Hi all,
As they say, Long time Reader, First time Poster...
For the past few weeks I''ve been ring shopping, and finally made up my mind today on which to go with. All the information on this site (especially the reference to Whitefire, and the HCA tool) were incredibly helpful.
I don''t have it yet, since I decided to order from Whitefire online.
** Thanks for your help James & Liza **
Now that "who, what (and why of course)" have been answered... time to figure out "where, when & how".
Here''s the situation:
- The ring should be arriving sometime around April 13th (shipped to Canada)
- The FF and I leave for over a month long vacation at the end of the month
- Sometime between now & then I also want to ask for her parents'' permission/blessing
So I''m trying to decide whether to:
A) Propose before we leave
B) Propose during the trip
Now I''d like to propose during the trip... but what I''m worried about is we''re backpacking all over the place, and I don''t want to either lose it before I ask her, or be so busy worrying about where it is and/or her not finding it that I can''t enjoy the trip (we''ve never been there). A friend of mine has suggested that I pop the question the first night we''re there... that way we can say we got engaged on vacation (and find a nice place to ask), but I don''t have the worries I mentioned.
Maybe I''m just worrying too much... but I do have concerns about getting it through security at the airport, or carrying it around all day, or getting sleep for those 8hrs on the plane with it in my pocket
Any help/experience is appreciated!
Thanks!
As they say, Long time Reader, First time Poster...
For the past few weeks I''ve been ring shopping, and finally made up my mind today on which to go with. All the information on this site (especially the reference to Whitefire, and the HCA tool) were incredibly helpful.
I don''t have it yet, since I decided to order from Whitefire online.
** Thanks for your help James & Liza **
Now that "who, what (and why of course)" have been answered... time to figure out "where, when & how".
Here''s the situation:
- The ring should be arriving sometime around April 13th (shipped to Canada)
- The FF and I leave for over a month long vacation at the end of the month
- Sometime between now & then I also want to ask for her parents'' permission/blessing
So I''m trying to decide whether to:
A) Propose before we leave
B) Propose during the trip
Now I''d like to propose during the trip... but what I''m worried about is we''re backpacking all over the place, and I don''t want to either lose it before I ask her, or be so busy worrying about where it is and/or her not finding it that I can''t enjoy the trip (we''ve never been there). A friend of mine has suggested that I pop the question the first night we''re there... that way we can say we got engaged on vacation (and find a nice place to ask), but I don''t have the worries I mentioned.
Maybe I''m just worrying too much... but I do have concerns about getting it through security at the airport, or carrying it around all day, or getting sleep for those 8hrs on the plane with it in my pocket
Any help/experience is appreciated!
Thanks!