And other times they go right, but are just plain hilarious.
Maybe your partner did something funny like prank you with a spider in the ring box.
Or maybe your S.O. wore the ring they were going to propose to you with until you noticed!
So, do you have a funny proposal story? Share it with us and tell us if you said yes or no! Put your response in the Dropbox below and you could be featured in an upcoming BuzzFeed Community post!