mango win From Grand Gestures to Intimate Moments: 10 Memorable Proposals

Updated:2025-01-04 12:54    Views:103

A “Sleeping Beauty” photo shoot. A photo book hidden in a bookstore. A proposal three minutes after a fight.

There are many stories behind the question: Will you marry me?

As love stories continued to fill up the pages of The New York Times’s Weddings section in 2024, there was no shortage of creativity in how the question was asked. Many couples who wed this year got engaged during the supermoon or a hike at a national park or mountain range with a beautiful view. Others rented out arenas, ballrooms, or event spaces to surprise their lovers with personalized engagement parties.

Among national universities, Princeton was ranked No. 1 again, followed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard. Stanford, which tied for third last year, fell to No. 4. U.S. News again judged Williams College the best among national liberal arts colleges. Spelman College was declared the country’s top historically Black institution.

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Here are 10 thoughtful and memorable proposals from couples we featured in 2024.

Image99 Stones and One Big Surprise

On Oct. 1, 2013, after dinner at the Melting Pot restaurant in Albuquerque, Spencer Hatcher handed Crystal Carmichael a glass jar containing 99 clear stones.

Ms. Carmichael pulled a few out and read them out loud. Each stone recounted a memory from their year together in a relationship, including their first “fancy date” at a steakhouse, taking their children to a pumpkin patch, and buying their new house.

He then pulled one from his pocket and handed it to her. It read, “Getting engaged.” He took out a white gold and diamond ring, got down on one knee and proposed.

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