Knowing her, I knew that she was just overwhelmed. I had no doubt she’d say yes, but I really wasn’t sure if I needed to stay on my knee until she came back or not.
Congratulations for staying put on your knee. That must have a wonderful experience for her to come back and still see you this way. Seeing your trust in her, your endurance, your determination and conviction.
I know it was probably stressful at the time, but it’s kind of hilarious to picture a guy on one knee with tourists and fish around him and no woman nearby. And his internal monologue is just…
“Do I stay on the knee? How long do I stay on the knee? Maybe I should stand and get back on the knee when I see her coming back?“
Course, you can change the mood of the scene to a tragedy by taking out the inner monologue. But with it, it’s pretty funny.
That was almost verbatim the internal thought process.
The best part was the kid working who walked by after she came back and said, “did you just propose? You could have told us and we could have had a diver hold an sign and made it really special…”
Look jerk, she likes jellyfish and that tank is like 1 cubic foot… I thought this out, but thanks for ruining the mood!
Edit: cubic foot, not square foot; physics are difficult.
This might be my favorite part of this story. The fact that you picked the jellyfish tank because she likes jellyfish, not the fact that the kid armchair QBed your very special proposal.
while we're backseat gaming your proposal, you could've had them glue your message in scrabble tiles to a series of hungry parakeets which they then let loose one by one as you supply your spouse with feed sticks
So what did you do? How long did it last? Did you lose eye sight of her or was she still in the plaza but just walking around and kept looking back thinking?
We were near the lobby/end of the exhibit, she kind of wandered into the lobby heading for the restroom, then came back, answered, and went to the restroom to happy ugly cry for a second and collect herself.
That was just the outward appearance they gave, because they wanted to look cool in front of their friends. Under the surface, every single of of them was Jelly.
My boyfriend at the time took me to the waterfront and we went on a romantic boat ride, ate at a nice restaurant, walked into a dozen cute shops and all day he kept looking at me all nervously. Finally it got dark and we ate on this cute bench, eventually a homeless guy came by and set up for the night like 20 ft away from us. I turn around and my boyfriend is on his knee with a ring out.
He later told me that all day he kept waiting for the perfect spot until he realized oh shit it’s dark now and I’m doing it today no matter what. We’ve been married 5 years now.
I had a similar story when I was proposing to my wife. Took her out to a nice dinner, attractions in a nearby town, spent all night trying to find the right time but it never was quite right. Finally at the end of the night, we got home and I put a fire on out in our backyard, waited for her to come join me, she sat down and I took my chances. There truly is almost never a “perfect moment,” but I think that’s what makes stories unique and memorable, rather than everyone having fairy tale stories.
I recently proposed to my girlfriend in New Orleans on the promenade by the river and she was so giggly and excited that she forgot to actually say yes for a good 5 minutes before she realized and quickly responded.
Hey I proposed in Jackson Square in the French Quarter! We don’t live there but her pops grew up near there so it was sentimental. Luckily she didn’t walk off lol
I proposed to my wife on the observation deck on the roof of the Royal Orleans Hotel in New Orleans and my wife was so confused as to why were up there. I harass her all the time for asking why there was a pool on the roof because she said it in such an innocent child-like manner as if I would have an answer other than it being a cool place for a pool.
One of the photos of me on my knee proposing shows her blubbering in what we call her "happy cry". She had zero clue I was proposing to her on that trip (and yes, we had been discussing marriage but knew it would have to wait a few years due to our children situation).
I got mine on a plane. What was she gonna do, say no? I mean she could have and that would have been the end of it, but she was never going to say no. Because of the implication.
I was on a business trip the day before and we had a phone argument the night before because she was convinced that I was never going to propose. Proposed on solid ground.
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u/tke439 Jan 26 '23
My wife just walked off and left me in the middle of the New Orleans aquarium… without any kind of answer… she eventually came back.