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-   -   Proposing in (or around) Dubai (https://britishexpats.com/forum/sand-pit-116/proposing-around-dubai-840409/)

Blue Cat Aug 10th 2014 1:40 am
Re: Proposing in (or around) Dubai
 
I say Al Maha as well :) they do a special dinner in the desert, no one else around and very romantic.

Millhouse Aug 10th 2014 5:12 pm
Re: Proposing in (or around) Dubai
 
Originally Posted by Blue Cat (Post 11364326)
I say Al Maha as well :) they do a special dinner in the desert, no one else around and very romantic.
Let me get this right - the pair of you are simply alone having a dinner in the desert? What would there be to talk about?

Dumbo Aug 10th 2014 6:31 pm
Re: Proposing in (or around) Dubai
 
Originally Posted by Millhouse (Post 11364914)
Let me get this right - the pair of you are simply alone having a dinner in the desert? What would there be to talk about?
Your porn dependency?

Millhouse Aug 10th 2014 7:11 pm
Re: Proposing in (or around) Dubai
 
Originally Posted by Dumbo (Post 11364963)
Your porn dependency?
Please, get the facts right - it's midget porn.

Irishbeekeeper Aug 10th 2014 7:31 pm
Re: Proposing in (or around) Dubai
 
Someone say midget porn?

britexpat76 Aug 10th 2014 8:52 pm
Re: Proposing in (or around) Dubai
 
York hotel 3am, celebrate with Jagerbombs and a take out.

Inselaffen Aug 11th 2014 8:13 pm
Re: Proposing in (or around) Dubai
 
Originally Posted by Blue Cat (Post 11364326)
I say Al Maha as well :) they do a special dinner in the desert, no one else around and very romantic.
Just spent the weekend at the banyan tree Al wadi in RAK. that would be an alternative.

Bahtatboy Aug 14th 2014 7:24 pm
Re: Proposing in (or around) Dubai
 
Originally Posted by Stick Shaker (Post 11369749)
I never asked, my wife badgered me into it over a three to four year period.

badg·er
ˈbajər/
verb
past tense: badgered; past participle: badgered
  1. ask (someone) repeatedly and annoyingly for something; pester.



We're Brits, we know what badger means. And we know a beaver when we see one, too.

norsk Aug 15th 2014 12:48 am
Re: Proposing in (or around) Dubai
 
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Originally Posted by Stick Shaker (Post 11369749)
I never asked, my wife badgered me into it over a three to four year period.

badg·er
ˈbajər/
verb
past tense: badgered; past participle: badgered
  1. ask (someone) repeatedly and annoyingly for something; pester.



Did your wife look like this?

Bluelionesse Aug 15th 2014 6:53 pm
Re: Proposing in (or around) Dubai
 
I would head down to the Qasr Al Sarab in Liwa. They will fix it for you to propose high on a dune at sunset, on the very edge of the Rub Al Khali (the empty quarter)

the_red_sheep Aug 16th 2014 7:42 pm
Re: Proposing in (or around) Dubai
 
Originally Posted by Bluelionesse (Post 11370909)
I would head down to the Qasr Al Sarab in Liwa. They will fix it for you to propose high on a dune at sunset, on the very edge of the Rub Al Khali (the empty quarter)
If you're letting the hotel in on the fact you're planning to propose during your stay will they let you stay in a room together whilst there, given that you're telling them you're not a married couple?

I know most hotels don't bother looking for confirmation as you check-in, just curious as to how they'd handle it if you tell them up front.

Bluelionesse Aug 16th 2014 8:32 pm
Re: Proposing in (or around) Dubai
 
Originally Posted by the_red_sheep (Post 11371715)
If you're letting the hotel in on the fact you're planning to propose during your stay will they let you stay in a room together whilst there, given that you're telling them you're not a married couple?

I know most hotels don't bother looking for confirmation as you check-in, just curious as to how they'd handle it if you tell them up front.
Can't see it being a problem - check when you book. Phone up and ask for the activities desk and detail your plans.

Ditzy Aug 17th 2014 5:43 am
Re: Proposing in (or around) Dubai
 
A deserted stretch of beach, 5am, a sunrise breakfast picnic, a tartan rug, some fizz, and a stereo with some nice music. :thumbup:

Bahtatboy Aug 17th 2014 7:37 pm
Re: Proposing in (or around) Dubai
 
Originally Posted by Ditzy (Post 11372163)
A deserted stretch of beach, 5am, a sunrise breakfast picnic, a tartan rug, some fizz, and a stereo with some nice music. :thumbup:
And they might even get to share the same cell.

scrubbedexpat141 Aug 17th 2014 8:46 pm
Re: Proposing in (or around) Dubai
 
Originally Posted by Bahtatboy (Post 11372672)
And they might even get to share the same cell.
My mrs would kill me if I woke her up for a picnic at 5am. Let alone say yes...

BTW - there is a cost to marriage, at the moment for us it's her 70,000 annual rent allowance!


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