Unique Ways to Propose

As a single woman living alone (with no cats, thank you very much), I am probably not the best person to write an article about unique ways to propose to your significant other. However, I am a girl and like many girls before me, I have imagined all of the wonderful ways in which someone could get down on one knee and ask for my hand in marriage. I also know how to trawl Buzzfeed for ideas while drinking a bottle of Ménage à Trois California Red Wine.

For the sports fan

… because there’s nothing more romantic than proposing in a stadium full of drunk people, am I right? Wrong. All the wrong. Unless you’re actually a member of the sports team, game proposals are cliché and overdone. There’s always the possibility that your partner will be so busy looking down at their shirt to wipe the mustard from their Rockies dog that they completely miss the “Will you marry me?” screen you paid a couple hundred for. Don’t risk it.

Love baseball? Try splitting one open. If you cut along the middle of the ball and then remove the spongy stuff on the inside, you can fit a box in there just right. My point? Think outside the box. Or literally, put the box anywhere more creative in a sports scenario.

For the super techie

Nothing says “I love you and want to spend the rest of my life with you” like a QR code. Assuming that your partner has a QR reader on their iPhone – and really, how else are you supposed to read the secret menu at Panera Bread – a cute little QR code speaks right to the heart. Your code will be a fun proposal and, quite literally, one of a kind.

For the outdoorsy type

We’re in Colorado, y’all! I have loads of friends who have hiked up to Table Top Mountain to pop the question, and another handful of friends that hold up a sign that reads “We’re Engaged” instead of “Mount Sherman, 14, 055 feet.”

Personally, I’ve always been fascinated by the giant M that resides on top of Mount Zion at the Colorado School of Mines. There are a select few students and staff at the college responsible for changing the color of the bulbs in the huge letter. How hard would it be to add a few extra letters for just a night?

These are just a few ideas inspired by Pinterest and an empty bottle of wine. But get creative! You only (hopefully) get to do this once! Don’t be a cliché. I want someone to take me to a Lucha libre match and somehow come into the circumstance of rap battling for my hand while using lyrics from the “Rocky Horror Picture Show.” But hey, that’s just me.