Nothing but the best....

I came across this today, and it annoyed me... Who says Olive Garden isn't a proper place to propose?!?! If she's happy with it... then why act like its not good enough?

Ladies, do you have big dreams for a fancy proposal? Would it bother you if your fellow decided to pop the question at a restaurant or or somewhere else less than spectacular ?

I personally would care less about the where... in private, nice ! In public, also nice. If I loved him....it wouldnt matter where.

What was that one country music song that was popular a long time ago?

"'Cause I'm a red-neck woman,
I ain't no high class broad."

I'm all about personal taste and living within, or below, one's means.

I've been fortunate the past few years to be able to get away with wearing my most favorite outfit ever -- a cartoon t-shirt (these days, usually with some rendition of characters from Transformers G1 or Toothless the Dragon) and a pair of shorts or jeans. I had a time in my life when I had to dress up all the time and now that my life has shifted, I'm all about affordability and comfort.

Same thing with any other aspect of life.

To this day, I still love McDonald's.

If the guy wanted to hide an (imitation jewel) ring at the bottom of my large french fry box, I'd be most impressed to see how he packaged it in order to protect it from the grease!

Starting in kindergarten, I had an on-again, off-again "boyfriend" for years, and I remember how thrilled I was when we got a little older and he dared to walk across the street from school to buy me one of those $1 adjustable rings that were sitting in a bowl near the register of the corner drug store. (In return, I saved up my allowance and paper route money to eventually buy him a Swatch watch and a t-shirt as a payback for all the little gifts he had brought me over the years.)

If it's the right guy and the right time and you have the right blessing, a proposal on a park bench with a ring found at the bottom of a Cracker Jack box could be the most special moment in the world.

Yes !!!!
That would mean more than something fancy thats just to impress everyone.

I'm frugal and rather private so I absolutely don't want a public proposal and if he spends multiple months salary on the ring he's going to get a tongue lashing (but if I really like him and think he just got carried away with excitement I'd probably still end up saying yes)

As a man, I would want my proposal to be special, no question about it. But asking my lady to marry me and spend our lives together is the special part to me. Now I have limits, I wouldn't ask her by the dumpster behind a Waffle House, but I am mainly concerned that she & I are going to work well together. I will seek the advice of family and of course pray earnestly about it. After that, I just want to make sure I get the words out in the proper order.

Avoiding the dumpster behind Waffle House is a very smart move .... lovely answer by the way !

Maybe not behind the dumpster...

But who wouldn't want to be proposed to over a stack of Belgian waffles drowning in artificially flavored strawberry 🍓 sauce! 😁🌹😘

But she would have no choice but to say yes inside the waffle house, it would be a form of coercive persuasion

And seeing as the Waffle House is known to be open under any kind weather...

Our very own Pipp's dream proposal just might be inside a Waffle House right in the midst of full-blown tornado, seeing as she loves storms.

I can just see her very own Romeo popping the question -- as a cow gets hurled mid-air right past a nearby window.

I'm pretty sure that for her, the adrenaline rush alone would be enough to "sweep" the odds in his favor.

Now that, Miss Kim, would be Gretchen Wilson if my memory serves me correctly.😁

Personally I think the engagement ring custom was started by the jewelry stores so they could sell more stuff. They knew women - most women - would get on board with it as a matter of pride, being able to show off the rings their boyfriends got them.

It's just the only reason I can think of. There is no other explanation that fits modern society. They don't really serve any purpose.

Wedding bands, now, they have a very good purpose. They are also customarily plain and discreet. I have nothing bad to say about wedding bands.

I would say you about nailed it bro. Feeling to lazy to actually look up the exact facts. If just going by memory recalls. The diamond industry had fallen on hard times. So they called in a guy who was legendary for his advertisement campaigns.

The bacon industry some years prior was on the ropes and he had come up with a campaign to change bacon from dinner which is when it was mainly eaten back then to a breakfast food.

So it was WW2 and he came up with the slogan a diamond is forever, which of course a lot of gals were engaged cause a war was on.

So if my memory is not failing me I do believe it was something along those lines.

Oh Seoul..... you know me all too well.

I haven't been to Olive Garden in years but have been there many times in the past. I always enjoyed the endless salad and breadsticks along with any entree I ordered. It's probably as good a place as any to propose, especially on Valentine's Day.

If the guy ordered whip cream to go on the strawberry sauce she would probably say 'yes'.

I think Olive Garden is pretty Fancy and Bougie...

What are they expecting Applebee's or something?!




Yep, couldn't help myself...so now I'll probably be singing that little gem all night

Public proposals are stressful, in my opinion. If I was a guy I'd never propose in public. Just think how embarrassing it would be if she said no...

Also, what are we gals supposed to do with that...just say yes because a bunch of people is watching and you don't want the guy to get his feelings hurt in public.

So yes, I'm with you all the way on public proposals are not a good idea.

Yep, ridiculous elitist statement by the waitress. Probably just being controversial to get views/replies.

Buy Ring First?
Another interesting question is:

Must the guy present a ring when proposing?

The way I look at it is: I don't care what type/expense the ring is... she does... as she has to wear it. Does she want a ring? Does she prefer an oval shaped aquamarine stone rather than a diamond? Would she rather have less expensive ring plus a trip to Hawaii instead of an expensive ring? Does she need an expensive ring or otherwise she'll feel embarrassed the rest of her life?

All these good questions make me think it'd be silly to buy an expensive ring before asking her what she wants. So I'd have to propose without a ring to do that, right?

I personally wouldnt care if there was no ring. I mean rings are pretty, but a commitment is a commitment, ring or not.

I'd assume Jewelry shops have a "can bring back if she says no return policy". But once you give it to her, and she says yes, I wonder if there'd be an certain attachment to THAT ring that wouldn't have been there otherwise. Would you prefer a ring with the proposal... and then you'd decide if you want to have it taken back and get something else later?