Some of you may have read my other post questioning where to propose, Chicago or Philly: https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/proposing-this-weekend-need-contingency-plan-assistance-please.8361/
Turns out Philly was the place to do it...
First of all she didn''t even know I was shopping. I had here thinking March at the earliest. I received the ring in the mail on Friday Oct. 31. (Purchased from Sydney Rosen, Jewelers Row, Philadelphia. SydneyRosen.com) Saturday morning I went over to her house and spoke to her dad before she woke up. He approved. I woke her up and we went hiking. (ring stuffed inside a sock in my back pack.) She actually carried the ring half the day and didn''t know it. On top of the mountain (Hawk Mountain Pocono''s) I proposed. She said yes. OXOXOXOX... We floated down the mountain and drove till we got cell phone reception and started calling everyone. It''s been a wonderful two weeks. We''re planning the wedding for April 4th, 2004, and trying to stay calm.
So what ever happened to Chicago? Well, I had told her everything I had gone through in getting the ring including the alternate proposal ideas I had come up with. While we were in Chicago she asked if we could get another ring and have a "fake" second proposal. I had originally wanted to propose on the Farris Wheel on Navy Pier. So at the top of the wheel I got down on one knee inside the car and re-proposed. We kissed and then I noticed the people in the car ahead of us snickering and laughing. I yelled something about how this was a special moment and that I had just proposed. It turned out to be a funny experience. Later she said she was glad the real proposal happened on the mountain. It made for a really funny stories though.
Thanks for all the tips posted on this board. They were invaluable in my search. I can agree whole heartedly with the "Emotional Stages of Buying a Ring" post: https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/the-stages-of-the-emotional-journey-to-buy-an-egagement-ring.4489/
Oh and I almost forgot... here is a picture.
~andrew
Turns out Philly was the place to do it...
First of all she didn''t even know I was shopping. I had here thinking March at the earliest. I received the ring in the mail on Friday Oct. 31. (Purchased from Sydney Rosen, Jewelers Row, Philadelphia. SydneyRosen.com) Saturday morning I went over to her house and spoke to her dad before she woke up. He approved. I woke her up and we went hiking. (ring stuffed inside a sock in my back pack.) She actually carried the ring half the day and didn''t know it. On top of the mountain (Hawk Mountain Pocono''s) I proposed. She said yes. OXOXOXOX... We floated down the mountain and drove till we got cell phone reception and started calling everyone. It''s been a wonderful two weeks. We''re planning the wedding for April 4th, 2004, and trying to stay calm.
So what ever happened to Chicago? Well, I had told her everything I had gone through in getting the ring including the alternate proposal ideas I had come up with. While we were in Chicago she asked if we could get another ring and have a "fake" second proposal. I had originally wanted to propose on the Farris Wheel on Navy Pier. So at the top of the wheel I got down on one knee inside the car and re-proposed. We kissed and then I noticed the people in the car ahead of us snickering and laughing. I yelled something about how this was a special moment and that I had just proposed. It turned out to be a funny experience. Later she said she was glad the real proposal happened on the mountain. It made for a really funny stories though.
Thanks for all the tips posted on this board. They were invaluable in my search. I can agree whole heartedly with the "Emotional Stages of Buying a Ring" post: https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/the-stages-of-the-emotional-journey-to-buy-an-egagement-ring.4489/
Oh and I almost forgot... here is a picture.
~andrew
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