My proposal

Dilara · August 9, 2010

FI and I have been together for 4 years and have been living together for the last 2 years. When we decided to move in together, I had told him that while I wasn't completely happy about living together before at least getting engaged, I knew that we were headed towards that road so I agreed. Well, we went ring shopping soon after and he ended up picking the style he thought I would like. Sure enough, I loved it! So we went to a jeweler that was highly recommended (both of our best friends got all their jewelry from there) to have it custom made. After that, I put it out of my head and just let him run with it. Well, the year came and went and still no proposal. On to the next year... it was now December and still nothing. Last thing I wanted to do was give him an ultimatum but I was starting to get desperate! Still, I bit my tongue and said nothing...

Finally...

A couple nights before, FI casually mentioned that the partners for the company he works for wanted to have New Years dinner with the managers. It was very last minute, but with his company, last minute notices are quite normal. I remember a year ago, FI called me at work to tell me that we would be going to a Canucks hockey game later that night as he was given a pair of tickets shortly after lunch. Last minute plans are nothing new to his company.

So, on December 30th we were on our way to dinner at Don Francesco, an upscale Italian restaurant downtown. Oddly enough, I thought to myself that I won't be getting engaged this year - tonight was the dinner with his partners and with tomorrow being New Year's Eve... everyone who knows me knows that I find proposals on holidays and special days (ie: Christmas, New Year's, birthdays, anniversaries etc.) tacky. So in my head, I was thinking that there goes another year! Oh well... Anyways, before we left the house, FI mentioned that a friend from work wanted to meet up just before dinner. He suspected that she wanted give us a present since we gave her and her husband a Christmas present the week before. During the drive he received a text from this friend to meet at the 'red thing on Robson.' A few minutes later, she sent another text clarifying where she wanted to meet. Since FI and I have spent a lot of time in the area, we joked around about how well we knew that landmark.

We parked at the Law Courts due to its close proximity to the restaurant and Robson Square. Even though we were running a little late, I smiled as we walked up to the street level. I was thinking about how we met at the Law Courts, and how Robson Square was the starting and end point of our annual Scavenger Hunt that we organize together for our 24Hr Relay team. It’s definitely a place we’re fond of and very familiar with.

When we got to the 'red thing', FI started to talk about the sculpture (which is actually called 'Spring'). He retold the story of how his father took him and his brother to this spot when they were younger and what that day means to him. I was a bit confused because he was acting a little weird. He continued talking turning his attention to 'Spring', in fact, he said the words, “our love is infinitely Spring”. I was really starting to worry about him because he looked very nervous and normally doesn’t talk like this in public. In private, he’s the sweetest guy ever, but when we’re out in public he likes to clown around. Again, I interrupted and again, he continued on saying that “our love is infinitely Spring”. He kept saying all these sweet things to me and the whole time I was thinking to myself - "Where the hell is this friend of his and why is he telling me all this now when we're running late for an important dinner?!"

Then to my surprise, he dropped down to one knee! I finally clued in - he was about to ask me the question I've been dying to hear for the past year and a half!! I got so teary-eyed that when he took the box out of his pocket, the ring was a big shiny blur.

After his proposal, he told me that there was no dinner at Don Francesco (duh!) but we did have reservations at Goldfish Pacific Kitchen in Yaletown (a trendy neighborhood nearby) that we were now running late for. Apparently, he had it timed perfectly but since I kept interrupting him so much, I threw him off a little. Yup, it was a typical Dilannis moment =)

DiamondGirl · August 9, 2010

My FI and I have been together for over 5 yrs. I always dreamt of the day when he would propose and wondered how he would do it. Here's my story;

We went on vacation to Hawaii in December of 2009. On December 2nd While in Maui, we booked a tour to the Haleakala Volcano. The views from the summit are breathtaking and the best part, which I was most excited about was watching the sunrise. We were advised to be at the hotel lobby at 2:30 AM on december 3rd, to be picked up. YES, 2:30 AM!! We get to the top of the Haleakala, which takes 3 hrs to reach by car. We were told that the sun would rise at approximately 6:40 AM.

The sky was pitch black and the stars twinkled like diamonds in the sky. We watched as the sky got lighter and the clouds looked like white, fluffy snow, surrounding the mountain. The sky changed from shades of blue, to red, to orange as the sun rose. When the sun peeked out a bit, My FI says.... Babe, it's 6:40 AM, the sun is rising and I'd like to take a photo of us with the sunrise. He signals for me to walk over to him and to take off my jacket. I get to him and he grabs my hand. FI then sets the camera down on one of the rocks after he set the timer for a self captured photo. As I stand there posing for the camera....FI begins.... Babe, we've been together for over 5 yrs and it's been great.....

At this point, i'm looking at him as if he had three heads because I was trying to figure out where he was going with this. FI goes into his pocket and takes out this pretty black velvet box. When he opened it, I saw my ring!! It was so surreal!! I was thinking.... Is this really it? Am I dreaming? Now I'm balling and everything else in my FI's beautiful speech was BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. My ears went deaf and I missed all he had to say. In front of many on lookers and the beautiful sunrise, FI asked me to marry him. And of course, I said YES!! The best proposal ever and it happened to me!! I think back on this moment and till this day I still smile...

DiamondGirl · August 9, 2010

Originally Posted by Dilara

FI and I have been together for 4 years and have been living together for the last 2 years. When we decided to move in together, I had told him that while I wasn't completely happy about living together before at least getting engaged, I knew that we were headed towards that road so I agreed. Well, we went ring shopping soon after and he ended up picking the style he thought I would like. Sure enough, I loved it! So we went to a jeweler that was highly recommended (both of our best friends got all their jewelry from there) to have it custom made. After that, I put it out of my head and just let him run with it. Well, the year came and went and still no proposal. On to the next year... it was now December and still nothing. Last thing I wanted to do was give him an ultimatum but I was starting to get desperate! Still, I bit my tongue and said nothing...

Finally...

A couple nights before, FI casually mentioned that the partners for the company he works for wanted to have New Years dinner with the managers. It was very last minute, but with his company, last minute notices are quite normal. I remember a year ago, FI called me at work to tell me that we would be going to a Canucks hockey game later that night as he was given a pair of tickets shortly after lunch. Last minute plans are nothing new to his company.

So, on December 30th we were on our way to dinner at Don Francesco, an upscale Italian restaurant downtown. Oddly enough, I thought to myself that I won't be getting engaged this year - tonight was the dinner with his partners and with tomorrow being New Year's Eve... everyone who knows me knows that I find proposals on holidays and special days (ie: Christmas, New Year's, birthdays, anniversaries etc.) tacky. So in my head, I was thinking that there goes another year! Oh well... Anyways, before we left the house, FI mentioned that a friend from work wanted to meet up just before dinner. He suspected that she wanted give us a present since we gave her and her husband a Christmas present the week before. During the drive he received a text from this friend to meet at the 'red thing on Robson.' A few minutes later, she sent another text clarifying where she wanted to meet. Since FI and I have spent a lot of time in the area, we joked around about how well we knew that landmark.

We parked at the Law Courts due to its close proximity to the restaurant and Robson Square. Even though we were running a little late, I smiled as we walked up to the street level. I was thinking about how we met at the Law Courts, and how Robson Square was the starting and end point of our annual Scavenger Hunt that we organize together for our 24Hr Relay team. It’s definitely a place we’re fond of and very familiar with.

When we got to the 'red thing', FI started to talk about the sculpture (which is actually called 'Spring'). He retold the story of how his father took him and his brother to this spot when they were younger and what that day means to him. I was a bit confused because he was acting a little weird. He continued talking turning his attention to 'Spring', in fact, he said the words, “our love is infinitely Spring”. I was really starting to worry about him because he looked very nervous and normally doesn’t talk like this in public. In private, he’s the sweetest guy ever, but when we’re out in public he likes to clown around. Again, I interrupted and again, he continued on saying that “our love is infinitely Spring”. He kept saying all these sweet things to me and the whole time I was thinking to myself - "Where the hell is this friend of his and why is he telling me all this now when we're running late for an important dinner?!"

Then to my surprise, he dropped down to one knee! I finally clued in - he was about to ask me the question I've been dying to hear for the past year and a half!! I got so teary-eyed that when he took the box out of his pocket, the ring was a big shiny blur.

After his proposal, he told me that there was no dinner at Don Francesco (duh!) but we did have reservations at Goldfish Pacific Kitchen in Yaletown (a trendy neighborhood nearby) that we were now running late for. Apparently, he had it timed perfectly but since I kept interrupting him so much, I threw him off a little. Yup, it was a typical Dilannis moment =)