3) We were supposed to take a holiday to Istanbul and the plan was to propose whilst there, when we booked the flights I told her to check if she needed a visa or anything as I'm dual national Turkish & UK passport holder. She never did, and didn't realise her ID card wasnt sufficient and would've needed a passport, the realisation was whilst trying to check in -
the night before the 7am flight , lot of tears, lot of disappointment as it was a major holiday we'd been planning for months, we cancelled her ticket and got her a ticket to go see her parents and to apply for her passport and I carried on to Istanbul the following morning but not before us finding ourselves laughing about the situation at 2am in bed, I realised then that if we could laugh together at a time like that, we'd be fine no matter what so then and there I proposed.
As it happens I reproposed later on with the new ring at the butterfly farm in stratford upon avon after a boat ride up the river and before a wonderful meal at lamb on sheep street. She was happy - or so she said
TLDR: Even if everything goes pete tong, don't panic!