Engagement Ideas - Inspiration for future grooms and brides to be too!

In preparing for an engagement proposal, you should plan in advance and not have an abrupt event for entering in a long time relationship and commitment. Although there are abrupt proposals, if you want it be memorable, you should prepare for it…and although there are now event coordinators, which can help you get through this, for sure your partner will very much appreciate it if you personally think about this time and special event.

You have to physically prepare yourself and the things you need and a lot of things are to be considered…the venue, the ambiance you want to have, and your partners feelings before your proposal is very important–your engagement proposal must be related with you and your partner as a couple.

It is better to propose with personal touches…think of the romantic places you went to and enjoyed, favorite things or activities you both love to do, your favorite music, food and color and of course do not forget the flowers and the ring– in a proposal both of them go together.

Some suggestions are to do this during a vacation or on a dinner date with your favorite music playing inn the background and placing the ring on her favorite food, or after your awaited movie…the more creative you can be with your proposal the more memorable it will be, just do not forget your personal touches at this special moment.

You know what girls like best: shopping. Yes, you just have to do it…you need to offer to go shopping with her, get in the car and drive her to the mall.  Once you’re there, propose to look for items in various stores–for instance, trying on some shoes, then, maybe shopping for a matching purse…build up on it by suggesting an outfit, then the accessories to match, such as a scarf, a belt, jewelry, etc . 

Take her to the beauty salon for whatever she wants, whether it’s a manicure, a pedicure, a facial or some highlights–just bring along some electronic toys to play with while you wait. Remember, there aren’t enough complements in the world to let her know how nice she looks with her new style…it’s her princess day so lather on a lot of TLC. 

At the end of the afternoon, take her to a nice restaurant, preferably with a subtle atmosphere–sooner or later, she’ll want to go to the powder room…use the occasion to slip the engagement ring, in its box, into the bread basket or tucked in her napkin, for instance.  When she comes back, offer her some bread or ask her to check something odd on the table.  Surprise!

Two of my very good friends Ben and Lauren had been dating for around two years when they decided to take a trip to Ireland…they planned this trip for about six months and decided to take the vacation in the spring for three weeks.

They left and started to tour around the country–they went to just about every tourist attraction in Ireland, and stayed in different bed and breakfasts every night. No one was aware that Ben was  planning on proposing to Lauren while on the trip, but he wanted to do it in a place called the Cliffs of Mohr, which is a massive cliff on the coast of Ireland that is a huge tourist attraction but still very beautiful. 

They drove to the Cliffs of Mohr but when they arrived there, because it was Ireland in the spring, it was pouring rain…Ben decided this might not be the best time to propose to his future wife, so he told Lauren he just wanted to skip the cliffs and get to a bed and breakfast…he had made reservations at a B & B before they left, but Lauren had no clue what it was going to be.

When they arrived she found out it was a mansion built 250 years before…they were to be the only people in the house that night, so it was working out very well for Ben. They went down to eat in a huge living room that had Victorian decorations and in the middle of dinner, Ben got down on his knee and proposed to Lauren, who of course said yes.