It must have been the hardest secret to keep, knowing that your daughter is about to be proposed to and keeping all of that excitement at bay. I know I’d be rubbish at it – OH but I’d try! I get a silly grin on my face when my favourite cheese is on special, so if she was about to be proposed to, I’m sure my daughters would wonder WHAT on earth I was so happy about. … Stacey and Joe – Engaged!
It must have been the hardest secret to keep, knowing that your daughter is about to be proposed to and keeping all of that excitement at bay. I know I’d be rubbish at it – OH but I’d try! I get a silly grin on my face when my favourite cheese is on special, so if she was about to be proposed to, I’m sure my daughters would wonder WHAT on earth I was so happy about. … 
Mike was planning to propose to Lizzie in Italy. Of course. What better place to pop the question? He had planned a weekend escape – I must add at this point, that Mike and Lizzie were living in England, and that makes a proposal in Italy that much easier than if they lived in New Zealand at the time. … 
Simon spotted Samantha, quite literally, across a crowded room. He liked her immediately and sought her out to chat to. Several days later Simon, after some very clever detective work, called Sam. She was so surprised that she didn’t even pick up the phone, after all, who calls? … 
It was more or less a setup, well that’s how the story sounded to me anyway. Alan and Annie individually invited out to dinner by a mutual friend, on the same night. This was one of those match making stories with a fabulous ending, where two people who previously didn’t know each other become friends, exchange phone numbers and eventually fall in love and get engaged. … 
Chris came in after a morning of milking cows and exclaimed, “We should get married this Autumn!” They had already been engaged for years, but just had to put the plan into motion. So come May we’ll be there with bells on! … 
Jimmy works for the US Military over in Afghanistan, and has a ‘movie star’ accent. Although he assures me that the movie stars have HIS accent. I’m not going to argue with that.
Helen is a Kiwi girl and looks like a movie star, I’m pretty well convinced that movie stars are copying her. … 
When Ray first laid eyes on Jo he liked her immediately, but he thought she was already taken, so he didn’t give it another thought. Fast forward a couple of years and Jo, who was single and quite interested in Ray, mentioned her interest to a mutual friend and before long they were on their first date. … 
Chris would refer to Shana as the ‘hot Maori chick’, simply because he didn’t know her name. It was their sixth form formal, and they were both 16 when they first met. Chris was immediately smitten, and once he got to know her name he began his pursuit. … 
It was a gorgeous day, and the cherry blossoms were just BEGGING us to come and play. So after a little mild begging of our own we were given permission to take Jaime and Paul into the orchard to make the most of this window of gorgeousness.… 
Jeremy had a crush on Janelle at school, although she never knew it. Years later he finds her on Facebook – ahhh what did we do with our time before Facebook? They got to know each other once again, and after spending some time together one evening on her birthday, Janelle realised what Jeremy had already suspected for a while. …