The Office Proposal | Media Couples

“…and it’s gonna take a long time.

And then it’s perfect. 

I’m in no rush.”

michael scott | the office

The Office was never the same after the tension between Jim and Pam's game-of-tag love story finally "ended" in marriage.  And who can forget the spontaneous, romantic, simple proposal that was so characteristic of their charming, day-in-day-out love.

 However.  Has there ever been a stranger, sweeter, more under-dog couple then Michael and Holly?  It was stupid how hard it was not to cry during their creative proposal.

So. Which one was your favorite?

Team Jam or Team Hike?

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princess victoria + prince albert | historic couples

princess victoria: do you ever feel like a chess piece yourself?
in a game being played against your will?
prince albert: do you?
princess victoria: constantly.
prince albert: then you had better master the rules of the game
until you play it better than they can.
princess victoria: you don't recommend i find a husband to play it for me?
prince albert: i should find one to play it with you, not for you.
princess victoria: but plenty of people will expect me to fail.

prince albert: then, they don't know you like i do.
young victoria

queen victoria wrote to her uncle, king leopold of belgium, in the fall of 1839 after having a conversation where she proposed to prince albert:

"my mind is quite made up, and I told Albert this morning of it.
the warm affection he showed me on learning this gave me great pleasure.
he seems perfection,
and i think that i have the prospect of very great happiness before me.
i love him more than i can say,
and shall do everything in my power to render this sacrifice
(for such in my opinion it is)
as small as i can.
these last few days have passed like a dream to me,
and i am so much bewildered by it all that i know hardly how to write;
but i do feel very happy."

prince albert wrote to his grandmother, to share his feelings:

"the subject which has occupied us so much of late is at last settled.
the queen sent for me alone to her room a few days ago,
and declared to me in a genuine outburst of love and affection
that i had gained her whole heart,
and would make her intensely happy
if i would make her the sacrifice of sharing her life with her,
for she said she looked on it as a sacrifice.
the only thing which troubled her was that
she did not think that she was worthy of me.
the joyous openness of manner in which she told me this quite enchanted me,
and i was quite carried away by it."

when i studied history in school, i sometimes forgot that these were real people.
with real feelings, fears, sacrifices and emotions.
thanks to the movie "young victoria" i have a soft spot in my heart for the love between
queen victoria and her husband, albert.

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james + julie | modern couple

    there is nothing for me but to love you, 

and the way you look tonight.
frank sinatra 

The little Team Proposal Crew started to set up James' adorably perfect "love boxes."

On the most perfect night of life, no less.

James had various boxes filled with things Julie loves.
Sour Patch Kids, cause she loves candy.
Soccer ball, cause she loves soccer (duh.)
A blue cross, cause she loves Jesus AND the color blue.
These little love boxes (that actually started earlier in the evening...
he gave her a few on his own, before they got to the beach) were laid out in a path on the beach.


The last box was at the end of the sand "path,"
waiting for the big question.

Let me say real quick:
James nailed it.
Man does he know that girl.
This is SO a Julie-proposal.
The beach, the "craft-ness," the game/hunt-for-a-box element, sunset.
It was perfect,
right down to the somewhat elementary but COMPletely adorable love boxes,
where stickers, colored pencils and sticky rhinestones decorated each box.

Once everything was in perfect place, our sneaky group had to wait and wait.

And wait.

And waaaaAAaaait.

And then the tide was rising too fast, so we had to move everything back,
make a new "path"
and cover up the old "path" with sand.
It was rather epic and incredibly adrenaline-rush-y.

We nestled down to wait some more...

...and then some more.
I was getting nervous.
"This is gonna happen in the dark! James WOULD be late to his own proposal!"

And FINALLY we had a siting.
(turns out they were right on time.
But hey, time moves slow when you are waiting for your bff's engagement to happen.
Sue me.)

I was hoping Julie wouldn't "take her time" at each box,
but that was NOT a problem ;)

She'd hop right up, run to the next one, and show off her mad sprint-skills.

(I liked this moment.  I couldn't hear anything they were saying,
but I heard her say "It's BLUE!"
Apparently James said "Yeah, your favorite color!"
Lovelovelovelovelovelasjakakaj)

However, this was no time to slow down because of a color.
And just like *that* she was off again.

Completely, fully and excitedly ready to get to this last box.

After she squealed in delight over her RingPop,
James asked a very simple
"Julie, will you marry me?"
and presented her with a stunning diamond ring.

Julie yelled "YEAAAH-ES!"

Followed very closely by a giant collapse into his arms ;)

The waves turned,
and a few beach-anchored onlookers cheered,
but other then that there was silence under the pink moon.

Just some lovin'...

...and some bling checkin'-out-in'.

Happily, Julie didn't see us hiding (she was never the most observant girl ;)
but how could she?
She was totally in the moment.
So was James.
It was flawless, beautiful and breath-taking.

A few minutes later it was pitch-black.
We snuck away to let them enjoy each other.

Julie and James, I'll never forget the way you both looked that night.
Not to creep on your romance or try to insert myself in a special song,
but seriously...
I have never seen the two of you happier.

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e.e. cummings poem | random

"somewhere i have never travelled"

a poem by e.e. cummings

| from lemon and lavender |

I do not know what it is about you that closes
and opens; 

only something in me understands
the voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses
and nobody, 

not even the rain, has such small hands.

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casey + amy | media couples

let's get married

hold hands, walk in the park

you can get a cat as long as it barks
the proclaimers | let's get married

this will make your day.  because he obviously makes her life. so worth your four minutes. it's just absolutely precious.

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gold | rings

and if that mockingbird don't sing,

Mmma's going to buy you a diamond ring.
hush little baby
--

in the past year or so I've noticed a slight comeback in "gold" department for engagement rings.  not white gold, duh, but the warmer shades we usually think of when we hear the word "gold."

i adore this rose gold ring... so feminine and girly.  i feel like it's a ring a ballerina should have.

| from eidel precious |

if you are more the simple and homemade type, this yellow-hued gold rings are a.dor.able.

| from tula jewelry |

and for the brave among us, we have a warm gold band with quite a different setting. i don't know if i could do it myself, but it makes me stare it at... maybe this ring is like being in love with your best friend, but not knowing it for nine years. except in ring world, years = a minute. because i think i really love this ring now... after only nine minutes.

| from catbird |

do you think gold will keep coming back? will silver/white rings become as foreign as gold/yellow rings were in 2006? hmmm? any rings - of any shade! - that you love?

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