Your Proposal Story

With one week left until Valentine’s Day, I’m willing to bet there are rings burning the holes in the pockets of more than a few smitten Vancouverites. So, you’ve got the ring, you’re planning to pop the question on February 14… but how?

Here are a few tips for the about-to-be-engaged:

Your proposal is part of your love story… and it’s up to you to make it a romantic one.

 

Once you announce your engagement, people will want to hear all about the proposal. “How did you propose?” is a question you’ll answer many times over the ensuing weeks and months, and the story of your proposal won’t lose its impact after you’re married. As a teenager, I asked my mom, “how did Dad propose to you?”  Theirs is an adorable tale of a young man so nervous—sweating in the dead of a Saskatchewan winter, making repeated trips to the washroom to try to steady his nerves—that his girlfriend suspected he might have food poisoning. They have been married 45 years and every once in a while someone still asks, “how did he propose?”

So, when planning your proposal, ask yourself what story you want to be telling for decades to come.

Romance isn’t expensive.

If you’re on a tight budget, it can be tempting to throw up your hands and tell yourself that you can’t afford a spectacular proposal. I’m here to tell you that this is so very not true!

By far the most romantic proposal story I heard last year was one of an ingenious suitor making the most of Vancouver’s natural charms. With the help of a few friends, he found a secluded stretch of beach, and scavenged the driftwood required for a 15-foot-high question:

He added a white tablecloth in the sand, with a candlelit dinner, et voila: proposal perfection!

The moral of the story is: creativity, resourcefulness, and a touch of whimsy can go just as far as deep pockets can.

If you’re stuck, call in an expert.

If you are at a loss as to how you can wow your beloved with a proposal story that will leave romantic folks swooning, don’t hesitate to enlist some help!

Your soon-to-be-fiancee’s best friends are likely to be privy to key details about the kind of proposal she (or he!) will love. At the same time, they are equally great sources of information about what not to do. Perhaps they’ve heard her say, for example, “I hope he doesn’t propose in public!” or, just the opposite, “It would be so amazing to be proposed to on television!” If her best friends can keep a secret, give yourself a leg up by finding out what kind of proposal she dreams of adding to your love story.

If her best friends CAN’T keep a secret, or if you want her to be the very first to know, Revel Events does proposal planning, and I never shy away from a tight deadline. Call me!

Hugs, Jenna

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