The Romantic Way

Our own engagement story is of course our favorite, but you can add it to your cache of romantic engagement ideas. Your own engagement story will become your favorite.

Autumn was securely settled in and the leaves were a riot of red and gold. Holly and I had already worked together in the same office since June. We struggled to find a comfortable place in our relationship which fit somewhere between our professional jobs and our friendship. It was a challenge from time to time, but the great part was that through working together we got to know one-another very well.

Begin with a Plan

By the time autumn rolled around, I'd already decided that I would soon ask Holly to marry me. This posed a problem for me though. It was too soon to propose because the status of our relationship still stood at “just friends”. I would have to change that, and soon my plans began to unfold. I was determined to come up with our own unique romantic engagement idea.

I spent Thanksgiving at Holly's parents' house. Her mother fixed a splendid turkey dinner. It was a treat for me, a single guy far from his Minnesota home, to enjoy a family holiday. I'd come to love Holly's parents almost like my own.

Romantic Engagement Ideas begin with Commitment

Because I didn't want to lead Holly into something to which I wasn't ready to commit, I'd never expressed my romantic feelings for her. That was a tough place to be for very long, because after awhile it became confusing as to what my intentions really were. By Thanksgiving I'd decided that I was ready to make a commitment.

We had planned to spend the rest of the long Thanksgiving weekend in southern Utah, visiting St. George and the National Parks at Zion and Bryce. The rugged beauty of southern Utah was thrilling and a perfect setting for great conversation.

Then An Undeniable Expression of Love

Saturday morning, I got up and dashed out to find a flower shop that opened early. I was in luck and bought two roses: one fully open yellow rose (signifying friendship) and one large red rose bud ready to bloom (a symbol of deep romance and love). I went back to our motel to pick up Holly at her room and met her at her door with the roses and a card in hand. The card read, “The yellow rose is in full bloom. Shall we let the red rose bloom?”

She melted. I think the answer was, “Yes!”

A rush of both thrill and relief swept over me because only one week earlier I had ordered an engagement ring for Holly. My good friend Paul is a jeweler, and I sent him a design idea and asked him to make it for me. That might sound a bit presumptuous, but fine jewelry takes time, and I was on a mission. I couldn't afford to miss a step, though now I was counting on an affirmative reaction to my roses.

Finally The Question--Just Ask

I didn't really want to give Holly an engagement ring as a Christmas gift, because that's already been done so many times. However, I did have a great romantic engagement idea and wanted to give it to her on Christmas Eve. We enjoyed a romantic dinner at a quaint little Mexican restaurant. It set a perfect mood for a drive later up a narrow canyon to a tiny park with a bubbly creek running through it.

A little snow had fallen earlier in the day so we waded and slipped in our dress shoes through the wet blanket to a small wooden bridge spanning the creek. It was cold, and the creek spoke softly bubbling encouragement to me to just ask the question.

So I did. That moment of which every guy dreams and dreads had arrived in a rush, and with ring in hand, I asked Holly to marry me.

Her answer?

“Are you sure you know what you're getting into?”

“Probably not.”

“Well, OK then.” She'd accepted.

That moment set the tone for a fantastic marriage. You can also dream up your own romantic engagement idea and create your story. I hope our story has been an encouragement to you. Look for more romantic engagement ideas in our proposal story.

If you're still in the proposal stage, or even if you're beyond that, here's a great resource that doesn't cost much and is absolutely guaranteed to get your proposal ideas churning. It is jam packed with ideas and tips that you won't find anywhere else. In fact this book will actually SAVE YOU MONEY. Most people ruin their proposals by spending too much money on it. Click Here to get more details!

Yours along TheRomanticWay!


Rod & Holly