View Poll Results: How did it come about?
I popped the question out of the blue, and she said "Yes"
8
40.00%
Ditto but "No"
1
5.00%
We discussed it and agreed
4
20.00%
Her hints were getting bigger and more obvious
3
15.00%
She said "We're getting married or I'm off"
2
10.00%
'Twas the lady who proposed
2
10.00%
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Getting Hitched
Dec 6th 2012, 10:47 am
#1
Hit 16's
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Getting Hitched
Ok, what was the precursor to tying the knot?
Dec 6th 2012, 10:49 am
#2
BE Enthusiast
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Re: Getting Hitched
Finding someone willing to agree?
Dec 6th 2012, 10:54 am
#3
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Re: Getting Hitched
It was a surprise and I never said yes. However, it was taken that i had agreed as soon as we started to plan the party, I mean wedding.
Dec 6th 2012, 11:20 am
#4
Shark Fisherman
Joined: Feb 2012
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Re: Getting Hitched
I got blind drunk and awoke in the morning with the by then Fiancee having told her parents and friends..............
To this day I don't remember that night, probably why the marriage only lasted a little bit longer than the hangover...........
To this day I don't remember that night, probably why the marriage only lasted a little bit longer than the hangover...........
Dec 6th 2012, 11:32 am
#5
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Re: Getting Hitched
Dec 6th 2012, 12:26 pm
#6
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Re: Getting Hitched
We're not all blokes on here Bahtatboy.
We had agreed that we'd get married and then a while later he proprosed formally over dinner one evening.
We had agreed that we'd get married and then a while later he proprosed formally over dinner one evening.
Dec 6th 2012, 12:40 pm
#7
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Re: Getting Hitched
He put an engagement ring on my finger on Valentine's day while I was cooking dinner ...we have been married 10 years now
Dec 6th 2012, 12:47 pm
#9
Hit 16's
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Dec 6th 2012, 12:47 pm
#10
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Re: Getting Hitched
Pasta. See, there was nothing overly romantic about this. I don't really do romance. I had just come back from a trip home,went straight to his house and started making dinner as we were hungry. Then he got the ring out, put it on my finger and grinned...I grinned back, and that was that.
I then went to borrow a dress from my friend and we booked a hotel in dubai and got married there. Voila!
He is a good man, it does not matter to me where and how he proposes. What matters is that he treats me right. And that he does!
I then went to borrow a dress from my friend and we booked a hotel in dubai and got married there. Voila!
He is a good man, it does not matter to me where and how he proposes. What matters is that he treats me right. And that he does!
Dec 7th 2012, 2:37 am
#11
Lost in BE Cyberspace
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Re: Getting Hitched
Pasta. See, there was nothing overly romantic about this. I don't really do romance. I had just come back from a trip home,went straight to his house and started making dinner as we were hungry. Then he got the ring out, put it on my finger and grinned...I grinned back, and that was that.
I then went to borrow a dress from my friend and we booked a hotel in dubai and got married there. Voila!
He is a good man, it does not matter to me where and how he proposes. What matters is that he treats me right. And that he does!
I then went to borrow a dress from my friend and we booked a hotel in dubai and got married there. Voila!
He is a good man, it does not matter to me where and how he proposes. What matters is that he treats me right. And that he does!
Dec 7th 2012, 2:38 am
#12
Lost in BE Cyberspace
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Re: Getting Hitched
And as for the poll itself..........
Would I be unique if I say - quite truthfully - that I can't remember?
Would I be unique if I say - quite truthfully - that I can't remember?
Dec 7th 2012, 3:21 am
#13
Wannabe Cycling God
Joined: Jul 2009
Location: West Kensington, Dubai
Posts: 1,157
Re: Getting Hitched
I met Mrs Shed at my sisters 16th birthday party (Friday), took her out on the Saturday and proposed. She accepted and we just celebrated our 28th Anniversary.
We are quite proud of our achievement in this day and age.
We are quite proud of our achievement in this day and age.
Dec 7th 2012, 9:59 am
#14
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Re: Getting Hitched
He got down on one knee and popped the question outside Valvoline that's opposite Gold & Diamond Park, after buying me a rock that Liz Taylor would have been proud of 
It was by mutual agreement, it was never a case of 'shall' we get married but 'when'...that lasted 4 yrs until we moved here.
It was by mutual agreement, it was never a case of 'shall' we get married but 'when'...that lasted 4 yrs until we moved here.
Dec 7th 2012, 3:19 pm
#15
womble
Joined: Sep 2005
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Re: Getting Hitched
The timing of when he got down on one knee & proposed was a surprise - and very sweet it was too
