My proposal: He asked (out of the blue) "Would you like me to propose before or after grad school?" We had been together almost three years, so I said before. That was the end of the discussion for a while. Then months later, around Christmas, I informed him that this year he had to give me something, anything (he doesn't understand the idea of gift giving... birthdays, anniversaries, nothing) and he hinted that he was going to propose for my present. Christmas day comes and goes. Nothing. The next morning I asked him about it, and he says "Oh, will you marry me?" Not very romantic I'm afraid.