me and my firlfirend are going to florida in a cpl months. we have been together for 2 years. i love her more than anything and i am going to propose. i know most of the responses will be on the beach but i want more and details about the beach too. thanks.

soldierfc,

I’m unsure that this is what you are asking for, but if your proposal will be on an Atlantic beach, then you could try staging it like this…

Have dinner at a beach restaurant
Go for a walk afterwards, placing yourself between her and the sea
The light will be coming over her shoulders
Your face will be illuminated against the surf in the background
Look her in the eyes, and as you offer her the little black box
Say “I want to marry you. Will you wear my ring?”

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I tell everyone I know that if I was to get proposed to, the guy better not have picked out a ring without my having a word in it. Most guys I know have no clue about jewelry. If I have to wear it the rest of my life, I want to like it (though I am sure that I would like it just for what it represents, if I didn't like the mineral/design).

If you need to have a ring when you propose, there are ways of getting her opinion without asking straight out "So what would you like your engagement ring to look like?". I have a friend, who before proposing, arranged an evening with a jeweler "friend" to which he took his girlfriend, at which the "friend" presented all sorts of types of jewelry and settings and lots of information on everything. My friend had made sure the ring he was thinking about getting was in the mix, and his girlfriend (now wife) actually said she really liked that one - never suspecting anything. I thought it was pretty clever

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PixieSprite,

^^^ That's a great idea! ^^^

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When I proposed to my first wife, I had the ring made. It had an emerald (her favorite jewel) as the centerpiece surrounded by diamonds from my grandmother's wedding ring. We had talked about the design in general some time before and it was what she said would be "just wonderful". When I proposed (down on one knee and everything) she found fault in it as she did in many things and complained about this and that. Time goes on, we marry (stupid me). My life is a living hell and I nearly go insane . We divorce after 15 months of misery. Life is much better.

With my second (and current) wife, I went with her and her girlfriend to a jewelry store as they looked at rings for the girlfriend. I listened to what she said she liked and went back later and had it made. When I proposed, I took her to our favorite restaurant and (thanks to some pre-arrangements with our favorite waitress) had the ring suspended from a ribbon on her 'rita glass. I asked her if she would marry me and when she said yes, the entire waitstaff cheered.

Good luck!
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