Re: Proposals; was: How do you announce you're pregnant?

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I must admit to being very bemused (and amused too!) by this thread;

We have never planned the big occasion for announcing a pregnancy.

Probably because the laws of not sleeping together during menstruation

would mean that the DH would be *very* aware anyway of his partner

being late...

It reminds me of " our lot " discussing how they would (or did) set up

the Big Proposal scene. *This* was an occasion for the dramatic and

the romantic, and young orthodox Jewish men would try and outdo each

other for originality. These have varied from hiring a plane to do

sky writing of " will you marry me Esther? " (or insert appropriate

name), to taking the girl on the London Eye. One which amused me, was

when a young man with the surname of Feiner, asked his intended: " so,

how are you? " so she obliging said " Fine. " So he said: " How'd you

like to be Feiner? "

Some of my sons in law's proposals:

DSIL1: (in a smart restaurant) " Would you like me to get down on one

knee and put a rose between my teeth? "

DD1: " no.. " (when expecting their first any minute, he took her to the

same restaurant,had the band play the same music, and actually DID go

down on one knee with a rose between his teeth, amd re-propose, much

to the laughter of other diners.

DSIL2: " What are you doing for the rest of your life? "

DD2: " Not a lot. "

DSIL2: " How would you like to spend it with me then? "

DSIL3: (in the middle of the Hampton Court Maze) " Can I ask you a

silly question? "

DD3: " yes.. "

DSIL3 " will you marry me? " (not that original i guess....but once

Avigayil had stopped blundering around and had actually said yes, he

went on: )

DSIL3: " Can I ask you another silly question. How the **** do we get

out of here? "

Tavy and Dov have never divulged their proposal. I think Uri also did

put a rose between his teeth and got down on one knee when he proposed

to Leora.

And my own DH? I have never forgiven him for his unromantic proposal,

even though it was a signpost to how he was, and always has been,

totally unromantic! On a drive in his Dad's car, to get away from

prying eyes at his parents' home in Sunderland, he said(Sunderland

accent ON) : " well, I've made me mind up, now it's up to you. "

Me: " Is that a proposal? I want a proper proposal. "

DH: " Oh this is soppy...will you marry me? "

It looks like Yeshaya will go back to Israel next Wednesday. His

friends start school (6th form) on Tuesday, so he won't have any

reason to stay after that! Meanwhile he is back to being busy

socialising with them all, and telling them all about his intended new

status as a yeshivah student.

Ruthie

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Actually Ruthie

the lot of that proposal's sounded a lot more romantic than what my dh

presented..

(now bear in mind that we where living together and he knew me very well and

know that I am well into all " that romantic crap " as he so lovingly call's it)

But he had rung me one evening and said I will be home around 8 pm and I will

pick up some Chinese food.. fine I said and settled down to watch some tv.. 9

pm came still no Nick then 10 pm by this stage I was getting fed up.. As there

was nothing on tv I started tidying our dinningroom where we had had a

dinnerparty over the weekend so the table was out in the middle (very annoying

in everyday life) So I am moving furniture around and get to moving the table

in and whilst doing this got a 2 " splinter into my thigh (it hurt like crazy)

No matter what I did I could not get it out so I decided to leave it until Nick

came home so he could help me..

So at 11pm he rings having been in the pub (3 hours late now) and he say's I am

on my way in a black cab... Fine.. we spoke for about 10 mins then hang up..

when he got home I was sitting on the sofa and he came in then sat down by the

sofa (I think he did go down on one knee but I would not swear on it) and then

said..

" ok here it goes... will you marry me " ....

that was it I got that flabbergasted that I actually burst out laughing.. Of

all the way's I had imagined that moment THAT was not it... he got rather

agitated by that and went LONNIE!!! so I told him yes off course..

we then proceeded to ring his friends and my father and his parent's (none of

them ever minded us ringing them at past 11 pm for my father past midnight!!!)

and that was kind of it..

after he told everyone

Well I was 3 hours late home without having rung and I thought What in the world

am I going to do she will kill me.. so I decided to propose .... It worked a

treat, sadly one of those things that you can only do once...

So hardly the most romantic of way's...

Lonnie Phoebe & Eloisa's mama

& expecting a Christmas delivery...

My therapist told me the way to achieve true inner peace is to finish what you

start.

So far today, I have finished 2 bags of chips and a Chocolate cake.

I feel better already.

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Ruthie said:

I must admit to being very bemused (and amused too!) by this thread; We have

never planned the big occasion for announcing a pregnancy. Probably because the

laws of not sleeping together during menstruation would mean that the DH would

be *very* aware anyway of his partner being late...

O DH will know straight away he'll just get told yes or no - in fact he'll

probably know before me cos he takes my temp in the morning for me before I'm

properly awake!

It was more a how to tell the family - I like a bit of pomp and circumstance!

Joanne King

SAHM to Ethan - HB 29.06.00

Minute Secretary Colchester & District

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> Me: " Is that a proposal? I want a proper proposal. "

> DH: " Oh this is soppy...will you marry me? "

Sorry my Dh's was worse...

Me ill in bed with awful temperature. DH lies down (on top of the

covers making me even hotter) and mutters 'I think we should

buy a ring..it doesn't mean anything...'

and that was it - no will you marry me or anything.

We did get married 8 months later - only because I had just sold

my house in Nottingham and had enough cash to pay for it!

Caroline

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Glad everything seem to have sorted itself out for you all.

Todman

Treasurer, Stansted Branch (R5)

Mum to , 3½

>

> It looks like Yeshaya will go back to Israel next Wednesday. His

> friends start school (6th form) on Tuesday, so he won't have any

> reason to stay after that! Meanwhile he is back to being busy

> socialising with them all, and telling them all about his intended

new

> status as a yeshivah student.

>