
Just a reminder, if you haven’t submitted your marriage/commitment proposal story yet for a chance to win a FREE two-night trip to Napa or Vegas, get your submission in now to proposalcontest@gmail.com. The prize includes roundtrip airfare and hotel for two, as well as a rental car. All you have to do is bring your gambling and/or drinking money!
Here are some of my favorite submissions so far. Can you beat these? Then send in your stories so you can win the prize! Read the full rules here.
It was 1972 and I had been dating my future-ex-husband for most of our junior year of high school and into our senior year. One night, he told me he had a very important question: did I believe in pre-marital sex. I answered “no”. Then he said “In that case, do you want to get married?” Believe it or not, I did. We actually were married for 13 years before I got fed up and bailed.
And another one …
I was supposed to listen for a horse in the house, but of course couldn’t hear anything. After I yelled out, “What horse could be in my house?” Alex came “riding” into the room on a horse (a child’s toy with a horse’s head on the end of a stick), wearing a full suit of armor. I couldn’t help laughing as I thought, “What in the world would make him do something as crazy as this?” He then drew his sword (which even made sound effects), got down on one knee and said, “Sarah, I want to be your knight in shining armor. Will you be my wife?” I was caught so off-guard that I couldn’t respond right away and started to shake my head, apparently to keep from passing out. (Alex later told me that he grew more nervous by the second as he waited patiently for an answer, and at the same time watched all of the color drain from my face.) However, once I came back down to earth and realized what was happening, I nodded “yes” through lots of happy tears.
Is your proposal sweeter or funnier or just plain more interesting than these? Get it in, and get your chance at the prize.
We’re running this contest in honor of the DVD release of the Sandra Bullock flick The Proposal, which hits stores tomorrow!!!