After 7 years, I think it's about time...

For the ring I didn't resize before I proposed. They need to check the size of the finger and have an idea of the temperature of the hand when they do. When they did the measurement they said they want to avoid a ring being a winter only ring if the size was slightly too small. Go slightly too big and risk the ring falling off.
 
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Ask her Dad's permission, use the now clued up future mother-in-law's ring size as a guide. Pay 1 month's wage for the ring, propose on 1 knee - in French cause you're proposing in Paris. Resize the ring when you get back.

Do you have an exit strategy in case she says no? :D
 
Next time she wants some sausage pop a ring sizer up your anus and ask her to slip her ring finger up there as you want to try something new. She wont know its a ring sizer and think you just have a very tight sphincter.

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I'm quite shocked that some people think that asking for the dads permission is weird. Must have a far less traditional upbringing not to even consider it, seen as its a massive mark of respect to her family for doing it.

As for when and where you should pop the question, that's just for you to decide. You could just take her to a nice place to eat in your home town or to be far more romantic, back at the place you had your first date.
 
We was together for 8 years, thought being 30 was a good time so I bought the ring, got home from work, plonked the ring on the side and walked upstairs to have a shower
Got downstairs, she said "is this what i think it is?"
I then said "yeah, will you marry me"
JOB DONE :)
We then celebrated by ordering a pizza hut takeaway... None of this fancy posh meal, top of empire state nonsense

Disclaimer: all of what i said is true...
Still married now, got a beautiful daughter and couldnt be happier. can't vouch for her feeling the same though haha
 
4T5 said:
For starters don't get a ring, All she will care about is the proposal after that She will want to pick the ring.

You propose then you take her to pick a ring then you get your wallet out,JD.
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MikeTheNative said:
I think asking the father is horrifically out dated, what say does he have in her choice to marry you?
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Most if not all of marriage is wildly outdated. Many of the customs are so outdated that few people even know the origins of them any more. If you're going to follow archaic customs that you probably don't even understand just for the sake of doing so then you may as well follow all of them.

The only thing that has any real relevance is registering your relationship with the authorities in order to automatically get the legal status. Everything else is just customs.

I think it's odd that some people are saying that asking the father is ridiculously outdated but are fine with a man wasting lots of money on a ridiculously overpriced tiny piece of rock because a very successful advertising campaign from a cartel convinced people that it was the right way for a man to show that he lots of spare money to support his wife with. That's a blatantly profiteering take on an at least equally outdated concept.
 
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I went traditional May last year. We'd been together for just over ten years, and I booked a holiday to Amalfi on the pretence of it being for her birthday. Asked the father beforehand - didn't do too much for me to be honest but it really did mean the world to him.

The ring was purchased in advance with the help of two of her close friends who were able to give a really good idea of what she wanted.

Lunch in Amalfi, checked into this amazing hotel http://monasterosantarosa.com, had a few drinks then dinner, then drinks on one of the terraces to watch the moon rise over the bay. Nervous chit chat, down on one knee, produce the ring, pop the question.... and then the barman came over with our next drinks order before she could give an answer! Then she said yes.

It could have been done far cheaper and more simply, but that's the way I wanted to do it and I'd planned as much as I could to make sure she'd enjoy it. Each to their own though - it isn't really about that moment, it is more about the rest of your lives.
 
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It could have been done far cheaper and more simply, but that's the way I wanted to do it and I'd planned as much as I could to make sure she'd enjoy it. Each to their own though - it isn't really about that moment, it is more about the rest of your lives.
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Some good advice from some (disappointed in some of you) so thank you chaps.

I'm going to get one of GF's friends to help pick the ring as the GF did hint a while back that they were looking at some and she saw and nice one and she knows what it is!

I was thinking about proposing in a park where we used to meet up a lot when we were first dating but the weather has to be good for that!
 
jasonsony735 said:
I proposed to a girl outside the Colosseum in ROME & She loved it...... but then a year later another guy proposed to her on top of the Empire State building lol ! So she did bloody well if you ask me , Shes now married to another guy ......
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So how did that relationship end?

I think there must be quite the story here.
 
Have you thought about proposing with a stunt ring and then going out with your new fiancée to choose the proper engagement ring? If it's something that she's going to wear forever, you might as well make sure that she loves it.
 
Getting married means you can just get away with doing anything you like after you're married.

"You know I play computer games, if it's a problem then you shouldn't have married me" etc etc

If you value your sex life I wouldn't encourage this behaviour though. Unless you play away from home, which is naughty in the extreme.
 
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