Featured Engagement Stories
I wanted her to feel like a movie star...
Our story was almost a failure...it would have been a failure had my plans worked out the way I wanted.
I moved out to New York City for grad school in the summer of 2011. I grew up in Downey, CA my entire life and I needed a change of scenery. My roommate and I started going out to a church, and I guess Jason was one of the welcoming ushers. I didn't notice him at all.
It was the Fourth of July weekend, exactly one year after Christy and I had first met. To celebrate the occasion we planned a little trip, taking the airplane to fly down to Ocracoke Island in the Outer Banks for a romantic long weekend getaway.
Get Engaged In...
San Francisco, affectionately known as everybody’s favourite city, is the perfect place for a proposal getaway. With amazing scenery, both natural and manmade, fabulous food, and a rich mix of cultures that give the city a unique vibrancy, there’s no better place to pop the question.
The energy and vibrancy of the bustling city of Hong Kong is hard to describe. If you’d like to get engaged in the Pearl of the Orient you’ll be spoiled for choice. Here are some great ideas for proposal locations to help you plan your trip.
Chicago is a vibrant city of opposites; cutting edge modernity alongside passionately preserved history, and luxurious indulgence colliding with hard working realism.
Recently Engaged...
The idea that a couple’s parents should cover the entire expense of their wedding has become an old fashioned one, and many couples, especially if they are a little older or are arranging their second marriage, tend to pay a large portion of the wedding costs themselves.
So the champagne has been sipped, the ring has been shown around, and congratulations have poured in, but now the reality hits; you actually have to plan a wedding.
The popularity of destination weddings is ever increasing as couples jet off with their nearest and dearest in search of sun, sea, sand and a stress-free wedding. Some couples love the idea of a destination wedding, while others can’t imagine getting married anywhere other than at home.
Marriage Proposal Advice....
Public proposal seems to be growing in popularity. Proposal packages where performers call you and your girlfriend up on stage, waiters deliver the ring to your table with dessert, or where dolphins pass on your message with a special sign, are increasingly common.
Many men put a huge amount of thought into the location and the timing of their proposal but forget to prepare anything to say when they ask that all important question.
Whether or not your proposal comes completely out of the blue will depend largely on how long you’ve been together and how much you’ve talked about getting married, but if you plan it right you can make a proposal a surprise in any situation.