Setting the Mood to present your Custom Engagement Ring: A few do’s and don’ts

The moment of proposal is, for most men, the single most terrifying moment in their lives. Thanks to Hollywood, this moment has been inflated to such a significant level that men feel the proposal needs to be a super-complex and complicated chain of events. This has lead to women swallowing their brand new custom engagement rings after it was dropped into a glass of champagne or placed atop a piece of chocolate cake, or completely missed altogether. Here are a few tips to help you set the mood and demystify what could be the single biggest moment of you and your partner’s life.

 

By the time that you and your partner have decided to get engaged, chances are, you know her better than anyone else in the world. You have a solid working model of her psyche and you know exactly how adventurous and now imaginative she is. If your vacations consist of bungee jumping and skydiving, chances are, she would probably enjoy a wild and crazy engagement moment. If the two of you prefer a quiet night on the couch with a bowl of popcorn, a private moment at home after a wonderfully home cooked meal would probably be more appropriate. If you try to force situation A onto a person who is more of a situation B, you might not get the answer that you hoped for. Trust your gut when it comes to proposing and try to match the moment to her personality. Chances are, if she has been thinking about getting engaged, she has been dropping subtle, and not so subtle, hints on how she wants this special moment to happen, anyway.

 

Most couples these days live together long before they get married. They get into routines with each others lives. They know who cooks dinner on particular nights, who is responsible for cleaning and what the both of you are doing this weekend. That’s why you need to carefully decide what sort of engagement moment you want. If you go too far out of your routine, say, to the fanciest restaurant in town wearing your best suit, chances are, she’s going to have it all figured out before you even order. The same can be said if you plan a super fancy dinner at home with candlelight and a good bottle of wine. If the situation you choose to propose in is too far out of the ordinary, it is going to destroy any chance of the proposal being a surprise. And for some men, that’s OK. It is more important to set an ultra formal mood to help reinforce the gravity of the situation than it is for the moment of proposal to be a surprise. One of the biggest decisions you’ll have to make is which one is more important to you, or, more importantly, which one is more important to her. Some women might love the idea of the two of you sitting on the couch on a regular night and before she knows what is going on, you’re on bended knee with a ring in your hand, while other women want the “perfect night” before a proposal. It is up to you to judge which kind of woman you have. For many women, the moment they are proposed marriage is a moment they dream about their entire lives, so you had better make sure you make it a moment they won’t ever forget.