Fairy Tale Proposals: A Guest Post by Ginger Solomon
If you’re
married, how did your husband propose? Mine did it in his parents’ den before
we left for a wedding. Not my definition of a fairy tale proposal, by any
means. Of course, a marriage is not defined by the question or by the wedding. That’s
a different post for a different day. Wonderful proposals are fun to read about
or watch. I’ve seen a number of them on Facebook, but when I looked online as I
prepared for this post, I found a website with a post called “25 Creative
Marriage Proposals.”
Number one
on the list was a sidewalk chalk proposal. The man had saved all the text
messages from their three-year relationship and made a path of those messages,
leading to him sitting on a bench. When she arrived, he proposed. She said,
“Yes” in sidewalk chalk.
Some
others included a scavenger hunt, a puzzle, a fake movie scene, and there’s
even one where the woman proposes (followed by his proposal—he already had the
ring).
One of the
videos I saw a while back is of this guy making a movie trailer, which he
manages to get the theater to show before a movie his girlfriend attends. It
shows him asking her father for his blessing, and then his trip into the movie
theater. He times his entrance to coincide with the trailer, at which time he
proposes.
These are
all wonderful examples of creativity, but what if you’re expecting a proposal,
and it doesn’t come? Heart-break, disappointment, and a fair amount of
humiliation—maybe.
In my
story, Broken Valentine, prior to the
beginning of the novella, Sarah, my heroine, is asked to a “special” dinner by
her boyfriend of eighteen months. She thinks… well, we know what she thinks,
right?
In comes
me, the writer, barging into her story. She’s waiting in the restaurant where
they’d planned to meet. It’s also where he took her on their first date. A
special place.
Except
dear boyfriend doesn’t show. At all. When she logs into her Facebook page, she
sees a post from him on her newsfeed, announcing his engagement. To someone
else. Imagine her feelings.
In comes
her very attractive waiter, ready with a cloth napkin to wipe her tears… And
the rest is written in the book.
Ginger
Solomon is a Christian, a wife, a mother to seven, and a writer — in that order
(mostly). When not homeschooling her youngest four, doing laundry or fixing
dinner, she writes or reads romance of any genre, some sci-fi/fantasy, and some
suspense. She’s a member of American Christian Fiction Writers, president of
her local writing group, and writes regularly for two blogs. In addition to all
that, she loves animals, likes to do needlework (knitting, crocheting, and
sometimes cross-stitch), and is a fan of Once Upon a Time and Dr. Who.
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Thanks for having me, Linda.
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