Always more apt to follow her heart than society's rules, Regina Engleka proposed to her boyfriend, Matt Hayman, last September with a ring she designed herself -- a diamond set in a band of yellow and white gold studded with smaller diamonds.
Things were going so well for Laura Tisdel and her boyfriend, Matt. After just a few dates, filled with penetrating conversations and intense chemistry, the couple had decided to become exclusive. Tisdel, who is now 26 and an assistant editor for Viking Press, had never been happier.
The American family is aging -- and the institution of marriage is all shook up. Today, most families do not have young children at home, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. In the early 1960s, almost 60 percent of families had children younger than 18 living at home; that percentage has now dropped to 46 percent.
Dating website connects cheaters. South Florida is one of its biggest markets.
Last summer, in the weeks leading up to their wedding, Nathan McMichael, 25, and his fiancée, Kellyn, 24, sat down for separate -- and private -- premarriage interviews with the man who would document their love story. The final product -- an interactive DVD with clickable special sections and an 18-minute trailer -- intermittently shows the couple talking about how they met and their love for each other, along with video and snapshots of their wedding day.
Spring has sprung over much of the nation, and with it the time honored tradition of spring cleaning. Try not to spend too much of your Saturday on this fun task.
As a churchgoing woman, I'm getting a little tired of hearing about all these preachers who are instructing their congregations to, well, do it. And do it a lot.
OK, so: kissing. Here's what we know. It has major evolutionary advantage. Only the hottest and highest species do it. Yet among current humans, the future of kissing seems an open question.
A dear friend ran into big trouble at her 20-year high school reunion. She ran into an old flame, and the chance encounter reignited old sparks.
What ever happened to that romantic man who indulged your every whim? Oh yeah, that's him, the one you married, eyes locked on the tube, remote in hand. You haven't held that hand in a long time, much less felt a real connection.
Rhonda Barnett remembers her husband Marc's proposal ''as if it were yesterday,'' she says. Actually, it was 1994 when her then-beau enlisted the help of her co-workers -- and one large ladder truck -- at Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, where she worked as public information manager, to ask for her hand.
I proposed to my wife 36,000 feet in the air. It was onboard an American Airlines flight from Miami to New York. The crew of the flight was aware it was going to happen and even assisted, as I asked my fiancé at the time via the onboard P.A. system.
``When you wish upon a star...'' These were the words playing in the background when I dropped to a knee and asked my wife to marry me in front of Cinderella's Castle during the fireworks display. I had two rings: one for my wife and one for my now-adopted daughter.
How about a proposal that's incredibly romantic -- AND embarrassing? My husband and I are Disney World fanatics. He thought the park at Christmas with millions of lights and decorations was the magical place to pop the question. But not just anywhere in the park ... back in the '80s the skyway ride was still operating: you sat in this intimate space for two and crossed high above Tomorrowland and FantasyLand so very slowly. It was so peaceful and quiet, as you looked down on the park below -- just...
As my Valentine to him reads, ``I don't know how I put up with you for all these years! I guess it's because you put up with me!''
We'd been together for nearly four years. My fiance Tiffany decided to take me out of town on my birthday but wouldn't tell me where we were going. My brother, parents and friends knew I was going to propose, so obviously they were calling to check, see if she said yes, etc.
When my husband and I started planning our wedding we were not yet ''officially'' engaged. He even went out of his way to inform me that I could not tell any of our friends and family that I was engaged, as he had not yet proposed and I did not yet have a ring. Soon after though, he used his signing bonus from his new job to buy me a heart-shaped diamond. We then went together to pick a setting. He told me that it would be ready the following week.
In this crazy Miami single scene I was finally set up on a blind date with Chris, who completely stole my heart. During our two years of dating, one of the things we shared was the love of travel, so one day we decided to go on a cruise for vacation. We liked cruises that went to unique places and decided on the destinations of St. Maarten, Barbados and Martinique.
I met Lt. Susan Lofte, RN, at the Army Medical Field Service School in San Antonio, Texas when I joined the Army Nurse Corps in 1966.
My birthday was quickly approaching and my family began making excuses on why we could not celebrate my birthday together as we usually do. Little did I know my boyfriend was planning a surprise.
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