Hi all,
Getting engaged. Soon. Have a ring - pics of the platinum ring with the 1.12 E-VS1 here: http://www.tradeshop.com/temp23/prinring.jpg The style might not appeal to everyone, but it is similar to rings she's expressed a liking for, so I didn't want to stray too far from that.
She knows a ring exists and suspects a proposal is imminent. This is really my fault. Like many women, she has expressed some frustration that we aren't engaged yet (have dated two years). In efforts to 'defend myself' I've hinted here and there & she now has enough info and 'knows too much'. The only reason I've waited until now is that I didn't want to go into debt to get the ring. Anyway...
Here's my dilemma: I obviously want the proposal to be (in the words of Mikey) 'romantical', and have a few choices.
(a) We live in Dallas. Our second date was to the 'Texas State Railroad Park' where we rode a steam train for an hour and a half and then picnicked outside of an old white chapel in the state park. This place has great sentimental value for her, as we also partook of our first kiss there. We have plans to go there this weekend & I was thinking I might propose while we picknicked.
As a diversion, I have told her to get 'date clothes' ready for the following weekend for a 'romantical dinner'. No doubt she expects me to propose then, not at the railroad park.
(b) I also have the opportunity to take her to Montreal, Canada this weekend. Up on Saturday back on Sunday - for dinner at her favorite restaurant there (we went there a year and a half ago and she loves it there). The problem is, we don't jet around spontaneously and she will surely guess why we are going. The cost of this trip is inconsequential - we'll be on frequent flyer passes.
(c) The /next/ weekend we are going to my cousin's wedding in San Francisco. I could pre-scope-out a nice spot, maybe one looking over the bay, and do it there. But up until I propose she'll probably be disappointed, thinking that we're going to 'yet another' wedding and she still isn't engaged.
So to summarize: option (a) she won't suspect anything, option (b) is MUCH more romantical, but will give it away, and option (c) could be very romantical and we'll have a built-in engagement party with my whole family
but has the drawbacks of (1) complicating the purpose of the trip and/or (2) leaving her disappointed until she realizes it's happening and/or (3) upsetting my cousin and her family, who might conclude that we're somehow stealing the spotlight (they get like that). I would not propose at their wedding or their reception - just during that same trip!
Any thoughts?
Getting engaged. Soon. Have a ring - pics of the platinum ring with the 1.12 E-VS1 here: http://www.tradeshop.com/temp23/prinring.jpg The style might not appeal to everyone, but it is similar to rings she's expressed a liking for, so I didn't want to stray too far from that.
She knows a ring exists and suspects a proposal is imminent. This is really my fault. Like many women, she has expressed some frustration that we aren't engaged yet (have dated two years). In efforts to 'defend myself' I've hinted here and there & she now has enough info and 'knows too much'. The only reason I've waited until now is that I didn't want to go into debt to get the ring. Anyway...
Here's my dilemma: I obviously want the proposal to be (in the words of Mikey) 'romantical', and have a few choices.
(a) We live in Dallas. Our second date was to the 'Texas State Railroad Park' where we rode a steam train for an hour and a half and then picnicked outside of an old white chapel in the state park. This place has great sentimental value for her, as we also partook of our first kiss there. We have plans to go there this weekend & I was thinking I might propose while we picknicked.
As a diversion, I have told her to get 'date clothes' ready for the following weekend for a 'romantical dinner'. No doubt she expects me to propose then, not at the railroad park.
(b) I also have the opportunity to take her to Montreal, Canada this weekend. Up on Saturday back on Sunday - for dinner at her favorite restaurant there (we went there a year and a half ago and she loves it there). The problem is, we don't jet around spontaneously and she will surely guess why we are going. The cost of this trip is inconsequential - we'll be on frequent flyer passes.
(c) The /next/ weekend we are going to my cousin's wedding in San Francisco. I could pre-scope-out a nice spot, maybe one looking over the bay, and do it there. But up until I propose she'll probably be disappointed, thinking that we're going to 'yet another' wedding and she still isn't engaged.
So to summarize: option (a) she won't suspect anything, option (b) is MUCH more romantical, but will give it away, and option (c) could be very romantical and we'll have a built-in engagement party with my whole family
but has the drawbacks of (1) complicating the purpose of the trip and/or (2) leaving her disappointed until she realizes it's happening and/or (3) upsetting my cousin and her family, who might conclude that we're somehow stealing the spotlight (they get like that). I would not propose at their wedding or their reception - just during that same trip!Any thoughts?
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