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06.12.20, 16:45 PM General Topics
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My birthday is next week. My boyfriend's clues for my gift are "It'll rock your socks" and "It will dazzle you". I don't want to get my hopes up about a proposal because I have so many times before. Could this be anything else? I feel like it can't be anything but a ring, but I also know I have a one-track mind right now. [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
General Topics 06.12.20, 04:45 PM Flag
 

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Sparkly socks. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 04:48 PM Flag
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OP: Literally what I said to him! Ha! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 04:49 PM Flag
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GL! I hope he proposes! How old are you? How long dating? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 04:49 PM Flag
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OP: 30! Been dating 2 years! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 04:49 PM Flag
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Let us know! It sounds promising. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 04:51 PM Flag
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OP: We had a big argument last week about he wasn't ready to move in with me, so I don't know. I don't know if it scared him straight. That's why I was wondering what else it could be since I'm so unsure about it. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 04:52 PM Flag
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NP: Is it possible he just said he didn't want to move in because he didn't want it to upstage his planned proposal? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 07:07 PM Flag
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OP: I don't think so. He said some things that were quite cruel that day. It was a bad argument. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 07:10 PM Flag
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What did he say? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 07:39 PM Flag
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I don't think he would give that much away. he sounds like he is being an ass because he knows you expect. it [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 04:52 PM Flag
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OP: Right? It seems like it's too obvious. He definitely wouldn't be an ass and tease me just to be cruel though-- he's not that type. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 04:55 PM Flag
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Well. you know him best. A lot of guys think it is funny to shock the finance will a bs fake out proposal followed later by a real one. If he does give you dazzling socks, I would keep it light.;) [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 04:59 PM Flag
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OP: I'll give him a beauty pageant smile while wanting to crush his balls with my bare hands. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 05:00 PM Flag
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You sound like you have a good sense of humor. Im sure you guys will get engaged soon. Good luck and Happy Birthday! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 05:16 PM Flag
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OP: Aw, thank you so much! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 05:21 PM Flag
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Np. I kind of agree. "it will dazzle you" isn't something that sounds like a proposal. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 07:43 PM Flag
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What else dazzles besides diamonds? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 07:47 PM Flag
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But it's so obvious. What guy wants to ruin the element of surprise? I'm guessing earrings [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.13.20, 01:46 AM Flag
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or a beadazzler. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.13.20, 02:50 PM Flag
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Do not expect a ring. It is very rare, and sort of cheesy to ask for your hand on your birthday. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 04:56 PM Flag
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I disagree. And don’t spoil OP’s fun. A proposal anytime is always exciting. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 04:59 PM Flag
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+1. I literally handed the package with my ring off to my now husband the night we "got engaged" (after wearing it around all day because I knew it was coming in and had to sign for it) just for him to get down on his knee and offer it back to me, and it was still exciting. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 07:09 PM Flag
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np- Oddly enough, I've had a lot of friends get proposals on their birthdays lately. Maybe it's a younger generation thing? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 05:01 PM Flag
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NP. DH proposed on my birthday 20+ years ago. I think he thought it had to be a big thing, I would have been ok with hey, it's Tuesday, what do you say? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 08:26 PM Flag
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I was going to say an indoor rock climbing membership, but I don't know how that's dazzling. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 04:56 PM Flag
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SWOOOOON! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 05:45 PM Flag
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If it's not a proposal after those clues, I'd say he's messing with you. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 04:57 PM Flag
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Same. If it's not a ring, I'd kind of be pissed. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 04:58 PM Flag
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Np. Clues? "It will dazzle you" - I don't know a guy who would ever drop hints like this about a proposal [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 07:44 PM Flag
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"Rock" and "dazzle" would make me think diamonds! When my dh of 25 years proposed, I had a weird feeling all day leading up to it. But I didn't want to get my hopes up so I kept telling myself it wasn't going to happen. We had just had "the talk" a few weeks before, and it didn't go well. So I was completely shocked (even thought I had this feeling) when he did propose. GL! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 05:04 PM Flag
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OP: That gives me such hope! Thank you! Can I ask in what ways the talk didn't go well? Something similar happened with us recently. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 05:05 PM Flag
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If it's not a ring you need to move on. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 05:06 PM Flag
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OP: Based on my age or those clues? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 05:15 PM Flag
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Not your age, you are very young. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 05:34 PM Flag
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To play devil's advocate, it's not the boyfriend's fault that OP misinterprets his clues (if it's not a ring) for her birthday gift. That seems a bit extreme. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 05:42 PM Flag
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Based upon the fact that you are clearly dying for this guy to propose and have been dating 2 years. At your age, if a man wants to marry, he will make it happen. How long are you going to wait for him? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 05:51 PM Flag
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OP: Not much longer, honestly. I've been asking and asking him to get engaged. I even bought a Ring Pop, got on one knee while we were making Christmas dinner, and said "Marry me?" to him. I'm like "Haha, funny, cute... But really...." :| [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 05:54 PM Flag
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Fingers crossed for you Op! Please come back and update us. Need some good news here. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 05:36 PM Flag
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OP: Absolutely will. I'll either be beaming and ready to share the news or too drunk to type coherently. Be on the lookout! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 05:41 PM Flag
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I will! What day next week is your birthday so I can keep eyes peeled? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 05:47 PM Flag
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June 28! (Okay, so 2 weeks) [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 05:50 PM Flag
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You guys all sound so old fashioned. You need to keep fingers crossed that he proposes? We are not kept women any longer! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 05:54 PM Flag
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Yeah, but the reality is that it's not truly looked at as official until he does it. It doesn't make it right or acceptable, but it's true. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 05:56 PM Flag
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I don't know. I have been married for over 20 years and we talked about marrying. We both wanted it. It's not that I had to wait for him to make up his mind. It was a mutual decision. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 07:00 PM Flag
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Something very similar happened to a friend of mine. She got...a blender. Hope yours goes better! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 06:24 PM Flag
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OP: Whoa!! What did she do!? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 06:32 PM Flag
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Married him eventually. They're happy. It is one of those (now) funny stories they tell. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 06:52 PM Flag
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Oof. If he does not propose after those two hints he is either beyond obtuse or just being cruel. Good luck. I am rooting for you. Please let us know what happens. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 06:50 PM Flag
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To be fair though re those ‘hints’, when I was waiting for a proposal I read engagement hints in EVERYTHING. Everything remotely ring or rock or marriage related, my mind jumped on. Sometimes those are just figures of speech. Waited about a year longer than I originally wanted but he proposed eventually, just in his own time. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 07:19 PM Flag
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OP: That's what I'm fearing-- that I'm seeing proposal language where there isn't any. I just can't quite figure out what it could be besides that though! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 07:32 PM Flag
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Diamond earrings? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.12.20, 11:14 PM Flag
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The first thing that came to my mind was a trip to somewhere w a stream or water and bouldering or rock climbing. Like dazzling views, dazzling reflections in the water, etc. DS and his bf (a girl) rock climb together. It depends on his personality. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.13.20, 02:08 AM Flag
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Please come back and update [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.13.20, 03:07 AM Flag
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Congrats on your new disco ball [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.13.20, 12:06 PM Flag
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It could be that !!! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.13.20, 01:06 PM Flag
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A bedazzled jukebox? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.13.20, 08:18 PM Flag
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