Peter Andre popped the question to Emily Macdonagh, who was pregnant at the time, to make sure that her parents knew he was committed.
The Mysterious Girl singer explained how everything became very real after he proposed and he realised that the pair would have to get to work on planning the wedding.
Writing in his OK! column, he said how he sympathised with Robbie Williams and Ayda Field, who had slightly different ideas on how to approach engaged life.