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Anyone got any advice?

[kaijinscendre]

So, my sister, her boyfriend, and I are going to DC next March. My sister was talking to me about how she thinks her boyfriend (they've been together 2+ years) might be thinking of proposing to her.

She asked me to maybe drop hints to him that if he is, DC might be a good place to propose because she loves that place (and it is scenic). And I will be there to document it.

However, I am about as subtle as a brick to the face. So I thought about just asking him something like, "I don't know if you are thinking of it, but if you are, DC might be a good place to propose." But, I also don't want to be like...pushing him into it if the hints she is getting are wrong.

Re: Anyone got any advice?

[(Anonymous)]

I would straight up just ask him if he's thinking about it, and tell him it'd be a good place, no matter what he says. /not subtle either

Re: Anyone got any advice?

[(Anonymous)]

Maybe something about how you haven't mentioned it to your sister, that you think he's gonna propose. You just noticed some look, or something. But you didn't say anything to her.

Re: Anyone got any advice?

[kaijinscendre]

That is what I was thinking too. No point beating around the bush.

Re: Anyone got any advice?

[(Anonymous)]

I wouldn't say anything. If the proposal itself means so much to your sister, then she can communicate the value she places on it to him and you can be available if he asks for help planning it.

I have a best friend who gets caught up in the idea of scripting the perfect moment and getting everything on camera, and I draw a line now with my involvement. I'm there if her fiancé needs ideas or help, but otherwise they are on their own to communicate with each other and surprise each other. Just let it happen, you know? Maybe it won't be exactly what she pictured, but that's not a bad thing. If he knows it's important, then he will put some thought into it.

Re: Anyone got any advice?

[kaijinscendre]

So, have her ask him about it and to come to me for help if he needs it?

Re: Anyone got any advice?

[(Anonymous)]

I've got nothing helpful to say except that I temporarily forgot that DragonCon is held over Labor Day weekend and not in March but I read "DC" as DragonCon (instead of, I assume, Washington DC. Going for the cherry blossoms?) and when you said it was scenic I was like, "ew...with thousands of people crammed in around you? That is not somewhere I'd want to be proposed to..."

And then I realized that's not what you meant. ;)

Re: Anyone got any advice?

[kaijinscendre]

They could cosplay as something fun. :P

Re: Anyone got any advice?

[(Anonymous)]

beautiful read, anon.

but I have seen photos of people who did propose at DCon and I'm like ehhh if it's that important to you...

Re: Anyone got any advice?

[(Anonymous)]

Personally I think guessing and trying to engineer a proposal is not the greatest idea, but you could ask him if he's got any special romantic plans for the DC trip and see how he responds?