Meet your Wisconsin Knottie!
NORTHWEST AREA:
bridejl
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional)I'm Lauren and my FI is Justin
Your ages? We're both 22...he's actually 5 days younger than me!
Wedding date? 8/4/2012
How long have you been with your FI? We will be together four years on October 4th of this year (through four years of college!)
Where do you live? (city) We live together in Stevens Point, and go to UWSP. We're both graduating in December finally :)
Where are you getting married? Venue? In the Milwaukee area, where I'm originally from. Our reception will be at Klemmer's.
How did you meet your FI? During the first month of college, we both went to lunch at the dining hall with friends from our respective dorms, and our friends were meeting up with each other. FI and I ended up eating across the table from each other, which was actually kind of awkward; he was trying to make conversation with me but it was loud so I couldn't hear him very well. I didn't expect to see him again, but he found me online and we started talking....and couldn't stop :) A week later we began dating with encouragement from my cousin (Katiebaka, above) and a week after that we shared our first kiss!
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? We've known we would marry since early in our relationship, so I'm most looking forward to finally being married! I also can't wait to bring all the sides of our families together for a big party....our family likes parties and a wedding is the best! Another also...I can't wait to see his reaction as my parents walk me down the aisle....and to wear a beautiful wedding dress :)
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? Well we're newly engaged so we have purchased nothing but the reception venue....so I guess the venue!!
What do you do for a living/dream job? I'm currently a student of psychology and employee at Sentry Insurance, but my dream is to do family and couple counseling. Hopefully next fall I'll be starting grad school :P
Any random thing you want to share with us? My family is very Polish (I'm 100%) and I love having a Polish last name. In high school I said that I wanted to marry a Polish man to continue the legacy (of course I wouldn't turn down a non-Polish man, but ya know). Well it turned out that I found and fell in love with a man with a Polish last name and who loves Polish culture. :)
Share your proposal story.
Last Monday night (engaged for a week now!) we took a late night walk around campus. He was talking about reading and making tea when we got back, which I thought was crazy because it was hot and muggy. When we got back home I sat down to read before bed and my book opened up to a page with a crossword puzzle hidden in it. I worked the puzzle, which contained our names and "will you marry me". At that point he said all sorts of lovey things and then officially proposed!
Juranek812
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) Beth & Andrew
Your ages?22- We'll both be 23 when we get married (our birthdays are only 2 days apart!)
Wedding date? August 4, 2012
How long have you been with your FI? Just over a year.
Where do you live? (city) River Falls, WI
Where are you getting married? Venue? Hudson, WI @ St. Patrick's
How did you meet your FI? Through mutual friends at college & the same job.
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Being together!
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? We're both super crafty so a lot of our stuff is DIY!
What do you do for a living/dream job? He does tech support- which is perfect for him. :) And I work at a nonprofit shelter for victims of domestic violence-which is great and rewarding.
Share your proposal story. He recreated our first date!
MiksChick23
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) Martelle, FI is Kyle
Your ages? 28 & 29
Wedding date? June 30, 2012
How long have you been with your FI? 6 1/2 years
Where do you live? (city) Eau Claire
Where are you getting married? Venue? Lake Wissota Golf Club in Chippewa Falls
How did you meet your FI? Working together at Menards
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Having an event with all of our most loved family and friends
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? I am thrilled that we are getting married on a golf course and I am very excited about my dress!
What do you do for a living/dream job? I work for UnitedHealth Care, but my dream job would be a highschool civics teacher
Any random thing you want to share with us? We are both obsessed with Fantasy Football.
Share your proposal story. Kyle suprised me on our 6 year anniversary with a proposal. I hadn't expected it because a few weeks earlier he had some random identity theif drain his savings account.
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Chelseamb11
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) I am Chelsea, he is Alex
Your ages? I'm 22, he's 24
Wedding date? June 23, 2012
How long have you been with your FI? We started dating June 15, 2010 but we met in high school
Where do you live? (city) We both live in Appleton
Where are you getting married? Venue? We are getting married in Wisconsin Rapids where we both grew up
How did you meet your FI? Short story: High school, then facebook. Long story: We met in high school, didn't talk for 5 years. I stood up in a wedding a few sumemrs ago and his brother was on my arm. I reconnected with his brother and then wrote on the brother's wife's facebook wall. FI saw it, wondered how I was and added me. The rest is history
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Being married! And the pics :)
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? Thumbprint tree guest book
What do you do for a living/dream job? Right now I am a customer service rep and I do photography on the side. Next month I start teaching (which is my dream job).
Any random thing you want to share with us? I am fluent in French
Share your proposal story.
Copy and pasted from my profile:
Chelsea and Alex had their first kiss in a room in the campus center at Lawrence University (where Chelsea went to school) called the Esch dance studio. It is a big room with huge windows over looking the river (very romantic). That night, Corey (Alex’s best friend) and Chelsea had plans to hang out, but little did she know, he was actually playing wingman for Alex. Corey asked for a tour of campus, so as he and Chelsea walked through the campus center, Alex was patiently waiting in the Esch room. When Chelsea got to the room with Corey, the lights were dimmed and there was a huge blue teddy bear sitting in the middle of the room holding a red bag (see picture). She immediately figured out what was going on, gave Corey “the look” and walked in the room by herself. “Then” by Brad Paisley started playing (their song) while Alex hid behind a pillar (she seriously had no idea where he was haha). She opened the bag and pulled out the ring box, but there was no ring on it. He came out from behind the pillar and they danced to their song. Then he got down on one knee, pulled out the ring and asked her to marry him. :)
smfitz12
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) I'm Sara. FI is Riley.
Your ages? We're both 22 but will be 23 when we get married
Wedding date? July 14, 2011
How long have you been with your FI? 5 1/2 years
Where do you live? (city) Menasha
Where are you getting married? Venue? Allenton, WI. We getting married outside in a garden. The place is called "The Gardens"
How did you meet your FI? High School. We started dating our Junior year
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Finally being husband and wife. Having a great time with friends and family.
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? I love all my ideas...I can't pick a favorite. My favorite purchase so far is my dress!
What do you do for a living/dream job? I work as a CNA in a wonderful nursing home and I'm going to school to be a nurse. My FI is a warehouse supervisor at a tool store but is going to school to be a paramedic.
Any random thing you want to share with us? We have a cat named Bella.
Share your proposal story.
Riley took me to our favorite hiking spot (High Cliff State Park) during March of 2011. Everything was covered in snow but he said we should go there to buy a new yearly sticker. There is a tower at the very top of the cliffs that we always climb after our hikes. He drove us up there and it wasn't covered in too much snow so we went up to the top. While we were up there looking out over Lake Winnebago he proposed to me. Best moment of my life so far! :D
Elidam
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) Elizabeth & Adam
Your ages? 25 & 26
Wedding date? September 16, 2011
How long have you been with your FI? 5 years
Where do you live? (city) Green Bay
Where are you getting married? Venue?Ceremony-Pamperin Park Reception-Townline
How did you meet your FI? We met through mutual friends.
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Finally being husband and wife!
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? My dress!
What do you do for a living/dream job? I am a preschool teacher.
Share your proposal story.
Adam & I were going for a walk in our favorite park and we were just walking by some trees and he says "Do you see that over there?" and I look over and on the tree he carved out 'Elizabeth Will You Marry Me?'
KatieD212
What is your name? Katie and Jon
Your ages? 24/31
Wedding date? It was April 30th, married 3 months now!
How long have you been with your FI? over 7 years
Where do you live? Eagle River- grew up in Green Bay
Where are you getting married? Venue? Green Bay- St John Catholic church, Riverside Ballroom
How did you meet your FI? At a friends cabin :)
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Well, my favorite part was celebrating with all the people that love us!
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? Photographer- he was amazing and soooo worth the money!!! I also enjoyed making my centerpieces
What do you do for a living? I am a Dental Assistant, and DH does road construction
Mikkijoy
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional)My name is Mikki and my fiance is Cody
Your ages?I'm 25 and he's 22
Wedding date?
October 27, 2012
How long have you been with your FI?A year
Where do you live? (city)Brussels, WI
Where are you getting married? Venue? Kohlberg Lutheran church in Forestville with the reception at Eddie Whipps in Green Bay
How did you meet your FI? We meed through a mutual friend while out one night.
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Having all of our family and friends together
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? Flowers
What do you do for a living/dream job? I am a purchasing assistant for a manufacturing company. Cody and I also own and run a dairy farm, so he does that full-time.
Share your proposal story.
I had known for a few days that the ring was somewhere in the house, and I was very upset when I found it and he still wouldn't ask me. We were getting ready to leave the house one night and he kept making me run upstairs and get him things. The last time (the third or fourth) I was so mad I was mumbling things under my breath, and he was on one knee at the foot of the stairs waiting for me.
BinxRose
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) I'm Whitney, FI is Cameron
Your ages? I'm 23, he's 22 (both will be 23 at wedding)
Wedding date? 04/28/2012
How long have you been with your FI? "Officially" a little over a year, unofficially "hung out" when he came home on leave from the Navy since we graduated high school.
Where do you live? (city) From Wausau, but live in Norfolk, VA where he is stationed
Where are you getting married? Venue? Our ceremony and reception are at a pavilion
How did you meet your FI? Went to school together since 6th grade. Didn't really get to know each other til 9th grade when my BFF and I decided to be baseball managers, and FI was on the team. He asked me out on our first date during baseball season of senior year.
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding?
Being able to call him my husband! And wearing my amazing dress that I got off the sales rack for $99 :)
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? Still in the early-ish stages, but so far I'm pretty darn proud of my dress purchase!
What do you do for a living/dream job? Economy sucks...after graduating college, all I could find for now is a nanny gig. My dream job (after more school) is teaching birth classes/doula/breast feeding.
Any random thing you want to share with us? Hmmm....nah :)
Share your proposal story.
To make it short, while we were home on his leave he took me to lunch at the same place he took me on our first date. Then we went for a walk at our high school baseball diamond. We were standing on home plate talking, when he said he had a question. He pulled out the ring, got down on one knee, and popped the question. I screamed yes and started crying :)
StephanieBrookeD
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) Stephanie and Bill
Your ages? 20 and 21 (we'll be 23 and 24 by the wedding)
Wedding date? As of today the rough guess for the date is July 18th, 2014 (we need time to save, I'm paying back loans and Bill wants to finish school before we are married)
How long have you been with your FI? 10 months as of yesterday!
Where do you live? (city) Appleton
Where are you getting married? Venue? Came to this site looking for ideas! Possibly Bridgewood Resort in Neenah.
How did you meet your FI? Through a mutual friend.
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Just finallly being able to call Bill my husband! :D
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? I want to have our ring bearer/flower girl walk our dog, Rascal, down the aisle. He loves to dress up, so hopefully we can find him a little tuxedo.
What do you do for a living/dream job? Housekeeper currently. But after we're married I hope to be able to go to school to become an ultrasound technician.
Any random thing you want to share with us? Like someone mentioned earlier, Bill and I moved in together very early...I think I moved my things in on our 3 month anniversary. We lived with his parents (yikes!) for 5 months! Just moved to our own apartment in September after a long and difficult apartment hunt!
Share your proposal story.
Very recently, we were watching TV at 11pm on 11/11/11 and just waiting for that "epic wish". So when the clock on the cable box turned to 11:11 Bill told me to kiss the clock and make my wish. I thought he was joking, just to pick on me or he was going to push me over when I crouched down to do it, I don't really know. But I told him he had to do it first, and we bickered back and forth until he finally did it. So I knelt down to kiss the clock, but I was too late! It turned 11:12, and I turned around to see Bill sitting on the floor with a box in his hand. But it was the box that I keep my navel rings in! And that's what I told him! He said, "I know. I just borrowed it. Because my wish is that you would marry me."
I was completely surprised, even though a few days before he had mentioned it would be cute and memorable if he were to propose at 11:11 on 11/11/11. But he said he it just wasn't possible right now.
And here we are a week later! :D
twishee
What is your name? FI's name? Trisha and Lee
Your ages? I am 25. He is 26.
Wedding date? May 27, 2012
How long have you been with your FI? Almost 7 years!
Where do you live? Stevens Point
How did you meet your FI? In college
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding?We are planning a casual, fun wedding, so I am looking forward to playing games, being around friends and family, and just having a great time with my new husband.
What is your favorite wedding planning idea?
My favorite part of planning, hands down, was making our Save the Date video. So much fun! We based the idea for it off of my favorite movie, Amelie! (Here it is - http://vimeo.com/35081743 )
Share your proposal story. I watch the movie Love Actually every Christmas, and last year was no different. Except for the fact that Lee edited himself into the movie!!! So all of the sudden Keira Knightley's character opens the door and there is my boyfriend. Unbelievable. (You can see it here - http://youtu.be/BNR7ab9c4-k )
amykaywi
What is your name? FI's name? Amy, FI is Jason
Your ages? I am 25 and he is 26
Wedding date? August 11, 2012
How long have you been with your FI? 5 1/2 Years
Where do you live? (city) Kiel (Rural Sheboygan- 1 hour North of Milwaukee
Where are you getting married? Venue? Ceremony and Reception will be at Autumn Ridge Golf Course near Kiel
How did you meet your FI? We were set up by a mutual friend!
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Finally officially making Jason my family!
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? Not sure yet... still have a lot of planning to do!
What do you do for a living/dream job? I am a Trainer for a call center and I love it, but my dream job is to be a Corporate Trainer and travel to different businesses.
Share your proposal story.
I knew that the proposal was coming soon, because we were in the process of buying a house, and I told Jason that it was very important I had a commitment prior to closing. So, the Friday before we bought our house, we took the day off to have an adventure day. Jason scheduled a couple's massage, and then we drove out to the Parnell Tower in the Kettle Morraine, and I thought it would happen then; but it didn't... so we went to our favorite restaurant on lake Winnebage and I thought it would happen then, but it didn't... we were leaving the restaurant which also has a small tower that you can walk up, and Jason asked if I wanted to go up because it looked really pretty. We did, and saw blue birds and a crane and it was beautiful, and I thought it would happen then.... and I kept waiting, and waiting, and finally, I said "lets go." He agreed, and I was half way down the first flight of stairs when I hear "honey" and I look back and he is on his knee at the top of the stairs. I got so excited I ran to him and jumped him and started crying. He asked if I wanted the ring, because I didn't even give him a chance to put it on! So he put the ring on, and I loved it, and it was the best day ever! When we left the restaurant we went to his house, and all of our friends were there for a bonfire to celebrate with us! It was the best day!
SOUTHEAST
sarahsmash
What is your name? (sharing this is optional) Sarah and Jon
Your ages? I just turned 27 on July 1 (He proposed on my b-day!) and Jon is also 27.
Wedding date? October 2012
How long have you been with your FI? 4 years, engaged for 1 month.
Where do you live? (city) We live in the Kenosha area.
Where are you getting married? Venue? Haven't nailed that one down yet. I'm pretty picky which is hard to do on a budget, but we are looking at a few places in Milwaukee.
How did you meet your FI? We met on suicidegirls.com and started casually chatting. We both liked a band that was playing at Summerfest that year and we met up at the show. A couple days later we realized that we had gone to elementary school together and were in the same year and some of the same classes. Small world!
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Being married. I knew he was the one after a couple months, as silly as that sounds. And the party will be awesome too.
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? We're a little offbeat and we have bits and pieces of awesomeness everywhere. We have had the most fun, so far, picking out music for different parts of the ceremony and reception.
What do you do for a living/dream job? This fall I am finishing up my last semester of nursing school. I'm a CNA and health unit coordinator but I can't wait to be done with all that and get my RN license. My dream job currently is to be a labor and delivery nurse.
Any random thing you want to share with us? I can't decide what color my hair should be for the wedding. I am naturally dark blonde (you know, that color that everyone who has it hates) and I have had every color under the sun and in various combinations: light blonde, brown, black, pink, purple, and red. Currently, it is a very, very bright red. This is, so far, my biggest dilemma. Haha.
Share your proposal story.
I'm not very patient. I'm an imperfect person. I pestered him for a long time before I promised I would stop because he said that I was going to ruin his plans. And so I did stop... mostly.
My FI is a man of many, many talents and hobbies. He is a magician, licensed bartender, origami artist, graphic designer, balloon animal maker, punk rock music enthusiast, etc. Unbeknownst to me, for the last 2 1/2 years he has been folding 1,000 origami cranes for me. He only worked on it while I was at school or work. As the legend goes, if you fold 1,000 cranes your wish would come true. 1,000 cranes is also a common wedding gift in China to wish a thousand years of happiness and prosperity upon the couple.
Anyway, On my birthday, we had plans to go to dinner with my family and then have friends come over for a little party. While we were at dinner he had arranged for my best friend to go to our place and arrange the cranes. When we got home I was shocked! They were everywhere! Cranes of varying sizes and colors were scattered all over the floor, couch, tables and chairs. It was like magical 3D confetti everywhere! They were arranged on the table with the ring in the center. It took me a moment to see the ring with all of the cranes everywhere! =) Then he walked me over to the table and said some wonderful things to me and asked me to marry him. Yay!
The best part (well maybe not the best part) was that I had pretty much convinced myself that it wasn't going to happen on my birthday and had pretty much forgotten about the whole thing so I actually was surprised!
Also, my ring is pretty kick ass. We had picked it out together a while ago and it was a little bit customized so it was/is really cool to see it all together. It is a round cut solitaire with 3 small bands micro set with black diamonds. It is perfect and so beautiful.
It was nice since my family was all there soon afterward to have cake so we could share the news with them right away and then right after that, all my friends came over for a party. Perfect timing!
It was perfect and lovely and wonderful and totally worth the wait! =)
Joesma204
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) Michelle & Fred
Your ages?25 & 33
Wedding date? October 20, 2012
How long have you been with your FI? 5 years
Where do you live? (city) Waukesha, WI
Where are you getting married? Venue? Mlwaukee War Memorial How did you meet your FI?
We worked together in college & became friends, then more :) What are you most looking forward to with the wedding?
The actual day!
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? nvitations thus far
What do you do for a living/dream job? I am a social worker and i am grad school for my MSW
Any random thing you want to share with us? FI and I are both only children
Victoria2013
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) I'm Victoria and he is Paul
Your ages? We are both 25
Wedding date? Sept 13th, 2014
How long have you been with your FI? 2 years.
Where do you live? (city)Misawa AB, Japan
Where are you getting married? Venue? Sheboygan, looking at (online) The Bull.
How did you meet your FI? We were both deployed to Suwon, South Korea and I meet him on the flight line. I needed to get a specific tool that my shop didn't deploy with. So I headed to the AMUs support section and there he was. Every time I went out on the flight line he would always say "here comes trouble" with that goofy handsome grin of his. Ever since that moment he caught my attention and the rest is history.
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? All the photos, including a Trash the Dress session.
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? Window pane seating chart, as of right now.
What do you do for a living/dream job? I'm active duty Air Force and I work with munitions. Being in the AF is my dream job just need to make rank and then I can become a First Sergeant to help the people in my squadron.
Any random thing you want to share with us? Technically the H and I are married, but we aren't sure if it will be recognized by the state of Wisconsin. We got married off base in Japan in their city hall. We didn't say any vows or anything, it was just sign here and sign here. We had to get everything translated before and after.
Share your proposal story. Well since we are technically married its quite backwards. My H and I decided to get married when we did for military reasons. Basically we needed to get married sooner rather than later to make the military aspect of our lives easier. If we weren't married we would be going to separate bases after our tour in Japan and with our career fields it can be difficult to then get the same base (he limits the bases I can go to). I know a lot of people frown upon how we went about things but to each their own. So with that we agreed to get married then three days later we were married on Sept 1st 2010. On Friday we picked up our married certificate, which by the way is in Japanese and looks absolutely incredible. On Saturday he took me to the beach during sunrise and got down on one knee and asked me to be his wife. I know its odd the way we went about things but it worked absolutely perfect for us and our families understand and support us.
leah2489
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) I'm Leah and he is William.
Your ages? 27 and 25
Wedding date? 06/15/12
How long have you been with your FI ?A little over 6 years
Where do you live? (city )Milwaukee
Where are you getting married? Venue ?At The War Memorial. Ceremony and reception will both be held outside (weather permitting).
How did you meet your FI? I went to school with his brother, and he introduced us.
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Having all of our family and friends together for an awesome party!
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? I love all of the aspects of planning, but my favorite purchase would have to be my dress.
What do you do for a living/dream job? I work at a non-profit company, basically as a receptionist. I still haven't decided what my dream job is lol. I've been in college for 5 years now and have 2 associates, working on the 3rd, but I can't see myself doing anything for the rest of my life.Any random thing you want to share with us? We have 2 kids, a 10 year old boy (from my previous relationship) and a daughter who turns 5 next week :)
Share your proposal story.
We don't really have one :( We've been together for so long, and we already have a family, so it didn't really seem necessary. The main thing stopping us from being engaged was the ring. I am extremely picky and couldn't find one that I fell in love with. Finally, on 10/10/10, I found it! We bought it on the spot, and became officially "engaged".
Katiebaka
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) I'm Katie & my FI is Michael!
Your ages? We're both 22 now...I'll be 23 at the wedding. He's really excited about that for some reason.
Wedding date? January 21, 2012. Coming fast!
How long have you been with your FI? A year and four months. He proposed a couple weeks after our first anniversary.
Where do you live? (city) Milwaukee (Greenfield, more specifically)
Where are you getting married? Venue? We're getting married at our church in Greenfield--our reception is at the Clarion Hotel by the airport.
How did you meet your FI? We were best friends in high school. We had a ton of classes together and were both in a venture crew (basically a co-ed boy scout troop), which is how we got close. We actually went to junior prom together (as friends) and our friends and family had been predicting us getting married since then! Took us four more years, but they were right :)
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Everything! I'm so excited to see him at the end of the aisle, I think I'm most looking forward to that...but I frequently daydream about every aspect of the wedding, from getting ready with my favorite girls in the world to dinner to dancing to playing bag toss at the reception!
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? Two things: I was kind of freaking because I didn't have any kind of clue what kind of wedding dress I wanted to have, and then one night I had a dream about the wedding and woke up remembering the exact dress I had on in the dream. I went and tried it on the next weekend and am LITERALLY wearing my dream dress :)
The other thing is that our vehicle for us and our bridal party is going to be my parents' motorhome! We have a Class C that we used to take on road trips and other fun things...and my dad drove both my sister and I (and our dates and friends) to prom in it. We dubbed it the Prom Mobile and painted all the windows and stuff. Since M and I went to prom together, it was only fitting to turn this camper into a Wedding Mobile!
What do you do for a living/dream job? I'm a writer/research analyst with a company that produces best practice reports and journals for hospital financial leaders. Dream job is in public relations--but you have to start somewhere!
Any random thing you want to share with us?
I'm a bit late to the game seeing as my wedding is a little under six months away, but I'm excited to have discovered the boards and start chatting with everyone!! :)
Share your proposal story.
I was super sick with mono but some TLC from my mom and the promise of a surprise from M got me out of bed. He told me we were going on an Easter egg hunt (it was the day before Easter) and brought me to a park by my house. Each of the eggs I picked up (he hid them had pointed them out to me, thank goodness) had a little love note in it. The last one said "Guess what? I love you! And..." and then he got down on one knee, pulled out another egg with a ring in it, and proposed! :) To this day I'm still completely and utterly shocked I didn't see it coming...but I blame the mono. :)
gundy21
What is your name? FI's name? Kristen and Joel
Your ages? 38 and 39
Wedding date? 4/16/11
How long have you been with your FI? 3.5 years
Where do you live? Milwaukee
Where are you getting married? Venue? Everything was at the Elm Grove Woman's Club
How did you meet your FI? Introduced by friends that were dating - and we were asked to by their MOH and BM after we had been dating a month (nothing like a little pressure to have to get along 8 months later)
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? It was so great to spend time with friends and family we dont' see often.
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? I loved the luminaries I made for our table numbers and the pictures of our parents on their wedding days that we had on the altar table right in front of us as we said I do.
What do you do for a living/dream job? I am the environmental compliance specialist at a chemical plant, he is a film and video producer.
Any random thing you want to share with us? I race sailboats on Lake Michigan.
Share your proposal story. Short version - he made dinner for me (the same dinner he made the first time he cooked for me) and whispered the proposal in my ear afterwards.
starryangelz72
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) Samantha and John
Your ages? I am 23, he is 30
Wedding date? August 25th, 2012
How long have you been with your FI? Alittle over 3 years
Where do you live? (city) Kenosha
Where are you getting married? Venue? We are having the ceremony at a local park around Racine or Kenosha, then the reception at the Racine Masonic Center (thank you to another local knottie for pointing it out).
How did you meet your FI? We met on a blind date through a mutal friend after I moved back to Wisconsin from Iowa.
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Everything, having family and friends around us, just the day will be the best.
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? It will probably be the dress, or the probably the idea to instead of getting a photobooth of putting cameras on the tables and making your own photobooth.
What do you do for a living/dream job? My dream job is to be a second grade teacher, or publications. Right now I work as a waitress at Famous Daves, while attending UW-Parkside in English
Any random thing you want to share with us? I have a pyscho special kitty named McGee after NCIS' Timothy McGee; for awhile it was FI and my favorite shows. We watch it when it comes out on DvD. And when one of his sisters heard we were engaged, she is older, she looked at her longtime boyfriend and hit him playfully in the arm asking him why he hasn't asked her yet, it was funny. I love his family lol
Share your proposal story.
We had been living together a few months, but I had known for awhile he was the one. But I kept breaking down thinking he didn't think the same thing, and I like a PP, kept asking and bugging him. I had a stressfull week at work and school and dealing with family drama that I couldn't sleep that night. We were in bed, me tossing and turning crying from the stress and what not, that he just asked me if I wanted to marry him. Even though it wasn't down on one knee or romantic, it was so nice to me. We didn't officially become in engaged until he asked my dad for a blessing which he did finally after I couldn't take it anymore.
kerkma
What is your name? FI's name? My name is Lexy and my FI is Jake.
Your ages? I'm 27 and he's 28.
Wedding date? August 11, 2012
How long have you been with your FI? 3 1/2 years
Where do you live? (city) Oak Creek
Where are you getting married? Venue? Getting Married in Milwaukee. Having the ceremony and reception at the Best Place at the Historic Pabst Brewery.
How did you meet your FI? My fiance and I have known each other since middle school. We met when I was in 7th grade study hall and he used to steal my folders and draw silly pictures on them. We have been friends, and then a couple ever since.
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Spending time and memories with family and friends.
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? The only thing we have so far "purchased" is the venue. But I think I'm most excited about wedding dress shopping.
What do you do for a living/dream job? I work at the Dept. of Veterans Affairs and I really enjoy my job. Any random thing you want to share with us? I am an attorney and practiced criminal law for a year before deciding to switch paths and work for the VA, and am happy with my decision!
Share your proposal story. Jake and I went on a (much needed) vacation to Cozumel, Mexico in May 2011. On our first night there, we decided to watch the sunset over the ocean from our balcony. Jake proposed during the sunset. It was so sweet and romantic; just the two of us.
apaulke2687
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional)Alisha and Aaron
Your ages? I'm 24, Fi is 27
Wedding date? Sept. 8th, 2012
How long have you been with your FI? Almost 5 years.
Where do you live? (city)Waukesha
Where are you getting married? Venue? Ceremony and Reception are at the Polish Center.
How did you meet your FI? We both worked together at Target. We became good friends and oddly talked each other out of our current bad relationships and eventually made a very happy one together!
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Finally having his last name and just have a day all about us!!!
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? I haven't gotten too far yet planning, but so far I LOVE our location!
What do you do for a living/dream job? I currently work at Childrens hospital cleaning and sterilizing instruments for surgery. Not glamorus, but someone's got to do it. I am trying to decide what exactly to go to school for.
Any random thing you want to share with us? On our wedding day I will also become a stepmom finally. FI has three amazing kids who are our world. And we can't wait to add our own to the bunch someday.
Share your proposal story.
During our vacation in Daytona Beach, Florida, Aaron one night suggested that we get up early and go see our first sunrise of the trip on the beach. So we went back to the hotel and looked up the time for a sunrise and we set our alarms to be at the beach by 6:44am. When morning came I took my sweet time taking a shower and getting my make-up on. Meanwhile, unkown to me, Aaron was pacing back and forth in the room. FINALLY, I was ready to go and Aaron was stressing because the sun looked like it was coming up quick! We drove off to find the beach we had looked up to go to. Along the way the sky was getting brighter so I mentioned heading to a shore closer which ended up to be the beach we knew of across from Aaron's brother's work. So we had a familar spot to walk.
Once there, we got out and began walking along the beach picking up shells for the kids and me taking pictures. We walked a long ways towards a pier that went way out over the ocean. Along the way taking pictures of ourselves, the sunrise and some washed up jelly-fish. Once we got near the pier, we had stopped because the sun was almost up. I was continuing to attempt to get a good picture and was getting frustrated because I couldn't get the picture just right.
Meanwhile, Aaron was trying to talk to me and get my attention. Realizing I wasn't listening Aaron asked, "Are you listening to me?" I said "I can't get the camera to take a good shot." But as I put down the camera and began turning towards Aaron, he was restarting his speech. "With every new sunrise starts a new day, with a new day starts a new chapter in our life, and it is a life I would like to share with you.... would you be my wife?" I was now facing Aaron who was down on one knee with a ring. The first words out of my mouth...."Are you serious!?" Then began shaking and said "YES!, omg,omg,omg....." This went on for a few minutes through the hugs and kisses and tears. After that, we enjoyed our walk back down the beach and headed to the restaurant up the way, making our phone calls and showing off to the waitresses! It was the best vacation EVER!!
sarnoon
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) Sarah & Mike
Your ages? 30 & 27
Wedding date? May 25th, 2012
How long have you been with your FI? 3 years
Where do you live? (city)Grafton, WI
Where are you getting married? Venue? ceremony--church, reception--hotel
How did you meet your FI? We met at work---I was already working there and he was a student trying to get some volunteer time in before grad school, started out as friends and took off from there
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? I can't wait to have all of our family and friends around us and celebrating the big day
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? Pretty excited about the photobooth, and the dress of course!
What do you do for a living/dream job? I Will be starting a new job as an asst to a couple of surgeons, grad school in the future, haven't reached my dream job yet (famous author)
Share your proposal story.
I had come down to Grafton to visit my FI since he moved down here for grad school from northern WI, and we took a day trip up to Sheboygan to Kohler Andrae State park and he proposed on a bench on top of a dune overlooking lake Michigan...very pretty---had our engagement pics done at the same spot! :)
andilyn2400
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) I'm Andrea and he's Beau
Your ages? I'm 29 and he's 33 (30 and 34 when we get married). Even though we're old this is both of our first marriages...with no kids.
Wedding date? Hoping May 2012
How long have you been with your FI? About 9 months :-)
Where do you live? (city) I'm from Racine but I like in Yorktown, Virginia. He's from Washington State.
Where are you getting married? Venue? We're looking at places in Racine and Milwaukee. Top of the list right now are Meadowbrook Country Club in Racine and Best Place Pabst Brewery to Schlitz Nature Center in Milwaukee. I'm visiting home in 2 weeks to visit venues and make a decision.
How did you meet your FI? We met on match.com -- yes, it works! lol
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Seeing Beau in his service dress and all our friends dancing to our fav music.
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? I haven't actually purchased anything yet but I'm excited for a lot of my ideas.
What do you do for a living/dream job? I just got out of active duty Air Force. I'm currently a Reservist in Pittsburg and looking for a management job. He's an Army Major in Acqusitions.
Any random thing you want to share with us? We moved in toghether after 5 short months together. I guess when you know, you know.
Share your proposal story.
Well, he had a really sweet idea but it didn't exactly work out the way he planned. Our first date was a mountain bike ride so he wanted to go back to that place to propose. I knew he had the ring but I wasn't expecting anything. While I was upstairs getting ready to go, he got excited/nervous and came up and proposed to me in the bathroom....so romantic, lol.
BrendaRat
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) Brenda/Steve
Your ages? 47/52
Wedding date? April 28, 2012
How long have you been with your FI? One year
Where do you live? (city) Wautoma
Where are you getting married? Venue? Princeton
How did you meet your FI? Online
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Having my kids be part of it.
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? Just really getting started. Going to keep it simple.
What do you do for a living/dream job? Local Gov't.
Any random thing you want to share with us? This is my 2nd wedding. His 3rd. Could really use some Keep it Simple ideas.
disneyisnumber1
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) I'm Kelly, he's Craig
Your ages? I'm 29 (will be...yikes...30 at the wedding), he's 36, will be 37
Wedding date? 5-19-12
How long have you been with your FI? 18 months
Where do you live? (city) Delafield
Where are you getting married? Venue? We're getting married at our church with the reception at The Delafield Hotel
How did you meet your FI? Everyone loves this story...we actually (initially) met on a hosted singles cruise. Just talked briefly. A few months later, a mutual friend invited us (separately) to meet up with a group in Vegas. Due to some "encouragement", Craig started e-mailing me about 2 months before the trip to Vegas. We were inseparable from the moment we met up in Vegas. He lived in Seattle at the time and I was in Oconomowoc. We had the long-distance thing going on for abot 6 months before he couldn't take it anymore and moved to Wisconsin.
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? The look on his face when the doors open at church and he sees me in my Disney-inspired princess wedding gown :)
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? I am quite proud of my invitation design.
What do you do for a living/dream job? I'm a Certified Vet Tech
Any random thing you want to share with us? We both love to quote movies and can pretty much recite the movies Top Gun and The Goonie verbatum.
Share your proposal story. I really tried not to put any pressure on him to propose. He had just started a new job in IT Security and I wanted him to get comfortable with the work. Our standing joke was that it would be "sometime before the end of the year". He made that deadline....just barely. As in 11:59pm on December 31st. We had gone out with some friends for dinner and drinks to end 2010. Since we're both early risers, we ended up lounging on our couch after dinner and were close to falling asleep. He got up like he was going to the kitchen for some water but instead, he pushed the ottoman out of the way and dropped down on bended knee in front of me. The proposal was short and sweet and of course, brought me to tears. He got the answer he wanted :)
ykandi22z
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) Kali & Jon
Your ages? 29 & 33
Wedding date? April 1, 2012 (this is the day we met six years ago). We celebrate our anniversary every month because it is so odd to have met on April Fool's day. lol
How long have you been with your FI? 5 years together and engaged for 2 years get married on our 6 year anniversary. Where do you live? (city) Waukesha
Where are you getting married? Venue? Elkhorn, WI
How did you meet your FI? Every woman's fantasy...He was my cable guy!! (not Jim Carey type though)
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Pulling off a 70's vintage wedding without it being costume like
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? Can't wait to see the floral arrangements we choose.
What do you do for a living/dream job? I work in global project management.
Any random thing you want to share with us? This site is based on love so please no snotty comments or spell checking. I am a free spirit and enjoy kind, thoughtful, and endearing people.
Share your proposal story.
We went to Florida for a week to celebrate our 3 year anniversary. Road tripped from Fort Meyers, to Miami, South Beach, Key West, and then to the Everglades. We went out to eat at Red (menu says "Market Price" for almost everything (but then again who even looks at the price tag?? jk) After surf n turf and wine I couldn't walk. (If you can't tell by now I'm not your typical bride and my relationship is a "Bad Romance" not a "Cinderella fairy tale". Past'd out (I'm not a drinker). Woke up the next morning enraged that he didn't propose because I thought he would. J says "Calm down, go in my pocket"... a ring pops out! Yeah!!
missuschainsaw
What is your name? FI's name? Bridgett and Jeremy.
Your ages? I am 25 (26 at the wedding) and Jeremy is 29.
Wedding date? May 19th, 2012
How long have you been with your FI? By the wedding, it will be over four years.
Where do you live? (city) We live in Wheeling, Illinois. It's a northwest Chicago 'burb.
Where are you getting married? Venue? Ceremony and reception at the Country Springs in Waukesha.
How did you meet your FI? Myspace. (In 2008, it was still relevant!) He was looking at profiles of girls based on shared interests and he sent me a message.
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Wearing my dress and getting all dolled up.
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? My dress is pretty awesome, but my red shoes are definitely the best.
What do you do for a living/dream job? I work in the office for a car dealership, and it is in no way a dream job. I recently started going back to school part time to finish my accounting degree. Jeremy spends his days on the phones with auto repair shops getting invoices paid.
Share your proposal story.
I was with him when he picked out my ring, so I knew I was getting it, just not when or how. I lived in Wisconsin when we started dating and he lived in the Chicago area. Halfway between where he worked at the time and where I lived is Kenosha, so we would meet there after work and have dinner and wander around whatever store was closeby. We had our first date at the Texas Roadhouse there, so we went on a pretty regular basis, pretty much every month on our anniversary. Around a year ago, I transferred to a job in the area he lived in, so we were close together, but there are no Texas Roadhouses unless we drove an hour north or south. So one Saturday around our monthly anniversary, he said, "let's go to Kenosha and go to Texas Roadhouse!" After dinner, he opened the car door for me (we were parked in the exact spot where we had our first kiss) and dropped down to one knee and gave me the box. It was a big mess though--he didn't unwrap the box from the paper the store had it in and neither of us could figure out how to open it!
ashleywa2004
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) I'm Ashley and he is Jesse
Your ages? I'm 25, and he is 26
Wedding date? March 17, 2012 St Patrick's Day!!
How long have you been with your FI? We have been together for about 2.5 years.
Where do you live? (city) I live in Freeport Illinois (Rockford area) he lives in Lockport (suburb of Chicago)
Where are you getting married? Venue? The ceremony will be in Waukesha and the reception at the Brookfield Suites Hotel
How did you meet your FI? WORK! ha
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? I'm looking forward to NO MORE DISTANCE, we've been apart for about 14 months now and its getting OLD!
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? I can't choose!!!! I'm very excited about a lot of things!
Any random thing you want to share with us? I was a gymnast for 16 years and I wish I still was!!! I should have never stopped, I miss it like crazy!!!
Share your proposal story.
He proposed to me the night before my 25th birthday at my "birthday dinner" with our families. We went to Ryan Braun's restaurant in Milwaukee. He had it all worked out with the restaurant manager that when I got there the manager would pull me aside and tell me he had a message from my boyfriend that he was going to be late from Chicago...but when he walked me out the door because it was "loud" inside he said "don't worry we found him" and pointed to the end of the pier where Jesse was sitting alone at a table with beautiful flowers and all dressed up!! I was crying before I even got to him! It was perfect!!!!
ChiMadWedding
"What is your name? FI's name?" Kristin and FI name is Travis
Your ages? 32 and 34
Wedding date? August 11th, 2012
How long have you been with your FI? Since April of '11. Known him for longer.
Where do you live? (city) Currently live in Madison though I had been living in Chicago for 5 years previously and we're moving back there this summer.
Where are you getting married? Venue?" Grand Geneva in Lake Geneva.
How did you meet your FI? Mutual best friend who kept talking about one of us to the other. Met and he loved me immediately. 5 years later with little contact and he sends me a message on Facebook that my haircut looks nice and I should smile more.
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? The ceremony... getting married to my FI. Reception decor and party with friends.
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? Idea of a scavenger hunt for kids/bored adults during the reception.
What do you do for a living/dream job? I apply for grad school and plan this wedding.
Amandie781
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) Amanda and Mike
Your ages? 32 and 33
Wedding date? 9-22-2012
How long have you been with your FI? 3 years in March, but have known him almost 9.
Where do you live? (city) Bartlett, IL, but born and raised in WI and the wedding is in Brookfield.
Where are you getting married? Venue? Church is in Brookfield and reception at the Hilton Garden Inn - Milwaukee Park Place
How did you meet your FI? At work! :)
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Having our first dance and husband and wife!
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? My dress and my BM dresses.
What do you do for a living/dream job? Regulatory work- Product Safety/Compliance
Any random thing you want to share with us? Hmm...nothing really!
Share your proposal story. We were in Galena, IL for the weekend last October and we stayed in a nicer hotel. I stepped away for a second and when I came back the fireplace was on the room was dimly lit and he took me by my hand and danced with me to the the song Amanda by Boston. :) After the song was done he somewhat quoted the lyrics by saying the song was right and he couldn't wait any longer and asked me to marry him! :) I melted right then and there!!!
SOUTHWEST AREA:
Beckster5551(Mod)
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) I am Becky and FI is Gerald
Your ages? I'm 25, turn 26 two weeks before the wedding, FI is 28
Wedding date? 9/17/11...AKA SOON!
How long have you been with your FI? We have been together for 2 years, 4 months. We got enegaged Aug 8th, 2009
Where do you live? (city) We live in Madison
Where are you getting married? Madison
Venue? Lussier Family Heritage center. It's beautiful!
How did you meet your FI? We had met once when I was 18 and semi dating one of his friends. But we re-met at a club.
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Right now, getting it over with. I'm tired of planning. I can't wait to marry FI and have this last name:)
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? Hands down the photobooth!
What do you do for a living/dream job? I work in Customer service...BLAH! I would love to be an 8th grade history teacher.
Any random thing you want to share with us? I lived in Las Vegas where I went to Film school....that dream didn't work out.
Share your proposal story
We had been dating for 4 motnhs and FI was going to a b-party. We wouldn't be seeing eachother for 2 weeks because during the week he works days and I worked nights. Firday night he was going to a friends cabin and on Saturday night he had the b-party. He was going to spend that Sunday recovering and I had plans with friends to go to a music festival. Then that upcoming Wednesday he was going out of town with friends until Sunday.
The Saturday of the b-party he texted me and said we wished I was there, it was going to be a long two weeks. He told me what strip club he was going to and said he would behave. I happen to know a few girls who worked their and I told them that they were coming and to show then a good time. And it's always nice to know someone on the inside:) After a day of drinking and strip clubs FI starts texting me and telling me how much he loves me, more than i'll even know and what not. He then says he has something to ask me and wants to to come to a near bytown and see him. I was at work but told him I would when I was done.
I arrive at the town party that I was meeting FI at and he started acting weird. Then , when we were dacing is whispers in my ear "will you marry me". I say yes and he gives me his hish school class ring.
Fast forward to Dec 26, 2009...FI picks me up from work to go to lunch, takes me to a beautiful park and proposes again with a beautiful ring:) He even got down on one knee this time
futuremr&mrsdoers
What is your name? FI's name? Jennifer & Matthew
Your ages? I am 30 he will be 24 in SeptemberWedding date? 8/12/12
How long have you been with your FI? 1yr and 9months
Where do you live? Saukville
Where are you getting married? Outdoor Ceremony in a local Park . Just started planning......
How did you meet your FI? Through a mutal friend. Turned out we had several possible meetings before that. We have tons of mutal friends
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Being his wife, and joining his great family!
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? Probably the dress, or seeing the photos.
What do you do for a living/dream job? I am an Admin Assitant for a Vet Hospital.
SweetB7
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) Amanda and Almon
Your ages? I'm 23 he is 27
Wedding date? August or September 2013 (we havent officially picked a date yet)
How long have you been with your FI? 2 1/2 years
Where do you live? (city)Madison
Where are you getting married? Venue? Spring Brook
How did you meet your FI? He moved in with me and my two other roommates when our previous roommate wasn't working out. Odd I know!
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? The day, in general, that we spent so much time planning for, and of course being husband and wife.
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? Dress
What do you do for a living/dream job? Paralegal
Any random thing you want to share with us? We have a spoiled cat named Chibs and love taking the Harley on weekend trips.
Share your proposal story. My FI and I met while in college where he moved in to my apartment to sublease from a roommate that wasn't working out. It was a huge change for him to move in with 3 college girls but it worked out for the best for us. During the week of our anniversary my FI had a business trip in our old college town where I joined him; it was my spring break week. On our way to dinner my FI drove to our old apartment and proposed to me on the sidewalk where we very first met :) I love him!
swtheart1685
What is your name? Jessica
Your ages? Both are 25
Wedding date? 6/9/11
How long have you been with your FI? 4 years and 2 months
Where do you live? Madison
Where are you getting married? Venue? Racine, WI - Festival Hall
How did you meet your FI? In college
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Being married and celebrating with family & friends
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? Photographer
What do you do for a living? I am a Certified Advance Practice Social Worker. I do in-home mental health therapy with children/families.
npott044
What is your name? FI's name? My name is Nicole and my FI’s name is Brandon
Your ages? We are both 27 and just 3 weeks apart
Wedding date? At first it was December 2012 but I decided I did not want to wait that long to marry the love of my life so now our official wedding date is September 8, 2012!
How long have you been with your FI? We have been together about 1 year and 4 months. However we have known each other for 14 years.
Where do you live? Janesville
Where are you getting married? We are getting married at a beautiful church in Janesville. My parents and grandparents were married at the church and both my sister and I were baptized there. Our reception will be in a large ballroom in a local hotel. The hotel is nothing fancy but it is what we could afford.
How did you meet your FI? My FI and I first meet in the 7th grade. We went on to high school together and talked but never really hung out. We ran with two totally different crowds. After high school I moved up north for college and moved back to my hometown for a job. I was out at the bars on April fool’s Day and I saw him out. It was the first time we had seen each other since high school. Well, he had a little to drink and confessed that he has always had a crush on me. He asked me out and I told him to ask me again when he was sober. He called the next morning and the rest is history.
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? I am looking forward to the actual wedding and the exchanging of vows. I also cannot wait to start a family with my best friend!
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? Well I am attempting some DIY projects and am really looking forward to getting it all done exactly how I want it. My favorite purchase is my dress of course!
What do you do for a living/dream job? I currently work at a residential facility for children. This fall I will be finishing up my MSW in clinical social work. Hopefully I will find a job somewhere in Janesville.
Any random thing you want to share with us? My FI and I moved in together a few months ago and now we have 5 cats! But, my house smells good and you would never know it. I have also managed to inherit a house when I got engaged and remodeling and planning a wedding is crazy stressful!
Share your proposal story
Well I know my FI was thinking about proposing because he was asking about my ring size when we went shopping and just being weird in general. He also showed me some jewelry ads he had and asked me to show him rings I liked. Little did I know he already had the ring at that point. He proposed on a Sunday. I came over to his house after work in my PJ’s and was sitting on the couch. I did not see him all week because he had Pink Eye and I did not want to catch it. So we were just hanging around on the couch and he was being a little weird. He went into the bathroom to put some eye drops in and asked me to come to the bathroom for a second. I did not go at first because I was scared as to what he wanted. When I got to the bathroom he started to talk about how it’s not the big things in life that are important but it’s the little things that matter and if we can be there for each other at our worst then we can do anything. He then got down on one knee in the bathroom and asked me to marry him. He later told me he was trying to plan something big but he just couldn’t wait anymore.
amthomas0409
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) I'm Amber, He's Brian
Your ages? I'm 25, he's 35
Wedding date? 10/6/2012
How long have you been with your FI? Just over 6 years now
Where do you live? (city )A suburb of Chicago, Montgomery, IL
Where are you getting married? Venue? Chula Vista Resort, Wisconsin Dells
How did you meet your FI? Long story short, we use to work together at Best Buy he was a supervisor of another department and started hanging out through mutual friends.
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Bringing our friends and family to our favorite place to vacation.
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? I'm still in the early stages so everything excites me!
What do you do for a living/dream job? I'm the Food and Beverage Manager at a golf club, I am in charge of the day of coordination for all of our weddings, banquets, and golf outings.
Any random thing you want to share with us? I am not from Wisconsin, it is just our favorite place to visit, a little too often sometimes, but because of this I am looking for all the advice I vendors I can get!
Share your proposal story.
Two days before I had to leave for a trip to London with my mom, Brian surprised me with making my favorite breakfast, biscuits and gravy, in bed. He surprised me with the ring design I really wanted, after being told by many jewelers that I was crazy and it was not going to happen. I started crying and didn't know if it was because of how happy I was that he FINALLY proposed or he actually listened to what I really wanted in a ring.
dspringer19
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) Danielle & Rex
Your ages? 24
Wedding date? September 22, 2012
How long have you been with your FI? 3 1/2 years
Where do you live? (city) Madison
Where are you getting married? Venue? Riveria Maya Mexico
How did you meet your FI? Through a family friend
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? wearing a wedding dressing and getting married on the beach
What do you do for a living/dream job? currently I work as a receptionist, I am going to school to become a nurse.
Dream job would to be to work in a trauma unit.
Any random thing you want to share with us? We have a beautiful son together! He is my everything.
Share your proposal story.
We got in engaged on Valentine's day 2011. It was unexpected and very special. He proposed to me on one knee with just our son and myself being there. I cried before I said yes. I know understand when girls cry when they get engaged :-).
Andrea52387
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) Andrea and Matthew
Your ages? I'm 24 and Matt is turning 27
Wedding date? July 20, 2013
How long have you been with your FI? Just over two years
Where do you live? (city) Bristol
Where are you getting married? Venue? We are getting married at the farm. :-)
How did you meet your FI? My cousin Greg and Matt are coworkers. Greg and his wife Melanie invited Matt and I out to the Kenosha County fair so it was more of a group date than just a regular blind date. We ended up having a blast that evening that we went out again that same weekend.
What are you most looking forward to?
Marrying Matt and spending one of the most special days of our lives with our family and friends.
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchaseost looking forward to with the wedding
These are both Matt's suggestions. He wanted to do a different first dance so my great aunt is going to play a polka for us. He also wants to have a soft serve ice cream machine. (I'm having troubles finding one to rent so if anyone has any ideas where to rent one please let me know!)
What do you do for a living/dream job?I'm a special projects manager for a small buisness. I'm studying to get my associates degree in accounting.
Any random thing you want to share with us?I love looking at all the wedding stuff and I'm hoping I can decide what I want to do at our wedding. LOL!
Share your proposal story.
Matt proposed the day after my birthday. We pretty much reenacted our second date. It didn't work out exactly as planned so he ended up proposing in my jeep sitting in the driveway. I was so happy he proposed!
Iwmacho
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) I'm Lauren and my Fiance is Bob
Your ages? I'm 24 and he's 32
Wedding date? September 1st, 2012, just started planning last week
How long have you been with your FI? We've been together for a year and a half Where do you live? (city) We live in Denver, CO Where are you getting married? Venue? Madison, WI. Probably Quivey's Grove or the Holiday Inn
How did you meet your FI? My FI was my best friends boss, she introduced us. Although we didn't start dating until almost a year after we met.
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Having everyone together, and delicious cake.
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? It's such a silly, little thing, but we want to have mason jars with simple wild flowers for center pieces. I think thats so cute (and it was my FI's idea, too)
What do you do for a living/dream job? I'm working as a line cook in 2 restaurants right now, waiting for my turn to go to school. My FI is a bar manager and working on his bachelors in accounting
Any random thing you want to share with us? As one last splurge before we start saving everything for the wedding, we are planning a quick trip to see the band Widespread Panic play 4 shows in 4 days.
Share your proposal story. We went on a camping trip to Rocky Mountain National Park. My favorite part of camping is going on hikes that have really pretty end points. The hike we chose that day ended at a waterfall and I was walking around on the rocks taking pictures. My FI had me sit down on a rock at the top of the water fall and he kissed me told me that he was so happy to have finally found me and excited to spend the rest of his life with me. Then he pulled out a pearl engagment ring and I started laughing. I though it was joke. I was completely suprised. I knew we were going to get married someday but i thought it'd be ina couple of years~
Tomatillo821
What is your name? Danielle FI's name? Chris Your ages? I'm 30, he's 36.
Wedding date? Not yet set, but we're thinking end of September 2012
How long have you been with your FI? Since August of 2010 - so just over a year.
Where do you live? (city) I'm in Medford, WI - he's in Madison.
Where are you getting married? Venue? Not 100% sure, but we're thinking Lake Windsor Golf Club.
How did you meet your FI? On PlentyOfFish.com
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Having it be a real reflect of who WE are, both as individuals & as a couple. And throwing a BITCHIN' party!
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? I don't have any yet!!
What do you do for a living/dream job? I'm a lawyer - and it is my dream job! (Well, technically my dream job would be to be a US Attorney or a lawyer with the DEA, FBI, or CIA.)
Any random thing you want to share with us? My name is based off an inside joke. I'm kind of a foodie, and he was ADAMANT that a tomatillo was part of the "nut family." I told him HE was part of the nut familly, and the tomatillo has stuck ever since.
Share your proposal story. I recently relocated to a new town to start my career. About 2.5 weeks prior to that, my fiance (ack!!! I have a fiance!!! :) ) changed careers as well. All of this means that in the past month or so, we haven't seen a whole lot of each other. He wasn't able to "see me off" when I moved, and it stung, but I understood. He got back into driving truck, and his company sent him on a 2-week road stint that had him going out to CA, then down through the southwest, into TX, then back up to home (Madison, WI for him). He got home Friday early Friday afternoon & tore around like a mad man to get up here (I'm 3.5 hours north now). He had to stop and pick up some stuff from my parents that I wasn't able to bring up during the big move, and he was bringing that in. I kept asking if he needed help, and as usual, he wouldn't let me help him. He finally stood just outside my door and said he had something for me, but he had to put it together. I was told to get a glass of wine and sit down. So I did. He came over by me with a glass bowl. In the outermost bowl, he had placed sand from the desert he drove through in Arizona. Nestled in the sand was a smaller bowl filled with salt from the Bonneville salt flats. Inside of that bowl was an over turned shot glass from Texas. Now, he's telling me about his time on the road, and explaining where each of these things came from. He removed the shot glass, and said, "I've been all over this country alone, but now I have someone I want with me all the time. Will you marry me?" and took out the ring that was nestled in the salt, under the shot glass. In between laughing & crying, the first words were, "Are you SERIOUS??" I was just shocked. Then I laughed & cried some more and OF COURSE said yes!! So yeah - a bit about me! Look forward to getting to know you all!
bridejl
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional)I'm Lauren and my FI is Justin
Your ages? We're both 22...he's actually 5 days younger than me!
Wedding date? 8/4/2012
How long have you been with your FI? We will be together four years on October 4th of this year (through four years of college!)
Where do you live? (city) We live together in Stevens Point, and go to UWSP. We're both graduating in December finally :)
Where are you getting married? Venue? In the Milwaukee area, where I'm originally from. Our reception will be at Klemmer's.
How did you meet your FI? During the first month of college, we both went to lunch at the dining hall with friends from our respective dorms, and our friends were meeting up with each other. FI and I ended up eating across the table from each other, which was actually kind of awkward; he was trying to make conversation with me but it was loud so I couldn't hear him very well. I didn't expect to see him again, but he found me online and we started talking....and couldn't stop :) A week later we began dating with encouragement from my cousin (Katiebaka, above) and a week after that we shared our first kiss!
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? We've known we would marry since early in our relationship, so I'm most looking forward to finally being married! I also can't wait to bring all the sides of our families together for a big party....our family likes parties and a wedding is the best! Another also...I can't wait to see his reaction as my parents walk me down the aisle....and to wear a beautiful wedding dress :)
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? Well we're newly engaged so we have purchased nothing but the reception venue....so I guess the venue!!
What do you do for a living/dream job? I'm currently a student of psychology and employee at Sentry Insurance, but my dream is to do family and couple counseling. Hopefully next fall I'll be starting grad school :P
Any random thing you want to share with us? My family is very Polish (I'm 100%) and I love having a Polish last name. In high school I said that I wanted to marry a Polish man to continue the legacy (of course I wouldn't turn down a non-Polish man, but ya know). Well it turned out that I found and fell in love with a man with a Polish last name and who loves Polish culture. :)
Share your proposal story.
Last Monday night (engaged for a week now!) we took a late night walk around campus. He was talking about reading and making tea when we got back, which I thought was crazy because it was hot and muggy. When we got back home I sat down to read before bed and my book opened up to a page with a crossword puzzle hidden in it. I worked the puzzle, which contained our names and "will you marry me". At that point he said all sorts of lovey things and then officially proposed!
Juranek812
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) Beth & Andrew
Your ages?22- We'll both be 23 when we get married (our birthdays are only 2 days apart!)
Wedding date? August 4, 2012
How long have you been with your FI? Just over a year.
Where do you live? (city) River Falls, WI
Where are you getting married? Venue? Hudson, WI @ St. Patrick's
How did you meet your FI? Through mutual friends at college & the same job.
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Being together!
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? We're both super crafty so a lot of our stuff is DIY!
What do you do for a living/dream job? He does tech support- which is perfect for him. :) And I work at a nonprofit shelter for victims of domestic violence-which is great and rewarding.
Share your proposal story. He recreated our first date!
MiksChick23
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) Martelle, FI is Kyle
Your ages? 28 & 29
Wedding date? June 30, 2012
How long have you been with your FI? 6 1/2 years
Where do you live? (city) Eau Claire
Where are you getting married? Venue? Lake Wissota Golf Club in Chippewa Falls
How did you meet your FI? Working together at Menards
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Having an event with all of our most loved family and friends
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? I am thrilled that we are getting married on a golf course and I am very excited about my dress!
What do you do for a living/dream job? I work for UnitedHealth Care, but my dream job would be a highschool civics teacher
Any random thing you want to share with us? We are both obsessed with Fantasy Football.
Share your proposal story. Kyle suprised me on our 6 year anniversary with a proposal. I hadn't expected it because a few weeks earlier he had some random identity theif drain his savings account.
NORTHEAST AREA:
Chelseamb11
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) I am Chelsea, he is Alex
Your ages? I'm 22, he's 24
Wedding date? June 23, 2012
How long have you been with your FI? We started dating June 15, 2010 but we met in high school
Where do you live? (city) We both live in Appleton
Where are you getting married? Venue? We are getting married in Wisconsin Rapids where we both grew up
How did you meet your FI? Short story: High school, then facebook. Long story: We met in high school, didn't talk for 5 years. I stood up in a wedding a few sumemrs ago and his brother was on my arm. I reconnected with his brother and then wrote on the brother's wife's facebook wall. FI saw it, wondered how I was and added me. The rest is history
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Being married! And the pics :)
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? Thumbprint tree guest book
What do you do for a living/dream job? Right now I am a customer service rep and I do photography on the side. Next month I start teaching (which is my dream job).
Any random thing you want to share with us? I am fluent in French
Share your proposal story.
Copy and pasted from my profile:
Chelsea and Alex had their first kiss in a room in the campus center at Lawrence University (where Chelsea went to school) called the Esch dance studio. It is a big room with huge windows over looking the river (very romantic). That night, Corey (Alex’s best friend) and Chelsea had plans to hang out, but little did she know, he was actually playing wingman for Alex. Corey asked for a tour of campus, so as he and Chelsea walked through the campus center, Alex was patiently waiting in the Esch room. When Chelsea got to the room with Corey, the lights were dimmed and there was a huge blue teddy bear sitting in the middle of the room holding a red bag (see picture). She immediately figured out what was going on, gave Corey “the look” and walked in the room by herself. “Then” by Brad Paisley started playing (their song) while Alex hid behind a pillar (she seriously had no idea where he was haha). She opened the bag and pulled out the ring box, but there was no ring on it. He came out from behind the pillar and they danced to their song. Then he got down on one knee, pulled out the ring and asked her to marry him. :)
smfitz12
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) I'm Sara. FI is Riley.
Your ages? We're both 22 but will be 23 when we get married
Wedding date? July 14, 2011
How long have you been with your FI? 5 1/2 years
Where do you live? (city) Menasha
Where are you getting married? Venue? Allenton, WI. We getting married outside in a garden. The place is called "The Gardens"
How did you meet your FI? High School. We started dating our Junior year
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Finally being husband and wife. Having a great time with friends and family.
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? I love all my ideas...I can't pick a favorite. My favorite purchase so far is my dress!
What do you do for a living/dream job? I work as a CNA in a wonderful nursing home and I'm going to school to be a nurse. My FI is a warehouse supervisor at a tool store but is going to school to be a paramedic.
Any random thing you want to share with us? We have a cat named Bella.
Share your proposal story.
Riley took me to our favorite hiking spot (High Cliff State Park) during March of 2011. Everything was covered in snow but he said we should go there to buy a new yearly sticker. There is a tower at the very top of the cliffs that we always climb after our hikes. He drove us up there and it wasn't covered in too much snow so we went up to the top. While we were up there looking out over Lake Winnebago he proposed to me. Best moment of my life so far! :D
Elidam
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) Elizabeth & Adam
Your ages? 25 & 26
Wedding date? September 16, 2011
How long have you been with your FI? 5 years
Where do you live? (city) Green Bay
Where are you getting married? Venue?Ceremony-Pamperin Park Reception-Townline
How did you meet your FI? We met through mutual friends.
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Finally being husband and wife!
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? My dress!
What do you do for a living/dream job? I am a preschool teacher.
Share your proposal story.
Adam & I were going for a walk in our favorite park and we were just walking by some trees and he says "Do you see that over there?" and I look over and on the tree he carved out 'Elizabeth Will You Marry Me?'
KatieD212
What is your name? Katie and Jon
Your ages? 24/31
Wedding date? It was April 30th, married 3 months now!
How long have you been with your FI? over 7 years
Where do you live? Eagle River- grew up in Green Bay
Where are you getting married? Venue? Green Bay- St John Catholic church, Riverside Ballroom
How did you meet your FI? At a friends cabin :)
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Well, my favorite part was celebrating with all the people that love us!
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? Photographer- he was amazing and soooo worth the money!!! I also enjoyed making my centerpieces
What do you do for a living? I am a Dental Assistant, and DH does road construction
Mikkijoy
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional)My name is Mikki and my fiance is Cody
Your ages?I'm 25 and he's 22
Wedding date?
October 27, 2012
How long have you been with your FI?A year
Where do you live? (city)Brussels, WI
Where are you getting married? Venue? Kohlberg Lutheran church in Forestville with the reception at Eddie Whipps in Green Bay
How did you meet your FI? We meed through a mutual friend while out one night.
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Having all of our family and friends together
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? Flowers
What do you do for a living/dream job? I am a purchasing assistant for a manufacturing company. Cody and I also own and run a dairy farm, so he does that full-time.
Share your proposal story.
I had known for a few days that the ring was somewhere in the house, and I was very upset when I found it and he still wouldn't ask me. We were getting ready to leave the house one night and he kept making me run upstairs and get him things. The last time (the third or fourth) I was so mad I was mumbling things under my breath, and he was on one knee at the foot of the stairs waiting for me.
BinxRose
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) I'm Whitney, FI is Cameron
Your ages? I'm 23, he's 22 (both will be 23 at wedding)
Wedding date? 04/28/2012
How long have you been with your FI? "Officially" a little over a year, unofficially "hung out" when he came home on leave from the Navy since we graduated high school.
Where do you live? (city) From Wausau, but live in Norfolk, VA where he is stationed
Where are you getting married? Venue? Our ceremony and reception are at a pavilion
How did you meet your FI? Went to school together since 6th grade. Didn't really get to know each other til 9th grade when my BFF and I decided to be baseball managers, and FI was on the team. He asked me out on our first date during baseball season of senior year.
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding?
Being able to call him my husband! And wearing my amazing dress that I got off the sales rack for $99 :)
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? Still in the early-ish stages, but so far I'm pretty darn proud of my dress purchase!
What do you do for a living/dream job? Economy sucks...after graduating college, all I could find for now is a nanny gig. My dream job (after more school) is teaching birth classes/doula/breast feeding.
Any random thing you want to share with us? Hmmm....nah :)
Share your proposal story.
To make it short, while we were home on his leave he took me to lunch at the same place he took me on our first date. Then we went for a walk at our high school baseball diamond. We were standing on home plate talking, when he said he had a question. He pulled out the ring, got down on one knee, and popped the question. I screamed yes and started crying :)
StephanieBrookeD
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) Stephanie and Bill
Your ages? 20 and 21 (we'll be 23 and 24 by the wedding)
Wedding date? As of today the rough guess for the date is July 18th, 2014 (we need time to save, I'm paying back loans and Bill wants to finish school before we are married)
How long have you been with your FI? 10 months as of yesterday!
Where do you live? (city) Appleton
Where are you getting married? Venue? Came to this site looking for ideas! Possibly Bridgewood Resort in Neenah.
How did you meet your FI? Through a mutual friend.
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Just finallly being able to call Bill my husband! :D
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? I want to have our ring bearer/flower girl walk our dog, Rascal, down the aisle. He loves to dress up, so hopefully we can find him a little tuxedo.
What do you do for a living/dream job? Housekeeper currently. But after we're married I hope to be able to go to school to become an ultrasound technician.
Any random thing you want to share with us? Like someone mentioned earlier, Bill and I moved in together very early...I think I moved my things in on our 3 month anniversary. We lived with his parents (yikes!) for 5 months! Just moved to our own apartment in September after a long and difficult apartment hunt!
Share your proposal story.
Very recently, we were watching TV at 11pm on 11/11/11 and just waiting for that "epic wish". So when the clock on the cable box turned to 11:11 Bill told me to kiss the clock and make my wish. I thought he was joking, just to pick on me or he was going to push me over when I crouched down to do it, I don't really know. But I told him he had to do it first, and we bickered back and forth until he finally did it. So I knelt down to kiss the clock, but I was too late! It turned 11:12, and I turned around to see Bill sitting on the floor with a box in his hand. But it was the box that I keep my navel rings in! And that's what I told him! He said, "I know. I just borrowed it. Because my wish is that you would marry me."
I was completely surprised, even though a few days before he had mentioned it would be cute and memorable if he were to propose at 11:11 on 11/11/11. But he said he it just wasn't possible right now.
And here we are a week later! :D
twishee
What is your name? FI's name? Trisha and Lee
Your ages? I am 25. He is 26.
Wedding date? May 27, 2012
How long have you been with your FI? Almost 7 years!
Where do you live? Stevens Point
How did you meet your FI? In college
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding?We are planning a casual, fun wedding, so I am looking forward to playing games, being around friends and family, and just having a great time with my new husband.
What is your favorite wedding planning idea?
My favorite part of planning, hands down, was making our Save the Date video. So much fun! We based the idea for it off of my favorite movie, Amelie! (Here it is - http://vimeo.com/35081743 )
Share your proposal story. I watch the movie Love Actually every Christmas, and last year was no different. Except for the fact that Lee edited himself into the movie!!! So all of the sudden Keira Knightley's character opens the door and there is my boyfriend. Unbelievable. (You can see it here - http://youtu.be/BNR7ab9c4-k )
amykaywi
What is your name? FI's name? Amy, FI is Jason
Your ages? I am 25 and he is 26
Wedding date? August 11, 2012
How long have you been with your FI? 5 1/2 Years
Where do you live? (city) Kiel (Rural Sheboygan- 1 hour North of Milwaukee
Where are you getting married? Venue? Ceremony and Reception will be at Autumn Ridge Golf Course near Kiel
How did you meet your FI? We were set up by a mutual friend!
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Finally officially making Jason my family!
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? Not sure yet... still have a lot of planning to do!
What do you do for a living/dream job? I am a Trainer for a call center and I love it, but my dream job is to be a Corporate Trainer and travel to different businesses.
Share your proposal story.
I knew that the proposal was coming soon, because we were in the process of buying a house, and I told Jason that it was very important I had a commitment prior to closing. So, the Friday before we bought our house, we took the day off to have an adventure day. Jason scheduled a couple's massage, and then we drove out to the Parnell Tower in the Kettle Morraine, and I thought it would happen then; but it didn't... so we went to our favorite restaurant on lake Winnebage and I thought it would happen then, but it didn't... we were leaving the restaurant which also has a small tower that you can walk up, and Jason asked if I wanted to go up because it looked really pretty. We did, and saw blue birds and a crane and it was beautiful, and I thought it would happen then.... and I kept waiting, and waiting, and finally, I said "lets go." He agreed, and I was half way down the first flight of stairs when I hear "honey" and I look back and he is on his knee at the top of the stairs. I got so excited I ran to him and jumped him and started crying. He asked if I wanted the ring, because I didn't even give him a chance to put it on! So he put the ring on, and I loved it, and it was the best day ever! When we left the restaurant we went to his house, and all of our friends were there for a bonfire to celebrate with us! It was the best day!
SOUTHEAST
sarahsmash
What is your name? (sharing this is optional) Sarah and Jon
Your ages? I just turned 27 on July 1 (He proposed on my b-day!) and Jon is also 27.
Wedding date? October 2012
How long have you been with your FI? 4 years, engaged for 1 month.
Where do you live? (city) We live in the Kenosha area.
Where are you getting married? Venue? Haven't nailed that one down yet. I'm pretty picky which is hard to do on a budget, but we are looking at a few places in Milwaukee.
How did you meet your FI? We met on suicidegirls.com and started casually chatting. We both liked a band that was playing at Summerfest that year and we met up at the show. A couple days later we realized that we had gone to elementary school together and were in the same year and some of the same classes. Small world!
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Being married. I knew he was the one after a couple months, as silly as that sounds. And the party will be awesome too.
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? We're a little offbeat and we have bits and pieces of awesomeness everywhere. We have had the most fun, so far, picking out music for different parts of the ceremony and reception.
What do you do for a living/dream job? This fall I am finishing up my last semester of nursing school. I'm a CNA and health unit coordinator but I can't wait to be done with all that and get my RN license. My dream job currently is to be a labor and delivery nurse.
Any random thing you want to share with us? I can't decide what color my hair should be for the wedding. I am naturally dark blonde (you know, that color that everyone who has it hates) and I have had every color under the sun and in various combinations: light blonde, brown, black, pink, purple, and red. Currently, it is a very, very bright red. This is, so far, my biggest dilemma. Haha.
Share your proposal story.
I'm not very patient. I'm an imperfect person. I pestered him for a long time before I promised I would stop because he said that I was going to ruin his plans. And so I did stop... mostly.
My FI is a man of many, many talents and hobbies. He is a magician, licensed bartender, origami artist, graphic designer, balloon animal maker, punk rock music enthusiast, etc. Unbeknownst to me, for the last 2 1/2 years he has been folding 1,000 origami cranes for me. He only worked on it while I was at school or work. As the legend goes, if you fold 1,000 cranes your wish would come true. 1,000 cranes is also a common wedding gift in China to wish a thousand years of happiness and prosperity upon the couple.
Anyway, On my birthday, we had plans to go to dinner with my family and then have friends come over for a little party. While we were at dinner he had arranged for my best friend to go to our place and arrange the cranes. When we got home I was shocked! They were everywhere! Cranes of varying sizes and colors were scattered all over the floor, couch, tables and chairs. It was like magical 3D confetti everywhere! They were arranged on the table with the ring in the center. It took me a moment to see the ring with all of the cranes everywhere! =) Then he walked me over to the table and said some wonderful things to me and asked me to marry him. Yay!
The best part (well maybe not the best part) was that I had pretty much convinced myself that it wasn't going to happen on my birthday and had pretty much forgotten about the whole thing so I actually was surprised!
Also, my ring is pretty kick ass. We had picked it out together a while ago and it was a little bit customized so it was/is really cool to see it all together. It is a round cut solitaire with 3 small bands micro set with black diamonds. It is perfect and so beautiful.
It was nice since my family was all there soon afterward to have cake so we could share the news with them right away and then right after that, all my friends came over for a party. Perfect timing!
It was perfect and lovely and wonderful and totally worth the wait! =)
Joesma204
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) Michelle & Fred
Your ages?25 & 33
Wedding date? October 20, 2012
How long have you been with your FI? 5 years
Where do you live? (city) Waukesha, WI
Where are you getting married? Venue? Mlwaukee War Memorial How did you meet your FI?
We worked together in college & became friends, then more :) What are you most looking forward to with the wedding?
The actual day!
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? nvitations thus far
What do you do for a living/dream job? I am a social worker and i am grad school for my MSW
Any random thing you want to share with us? FI and I are both only children
Victoria2013
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) I'm Victoria and he is Paul
Your ages? We are both 25
Wedding date? Sept 13th, 2014
How long have you been with your FI? 2 years.
Where do you live? (city)Misawa AB, Japan
Where are you getting married? Venue? Sheboygan, looking at (online) The Bull.
How did you meet your FI? We were both deployed to Suwon, South Korea and I meet him on the flight line. I needed to get a specific tool that my shop didn't deploy with. So I headed to the AMUs support section and there he was. Every time I went out on the flight line he would always say "here comes trouble" with that goofy handsome grin of his. Ever since that moment he caught my attention and the rest is history.
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? All the photos, including a Trash the Dress session.
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? Window pane seating chart, as of right now.
What do you do for a living/dream job? I'm active duty Air Force and I work with munitions. Being in the AF is my dream job just need to make rank and then I can become a First Sergeant to help the people in my squadron.
Any random thing you want to share with us? Technically the H and I are married, but we aren't sure if it will be recognized by the state of Wisconsin. We got married off base in Japan in their city hall. We didn't say any vows or anything, it was just sign here and sign here. We had to get everything translated before and after.
Share your proposal story. Well since we are technically married its quite backwards. My H and I decided to get married when we did for military reasons. Basically we needed to get married sooner rather than later to make the military aspect of our lives easier. If we weren't married we would be going to separate bases after our tour in Japan and with our career fields it can be difficult to then get the same base (he limits the bases I can go to). I know a lot of people frown upon how we went about things but to each their own. So with that we agreed to get married then three days later we were married on Sept 1st 2010. On Friday we picked up our married certificate, which by the way is in Japanese and looks absolutely incredible. On Saturday he took me to the beach during sunrise and got down on one knee and asked me to be his wife. I know its odd the way we went about things but it worked absolutely perfect for us and our families understand and support us.
leah2489
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) I'm Leah and he is William.
Your ages? 27 and 25
Wedding date? 06/15/12
How long have you been with your FI ?A little over 6 years
Where do you live? (city )Milwaukee
Where are you getting married? Venue ?At The War Memorial. Ceremony and reception will both be held outside (weather permitting).
How did you meet your FI? I went to school with his brother, and he introduced us.
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Having all of our family and friends together for an awesome party!
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? I love all of the aspects of planning, but my favorite purchase would have to be my dress.
What do you do for a living/dream job? I work at a non-profit company, basically as a receptionist. I still haven't decided what my dream job is lol. I've been in college for 5 years now and have 2 associates, working on the 3rd, but I can't see myself doing anything for the rest of my life.Any random thing you want to share with us? We have 2 kids, a 10 year old boy (from my previous relationship) and a daughter who turns 5 next week :)
Share your proposal story.
We don't really have one :( We've been together for so long, and we already have a family, so it didn't really seem necessary. The main thing stopping us from being engaged was the ring. I am extremely picky and couldn't find one that I fell in love with. Finally, on 10/10/10, I found it! We bought it on the spot, and became officially "engaged".
Katiebaka
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) I'm Katie & my FI is Michael!
Your ages? We're both 22 now...I'll be 23 at the wedding. He's really excited about that for some reason.
Wedding date? January 21, 2012. Coming fast!
How long have you been with your FI? A year and four months. He proposed a couple weeks after our first anniversary.
Where do you live? (city) Milwaukee (Greenfield, more specifically)
Where are you getting married? Venue? We're getting married at our church in Greenfield--our reception is at the Clarion Hotel by the airport.
How did you meet your FI? We were best friends in high school. We had a ton of classes together and were both in a venture crew (basically a co-ed boy scout troop), which is how we got close. We actually went to junior prom together (as friends) and our friends and family had been predicting us getting married since then! Took us four more years, but they were right :)
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Everything! I'm so excited to see him at the end of the aisle, I think I'm most looking forward to that...but I frequently daydream about every aspect of the wedding, from getting ready with my favorite girls in the world to dinner to dancing to playing bag toss at the reception!
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? Two things: I was kind of freaking because I didn't have any kind of clue what kind of wedding dress I wanted to have, and then one night I had a dream about the wedding and woke up remembering the exact dress I had on in the dream. I went and tried it on the next weekend and am LITERALLY wearing my dream dress :)
The other thing is that our vehicle for us and our bridal party is going to be my parents' motorhome! We have a Class C that we used to take on road trips and other fun things...and my dad drove both my sister and I (and our dates and friends) to prom in it. We dubbed it the Prom Mobile and painted all the windows and stuff. Since M and I went to prom together, it was only fitting to turn this camper into a Wedding Mobile!
What do you do for a living/dream job? I'm a writer/research analyst with a company that produces best practice reports and journals for hospital financial leaders. Dream job is in public relations--but you have to start somewhere!
Any random thing you want to share with us?
I'm a bit late to the game seeing as my wedding is a little under six months away, but I'm excited to have discovered the boards and start chatting with everyone!! :)
Share your proposal story.
I was super sick with mono but some TLC from my mom and the promise of a surprise from M got me out of bed. He told me we were going on an Easter egg hunt (it was the day before Easter) and brought me to a park by my house. Each of the eggs I picked up (he hid them had pointed them out to me, thank goodness) had a little love note in it. The last one said "Guess what? I love you! And..." and then he got down on one knee, pulled out another egg with a ring in it, and proposed! :) To this day I'm still completely and utterly shocked I didn't see it coming...but I blame the mono. :)
gundy21
What is your name? FI's name? Kristen and Joel
Your ages? 38 and 39
Wedding date? 4/16/11
How long have you been with your FI? 3.5 years
Where do you live? Milwaukee
Where are you getting married? Venue? Everything was at the Elm Grove Woman's Club
How did you meet your FI? Introduced by friends that were dating - and we were asked to by their MOH and BM after we had been dating a month (nothing like a little pressure to have to get along 8 months later)
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? It was so great to spend time with friends and family we dont' see often.
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? I loved the luminaries I made for our table numbers and the pictures of our parents on their wedding days that we had on the altar table right in front of us as we said I do.
What do you do for a living/dream job? I am the environmental compliance specialist at a chemical plant, he is a film and video producer.
Any random thing you want to share with us? I race sailboats on Lake Michigan.
Share your proposal story. Short version - he made dinner for me (the same dinner he made the first time he cooked for me) and whispered the proposal in my ear afterwards.
starryangelz72
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) Samantha and John
Your ages? I am 23, he is 30
Wedding date? August 25th, 2012
How long have you been with your FI? Alittle over 3 years
Where do you live? (city) Kenosha
Where are you getting married? Venue? We are having the ceremony at a local park around Racine or Kenosha, then the reception at the Racine Masonic Center (thank you to another local knottie for pointing it out).
How did you meet your FI? We met on a blind date through a mutal friend after I moved back to Wisconsin from Iowa.
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Everything, having family and friends around us, just the day will be the best.
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? It will probably be the dress, or the probably the idea to instead of getting a photobooth of putting cameras on the tables and making your own photobooth.
What do you do for a living/dream job? My dream job is to be a second grade teacher, or publications. Right now I work as a waitress at Famous Daves, while attending UW-Parkside in English
Any random thing you want to share with us? I have a pyscho special kitty named McGee after NCIS' Timothy McGee; for awhile it was FI and my favorite shows. We watch it when it comes out on DvD. And when one of his sisters heard we were engaged, she is older, she looked at her longtime boyfriend and hit him playfully in the arm asking him why he hasn't asked her yet, it was funny. I love his family lol
Share your proposal story.
We had been living together a few months, but I had known for awhile he was the one. But I kept breaking down thinking he didn't think the same thing, and I like a PP, kept asking and bugging him. I had a stressfull week at work and school and dealing with family drama that I couldn't sleep that night. We were in bed, me tossing and turning crying from the stress and what not, that he just asked me if I wanted to marry him. Even though it wasn't down on one knee or romantic, it was so nice to me. We didn't officially become in engaged until he asked my dad for a blessing which he did finally after I couldn't take it anymore.
kerkma
What is your name? FI's name? My name is Lexy and my FI is Jake.
Your ages? I'm 27 and he's 28.
Wedding date? August 11, 2012
How long have you been with your FI? 3 1/2 years
Where do you live? (city) Oak Creek
Where are you getting married? Venue? Getting Married in Milwaukee. Having the ceremony and reception at the Best Place at the Historic Pabst Brewery.
How did you meet your FI? My fiance and I have known each other since middle school. We met when I was in 7th grade study hall and he used to steal my folders and draw silly pictures on them. We have been friends, and then a couple ever since.
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Spending time and memories with family and friends.
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? The only thing we have so far "purchased" is the venue. But I think I'm most excited about wedding dress shopping.
What do you do for a living/dream job? I work at the Dept. of Veterans Affairs and I really enjoy my job. Any random thing you want to share with us? I am an attorney and practiced criminal law for a year before deciding to switch paths and work for the VA, and am happy with my decision!
Share your proposal story. Jake and I went on a (much needed) vacation to Cozumel, Mexico in May 2011. On our first night there, we decided to watch the sunset over the ocean from our balcony. Jake proposed during the sunset. It was so sweet and romantic; just the two of us.
apaulke2687
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional)Alisha and Aaron
Your ages? I'm 24, Fi is 27
Wedding date? Sept. 8th, 2012
How long have you been with your FI? Almost 5 years.
Where do you live? (city)Waukesha
Where are you getting married? Venue? Ceremony and Reception are at the Polish Center.
How did you meet your FI? We both worked together at Target. We became good friends and oddly talked each other out of our current bad relationships and eventually made a very happy one together!
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Finally having his last name and just have a day all about us!!!
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? I haven't gotten too far yet planning, but so far I LOVE our location!
What do you do for a living/dream job? I currently work at Childrens hospital cleaning and sterilizing instruments for surgery. Not glamorus, but someone's got to do it. I am trying to decide what exactly to go to school for.
Any random thing you want to share with us? On our wedding day I will also become a stepmom finally. FI has three amazing kids who are our world. And we can't wait to add our own to the bunch someday.
Share your proposal story.
During our vacation in Daytona Beach, Florida, Aaron one night suggested that we get up early and go see our first sunrise of the trip on the beach. So we went back to the hotel and looked up the time for a sunrise and we set our alarms to be at the beach by 6:44am. When morning came I took my sweet time taking a shower and getting my make-up on. Meanwhile, unkown to me, Aaron was pacing back and forth in the room. FINALLY, I was ready to go and Aaron was stressing because the sun looked like it was coming up quick! We drove off to find the beach we had looked up to go to. Along the way the sky was getting brighter so I mentioned heading to a shore closer which ended up to be the beach we knew of across from Aaron's brother's work. So we had a familar spot to walk.
Once there, we got out and began walking along the beach picking up shells for the kids and me taking pictures. We walked a long ways towards a pier that went way out over the ocean. Along the way taking pictures of ourselves, the sunrise and some washed up jelly-fish. Once we got near the pier, we had stopped because the sun was almost up. I was continuing to attempt to get a good picture and was getting frustrated because I couldn't get the picture just right.
Meanwhile, Aaron was trying to talk to me and get my attention. Realizing I wasn't listening Aaron asked, "Are you listening to me?" I said "I can't get the camera to take a good shot." But as I put down the camera and began turning towards Aaron, he was restarting his speech. "With every new sunrise starts a new day, with a new day starts a new chapter in our life, and it is a life I would like to share with you.... would you be my wife?" I was now facing Aaron who was down on one knee with a ring. The first words out of my mouth...."Are you serious!?" Then began shaking and said "YES!, omg,omg,omg....." This went on for a few minutes through the hugs and kisses and tears. After that, we enjoyed our walk back down the beach and headed to the restaurant up the way, making our phone calls and showing off to the waitresses! It was the best vacation EVER!!
sarnoon
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) Sarah & Mike
Your ages? 30 & 27
Wedding date? May 25th, 2012
How long have you been with your FI? 3 years
Where do you live? (city)Grafton, WI
Where are you getting married? Venue? ceremony--church, reception--hotel
How did you meet your FI? We met at work---I was already working there and he was a student trying to get some volunteer time in before grad school, started out as friends and took off from there
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? I can't wait to have all of our family and friends around us and celebrating the big day
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? Pretty excited about the photobooth, and the dress of course!
What do you do for a living/dream job? I Will be starting a new job as an asst to a couple of surgeons, grad school in the future, haven't reached my dream job yet (famous author)
Share your proposal story.
I had come down to Grafton to visit my FI since he moved down here for grad school from northern WI, and we took a day trip up to Sheboygan to Kohler Andrae State park and he proposed on a bench on top of a dune overlooking lake Michigan...very pretty---had our engagement pics done at the same spot! :)
andilyn2400
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) I'm Andrea and he's Beau
Your ages? I'm 29 and he's 33 (30 and 34 when we get married). Even though we're old this is both of our first marriages...with no kids.
Wedding date? Hoping May 2012
How long have you been with your FI? About 9 months :-)
Where do you live? (city) I'm from Racine but I like in Yorktown, Virginia. He's from Washington State.
Where are you getting married? Venue? We're looking at places in Racine and Milwaukee. Top of the list right now are Meadowbrook Country Club in Racine and Best Place Pabst Brewery to Schlitz Nature Center in Milwaukee. I'm visiting home in 2 weeks to visit venues and make a decision.
How did you meet your FI? We met on match.com -- yes, it works! lol
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Seeing Beau in his service dress and all our friends dancing to our fav music.
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? I haven't actually purchased anything yet but I'm excited for a lot of my ideas.
What do you do for a living/dream job? I just got out of active duty Air Force. I'm currently a Reservist in Pittsburg and looking for a management job. He's an Army Major in Acqusitions.
Any random thing you want to share with us? We moved in toghether after 5 short months together. I guess when you know, you know.
Share your proposal story.
Well, he had a really sweet idea but it didn't exactly work out the way he planned. Our first date was a mountain bike ride so he wanted to go back to that place to propose. I knew he had the ring but I wasn't expecting anything. While I was upstairs getting ready to go, he got excited/nervous and came up and proposed to me in the bathroom....so romantic, lol.
BrendaRat
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) Brenda/Steve
Your ages? 47/52
Wedding date? April 28, 2012
How long have you been with your FI? One year
Where do you live? (city) Wautoma
Where are you getting married? Venue? Princeton
How did you meet your FI? Online
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Having my kids be part of it.
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? Just really getting started. Going to keep it simple.
What do you do for a living/dream job? Local Gov't.
Any random thing you want to share with us? This is my 2nd wedding. His 3rd. Could really use some Keep it Simple ideas.
disneyisnumber1
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) I'm Kelly, he's Craig
Your ages? I'm 29 (will be...yikes...30 at the wedding), he's 36, will be 37
Wedding date? 5-19-12
How long have you been with your FI? 18 months
Where do you live? (city) Delafield
Where are you getting married? Venue? We're getting married at our church with the reception at The Delafield Hotel
How did you meet your FI? Everyone loves this story...we actually (initially) met on a hosted singles cruise. Just talked briefly. A few months later, a mutual friend invited us (separately) to meet up with a group in Vegas. Due to some "encouragement", Craig started e-mailing me about 2 months before the trip to Vegas. We were inseparable from the moment we met up in Vegas. He lived in Seattle at the time and I was in Oconomowoc. We had the long-distance thing going on for abot 6 months before he couldn't take it anymore and moved to Wisconsin.
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? The look on his face when the doors open at church and he sees me in my Disney-inspired princess wedding gown :)
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? I am quite proud of my invitation design.
What do you do for a living/dream job? I'm a Certified Vet Tech
Any random thing you want to share with us? We both love to quote movies and can pretty much recite the movies Top Gun and The Goonie verbatum.
Share your proposal story. I really tried not to put any pressure on him to propose. He had just started a new job in IT Security and I wanted him to get comfortable with the work. Our standing joke was that it would be "sometime before the end of the year". He made that deadline....just barely. As in 11:59pm on December 31st. We had gone out with some friends for dinner and drinks to end 2010. Since we're both early risers, we ended up lounging on our couch after dinner and were close to falling asleep. He got up like he was going to the kitchen for some water but instead, he pushed the ottoman out of the way and dropped down on bended knee in front of me. The proposal was short and sweet and of course, brought me to tears. He got the answer he wanted :)
ykandi22z
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) Kali & Jon
Your ages? 29 & 33
Wedding date? April 1, 2012 (this is the day we met six years ago). We celebrate our anniversary every month because it is so odd to have met on April Fool's day. lol
How long have you been with your FI? 5 years together and engaged for 2 years get married on our 6 year anniversary. Where do you live? (city) Waukesha
Where are you getting married? Venue? Elkhorn, WI
How did you meet your FI? Every woman's fantasy...He was my cable guy!! (not Jim Carey type though)
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Pulling off a 70's vintage wedding without it being costume like
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? Can't wait to see the floral arrangements we choose.
What do you do for a living/dream job? I work in global project management.
Any random thing you want to share with us? This site is based on love so please no snotty comments or spell checking. I am a free spirit and enjoy kind, thoughtful, and endearing people.
Share your proposal story.
We went to Florida for a week to celebrate our 3 year anniversary. Road tripped from Fort Meyers, to Miami, South Beach, Key West, and then to the Everglades. We went out to eat at Red (menu says "Market Price" for almost everything (but then again who even looks at the price tag?? jk) After surf n turf and wine I couldn't walk. (If you can't tell by now I'm not your typical bride and my relationship is a "Bad Romance" not a "Cinderella fairy tale". Past'd out (I'm not a drinker). Woke up the next morning enraged that he didn't propose because I thought he would. J says "Calm down, go in my pocket"... a ring pops out! Yeah!!
missuschainsaw
What is your name? FI's name? Bridgett and Jeremy.
Your ages? I am 25 (26 at the wedding) and Jeremy is 29.
Wedding date? May 19th, 2012
How long have you been with your FI? By the wedding, it will be over four years.
Where do you live? (city) We live in Wheeling, Illinois. It's a northwest Chicago 'burb.
Where are you getting married? Venue? Ceremony and reception at the Country Springs in Waukesha.
How did you meet your FI? Myspace. (In 2008, it was still relevant!) He was looking at profiles of girls based on shared interests and he sent me a message.
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Wearing my dress and getting all dolled up.
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? My dress is pretty awesome, but my red shoes are definitely the best.
What do you do for a living/dream job? I work in the office for a car dealership, and it is in no way a dream job. I recently started going back to school part time to finish my accounting degree. Jeremy spends his days on the phones with auto repair shops getting invoices paid.
Share your proposal story.
I was with him when he picked out my ring, so I knew I was getting it, just not when or how. I lived in Wisconsin when we started dating and he lived in the Chicago area. Halfway between where he worked at the time and where I lived is Kenosha, so we would meet there after work and have dinner and wander around whatever store was closeby. We had our first date at the Texas Roadhouse there, so we went on a pretty regular basis, pretty much every month on our anniversary. Around a year ago, I transferred to a job in the area he lived in, so we were close together, but there are no Texas Roadhouses unless we drove an hour north or south. So one Saturday around our monthly anniversary, he said, "let's go to Kenosha and go to Texas Roadhouse!" After dinner, he opened the car door for me (we were parked in the exact spot where we had our first kiss) and dropped down to one knee and gave me the box. It was a big mess though--he didn't unwrap the box from the paper the store had it in and neither of us could figure out how to open it!
ashleywa2004
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) I'm Ashley and he is Jesse
Your ages? I'm 25, and he is 26
Wedding date? March 17, 2012 St Patrick's Day!!
How long have you been with your FI? We have been together for about 2.5 years.
Where do you live? (city) I live in Freeport Illinois (Rockford area) he lives in Lockport (suburb of Chicago)
Where are you getting married? Venue? The ceremony will be in Waukesha and the reception at the Brookfield Suites Hotel
How did you meet your FI? WORK! ha
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? I'm looking forward to NO MORE DISTANCE, we've been apart for about 14 months now and its getting OLD!
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? I can't choose!!!! I'm very excited about a lot of things!
Any random thing you want to share with us? I was a gymnast for 16 years and I wish I still was!!! I should have never stopped, I miss it like crazy!!!
Share your proposal story.
He proposed to me the night before my 25th birthday at my "birthday dinner" with our families. We went to Ryan Braun's restaurant in Milwaukee. He had it all worked out with the restaurant manager that when I got there the manager would pull me aside and tell me he had a message from my boyfriend that he was going to be late from Chicago...but when he walked me out the door because it was "loud" inside he said "don't worry we found him" and pointed to the end of the pier where Jesse was sitting alone at a table with beautiful flowers and all dressed up!! I was crying before I even got to him! It was perfect!!!!
ChiMadWedding
"What is your name? FI's name?" Kristin and FI name is Travis
Your ages? 32 and 34
Wedding date? August 11th, 2012
How long have you been with your FI? Since April of '11. Known him for longer.
Where do you live? (city) Currently live in Madison though I had been living in Chicago for 5 years previously and we're moving back there this summer.
Where are you getting married? Venue?" Grand Geneva in Lake Geneva.
How did you meet your FI? Mutual best friend who kept talking about one of us to the other. Met and he loved me immediately. 5 years later with little contact and he sends me a message on Facebook that my haircut looks nice and I should smile more.
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? The ceremony... getting married to my FI. Reception decor and party with friends.
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? Idea of a scavenger hunt for kids/bored adults during the reception.
What do you do for a living/dream job? I apply for grad school and plan this wedding.
Amandie781
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) Amanda and Mike
Your ages? 32 and 33
Wedding date? 9-22-2012
How long have you been with your FI? 3 years in March, but have known him almost 9.
Where do you live? (city) Bartlett, IL, but born and raised in WI and the wedding is in Brookfield.
Where are you getting married? Venue? Church is in Brookfield and reception at the Hilton Garden Inn - Milwaukee Park Place
How did you meet your FI? At work! :)
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Having our first dance and husband and wife!
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? My dress and my BM dresses.
What do you do for a living/dream job? Regulatory work- Product Safety/Compliance
Any random thing you want to share with us? Hmm...nothing really!
Share your proposal story. We were in Galena, IL for the weekend last October and we stayed in a nicer hotel. I stepped away for a second and when I came back the fireplace was on the room was dimly lit and he took me by my hand and danced with me to the the song Amanda by Boston. :) After the song was done he somewhat quoted the lyrics by saying the song was right and he couldn't wait any longer and asked me to marry him! :) I melted right then and there!!!
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Beckster5551(Mod)
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) I am Becky and FI is Gerald
Your ages? I'm 25, turn 26 two weeks before the wedding, FI is 28
Wedding date? 9/17/11...AKA SOON!
How long have you been with your FI? We have been together for 2 years, 4 months. We got enegaged Aug 8th, 2009
Where do you live? (city) We live in Madison
Where are you getting married? Madison
Venue? Lussier Family Heritage center. It's beautiful!
How did you meet your FI? We had met once when I was 18 and semi dating one of his friends. But we re-met at a club.
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Right now, getting it over with. I'm tired of planning. I can't wait to marry FI and have this last name:)
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? Hands down the photobooth!
What do you do for a living/dream job? I work in Customer service...BLAH! I would love to be an 8th grade history teacher.
Any random thing you want to share with us? I lived in Las Vegas where I went to Film school....that dream didn't work out.
Share your proposal story
We had been dating for 4 motnhs and FI was going to a b-party. We wouldn't be seeing eachother for 2 weeks because during the week he works days and I worked nights. Firday night he was going to a friends cabin and on Saturday night he had the b-party. He was going to spend that Sunday recovering and I had plans with friends to go to a music festival. Then that upcoming Wednesday he was going out of town with friends until Sunday.
The Saturday of the b-party he texted me and said we wished I was there, it was going to be a long two weeks. He told me what strip club he was going to and said he would behave. I happen to know a few girls who worked their and I told them that they were coming and to show then a good time. And it's always nice to know someone on the inside:) After a day of drinking and strip clubs FI starts texting me and telling me how much he loves me, more than i'll even know and what not. He then says he has something to ask me and wants to to come to a near bytown and see him. I was at work but told him I would when I was done.
I arrive at the town party that I was meeting FI at and he started acting weird. Then , when we were dacing is whispers in my ear "will you marry me". I say yes and he gives me his hish school class ring.
Fast forward to Dec 26, 2009...FI picks me up from work to go to lunch, takes me to a beautiful park and proposes again with a beautiful ring:) He even got down on one knee this time
futuremr&mrsdoers
What is your name? FI's name? Jennifer & Matthew
Your ages? I am 30 he will be 24 in SeptemberWedding date? 8/12/12
How long have you been with your FI? 1yr and 9months
Where do you live? Saukville
Where are you getting married? Outdoor Ceremony in a local Park . Just started planning......
How did you meet your FI? Through a mutal friend. Turned out we had several possible meetings before that. We have tons of mutal friends
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Being his wife, and joining his great family!
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? Probably the dress, or seeing the photos.
What do you do for a living/dream job? I am an Admin Assitant for a Vet Hospital.
SweetB7
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) Amanda and Almon
Your ages? I'm 23 he is 27
Wedding date? August or September 2013 (we havent officially picked a date yet)
How long have you been with your FI? 2 1/2 years
Where do you live? (city)Madison
Where are you getting married? Venue? Spring Brook
How did you meet your FI? He moved in with me and my two other roommates when our previous roommate wasn't working out. Odd I know!
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? The day, in general, that we spent so much time planning for, and of course being husband and wife.
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? Dress
What do you do for a living/dream job? Paralegal
Any random thing you want to share with us? We have a spoiled cat named Chibs and love taking the Harley on weekend trips.
Share your proposal story. My FI and I met while in college where he moved in to my apartment to sublease from a roommate that wasn't working out. It was a huge change for him to move in with 3 college girls but it worked out for the best for us. During the week of our anniversary my FI had a business trip in our old college town where I joined him; it was my spring break week. On our way to dinner my FI drove to our old apartment and proposed to me on the sidewalk where we very first met :) I love him!
swtheart1685
What is your name? Jessica
Your ages? Both are 25
Wedding date? 6/9/11
How long have you been with your FI? 4 years and 2 months
Where do you live? Madison
Where are you getting married? Venue? Racine, WI - Festival Hall
How did you meet your FI? In college
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Being married and celebrating with family & friends
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? Photographer
What do you do for a living? I am a Certified Advance Practice Social Worker. I do in-home mental health therapy with children/families.
npott044
What is your name? FI's name? My name is Nicole and my FI’s name is Brandon
Your ages? We are both 27 and just 3 weeks apart
Wedding date? At first it was December 2012 but I decided I did not want to wait that long to marry the love of my life so now our official wedding date is September 8, 2012!
How long have you been with your FI? We have been together about 1 year and 4 months. However we have known each other for 14 years.
Where do you live? Janesville
Where are you getting married? We are getting married at a beautiful church in Janesville. My parents and grandparents were married at the church and both my sister and I were baptized there. Our reception will be in a large ballroom in a local hotel. The hotel is nothing fancy but it is what we could afford.
How did you meet your FI? My FI and I first meet in the 7th grade. We went on to high school together and talked but never really hung out. We ran with two totally different crowds. After high school I moved up north for college and moved back to my hometown for a job. I was out at the bars on April fool’s Day and I saw him out. It was the first time we had seen each other since high school. Well, he had a little to drink and confessed that he has always had a crush on me. He asked me out and I told him to ask me again when he was sober. He called the next morning and the rest is history.
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? I am looking forward to the actual wedding and the exchanging of vows. I also cannot wait to start a family with my best friend!
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? Well I am attempting some DIY projects and am really looking forward to getting it all done exactly how I want it. My favorite purchase is my dress of course!
What do you do for a living/dream job? I currently work at a residential facility for children. This fall I will be finishing up my MSW in clinical social work. Hopefully I will find a job somewhere in Janesville.
Any random thing you want to share with us? My FI and I moved in together a few months ago and now we have 5 cats! But, my house smells good and you would never know it. I have also managed to inherit a house when I got engaged and remodeling and planning a wedding is crazy stressful!
Share your proposal story
Well I know my FI was thinking about proposing because he was asking about my ring size when we went shopping and just being weird in general. He also showed me some jewelry ads he had and asked me to show him rings I liked. Little did I know he already had the ring at that point. He proposed on a Sunday. I came over to his house after work in my PJ’s and was sitting on the couch. I did not see him all week because he had Pink Eye and I did not want to catch it. So we were just hanging around on the couch and he was being a little weird. He went into the bathroom to put some eye drops in and asked me to come to the bathroom for a second. I did not go at first because I was scared as to what he wanted. When I got to the bathroom he started to talk about how it’s not the big things in life that are important but it’s the little things that matter and if we can be there for each other at our worst then we can do anything. He then got down on one knee in the bathroom and asked me to marry him. He later told me he was trying to plan something big but he just couldn’t wait anymore.
amthomas0409
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) I'm Amber, He's Brian
Your ages? I'm 25, he's 35
Wedding date? 10/6/2012
How long have you been with your FI? Just over 6 years now
Where do you live? (city )A suburb of Chicago, Montgomery, IL
Where are you getting married? Venue? Chula Vista Resort, Wisconsin Dells
How did you meet your FI? Long story short, we use to work together at Best Buy he was a supervisor of another department and started hanging out through mutual friends.
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Bringing our friends and family to our favorite place to vacation.
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? I'm still in the early stages so everything excites me!
What do you do for a living/dream job? I'm the Food and Beverage Manager at a golf club, I am in charge of the day of coordination for all of our weddings, banquets, and golf outings.
Any random thing you want to share with us? I am not from Wisconsin, it is just our favorite place to visit, a little too often sometimes, but because of this I am looking for all the advice I vendors I can get!
Share your proposal story.
Two days before I had to leave for a trip to London with my mom, Brian surprised me with making my favorite breakfast, biscuits and gravy, in bed. He surprised me with the ring design I really wanted, after being told by many jewelers that I was crazy and it was not going to happen. I started crying and didn't know if it was because of how happy I was that he FINALLY proposed or he actually listened to what I really wanted in a ring.
dspringer19
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) Danielle & Rex
Your ages? 24
Wedding date? September 22, 2012
How long have you been with your FI? 3 1/2 years
Where do you live? (city) Madison
Where are you getting married? Venue? Riveria Maya Mexico
How did you meet your FI? Through a family friend
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? wearing a wedding dressing and getting married on the beach
What do you do for a living/dream job? currently I work as a receptionist, I am going to school to become a nurse.
Dream job would to be to work in a trauma unit.
Any random thing you want to share with us? We have a beautiful son together! He is my everything.
Share your proposal story.
We got in engaged on Valentine's day 2011. It was unexpected and very special. He proposed to me on one knee with just our son and myself being there. I cried before I said yes. I know understand when girls cry when they get engaged :-).
Andrea52387
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) Andrea and Matthew
Your ages? I'm 24 and Matt is turning 27
Wedding date? July 20, 2013
How long have you been with your FI? Just over two years
Where do you live? (city) Bristol
Where are you getting married? Venue? We are getting married at the farm. :-)
How did you meet your FI? My cousin Greg and Matt are coworkers. Greg and his wife Melanie invited Matt and I out to the Kenosha County fair so it was more of a group date than just a regular blind date. We ended up having a blast that evening that we went out again that same weekend.
What are you most looking forward to?
Marrying Matt and spending one of the most special days of our lives with our family and friends.
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchaseost looking forward to with the wedding
These are both Matt's suggestions. He wanted to do a different first dance so my great aunt is going to play a polka for us. He also wants to have a soft serve ice cream machine. (I'm having troubles finding one to rent so if anyone has any ideas where to rent one please let me know!)
What do you do for a living/dream job?I'm a special projects manager for a small buisness. I'm studying to get my associates degree in accounting.
Any random thing you want to share with us?I love looking at all the wedding stuff and I'm hoping I can decide what I want to do at our wedding. LOL!
Share your proposal story.
Matt proposed the day after my birthday. We pretty much reenacted our second date. It didn't work out exactly as planned so he ended up proposing in my jeep sitting in the driveway. I was so happy he proposed!
Iwmacho
What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) I'm Lauren and my Fiance is Bob
Your ages? I'm 24 and he's 32
Wedding date? September 1st, 2012, just started planning last week
How long have you been with your FI? We've been together for a year and a half Where do you live? (city) We live in Denver, CO Where are you getting married? Venue? Madison, WI. Probably Quivey's Grove or the Holiday Inn
How did you meet your FI? My FI was my best friends boss, she introduced us. Although we didn't start dating until almost a year after we met.
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Having everyone together, and delicious cake.
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? It's such a silly, little thing, but we want to have mason jars with simple wild flowers for center pieces. I think thats so cute (and it was my FI's idea, too)
What do you do for a living/dream job? I'm working as a line cook in 2 restaurants right now, waiting for my turn to go to school. My FI is a bar manager and working on his bachelors in accounting
Any random thing you want to share with us? As one last splurge before we start saving everything for the wedding, we are planning a quick trip to see the band Widespread Panic play 4 shows in 4 days.
Share your proposal story. We went on a camping trip to Rocky Mountain National Park. My favorite part of camping is going on hikes that have really pretty end points. The hike we chose that day ended at a waterfall and I was walking around on the rocks taking pictures. My FI had me sit down on a rock at the top of the water fall and he kissed me told me that he was so happy to have finally found me and excited to spend the rest of his life with me. Then he pulled out a pearl engagment ring and I started laughing. I though it was joke. I was completely suprised. I knew we were going to get married someday but i thought it'd be ina couple of years~
Tomatillo821
What is your name? Danielle FI's name? Chris Your ages? I'm 30, he's 36.
Wedding date? Not yet set, but we're thinking end of September 2012
How long have you been with your FI? Since August of 2010 - so just over a year.
Where do you live? (city) I'm in Medford, WI - he's in Madison.
Where are you getting married? Venue? Not 100% sure, but we're thinking Lake Windsor Golf Club.
How did you meet your FI? On PlentyOfFish.com
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Having it be a real reflect of who WE are, both as individuals & as a couple. And throwing a BITCHIN' party!
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? I don't have any yet!!
What do you do for a living/dream job? I'm a lawyer - and it is my dream job! (Well, technically my dream job would be to be a US Attorney or a lawyer with the DEA, FBI, or CIA.)
Any random thing you want to share with us? My name is based off an inside joke. I'm kind of a foodie, and he was ADAMANT that a tomatillo was part of the "nut family." I told him HE was part of the nut familly, and the tomatillo has stuck ever since.
Share your proposal story. I recently relocated to a new town to start my career. About 2.5 weeks prior to that, my fiance (ack!!! I have a fiance!!! :) ) changed careers as well. All of this means that in the past month or so, we haven't seen a whole lot of each other. He wasn't able to "see me off" when I moved, and it stung, but I understood. He got back into driving truck, and his company sent him on a 2-week road stint that had him going out to CA, then down through the southwest, into TX, then back up to home (Madison, WI for him). He got home Friday early Friday afternoon & tore around like a mad man to get up here (I'm 3.5 hours north now). He had to stop and pick up some stuff from my parents that I wasn't able to bring up during the big move, and he was bringing that in. I kept asking if he needed help, and as usual, he wouldn't let me help him. He finally stood just outside my door and said he had something for me, but he had to put it together. I was told to get a glass of wine and sit down. So I did. He came over by me with a glass bowl. In the outermost bowl, he had placed sand from the desert he drove through in Arizona. Nestled in the sand was a smaller bowl filled with salt from the Bonneville salt flats. Inside of that bowl was an over turned shot glass from Texas. Now, he's telling me about his time on the road, and explaining where each of these things came from. He removed the shot glass, and said, "I've been all over this country alone, but now I have someone I want with me all the time. Will you marry me?" and took out the ring that was nestled in the salt, under the shot glass. In between laughing & crying, the first words were, "Are you SERIOUS??" I was just shocked. Then I laughed & cried some more and OF COURSE said yes!! So yeah - a bit about me! Look forward to getting to know you all!