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Rough_Rock
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OK...here''s my situation. I''m planning on proposing soon...within the next two weeks, actually! So, it''s an exciting time. I know what evening I''m going propose, and other events that evening, but I keep going back and forth on WHEN I should propose that evening. Here''s the plan-in-progress:
I know where I''d like to take my gf for dinner. I also have tickets to the Symphony that night for after dinner. And finally, caveat #3 is that I''m am not a propose in public/at the restaurant kind of guy. I want the proposal time to be relatively in private.
So...here are some of the things I''ve considered. My first thought was that it would be really cool for her to be able to wear her brand new e-ring to the Symphony that night. All dressed up, and with a new ring. Seems to me like that would be rather stylish! However, that presents a problem of "where" to propose between dinner and the Symphony, because I don''t want to do it at the restaurant. And that means we''d need to make another stop in-between restaurant and Symphony, and I don''t think we''ll have the time to do that. It would be pretty rushed. I could propose pre-dinner, but that would be also kind of rushed I think. I pick her up at her house, propose, and "lets get dinner" doesn''t sound very good.
So...then I thought I could skip the idea of parading the ring at the Symphony...perhaps I could propose at intermission. The first half of the Symphony concert is a pretty romantic piano work (Rachmaninoff''s "Variations on Theme by Paganini" for all you in the know), so it would be kind of sweet to propose after listening to that, perhaps during intermission. And she could wear the ring for the rest of the night at the Symphony. But...where would I propose that would be anywhere semi-private? And again, a 10 minute intermission would be kind of rushed.
So...now the Symphony is over. It''s nearly 10 o''clock. Now what? Where to go? Normal MO following date would be either to get coffee at a place like Starbucks or for me just to drive her back to her family''s home to drop her off. So, a departure from the routine would be kind of strange, and I''m not exactly sure where we''d go at that time of night. In the past, once arriving back at her house, we''ve sometimes gone for a walk in the neighborhood, and we could do that and I could propose to her. But, it would be dark outside, not much light for the ring to sparkle, and we''d just be in the middle of a subdivision...just standing in the street! And, by this time, we''ll both be a little more on the hagard side than when we were all bright and cheery at 6 p.m. that evening.
So...any suggestions from all you armchair quarterbacks?! Send them!
I know where I''d like to take my gf for dinner. I also have tickets to the Symphony that night for after dinner. And finally, caveat #3 is that I''m am not a propose in public/at the restaurant kind of guy. I want the proposal time to be relatively in private.
So...here are some of the things I''ve considered. My first thought was that it would be really cool for her to be able to wear her brand new e-ring to the Symphony that night. All dressed up, and with a new ring. Seems to me like that would be rather stylish! However, that presents a problem of "where" to propose between dinner and the Symphony, because I don''t want to do it at the restaurant. And that means we''d need to make another stop in-between restaurant and Symphony, and I don''t think we''ll have the time to do that. It would be pretty rushed. I could propose pre-dinner, but that would be also kind of rushed I think. I pick her up at her house, propose, and "lets get dinner" doesn''t sound very good.
So...then I thought I could skip the idea of parading the ring at the Symphony...perhaps I could propose at intermission. The first half of the Symphony concert is a pretty romantic piano work (Rachmaninoff''s "Variations on Theme by Paganini" for all you in the know), so it would be kind of sweet to propose after listening to that, perhaps during intermission. And she could wear the ring for the rest of the night at the Symphony. But...where would I propose that would be anywhere semi-private? And again, a 10 minute intermission would be kind of rushed.
So...now the Symphony is over. It''s nearly 10 o''clock. Now what? Where to go? Normal MO following date would be either to get coffee at a place like Starbucks or for me just to drive her back to her family''s home to drop her off. So, a departure from the routine would be kind of strange, and I''m not exactly sure where we''d go at that time of night. In the past, once arriving back at her house, we''ve sometimes gone for a walk in the neighborhood, and we could do that and I could propose to her. But, it would be dark outside, not much light for the ring to sparkle, and we''d just be in the middle of a subdivision...just standing in the street! And, by this time, we''ll both be a little more on the hagard side than when we were all bright and cheery at 6 p.m. that evening.
So...any suggestions from all you armchair quarterbacks?! Send them!