+Dr. Boggis Posted February 19, 2003 Share Posted February 19, 2003 Just thought I'd share the way I proposed to my girlfriend (now fiancée) over the weekend. She gave me an eTrex for Christmas, and since then I have really got into geocaching - to the point that she thinks I'm completely obsessed This gave me a great idea about how to surprise her with a marriage proposal. I bought a ring, put it in a jar, and hid it under a bush in the park at the top of the hill, where we often go for a walk (near Coast PB Jar, GC5A1). On Saturday I casually suggested we go up to the park, and when I mentioned that there was a new cache up there and we might be the first to find it, she sighed. I said that I wanted *her* to find it, and she just said "whatever...". So off we trot, and when we get about 500ft away I give her the GPSr and she starts following the direction arrow. By this point I've already fended off questions about how I knew about the cache (I get the notification email on Thursdays), why I didn't go with another friend earlier in the day (he wanted to go to La Jolla to see the seals), and why I had to drag her along (to get her interested). So we start looking for the cache, and the waypoint I took is looking like it's pointing about 20 feet in the wrong direction, and so I subtly point her at the correct bush and suggest she rummages under there somewhere. Eventually she finds the jar, opens it and sees the jewelry box, opens that and finds the ring, and turns around to see me down on one knee! She was so surprised she nearly forgot to say yes! I think I'll turn the hiding place into a real cache to commemorate the event, but I won't be starting it off with any diamond rings Quote Link to comment
+hoovman Posted February 19, 2003 Share Posted February 19, 2003 Let me be the first to congratulate you! If you have a good relationship, being married is wonderful! Quote Link to comment
+RJFerret Posted February 19, 2003 Share Posted February 19, 2003 quote:Originally posted by hoovman:If you have a good relationship, being married is wonderful! Hahaha! LOL!!! (It doesn't get more 'back-handed' than that.) That's right up there with, "death inhibits our ability to perceive existance..." Randy Quote Link to comment
+Silver Horde Posted February 19, 2003 Share Posted February 19, 2003 Congratulations! Good thing Mark71Mark did'nt beat you to the cache! I'm certain he can find caches that are not posted! 'Women are like teabags. We don't know our true strength until we are in hot water!' Eleanor Roosevelt Quote Link to comment
+Dr. Boggis Posted February 19, 2003 Author Share Posted February 19, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Jane8276:Congratulations! Good thing Mark71Mark did'nt beat you to the cache! I'm certain he can find caches that are not posted! Yep, it seems that way sometimes! It was fairly well hidden, and since I put it up there on Thursday afternoon when it was raining/foggy, there wasn't really any chance of anyone seeing where I put it. Unfortunately I was hoping that when the clouds cleared there would be a nice view of the bay, but we couldn't really see much at the time of the event (sunset on Saturday). I made my waypoint seem like a cache on the eTrex by renaming it GCWYMM (will you marry me?), which kept her fooled too - she wondered how I could be sure nobody else would find it before her! Quote Link to comment
+Breaktrack Posted February 19, 2003 Share Posted February 19, 2003 Outstanding! Extremely interesting way to sneak it up on her, you remind me of.... well, ME!! I'm a sneaky little so & so myself, ask any of my ex wives....LOL Best of luck and blessings on you and yours. "Trade up, trade even, or don't trade!!!" My philosophy of life. Quote Link to comment
+Dr. Boggis Posted April 8, 2003 Author Share Posted April 8, 2003 I have now turned the spot into a real cache (but no more rings hidden in it I'm afraid!)....waypoint is GCEECD. Cheers! Quote Link to comment
+flir~girl Posted April 9, 2003 Share Posted April 9, 2003 Congratulations!!!!!! But I'm wondering......has this changed her mind about geo-caching any? f~g "Forty-two!" yelled Loonquawl. "Is that all you've got to show for seven and a half million years' work?" Quote Link to comment
+TEAM 360 Posted April 9, 2003 Share Posted April 9, 2003 I remember that cache...I think I got to it right after you placed it...I forgot to log: "Took real diamond ring, left zirconian fake". Quote Link to comment
+ionekoa Posted April 11, 2003 Share Posted April 11, 2003 thats cool, ALMOST as cool as how my friend brad proposed... hold tight for the URL Check this out Quote Link to comment
+Tradboy Posted April 13, 2003 Share Posted April 13, 2003 Good thing the ring didn't get stolen. Risky Quote Link to comment
Vacman Posted April 13, 2003 Share Posted April 13, 2003 Hoovman! I have to say that I love your avatar...... hehehe If you ever catch on fire, try to avoid looking in a mirror, because I bet that will really throw you into a panic. Quote Link to comment
+Team PodCacher Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 Just found this thread. I too proposed to my girlfriend (currently wife) via geocaching. To see a site that I created to explain this go here: My Proposal Page Quote Link to comment
+5 Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 Just found this thread. I too proposed to my girlfriend (currently wife) via geocaching. To see a site that I created to explain this go here: My Proposal Page Very cool. Quote Link to comment
+Spzzmoose Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 I thought of doing something like that...then I came to my senses!! The "M" word is not allowed at mooses house! Just kidding...congrats! If she reads this I'm dead! Quote Link to comment
+Joe Smith Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 I thought of doing that, but the last time I made her look for her easter basket she wasn't too happy with me. I did it the simple way. At dinner I pulled out the ring and asked her. It was one of the best moments of my life. Quote Link to comment
+docwalker Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 I proposed this weekend while geocaching as well. I used Garmins software to plot Marry Me in giant letters and saved the points to the GPS. I created a fake cache page listing all of the points and a set of clues. I took along 3 friends that wanted to learn how to geocache and let them do a cache first. Then we gave her the GPS and told her to work this one. It took her about 15 minutes to complete it. I planted a microcache at the last set of coordinates under a picnic table that had a piece of paper in it saying "zoom out on the GPS". I had turned on the track log so it spelled out the "Marry Me" on the screen. By the time she figured out what it said, I was beside her on a knee holding the ring. Everyone loves the way I did it so I am happy. I may go and plant a real cache at the site as a memorial. Doc Quote Link to comment
+Zeute Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 I loved those stories!!! Congrats all of you Quote Link to comment
+Team PodCacher Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 I proposed this weekend while geocaching as well. I used Garmins software to plot Marry Me in giant letters and saved the points to the GPS. I created a fake cache page listing all of the points and a set of clues. I took along 3 friends that wanted to learn how to geocache and let them do a cache first. Then we gave her the GPS and told her to work this one. It took her about 15 minutes to complete it. I planted a microcache at the last set of coordinates under a picnic table that had a piece of paper in it saying "zoom out on the GPS". I had turned on the track log so it spelled out the "Marry Me" on the screen. By the time she figured out what it said, I was beside her on a knee holding the ring. Everyone loves the way I did it so I am happy. I may go and plant a real cache at the site as a memorial. Doc Docwalker, Very cool! I really liked that one! iTrax Quote Link to comment
+Mickey225 Posted March 26, 2005 Share Posted March 26, 2005 (edited) Well he didn't have it in a cache for me to find, but we had been out caching all last week in Vegas... and at the end of the trip... he asked me to marry him!!!! And I said YES!!! Edited March 26, 2005 by Mickey225 Quote Link to comment
+Geo Ho Posted March 26, 2005 Share Posted March 26, 2005 Congratulations! Love is in the air . . . How cool is this? How sweet it is to have the bestest caching partner ever and have him become my life partner and stuff. I am THE happiest girl in the world! I hope to make him as happy as he has made me!! Happy caching and stuff! Quote Link to comment
+Greymane Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 Of course love is in the air. It is spring, and we all LOVE to cache!! Quote Link to comment
+TheAlabamaRambler Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 I had turned on the track log so it spelled out the "Marry Me" on the screen. By the time she figured out what it said, I was beside her on a knee holding the ring. Good thing she didn't get the caches out of order, the track log coulda spelled something that would get you slapped! Quote Link to comment
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