Engagement ideas

Bsmiller05

Bsmiller05

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Well...it's now that time that Im ready to propose to my girlfriend and Im trying to figure out the best way. Has anyone (or is it possible??) done a non-cheesy proposal involving flying, planes, etc? I don't want to have a "Wedding singer" type of situation where I get on the PA or have some cheesy line like "will you be my copilot?"

Thanks guys and gals
 
why not just be sweet and simple? in a setting you both enjoy such that it's remembered as a wonderful memory, just for the two of you, for all time?
 
Well, for one...I'm honored that Big Chief's Woman took the time to provide her feelings on my dilema. Haha!

And two...I'm leaning more towards that route. On the one hand, I'd love to have a big setup since I only plan on doing this once. But on the other hand, simple sounds nice, too. I guess I'm just nervous and I want it to be "perfect."

Sheesh. I'm not usually this mushy with stuff.
 
Well...when I got engaged, I took her to one of our favorite spots near the river in Tampa and had prepared a poem. Then got down on one knee and asked for her hand in marriage.

We then walked up to the main building and there was a horse and carriage wating for us with wine and a bouquet of flowers. It was in December (in FL, so not too cold), and we took a nice romantic ride through one of the oldest neighborhoods where most of the homes were all decorated for Christmas.

The carriage then took us to a restaraunt where our families and friends were waiting to celebrate our engagement.

Perfect night!

That's how I did it. You know your future wife better than we do, so do what you know she'll LOVE and will remember for ever.

That's my $0.02.

R2F
 
ready2fly said:
Well...when I got engaged, I took her to one of our favorite spots near the river in Tampa and had prepared a poem. Then got down on one knee and asked for her hand in marriage.

We then walked up to the main building and there was a horse and carriage wating for us with wine and a bouquet of flowers. It was in December (in FL, so not too cold), and we took a nice romantic ride through one of the oldest neighborhoods where most of the homes were all decorated for Christmas.

The carriage then took us to a restaraunt where our families and friends were waiting to celebrate our engagement.

Perfect night!

That's how I did it. You know your future wife better than we do, so do what you know she'll LOVE and will remember for ever.

That's my $0.02.

R2F
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Man, you set your bar high. I bet that was one hell of a wedding. ;)
 
I took my wife flying (she is not a pilot) in a 152. While she was at the controls I broke the question. She started screaming, "take the controls, take the controls!". I said, "not until you say yes".

Another idea I had was to take her flying and upon our return to a class D airspace have the control tower not give us clearance until the woman next to me takes my hand in marriage. It would take some planning and a slow day. But you would look like such a pimp when the tower says that and then BAM you produce a ring.
 
When I asked my wife to marry me I took her to our favorite steak house. I had our usual waitress whom I pulled aside. I asked her to bring over the ring on one of the trays shortly after they served us. The entire staff as well as most of the guests were in it. When she came over, a couple of the other waiters pulled the table out, she saw the ring, and I got on my knees and asked her to marry me. The entire restaurant applauded.
 
I feel your frustration. You want it to be perfect, but you also just want to get it over with.

For weeks I thought long and hard about the perfect way to do it and most of what I came up with was pretty lame. Really I think instead of the perfect situation you need to find the perfect moment. While a well planned situation might lead to the right moment, sometimes it just happens on its own.

We were going to hike up Pinnacle Mountain just outside of Little Rock. Something we had done before and really enjoyed. Partially because it was really hot and partially because it would be more romantic I suggested we hike in time to see the sunset from the top of the mountain.

On the way there we stopped at the grocery store to pick up some wine, cheese, and bread to have at the top.

I digress, but my point is that I decided to bring the ring along and if it felt right, go for it. But if it didn't, well...I'll just keep it with me and see how things go. For example I wanted it to be a bit of a private moment, so if we got to the top of the mountain and there were tons of people, I'd wait till later.

So we got up to the top, absolutely nobody else was around, it was one of the most amazing sunsets that I've ever seen, so I went up onto this rock that was looking out over the whole area and asked her to join me.

When its the perfect moment, you'll know.

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Thankfully she had talked me into lugging my camera and tripod up the mountain because for the longest time I kept saying i wanted to take some pictures from up there some day.
 

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The Plan:
I would be hanging out in an open park with my future wife. When suddenly we were buzzed by an airplane (my friend) which throw out a parachute (which I had made). We would meet the parachute as it gentley floated down. Attached to the parachute would be a box; inside the box would be a ring and a poem. (the ring would be in my pocket, I would have to stick it in the box) Then I'd read the poem and purpose.

What Happened:
WX sucked; low ceilings and blowing snow. I wasn't sure if my friend would get to the location. We ended up scratching the plan. So we walked around the park for a while then, I purposed. She said yes so it was a successful day. We've been married 9 years and have a 3yr old and another kid on the way.
 
pullup said:
don't do itttttttttt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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:yeahthat:

Just say "I have been thinking about asking you to marry me, but I would only do it on the condition that you keep on working after we get married and you sign a prenuptual agreement". It's that or look her in the eye and say "you wouldn't want to screw up a great relationship like this by getting married would you".
 
Everyone's different, but if you guys are involved in aviation than anything having to do with said word aviation and marriage, proposals, etc. is cheesy IMO.

My wife and I were vacationing in Arizona and I ended up taking her for a nice lunch, followed by a hike up 'A' mountain at ASU while doing my best to conceal the bulge coming out of my pants that was a boxed engagement ring. Not even going to run with that.

Truth is, anything that shows planning and thought coming from the heart will mean a lot to her, whether it involves airplanes or not.

I'll never forget a proposal I once made on an airplane to my already wife:

"Honey, do you, umm...want to?" :D
 
PeterPilot said:
:yeahthat:

Just say "I have been thinking about asking you to marry me, but I would only do it on the condition that you keep on working after we get married and you sign a prenuptual agreement". It's that or look her in the eye and say "you wouldn't want to screw up a great relationship like this by getting married would you".
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Being the pilot, why would you want a prenump? I would have to think the spouse would have more assets coming into said partnership. :dunno:
 
Took a guy and his girlfriend for a flight in a C172. He put down X-mas lights in the middle of a football field the said "Will you marry me" and we flew over.
 
ready2fly said:
Well...when I got engaged, I took her to one of our favorite spots near the river in Tampa and had prepared a poem. Then got down on one knee and asked for her hand in marriage.

We then walked up to the main building and there was a horse and carriage wating for us with wine and a bouquet of flowers. It was in December (in FL, so not too cold), and we took a nice romantic ride through one of the oldest neighborhoods where most of the homes were all decorated for Christmas.

The carriage then took us to a restaraunt where our families and friends were waiting to celebrate our engagement.

Perfect night!

That's how I did it. You know your future wife better than we do, so do what you know she'll LOVE and will remember for ever.

That's my $0.02.

R2F
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Good gawd dude, I am ready to do ya right now, well done!:beer:
 
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