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MagicSanta Inner circle Northern Nevada 5841 Posts |
Don't do magic, just propose. If you were into fly fishing would you stand at one end of the restaurant and cast until it landed in her lap? If you liked working on a car would you toss it in with old oil and ask her to filter through it to see if any metal shavings are in it?
Here is what I'd do if I HAD to use magic. Bullet catch. Get a musket and put the ring in there with the powder and have someone shoot it right at your head and catch it in your teeth. If you miss, well, maybe it is natures way of telling you not to get married. My belief is engagement should only be used to shut up a woman you are not completely tired of yet. You can get a couple more years out of her that way. |
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Pakar Ilusi Inner circle 5777 Posts |
BMWGuy, I'll go against the grain here, I say go for it!
At your next Stage Show, propose to her in front of everyone as the finale of the Show! Get it on video! Tell her that she is the real Magic in your life!
"Dreams aren't a matter of Chance but a matter of Choice." -DC-
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gsidhe Inner circle Michigan 1725 Posts |
The problem with doing magic as a proposal is that it puts the focus on YOU! How cool and smoothe you are.
If she is going to say yes, then she already knows that deep down inside you are a dork and she loves you anyways. You cannot impress this person with magic. Stop trying. The proposal should be you focused on HER and only her. Your set up for the proposal should be designed to make her feel special, to make her feel like...well, like a princess. Someone sought after, worth going to great lengths for. So yes...Find a location that will mean something to HER, do something that means something to HER and then ask sincerely. Do not do ANYTHING to put her on the spot or puts the focus on you and how cool you are (The classic billboard proposal or on the big screen at the big football game or in the middle of your show...Please god...Not in the middle of a show!), do not propose to her in front of her whole family at a get together. It is about you and her. It does not have to be expensive but do be creative. Take her for a walk down the beach and have her come accross the words "Marry Me" spelled in shells on the sand. Make her a romantic dinner yourself and propose there, have a picnic, go to a zoo or a botanical garden, take a boat ride, a canoe trip, anything... Keep the magic of the moment clear of the magic in your pockets... *ahem* Ok...That last sentence was pretty loaded. Just be honest when you do it. And remember where the focus is. It ain't you. Gwyd |
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Jimeh Inner circle Ottawa, Ontario 1399 Posts |
I don't know who I want to quote more, Stoney or Santa LOL!
Man you guys are funny... |
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rossmacrae Inner circle Arlington, Virginia 2475 Posts |
Keep it simple ... just palm it and say "look what's behind your ear!"
Of course, you'll have to use the magic words our wives love to say at magic club meetings: "Can we go home now, please, for heaven's sake?" |
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Matthew W Inner circle New York 2456 Posts |
"Don't put her on the spot"
This man needed to hear that: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omeByhVyvE0
-Matt
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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts |
Matt, please don't be offended, but I'm not quite sure what expertise a fourteen year-old has about marriage proposals.
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BMWGuy Inner circle Texas 2563 Posts |
Thank you all for your input.
don't worry Stoneunhinged, I will stay engaged until I'm 35!!!! hehehehheehehe you guys are funny!!!!!! I appreciate everyones input, kind words, humor, and thoughts. Alex
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Matthew W Inner circle New York 2456 Posts |
Stone,
19, and I was quoting what gsidhe posted, with a link to a video that backs up what he said.
-Matt
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MagicSanta Inner circle Northern Nevada 5841 Posts |
BMW, take a look at Matthew, look at him, you could end up with one of those in your house in 19 years. Makes you reconsider doesn't it?
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sabitu Special user USA 533 Posts |
I incorporated magic into my proposal although I didn't actually do a magic trick. I bought my fiance a teddy bear from that Build A Bear workshop place for Christmas. I had it dressed up like a magician with a top hat, tux, and it was even holding a magic wand. After I gave her the bear on Christmas I told her that it can even do a magic trick.
So I took off the top hat (which is where the engagement ring was hiding attached to a piece of fishing line), dipped the magic wand inside, and when it came out the ring was dangling from the end of the wand. Needless to say it took her breath away. She was already teary eyed just from the bear itself and the ring just topped it off. Matt |
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Josh Riel Inner circle of hell 1995 Posts |
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On 2009-02-23 23:00, BMWGuy wrote: Having read none of the responses so far I can imagine what most of them will be. Life lessons, how to be a better person, a better spouse, I better friend. you have been told how blah blah blah. I bet some people have answered with something relevant. I imagine you have realized that asking magicians a question that could give them a pulpit to pontificate on life outside of magic is unwise. This is a question (I cringe to say) would be better posed on the Penguin forum or whatever those crazy kids are doing these days. Perhaps you would get answers to your questions and not the deep issues that no one here understands (Or else we would be wooing and caring for these spouses we sooo understand). Perhaps I am wrong, I will read the posts and see...
Magic is doing improbable things with odd items that, under normal circumstances, would be unnessecary and quite often undesirable.
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Josh Riel Inner circle of hell 1995 Posts |
Santa's a dick though huh? He's like the drunken, abusive father I never had.
Stone is just the drunk guy in the park, really fun to watch him approach people with the word of god. I wish I was drunk.
Magic is doing improbable things with odd items that, under normal circumstances, would be unnessecary and quite often undesirable.
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MagicSanta Inner circle Northern Nevada 5841 Posts |
I could be your father Josh...I just could be.... (rest of line self censored, but it was a good one)
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Josh Riel Inner circle of hell 1995 Posts |
It would be funny if you were. I never asked him/you if he/you did magic...
But he's retired, so I guess we have to assume my mother was pure and untainted. PA!!!
Magic is doing improbable things with odd items that, under normal circumstances, would be unnessecary and quite often undesirable.
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