The Proposal

The proposal happened nearly just the way that Amanda had unknowingly described to me just how she thought a great proposal would be. I had casually thrown some questions in from time to time about how she thought a good proposal would be in her eyes. With that in mind, I found a free afternoon/day and went ring shopping.

I had FB messaged her sister a couple of days ahead and we agreed to meet at a pre-shopped place in good ole Chillicothe. We meet and had lunch, and then headed over to the store. Luckily they still had a ring that Amanda liked on a previous visit still in stock. The ring came in under budget for what I thought an engagement ring was going to cost, so I was pretty encouraged about that. Mee's had to clean up the ring some, so I headed over to a store and picked up the new lonely island cd. After some time we went back and picked up the ring. Her sister had recommended that I stop and talk to their parents. We stopped and made some small talk, showed off the ring, asked permissions and then went on my way.

Since this was the middle of May, and I had been requested to wait until after Amandas nephews baptism at the end of the month. I had at first planned on waiting another day or so, but eventually got to excited and did the proposal first thing Monday morning after the baptism. I got out of bed ahead of Amanda, retrieved my ring from its hiding spot, and then set the box down on the table where Amanda would discover it. She at first walked by it, so I had to keep an eye on her and watch if she had ever spied it. She walked by the table another time, and went into the kitchen, so I had to pick up the box and get behind her and get her attention. When she turned around, I presented her the box, she asked what it was, and I responded by asking her what she thought it was. I then let her think about it for a moment, and asked if she will marry me and be my wife. She said, "yes, of course." From there she tried it on, and we had a normal day from there on out.

I tried to call my mom, right soon after the proposal, but she didn't answer. Amanda called her parents, told them the good news, and got in contact with the rest of her family also. She wanted to surprise her co-workers so she didn't say anything on the FB until the holiday weekend was over. I still had to show up for work at the greenhouse, so off I went. I told my grandmother since she was there, she wished me the best of luck. I kept busy making some boxes, and kept up with the latest news sports radio. Eventually I got tired of waiting on my mom to call back so I texted her the news and then she found the time to call me. Eventually she called my other siblings and had them call me and ask me what the news was. I told them the news, and kept with my day at the greenhouse. I eventually had to drive out and pick up dad from the fields, so Amanda and me went and picked him up and gave him the news. Sometime later I told my grandpa and from there on out the word spread that we were an angaged couple and the wedding planning commenced.

Married life is great thus far. Amanda seems more concerned about financial considerations than what I thought she was going to be. This will get worked out eventually, I have faith that it will be.

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