Soulmate found, looking for an engagement ring?

Anna: I was excited and sensed that something was out of the ordinary. But proposing... we never talked about marriage before.

Antonio: (grinning) If I had already had a sense of your attitude towards marriage, I would have already known your answer.

Anna: In any case, Toni had prepared a picnic: antipasti, Parma ham, ciabatta bread and his sensational tiramisu.

Antonio: It's an old family recipe. I knew you couldn't say no after that (laugs).

Anna: Then, out of the blue, you put your hands behind your back and asked: "Left of right?" I picked the right one: a ring was gleaming back at me. No other explanations were needed. I just said yes!

Katja: (laugs) But you underestimated the water temperature. Even though it was a nice day, a mountain lake is still a mountain lake. It's not for the faint of heart.

Jan: And you were tough as nails. While I was only in the water up to my waist, you had already swum out. I couldn't go any further because it was just so cold. I had to lure her over to me somehow. So I just started shouting.

Katja: I swam over straight away fearing that he had injured himself. When I got there he said: "I think I stepped on something."

Jan: That's when I handed Katja the ring. And I had a small speech prepared. Then I asked her to be my wife.

Katja: And I said yes – three times!

Sven: I'm not a man of many words. I've been wanting to ask you to marry me, but I just didn't know how. So I came up with an idea.

Natascha: You could say that... We were checking out all the artists' paintings, that's when Sven slipped out of sight. Suddenly he reappeared and said: let's get a portrait together. I thought that would actually be a fun thing to do.

Sven: What you didn't know: I had made prior arrangements.

Natascha: No kidding. So we were just sitting there for a few minutes. I was looking forward to seeing the result. It exceeded all of my expectations, because in the drawing Sven was smiling and holding an open box with a ring inside. And when I looked up he was actually standing there with an opened ring box.

In Turkey, an engagement is a fun party during which the guests put money and gold coins in the pockets of the bride and groom to be. It's supposed to bring fortune and wealth.

In the Netherlands, the man offers his chosen one a filled basket. If she accepts the gift basket, the two are considered engaged. If she turns him down, she literally hands the man a basket, which is a German saying for rebuking someone ("einen Korb geben").

A special kind of bachelorette party is celebrated in Brazil: The girlfriends bring wrapped gifts and the bride to be must guess what's inside. She has three attempts for each gift. If she guesses right, the gift is hers. Guessing wrong means she has to remove a piece of clothing and drink a shot of liquor.