My first marriage, I took her out to dinner at a fancy hotel restaurant, excused my self to go to the bathroom, went to the room I had rented for us the night, changed into a white military outfit that made me look like Prince Eric from the little mermaid, went back to the restaurant, took her hand and led her to a small private dining room I had decorated like an undersea scene, where our real dinner was waiting, and proposed to her.
Unbeknownst to me, she told the local paper about it, and they included it as the centerpiece in an article about Valentine's day romance. I got hate mail over it from other dudes. 🤣