brother and his girlfriend, while we stayed in saigon they went to Hoi An and he proposed there as well!
 
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