Heather’s Story: Why I Bought My Own Ring

I met a guy on a blind date who didn’t even live in the same state as me; we got engaged 3 weeks later; AND I bought my own engagement ring. This is my story. I asked all of our editors to share their stories about how they got engaged or about the special person in their […]

Trish’s Story: It All Started at the Statue of Liberty

One weekend, a few years after graduation, two of my out-of-state college friends came to New Jersey to visit. They were both recently married and brought along their husbands. We decided to spend Saturday in NYC, visiting the Statue of Liberty and then having dinner and a few beers at the South Street Seaport.  I […]

Jennifer’s Story

It’s not often that I tell this story from beginning to end, but I was asked to write about when I met my husband and my engagement so here it goes!  I was 19 when I met my husband and had been warned not to date this notorious player.  I did make an attempt to stay […]

Our Love Stories

In celebration of Valentine’s Day, we thought it would be fun to share our engagement stories. From romantic to quirky and sometimes, well, not what we expected, these are our stories. Amy’s Story A Guy on Roller Blades Delivered Her Ring to her table the Boat House. Karen’s Story I fell asleep and very romantically, drooled all over his pants. […]

Tammy Gets Engaged

My husband and I dated for almost 5 years before he proposed. Yes, 5. He wanted to do it on the anniversary of our first date but my sister had the nerve to have her birthday on that day so it had to happen the next day. He asked my mom for permission which was sweet. On our […]

Marietta’s Proposal

We were married in May of 1995 after an engagement that lasted just over a year, and a courtship that lasted over five.  So in my heart I knew we would get engaged, but it still came as a surprise when it actually happened. My birthday is in late March and he made reservations for […]

Amy’s Proposal

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Dessert of Seduction For Two

How's the saying go?  Oh yeah... Give, and you shall receive.