She said YES!

So my post today has been inspired by my best friend Nicole Julius and her fiance Kyle Lawrence.

They have been dating for 5 years and Kyle eventually popped the question over the weekend! It is definitely an auspicious moment in their lives.

Nicole's Beautiful Engagement Ring

There are many ways to propose nowadays and people come up with so many different ideas based on their character. The fiancee also has a big influence on how the proposal would be. Kyle planned a romantic treat which included special moments they had shared and memorable places they have been to. He had written clues on little sticky notes which Nicole had to follow until she arrived at the location where he would ask her to be his wife. At the location he had a picnic basket with champagne and snacks for them to enjoy while expressing their love for one another.

I am not engaged or married but I think that engagements are the start of something so beautiful. It doesn't matter how you go about doing it or where you pop the question. It is a big step towards building a future with the person you love unconditionally. It makes me happy to know when two people are to be betrothed. It is the Godly thing to do. 

I am sure it is every girl's dream to have the most romantic and special proposal. All women like different things. That's why it is important for you to get to know your partner very well and also put every step in God's hands. Some people make it a mutual decision and discuss the proposal whereas others will go all out and make his woman feel extra special. I found this site with 61 Most Romantic Ways to Propose.

61 Romantic Ways to Propose

The History of Engagement Rings 

Pre-History: The caveman tied cords made of braided grass around his chosen mate's wrists, ankles and waist to bring her spirit under his control.

Circa 2800 BC: Egyptians are buried wearing rings made of a single silver or gold wire on the 3rd finger of their left hands, believed to be connected directly to the heart by the vena amoris.

2nd Century BC: According to Pliny the Elder, the groom gives the bride first a gold ring to wear during the ceremony and at special events, then an iron ring to wear at home, signifying her binding legal agreement to his ownership of her.

1st Century BC: Puzzle rings first appear in Asia, where sultans and sheiks use them to tag each of their wives.

1217: The bishop of Salisbury puts an end to the popular practice of seducing girls into mock marriage with rings made of rushes. His solution? Declaring marriage with a rush-ring legally binding.

1456: The Gutenberg bible is published. There is no mention of betrothal or marriage rings in this or any any other edition of the bible.

1477: In one of the first recorded uses of a diamond engagement ring, Archduke Maximilian of Austria proposes to Mary of Burgundy with a ring that is set with thin, flat pieces of diamonds in the shape of an "M".

1700s: Silver and gold "poesy rings" engraved with flowery sayings are in vogue in Europe. Across the Atlantic Ocean, the Puritans give their betrothed's useful thimbles instead of rings, which are derided as frippery. Eventually, however, many thimbles get their tops sliced off and are worn as rings anyway.

1800s: The highly sentimental Victorians make jewelry from human hair, and use gemstones to spell out names or endearments, such as D-E-A-R-E-S-T ring set with a sequence of diamond, emerald, amethyst, ruby etc.

1876: Diamonds are discovered in the Cape Colony (now a Province in South Africa), the beginning of a huge increase in the diamond supply.

1880: Cecil Rhodes, who arrived in South Africa in 1873, founds the DeBeers Mining Company with other investors. Within the decade, they will control 90 percent of the world's diamond production. 

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