(My boyfriend and me are dining out to celebrate our 9th anniversary. He has promised me a surprise. My boyfriend has never been a big fan of marriage, and so we had a civil contract (a French contract of assistance between two persons, without any ceremony) two month before. Earlier in the day, a co-worker told me my surprise could be a proposal, and I just burst out laughing. My boyfriend and I arrive in front of the restaurant.)

Me: “Eh, honey, you know what? One of my co-worker said my surprise could be a proposal? How ridiculous!”

Boyfriend: “Erm…yeah, that’s fun.”

Me: “No, seriously. I laughed all afternoon. My co-worker clearly doesn’t know you.”

Boyfriend: “Well, before we get in, would you please step aside and close your eyes ? It’s surprise time.”

(When I open my eyes, he is on his knees. Needlessly to say, I say yes. He then puts the ring on my finger.)

Boyfriend: *in a glamorous tone* “I love you. Please tell you’re co-worker he’s an a**.”

(My boyfriend and I have been together for 4 years. I have repeatedly told him I don’t want to get married again. It is a sore spot for him, but he has finally let it go. One day, I catch myself looking at wedding rings in the mall and I find one I like. It hits me like a freight train that I am ready to get married again, because I never look at or buy jewellery. I try the ring on, and it fits.)

Me: *calling him from the mall* “Hey. Do you still want to marry me?”

Boyfriend: “Uh…yeah?”

Me: “I’m at [store]. Get down here.”

(He shows up in under ten minutes. He looks confused, but doesn’t say a word. I tell the sales girl we’d take the ring I tried on. After he pays for it, she tries to box it up. He still hasn’t said a word at this point, when he shakes his head.)

Boyfriend: *to the sales clerk* “No, just hand it to me.”

(He turns to me and holds out the ring, then speaks with almost zero emotion.)

Boyfriend: “Will you marry me?”

Me: “Yup.” *he puts it on my finger* “Thanks.”

(My phone rings, it’s my mum.)

Mum: “What are you up to?”

Me: “Logan just proposed.”

Mum: “What? I just spoke to him ten minutes ago and he never said a word!”

Me: “I know. He didn’t know then.”

(It hits him then, and he has the biggest smile ever for the rest of the day.)

(I have plans on asking my girlfriend’s father for his blessing to marry his daughter. I have the ring in my car. I planned on pulling him to the side to ask, but wasn’t able to before we had to leave. We leave her parent’s house and are driving back to mine, when Beyonce’s ‘Single Ladies’ plays on the radio. My girlfriend starts to sing and dance around. When the lyrics say, ‘If you like then you should have put a ring on it’, she starts waving her hand at me.)

Me: “Is that what you would like, sweetheart? A ring?”

Girlfriend: “You know that’s what I want. I’ve been telling you that for a while. That would make me very happy.”

(She continues to sing along to the song.)

Me: “”Well I like ‘it’.”

Girlfriend: “Like what?”

Me: “It.”

Girlfriend: “What?”

Me: “You.”

Girlfriend: “So, now I’m an ‘It’?!”

Me: “No, that’s how the song goes.”

(I bring the car to a stop and turn on the cab lights.)

Me: “…and I want to put a ring on it.”

(I pull out the ring box, open it, and give it to her.)

Girlfriend: “Seriously?!”

(After being speechless for a few minutes, she says yes. When we tell her parents, I apologize for not asking beforehand. Her dad says, ‘That’s completely okay. You were pre-approved.’)

(I have a friend over, who is going on and on about her problems. It is getting ridiculous, so I text my boyfriend to help me.)

Friend: “…and my boyfriend never listens to me, and…”

(The door opens, and my boyfriend walks in. He picks me up in a prince’s carry, and without saying a word, walks out.)

Me: *safely outside* “So, where exactly are we going?”

Boyfriend: “I hadn’t really thought that far in advance. My plan only went as far as carrying you out. How about the beach?”

Me: “Sounds good.”

(We head to the beach, stopping to buy wine and some candles on the way.)

Me: “This is why I love you. You’re like if James Bond was tactless. Kind of like a sexy caveman in a suit.”

(He proposes 2 weeks later. He still maintains this comment is when he finally realised I was the one.)

(My boyfriend of 4 years and I are having some tacos on the beach by our house after a long day of work. He turns to me with a makeshift ring made out of a taco wrapper.)

Boyfriend: “I love you, will you marry me?”

Me: *laughing at what I think is a joke* “Of course! I will cherish this taco wrapper forever!”

Boyfriend: “Good, unwrap it.”

(There is a diamond ring inside and he got down on one knee and of course, I said yes. We’ve been married 5 years now, and I still have the taco wrapper.)

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