I think he may be up to something..

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Registered: 06-25-2009
I think he may be up to something..
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Tue, 04-10-2012 - 10:29pm
I've been with my live in boyfriend for a year and a half now. I'm 9 months pregnant with our first child together, I will be induced in 2 weeks! We weren't exactly planning on marriage and kids this soon (oops!) but we are happy. Actually, my boyfriend wasn't sure if he ever wanted to get married, he thinks weddings are a waste of money and if you're happily in love you shouldn't need it on paper. But he knows it's important to me and we decided we will eventually get married but we haven't talked about when. A few weeks ago I joked (ok, maybe half joked) that a friend mentioned that I deserve a "push" present and it should be a diamond since that is April's birthstone and that's when our baby will be born. He said, "What makes you think I didn't already think of that myself??" Then the other day he asked if I would want to get married in Hawaii and when I said yes, he said, "Now I'm excited to have a wedding!". Then I found him looking at wedding packages in Hawaii on the computer last night. Hes terrible at keeping surprises a secret and yesterday mentioned hes been doing a lot of nice things for me the past couple days so I should be extra sweet to him. Then this morning he commented about our friends engagement ring and asked me what kind of engagement rings! Now I'm wondering if he is possibly going to propose in a couple weeks when we have our baby? Or i could just be being a woman and completely over analyzing everything. I've been going through a high risk pregnancy that has been very stressful on my body (and emotions), so maybe he's just getting me something to show he knows how hard this was for me. either way he's up to something! What do you ladies think? Did anyone else have a hunch before their husband purposed?
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Registered: 08-19-2011
Fri, 04-13-2012 - 10:06am

Hello,

by the sounds of it, it sure seems that he in fact does have something up his sleeve! The fact that he is asking you about the locations, types of rings that you like, etc.... all point to one thing! I would personally TRY (I know it's hard hehe) not to set my expectations of when, that way just in case it does not happen on that day you don't feel bummed out. I am sure it's coming... The question is when!!!

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Registered: 06-25-2009
Fri, 04-13-2012 - 9:46pm
Thanks!! I know what you mean, I wouldn't want to be disappointed! Luckily , I will be pretty consumed with a new baby so I don't think my mind will be on it too much :) I would still be really surprised if he did so soon, since I didn't think he would want to get married for another year or two! Either way im happy that hes even thinking about a wedding and ring. I'll keep you posted :)