Engagement Ring Thoughts

We recently discussed the various places that one can propose and present an engagement ring to a prospective spouse-to-be, and it is indeed interesting to consider the most romantic way to propose. A recent episode of the reality show “Hell’s Kitchen” depicted an interesting real life engagement ring scenario that might give some people some ideas.

The show is about a group of aspiring chefs competing to get the opportunity to be the executive chef at a brand new, five star restaurant. They compete in a manner that is kind of like the “Survivor” concept. One chef is eliminated each week and the last one standing grabs the brass ring and lives the dream of being the lead chef in a gourmet restaurant.

In this episode a patron of the restaurant called the front-of-the-house manager aside and asked to speak with him for a moment. He was a well dressed young man, and he was sitting at a table with a very attractive date. He explained to the manager that he was going to propose to his girlfriend, and he showed him the beautiful diamond engagement ring that he was going to give her. He asked if the chefs could possibly take the ring and place it creatively on a lidded serving platter with her dessert.

When she was served the platter, the lid was removed with great aplomb to reveal the dessert, and the words “Will you marry me?” were written in chocolate, and the diamond engagement ring was sitting on the plate. Her eyes welled up with tears, and her suitor got up out of his chair and knelt down next to her in the crowded dining room, and all eyes were fixed upon him. He said that they had been together quite a while and he had reached the point where he was certain that he wanted to marry her, and he proposed. She hesitated just a moment before acquiescing, and the diners in the room let out a collective sigh of relief before giving them a warm round of applause. It was a very moving moment to be able to see as a viewer, and it was indeed a great way to present the love of your life with a diamond engagement ring.

My first thought when I consider the best way to present an engagement ring is that if you do it in a setting that is not completely private, you are somehow detracting from the intimacy and personal quality of such a significant moment in your lives. But after seeing the way that this man proposed, down on one knee in front of a large group of people, I can see a different perspective on the subject. Giving his girlfriend the diamond engagement ring in a public place demonstrated a certain type of unbridled courage that comes with being totally in love. He was not afraid. He wanted the whole world to know that he had found the woman the he wanted to share the rest of his life with, and he had the honor of slipping that diamond engagement ring onto her finger in front of a roomful of hushed onlookers and millions of television viewers.

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