After 5 years I finally proposed and.....

[ViviTheMage]

very awesome. I am jealous of the idea!! What happened if she didnt figure out the puzzle...or the map, haha.

 

[chickadee]

Originally posted by: krunchykrome

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: frankgomez75
she said yes!

It took weeks of planning but it was all worth it.

What I did was I bought a 25 piece puzzle and put it together. On the back of the puzzle I wrote a message. Everyday I dropped off 5 pieces of the puzzle for her in an evelope for 5 days at her job. At the end of the week (Friday) she had the entire puzzle with a message about going on an adventure Saturday written on the back. I included a compass and a treasure map I made with my artistic talent... I have about as much as a first grader :laugh: I was able to age it to look like a really old map using tea, a lighter and tearing it along the edges. I also gave her the first clue to find the first item. She had to find 10 items, each one leading to the next. Each item represented something in our relationship and what she means to me. The treasure hunt took place at The Japanese Garden in Houston and it was very serene.. with 2 small ponds, small waterfall, little creeks, some ducks, rabbits and squirrels running around. Very beautiful place. At the end of the treasure she found a treasure box filled with fake gold coins, jewelery and a mirror. Attached to the mirror a message said "look in the mirror and there you will find the most beautiful and valuable treasure in the world". I also left an envelope in the treasure box with dinner reservations and to dress formal.

I picked her up for dinner and brought her a dozen white roses.... She looked stunning! I tooke her to an upscale Italian restaurant called Sorrento's Ristorante Italianowere we ate a 5 course Italian dinner. The food was excellent. Afterwards I took her to an 8 story water wall in Houston called the Williams Waterwall. There we walked around after which I got down on one knee and proposed. It was awesome. We went back to my place to celebrate!

well done frank. :thumbsup:

i would just change one thing. when you told her about the dinner reservations and to dress formal you should have bought her the dress to wear. let me say there is nothing more special than having the man of your dreams buy you a dress to wear. it's the epitomy of romance to me.

Is that right? Is this just a personal thing or do many women secretly adore this? Never thought about buying a dress for my woman.

Girls would very much love if you bought them a dress..... of course in this event, a nicer conservative one with perhaps just a small bit of sex appeal would prove much more romantic/appreciated then a low cut mini dress im sure most guys would immediately reach to pick out.

 

[BigJ]

Congrats man.

 

[NatePo717]

Could we at least get a :camera: of the lucky lady?

Oh and congrats! :beer:

 

[sygyzy]

How did you know she'd be able to figure out the clues? Everytime I plan something like this, I spend time helping the girl along or flat out telling them the answer. It is great when it works out Da Vinci Code style but really loses it's charm when it doesn't.

 

[frankgomez75]

Originally posted by: NatePo717
Could we at least get a :camera: of the lucky lady?

Oh and congrats! :beer:

Done... edited the first post

 

[frankgomez75]

Originally posted by: sygyzy
How did you know she'd be able to figure out the clues? Everytime I plan something like this, I spend time helping the girl along or flat out telling them the answer. It is great when it works out Da Vinci Code style but really loses it's charm when it doesn't.

Well, I made it easy enough for her. She had a map of the place, a compass and each clue told her the direction to go and landmark to look for the next item and I had her bring along a friend to help just in case she got stuck... her friends job was for support and to hold the camcorder. So the cool thing is since I wasn't really there.. well I was but I was hiding... we have it all videotaped so we can watch it together.

 

[fbrdphreak]

Wow, that's a lot of work! Congrats

 

[Tiamat]

Originally posted by: frankgomez75

Originally posted by: sygyzy
How did you know she'd be able to figure out the clues? Everytime I plan something like this, I spend time helping the girl along or flat out telling them the answer. It is great when it works out Da Vinci Code style but really loses it's charm when it doesn't.

Well, I made it easy enough for her. She had a map of the place, a compass and each clue told her the direction to go and landmark to look for the next item and I had her bring along a friend to help just in case she got stuck... her friends job was for support and to hold the camcorder. So the cool thing is since I wasn't really there.. well I was but I was hiding... we have it all videotaped so we can watch it together.

Thats awesome! Nicely done!

 

[shadow9d9]

Sorry to sound negative.. but asking someone to marry you isn't a big deal... and really, it makes no sense for someone, in a serious relationship for more than 2 years that would say no... My wife and I just had a casual conversation about it... and we both agreed to get married, and therefore we became engaged. It was after a year or so. No big deal.

I am always skeptical of people that do all these ridiculous movielike things and overdo it "asking the question"... just stinks of fakeness.

 

[JM Aggie08]

gah, if i only i could pull something off like that...

 

[DrPizza]

Hey, congrats! :thumbsup:

Much better than the way I think I convinced my brother to ask his girlfriend... (everyone's been waiting for him to pop the question to her.) I told him that just before or during an ***** while he's "down there" to stop and ask her. He looked at me funny when I suggested it. Then I pointed out, every one of her friends and female relatives is going to say "OMG! That's wonderful! Let me see the ring! how did he ask you?" The wife of one of my best friends has had to lie for years.

 

[frankgomez75]

Originally posted by: shadow9d9
Sorry to sound negative.. but asking someone to marry you isn't a big deal... and really, it makes no sense for someone, in a serious relationship for more than 2 years that would say no... My wife and I just had a casual conversation about it... and we both agreed to get married, and therefore we became engaged. It was after a year or so. No big deal.

I am always skeptical of people that do all these ridiculous movielike things and overdo it "asking the question"... just stinks of fakeness.

I can see what you're say and where you are coming from... but I'm a romantic.
I also wanted a story I could share with our grandkids. Its a once in a lifetime opportunity. As in any big decision you should take time and plan it. Double check and make sure its what you want. I did that. I don't ever plan on doing something like proposing or getting married again if this doesn't work... knock on wood. But when you are so deeply in love with someone you will go out of your way to make them happy which in turn makes me happy. Seeing her smile and tears of joy made it all worth it and I would do it again for her. 5 years and I still have the same amount of passion as the first day when I met her. She's my best friend and would do anything for me... and for that I had to show my appreciation.

 

[frankgomez75]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
Hey, congrats! :thumbsup:

Much better than the way I think I convinced my brother to ask his girlfriend... (everyone's been waiting for him to pop the question to her.) I told him that just before or during an ***** while he's "down there" to stop and ask her. He looked at me funny when I suggested it. Then I pointed out, every one of her friends and female relatives is going to say "OMG! That's wonderful! Let me see the ring! how did he ask you?" The wife of one of my best friends has had to lie for years.

I can only imagine.... if I tried something like that.. it prolly would have turned into a Lorena Bobbit situation

 

[shadow9d9]

Originally posted by: frankgomez75

Originally posted by: shadow9d9
Sorry to sound negative.. but asking someone to marry you isn't a big deal... and really, it makes no sense for someone, in a serious relationship for more than 2 years that would say no... My wife and I just had a casual conversation about it... and we both agreed to get married, and therefore we became engaged. It was after a year or so. No big deal.

I am always skeptical of people that do all these ridiculous movielike things and overdo it "asking the question"... just stinks of fakeness.

I can see what you're say and where you are coming from... but I'm a romantic.
I also wanted a story I could share with our grandkids. Its a once in a lifetime opportunity. As in any big decision you should take time and plan it. Double check and make sure its what you want. I did that. I don't ever plan on doing something like proposing or getting married again if this doesn't work... knock on wood. But when you are so deeply in love with someone you will go out of your way to make them happy which in turn makes me happy. Seeing her smile and tears of joy made it all worth it and I would do it again for her. 5 years and I still have the same amount of passion as the first day when I met her. She's my best friend and would do anything for me... and for that I had to show my appreciation.

I understand where you came from, but it wasn't real... It isn't a real story.. it is corny nonsense to me.. just my opinion.

 

[Patt]

Congrats ... I hope you two have a great life together :thumbsup:

 

[Modular]

Originally posted by: shadow9d9
but it wasn't real... It isn't a real story.. it is corny nonsense to me.. just my opinion.

?

Ummm, it was real, it happened and is a part of their history. Therefor it exists and is real...

It's not his fault that you can't make a decision and then make it fun. I'm sure that after 5 years the topic of marriage had come up before. I'm guessing that this was no real surprise to her. It's about the moment. Marriage should not be a cold hard calculation. There is enough of that in the world already. Marriage is an undying appreciation and love shown to the other person. When you love someone you don't "weigh the risk".

Your attitude says alot about the type of person you are...and the type of relationship you likely have with you SO.

How hard is it for you to buy flowers for her? Do you look at your long-term profit/losses and make a decision from there?

 

[bleeb]

Congrats big dawg.

but the whole proposal seemed kind of corny. =)

 

[Descartes]

Beautiful girl. Congratulations!

 

[frankgomez75]

Originally posted by: Modular

Originally posted by: shadow9d9
but it wasn't real... It isn't a real story.. it is corny nonsense to me.. just my opinion.

?

Ummm, it was real, it happened and is a part of their history. Therefor it exists and is real...

It's not his fault that you can't make a decision and then make it fun. I'm sure that after 5 years the topic of marriage had come up before. I'm guessing that this was no real surprise to her. It's about the moment. Marriage should not be a cold hard calculation. There is enough of that in the world already. Marriage is an undying appreciation and love shown to the other person. When you love someone you don't "weigh the risk".

Your attitude says alot about the type of person you are...and the type of relationship you likely have with you SO.

How hard is it for you to buy flowers for her? Do you look at your long-term profit/losses and make a decision from there?

Well said.....

Originally posted by: bleeb
Congrats big dawg.

but the whole proposal seemed kind of corny. =)

I agree... it was corny... but you have to understand something... MY GIRL loves corny things. Corny romantic movies I'll endure because she likes them. Knowing this, I made it corny for her... if it makes her happy than it makes me happy... and that makes us happy. To each their own

 

[ElFenix]

there's a japanese garden in hermann park? wtf?

 

[habib89]

congrats! i may have to steal some of your ideas!

 

[Dacalo]

Originally posted by: shadow9d9

Originally posted by: frankgomez75

Originally posted by: shadow9d9
Sorry to sound negative.. but asking someone to marry you isn't a big deal... and really, it makes no sense for someone, in a serious relationship for more than 2 years that would say no... My wife and I just had a casual conversation about it... and we both agreed to get married, and therefore we became engaged. It was after a year or so. No big deal.

I am always skeptical of people that do all these ridiculous movielike things and overdo it "asking the question"... just stinks of fakeness.

I can see what you're say and where you are coming from... but I'm a romantic.
I also wanted a story I could share with our grandkids. Its a once in a lifetime opportunity. As in any big decision you should take time and plan it. Double check and make sure its what you want. I did that. I don't ever plan on doing something like proposing or getting married again if this doesn't work... knock on wood. But when you are so deeply in love with someone you will go out of your way to make them happy which in turn makes me happy. Seeing her smile and tears of joy made it all worth it and I would do it again for her. 5 years and I still have the same amount of passion as the first day when I met her. She's my best friend and would do anything for me... and for that I had to show my appreciation.

I understand where you came from, but it wasn't real... It isn't a real story.. it is corny nonsense to me.. just my opinion.

Sorry to sound negative, but your relationship with your SO doesn't sound too romantic. Love isn't all about being serious; it's happy, sad at times, corny, and plain silly. In my opinion, your perception of love seems to be... boring and one dimensional.

 

[TwinkleToes77]

Congrats!


I can't share my story of how I was proposed to.. I sometimes hate that

 

[frankgomez75]

Originally posted by: TwinkleToes77
Congrats!


I can't share my story of how I was proposed to.. I sometimes hate that

Thnx!

Say this wasn't you was it?

Originally posted by: DrPizza
Hey, congrats! :thumbsup:

Much better than the way I think I convinced my brother to ask his girlfriend... (everyone's been waiting for him to pop the question to her.) I told him that just before or during an ***** while he's "down there" to stop and ask her. He looked at me funny when I suggested it. Then I pointed out, every one of her friends and female relatives is going to say "OMG! That's wonderful! Let me see the ring! how did he ask you?" The wife of one of my best friends has had to lie for years.