10 memorable marriage proposals

Here are some of the sweetest, funniest, and most heartwarming ways couples who got married in 2023 have asked: “Would you will you marry me?"

In 2023, the wedding industry has made a comeback.

Love stories from around the world continued to fill The New's Weddings pages. York Times. And while some of the weddings commemorating these love stories were still grand, micro-weddings and elopements were just as popular.

Before weddings came proposals . Couples try to find thoughtful ways to ask, "Will you marry me?" ", but everything doesn't always go as planned. An education director had to think quickly when a swarm of bees intercepted his plan. A sales manager needed to explain things to his partner when she couldn't understand. And the owner of a limousine company postponed his plans to propose after he lost heavily in a monopoly game and was no longer in the mood.

The Spontaneous proposals are valuable. One couple proposed with squid rings during dinner, and another couple got engaged with rainbow fabric rings from a gift shop that cost $15.99 plus tax.< /p>

Here are 10 unforgettable proposals from couples featured in the New York Times Weddings section last year.

ImageHe played a charades clue three years later

In 2019, during A series of charades after Thanksgiving dinner at Adam Purdy's family home in Montclair, New Jersey, Katie Schad jokingly scribbled a clue on a piece of paper for Mr. Purdy.

< p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">He said, “Marry me Katie,” which he played, and then hid it in his pocket. He then put the piece of paper in a plastic bag so that the ink would not fade.

In February 2022, Mr Purdy again put stage Mrs. Schad's charades clue. wrote. He decorated their coffee table with candles and rose petals, placed the old charades clue in a frame and presented it to her.

Mr. Purdy read a poem he wrote. He then got down on one knee and asked, "Will you marry me?"

They opened a bottle of champagne and celebrated alongside of their cat, Max, who died in July 2022.

The couple married on May 20, 2023.

ImageCredit...Amit Bagga

Rainbow rings that cost $15.99 plus tax

In August 2021, Molly Gaebe and Leila Bozorg were staying in a rental in Fire Island, New York, when Hurricane Henri swept through the city. The couple evacuated the house and took shelter in a hotel during the height of the storm.

Mrs. Gaebe wanted to turn the experiment around and so she started developing her proposal plan. She bought a rainbow fabric ring the next day and asked Boudoir LeFleur, one of the couple's favorite drag queens...