The 3 most fun proposals

I believe I am the only girl on earth who has never dreamed of a white dress, a waterfall bouquet and a veil on the head. At someone else's wedding, I start crying first but for myself… I don’t know. For the money of that day and that dress, I can buy 50 Gucci’s and what if that day isn’t the best day of your life? Then you’re really stuck.

Now I have been with my beloved for thirteen years, we have three children, a house, and two cars. My daughters are increasingly asking the why- (“Why aren’t you married?”) and the when question (“When are you going to get married?”), which is making the theme of ‘marriage’ come up more often. Not that I expect it to happen for me this summer, but I’m starting to mentally move in the right direction.

Because this summer the wedding frenzy is starting, it’s time for men to take action with step 1; The Proposal.

I get acute itching and tingling when I visit the site perfectwedding.nl. They advise a picnic in the park at a secluded spot. “For the romantic nature lover, a marriage proposal during a picnic is fantastic! Together on a blanket in the sun or in the evening by idyllic candlelight… It doesn’t matter, no one sees or disturbs you! Such a secluded spot is great if the bride-to-be doesn’t like to be in the spotlight. This way she can calmly recover from all the emotions and then enjoy the moment with her husband-to-be . Oh boys, then you just don’t want to anymore. If he has laid a path of rose petals to a heart of tea lights… Then you run away hard shouting ”No!“?

But there are proposals that even moved me, the wedding cynic, to tears. Gentlemen, pay attention. If you do this, it’s a piece of cake. Signed, sealed, delivered, she’s yours.

Put your child in

I know a really fun woman who already had a child with her boyfriend. They went with a group of friends to Ibiza where she would also be spinning because we’re talking about a trendy mother slash DJ. The friends went grocery shopping and her boyfriend asked her with an excuse to stay in the house. He was by the pool with their daughter who was not even one and a half years old, and she walked towards them, totally unaware and unsuspecting. When she stood by him, she suddenly saw the T-shirt that her daughter was wearing. “Mom, will you marry dad?” was written on it. I’m already crying while writing this down.

Unpack

Winston Gerschtanowitz recently told that he surprised his Renate once when she was in Japan for recordings. Secretly, he had given someone from the production the task to fill her room with heart-shaped balloons and I believe there was also chocolate involved. When she came home after a day of hard work with a bit of homesickness, she saw this.

After this story, I immediately wanted to know how he had proposed. It wasn’t bad either. She was in New York for work and he suddenly appeared as a surprise in front of her. She liked it but wasn’t completely blown away. Typical Winston, he often does those kinds of things, she thought. They walked together that evening over Times Square. “Look up,” he said. There was a huge photo of them together on one of those billboards. That left her speechless for a moment. And me too. When he asked if she wanted to ‘do it’ with him, she was fortunately still able to say ‘yes’.

Do it yourself

Why always wait for that man to finally get down on one knee? Aren’t we strong, independent women? Think of Miranda who asked Steve ‘over a beer’. Now that’s real romance. I also know a couple where the woman called the man and asked him, over the phone, if it wouldn’t be a great idea if they got married. He said yes and they have been very happy for many years. I find that romantic. Because it’s so pure.

Will you let me know your proposal? Who knows, it might inspire me. Who knows.