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splash · Kenneth Cole

proposal - help my friend, please!

nyc_shopgirl · Dooney & Bourke

I think he should give her a small piece of jewelry at the start of the trip then she won't suspect another one at the end. I personally like to see the ring in a box I see it as classic not stuffy but it really depends on his style.

jestillman · Kenneth Cole

Earrings are good. small and easy to present. if he is going to go with jewlery. Without knowing the girls it's difficult to suggest a meaningful little something

Kenneth Cole

I agree!!!

cc · Marc Jacobs

i think his plan sounds really good!

maybe he could make sure that whatever jewelry he buys to give her earlier in the week is in a box that is definitely not a ring box. that way she won't get her hopes up when she sees it. also he can try to present it in a more casual manner, i.e. not at a romantic dinner or anything like that.

jestillman · Kenneth Cole

good ideas by cc. you don't want her to get angry, ESP if she's expecting a proposal. of course she'll be very pleasantly surprised later w/the real thing, but no reason to make her angry...this happened to a friend who thought she was getting proposed to when he was shoping her cuflinks. it was like in a movie where he actually really droped the box, tapped her to make her turn around and showed her the CUFFLINKS as he ws getting up. she nearly had a heart attack then flipped out bc she thought he was tricking her. she was too mortified and angry to even talk to him and how could he not know what she would think he was doing. poor thing (both of them) the cufflinks were new and he was going to wear them that night out to dinner when we really proposed. it sounded too stupid when she told us, but it's true!