The time is right, you have the perfect ring, you get to the restaurant and it begins to rain. They dont have valet parking and you dont have an umbrella. You park the car and both of you make a mad dash to get into the front door just as it starts to downpour. Not a great start to what should be the most perfect night of HER life.

The moral of this story is that you should leave NO detail left to chance when you are planning to propose. How well you plan your proposal and your attention to detail may make the difference between Ill think about it and a resounding YES!

Im not going to go into a bunch of marriage proposal ideas, there are many sites on the internet full of ideas for you. What I will focus on are some key points to consider when planning how youre going to propose.

The first thing you should consider when planning your proposal is how are you going to control the environment? When the time is right you want to be in full control of whats happening to insure the perfect moment. The last thing you want is to be half way through your proposal and the band starts playing and drowns you out, or to find out on a rainy night that the restaurant doesnt have valet parking.

So once you decide how youre going to propose take the time to scope out the location and think about how youre going to control your environment.

Secondly when planning your big moment you need to think about the ring logistics. The last thing you want is to be worried about were the ring is every moment but at the same time you want it to be safe. What ever you do, do not let that ring out of your sight. If you want to put it in a glass of champagne or something like that go to the bar with your waiter and bring the drinks back yourself. How bad would you feel if you gave up control of the ring and it didnt come back or worst yet something of inferior quality came back?

Take the time to run through the sequence of events and how you will handle the ring during the whole event. That way you will not worry about the rings safety and your wont tip off your soon to be bride to whats about to happen.

Lastly think about is space. Yep space. If youre somewhere that is tight on space you may have a problem. I can see it now, youre in a small romantic restaurant but the tables are a little close together. You decide the time is right and you squeeze between tables to get down on one knee, she gets excited and jumps up and her chair hits the table behind her spilling wine all over the people sitting there. I think that would put a bit of a downer on the whole moment.

So take the extra time to make sure you have enough space not only for YOU to propose but for HER to react and you will have a great moment you both will remember forever