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The Proposal

WARNING: CHEESY BLOG
 
It was exactly 5 weeks ago when my boyfriend for three years asked my hand to get married. It was a surprise proposal that he had to do it on our 3rd anniversary so I won’t ask and ask why we are having dinner in a nice hotel which we never have done before. It was a proposal I dreamed but I never thought it will happen on that day. Whenever I read stuff online on proposals, I asked myself how will he do it? How will we have documented proposals? Where will he buy my ring? How will he know my ring size? Who will be his apprentices? Where will the proposal be?
 
Well, everything was perfectly planned. He asked a couple of friends to help him with the preparations. They were at the corner taking pictures and while putting on the ring, they came nearer to our table to take videos and all. The day before the proposal, he kept on measuring my ring in his finger. It was sometimes normal- I would always put on my ring to his finger so I did not mind. As I said, he asked me to a date because it was our anniversary. It was unlikely of him to pick me up at my house. He asked me to wear a dress to be safe. I have no idea where we were going.
 
We ate in this new hotel in Manila. We were seated in the corner, overlooking the golf course and Manila City Hall. Our table and chairs were unusual to others who were dining in. We were kind of elevated from others – sort of a stage where the restaurant’s musician would play the organ. I’m still thinking it was an ordinary date- just like how we celebrate our past anniversaries. It was very unusual but he asked me to order from appetizer to dessert – which we would normally go for a main course and transfer to another place for coffee or so. Well, we still order appetizers, even then. After dessert, there came a gift- a scrap book. Two anniversaries have past (aside from this), he just treat me out for a date but no gifts. So, it was a surprise. Flipping the pages made me teary-eyed- it was full of pictures and words that describe the journey of our relationship. And then there came a page of 4 Pics, 1 Word- and the word was KNOT. I flipped on to the next page and then I saw this picture of a ring with the magic words.
 
After that moment, I came to realize that proposal needs to be that very well planned. You just savor the feeling and say the big YES. You will never think those bigger responsibilities ahead the two of you as a couple. You will never feel any fears or so that you will finally get married and have a family or your own. Even though at some point you feel the fear after the proposal, happiness and excitement take over that feeling.
 
Whenever I look at this diamond ring on my left ring finger, I cannot help but reminisce how this was given to me - the whole tactics and all. And how he knelt down, looked at me with his teary eyes and finally asked, “Will you marry me?”
 
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