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Most Popular Ways to Propose

We may be the authority on all things Engagement, but when it comes to your One True Love, YOU are the expert! Pick something that fits her personality (outgoing, shy etc) and ideally has special or personal significance.

• Taking her on a holiday
• At a fancy restaurant (maybe an iconic one with a great view, or a sentimental one ie. your first date)
• Any location with shared significance (first date, memorable holiday, favourite lake etc)
• Sky writing or airplane banner
• At a fireworks spectacular
• Big screen at her favourite sports event
• An ‘ad’ during the movie previews (don’t be late!)
• An ad in the local newspaper
• Over the radio during her favourite show
• On a Harbour Cruise
• After an Adventure day (ie. Whitewater rafting, bushwalking, hot air balloon, swim with dolphins etc)
• Hire a car and take her on a scenic drive & picnic
• Wine tour
• Surprise Party
• On a beach at Sunset
• Announce it on stage with her favourite band
• After a night at the opera/ballet/theatre
• On a significant date (eg Birthday, Christmas, Valentines, Anniversary etc)

Just remember, if you want your proposal to be CREATIVE, you may need to dig a little deeper and (gasp!) stray from the list of popular favourites, or at least be prepared to adapt them. However, the result could be worth the effort.

Question Popping Quiz
Getting the best result from your matrimonial query…

Okay lads, you’re going to ask your special lady to marry you. Providing you have a strong relationship and you speak from the heart, you’ll probably get the answer you’re looking for. Yet by staying aware of the way SHE would like to be asked, you can turn that “yes” into a “YES!!!”

Take our revolutionary 2-question quiz to see if you’re ready to bend that knee…

1) Your Girlfriend loves staying in and cuddling up with you and her antique teddy bears on the sofa while watching classic movies like ‘Casablanca’. She wants a fairy-tale wedding one day and her nickname for you is her ‘Prince Charming’.

HOW would you propose?

A) Send her a text message in your lunch break.
B) Take her to a Karaoke bar, drag her up on stage and drunkenly announce your intentions during the instrumental break of “New York, New York”.
C) After first asking her father’s permission, take her on a romantic picnic in an enchanting forest. Next to a waterfall, with bunnies hopping and young deer looking on, get down on bended knee and ask for her hand.

2) Your Girlfriend is the loudest person you know. For her last birthday, she made you jump with her out of a plane at 20,000ft. Naked. She goes stir crazy if there are any less than 100 people in the room.

HOW would you propose?

A) Enchanting forest. Bunnies. Bambi. Waterfall.
B) Romantic dinner at an exclusive restaurant.
C) Written on the side of a 747 jet as it does a fly-pass of a big sports game attended by both of you and 90,000 others. It is simultaneously flashed up on the giant screen and beamed to an estimated worldwide TV audience of 2 billion. After the national anthems, they sing ‘your’ song.

How Did You Go?

Mostly As: You need to re-evaluate your perception of this relationship. Really.
Mostly Bs: Remember, proposing is like buying a gift. Except with no exchange card. Choose carefully.
Mostly Cs: You’ve got the idea. Pick up the cues and match the woman with the method.

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