I'll admit I did not make a big deal out of proposing to my wife of soon to be 39 years. Not too sure if it was because I was broke and still in college at the time, but it was more of a "So do you want to get married?" type moment. My wife has reminded me of it a time or two whenever we see someone proposing in a TV show or movie, but I can tell she's only ribbing me for it. Thankfully, I can say I've since taken her to some great places in and outside the US.

At 2am in the drive-thru at Taco Cabana. Window teller was the witness

Waiter brought the ring under the dome serving tray. I got down on one knee. Compound Restaurant on Canyon Road in Santa Fe. No one even looked our way. Love the town, but the people are pretentious uber-liberals. 'Wish I owned the Subaru dealership there.

Over a spaghetti dinner she made. We were living in sin at the time.

Wife was the manager at Braums. Been dating for a few months. Walked in the place with flowers, handed the flowers to her then got down on one knee with a ring in hand and asked her for marriage. Shock all the customers and employees. Her also.
Been great every since.

I asked her if she wanted a car, or a ring...... I never really proposed.

That as romantic as I get.

I test drove mine 20yrs before we got married. Didn’t really need a proposal

On one knee as she sat on my tailgate of my truck at the place we first met (a bar).

At our family reunion. Told her the other day "you can get mad and leave me baby, but we'll always be family"

Our first date included dinner at McDonald's.

On one knee on the back porch of the house we thought we were going to buy. Ended up buying a different house.

She said ether you marry me or I'm leaving. I already loved her dearly.

Her- I'm pregnant

Me- I guess we should to get married

Our first date was Wing Stop.
Our second date was the shooting range.
After getting her parents' blessing, I asked her to marry me on one knee in her living room.
This coming January will be 15 years.

Casanova had nothing on you!

Lol, good man.

We were on the outs at the time.
I was miserable.

She was in OK City with relatives. Her mother called me and told me that if I ever wanted to marry her I’d better get up there with a ring.

I flew up there and proposed. She did not say yes, right away.

We got married in a little local church. The ladies there put it all together. Her Uncle officiated.
I was nervous as a cat, later came down with the flu. Only time I’ve ever had the flu.

That was 40 years ago. I wouldn’t trade a day.

Bingo.

I did it under a lot of pressure I'll tell you that, very stressful, I was not ready to get married. And the best congratulations card I got from someone said "Ok, now that you are married, when are you going to have kids?" Some things you just don't forget, lol.

At the top of the temple at Chichen Itza.

I made it rain , with all five of them.

Valentine's night 1983, we were laying on a couch watching MTV at a friends house. She was stone sober and I was high on shrooms, and she said yes... I'm thankful she did! Everyone thought I got her pregnant, but our first was born in 1986.

We were headed out to eat one evening and I had the ring in the glove box and no real plan, it was going to ask her that evening somehow. Half way through the hour drive on the way to eat she started emptying her purse and putting the contents in the glove box. She saw the little felt covered box and quickly grabbed it and opened it up. She smiled really big and said- I guess we’re getting married.

Accident?