Hi all. I am new to the forum and actually just stumbled across it by accident so I thought I wold join and ask a question that I have been racking my brain about for around a month or so. First a little backgroud..
My girlfriend and I have been together for what will be six years this december. We met/ started dating in college and I am madly in love with her. After college I moved to maryland to be with her since this is where she is originally from and love it here. We have had several conversations about getting engaged and I really feel the time is right. We already are living together and have had no issues with that at all. I honestly cannot see myself without her in my life. As far as the proposal goes, I have already purchased the ring and have an idea about the actual plan. She has told me she would like to be someplace with her close friends in attendance. A good friend of ours is the singer in a local band that plays every other week at a local club and all of our friends from this area attend every show. I feel this would be the perfect setup since it would not be odd to see all of our friends gathered in one place. I have already spoken to our friend the singer about this and he thinks it is a fantastic idea and wants to help me out as much as he can. He has even offered to try to convince the guitarist to learn our song so that they can do an acoustic version for us after I actually pop the question. I also am trying to arrange it so we can do it on a weekend that her best friend from college can visit since I feel it fitting that her future maid of honor be there and I know it would make my girlfriend happy to have her there to share the experience. As you can see I think I have a pretty good plan set into motion.
Despite all that I have a bit of a quandry as to what exactly I should say in the proposal to my girlfriend. I know it should come from the heart and each persons'' take is different but I am honestly lost as to what sort of thing I should say. I want to tell her how much she means to means that I can''t imagine life without her but I am terrible with expressing myself verbally. Any suggestions or nudges in a helpful direction would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you all in advance
Joe
My girlfriend and I have been together for what will be six years this december. We met/ started dating in college and I am madly in love with her. After college I moved to maryland to be with her since this is where she is originally from and love it here. We have had several conversations about getting engaged and I really feel the time is right. We already are living together and have had no issues with that at all. I honestly cannot see myself without her in my life. As far as the proposal goes, I have already purchased the ring and have an idea about the actual plan. She has told me she would like to be someplace with her close friends in attendance. A good friend of ours is the singer in a local band that plays every other week at a local club and all of our friends from this area attend every show. I feel this would be the perfect setup since it would not be odd to see all of our friends gathered in one place. I have already spoken to our friend the singer about this and he thinks it is a fantastic idea and wants to help me out as much as he can. He has even offered to try to convince the guitarist to learn our song so that they can do an acoustic version for us after I actually pop the question. I also am trying to arrange it so we can do it on a weekend that her best friend from college can visit since I feel it fitting that her future maid of honor be there and I know it would make my girlfriend happy to have her there to share the experience. As you can see I think I have a pretty good plan set into motion.
Despite all that I have a bit of a quandry as to what exactly I should say in the proposal to my girlfriend. I know it should come from the heart and each persons'' take is different but I am honestly lost as to what sort of thing I should say. I want to tell her how much she means to means that I can''t imagine life without her but I am terrible with expressing myself verbally. Any suggestions or nudges in a helpful direction would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you all in advance
Joe