"Are You Ready To Be Promoted?": 46 Engagement Stories That Might Have You Saying “No”

My husband of 21 yrs and I went on a yurt trip in the mountains, it was snowing, beautiful, he seemed very anxious. He took out a ring and said “here babe”. I thought it was a gift (my ring is not a typical engagement/wedding ring, but a gorgeous antique piece - perfect for me). I kissed him and said thank you, I adore this. We had a magical rest the stay. A few days later on our way to the airport for his flight (at the time we were long distance), he said, so when do we set the date? I said, FOR WHAT??…he said, to get married! I said, OH MY GOD, WE’RE ENGAGED?!?

My kids found the ring putting his socks away, I was in the shower and heard what sounded like a heard of elephants running down the hall as he pleaded “wait I have a plan this isn’t the plan!” I opened the door to him on one knee and them yelling “YOU HAVE TO SAY YES!” 😂

Mine was going to propose at the Grand Canyon until we went (he had the ring in his pocket) and I watched another couple get engaged and said “God who proposes at the Grand Canyon? I’d HATE that” and he threw up 😂🤦🏻‍♀️he proposed in Sedona instead the following day

Mine was so nervous he started the proposal saying „Well, I think we get along pretty well, don‘t we?!“ 😅😂 my family still talks about this 10 years later.

I knew mine was coming. How? He asks me “we should go on a fancy date night. Like you wear a dress and I wear a suit”. Me: “yeah, that sounds nice! When?” Him: “how about August 26th around 7pm at this specific spot” like sirrrr

Mine now husband took me to WALK through Christmas lights the night he proposed. Homie was so nervous I had to run to keep up with him. And his proposal speech was so sweet and anxious. He said “are you having a good time?” Then pulled out the ring and said, “do you want to keep having a good time?”

I came home and found a fedex box on our table. I asked him what came in it and he blurted out “your engagement ring”. I just looked at him thinking he was joking and he said “I was going to lie and say it was something else, but I panicked”.

We were at a park with our dog and he stopped and said, “Hold my hand. Now hold the dog’s paw.” I was like, “No, what is this, a prayer circle?” And he yelled, “I don’t know!!” I thought he was going to black out 🤣

Mine proposed in a restaurant on his birthday. I told the staff about his bday and he told them about the proposal. They bring the ring out, he proposes, he’s still down on one knee when the staff starts singing happy birthday😭

all these stories reminds me of my papa proposing to my nana and he was so nervous and sweating profusely that his eyesight was blurry and he ended up kissing his own hand trying to kiss hers when she said yes 🤣

mine proposed on top of a castle in Ireland. I was videoing the landscape and I pan by him, and he's just standing in the corner facing the wall like it's the end of Blair Witch Project. he was trying to get the ring out of his pocket!

Mine was so nervous he forgot to ask “will you marry me?” Instead he held up the ring and said “do you want this?” 😂

My husband forgot he never proposed and started questioning why we hadn't started planning the wedding yet. 🤣 His eyes were so big when I told him he never asked. The next day he officially proposed. This June will be our 18th wedding anniversary.

My husband proposed at the Grand Canyon. As we were driving into the park, he was holding my hand and randomly started stroking my ring finger. He just would not stop touching it for 20+ mins. Then the song “I think I want to marry you” randomly came on in the car and he started sweating, said he needed to throw up, and changed the song. I asked him why he was so nervous and sweaty and he said “I’m just so excited to see the Grand Canyon”😭

My dad planned a big proposal for my mom. He got her whole family involved. On the way to the surprise, they got stuck in traffic (this was before cell phones), and my dad started to panic. (He thought for some reason her family would be like, “actually, you were late today, so we don’t want you to marry her.”) So he’s tapping stuff, sweating, mumbling… and my mom just turned to him & said, “hey, I know we are stuck in traffic, but I was thinking we should get married. Do you want to get married?” And my dad shouted, “No!” 😂 Because she ruined his surprise & he panicked lol. He ended up pulling the ring out and handing it to her. She told him she could act surprised at her parent’s house, and my dad was like, “I AM NOT STARTING OUR MARRIAGE ON A LIE ALISA!” And my mom thought it was hilarious. My dad took it all so seriously, and she’s just casually making it harder for him 😝

mine was so nervous he didn't say anything and couldn't decide which knee he wanted to get down on so he jus kept doing lunges and switching legs lmao

mine is so nervous that he accidentally said "I'm just really excited to go to Florida with you mainly because of the proposal" .... what proposal bro Florida is in June 💀

Mine got scared while proposing and during his speech he said “I wouldn’t know how to make spaghetti without you” and then got on a knee and asked :)

My husband didn’t know how I saw it coming. He asked me in July if I’d like to go to a local park in October.

Mine was walking me to the spot he was going to propose and was so nervous he randomly blurted “my wife” in a borat voice by accident