The Engagement

Oh how far a man can go in such a short time. It's been a very long time since I have updated my blog and a lot of stuff has happened. I went from being depressed about a girl, a revelation found in book, studying the art of attraction, living a social outgoing life, having a girlfriend, and then taking that girlfriend and asking her to be my wife.

That is right I am officially engaged. I knew very early on that I would be marrying this girl. We were both very easy going and got along pretty well. We both loved spending time with each other and grew very close. I told my family that I had loved her and took a trip into the city with my mother to go buy her a beautiful engagement ring. I didn't think that I would find exactly what I wanted at a descent price but I was surprised that the store I went to had exactly what I wanted. The price was also very reasonable. Once I had the ring the next thing I had to do was create a story that she could tell the world. I remember sitting on my sister's bed one day when she was talking to her friends about the idea of getting married. This was many years ago well before she had met her husband. They were all talking about how important the rock was and how the proposal actually happens.

So here is the grand story I had created to for her to tell all of her friends. I pushed really hard for us to take a vacation together. We had decided that mid July we would take a cruise to the Bahamas. We spent a few months planning it and we picked Norwegian cruise lines and set off for 7 days of fun. The weather couldn't be better. Every day was sunny and absolutely gorgeous. I had my ring with me but I knew I didn't want to do it until we had gotten somewhere tropical. Once we got on that boat we were together 24/7. We shared great food, went to great shows, spent time in the pool/hot tub together. It was a great vacation and we were in love and loving the time together.

I still didn't know what I had wanted to do yet though. How was I going to give her the ring. The best time to do it would be when we were in the Bahamas. I had been there once before and it was beautiful. Probably the best place would be the beach. 4 days into our cruise we had arrived at the shore in the Bahamas. I grabbed my ring, threw it in my pocket and we headed off. I didn't want it to be the first thing that we did so we decided to hit up the pool, go down the lazy river, go on one of the rides, hit up the beach, and visit the aquarium. All the while I was trying to find the perfect spot. There was a major junction that led from the hotel to the water park and at that junction was a beautiful walkway with a fountain. That was going to be my spot. It was a long day and Shincy was tired. She wanted to stop walking but I couldn't give up. We got to the area and I wanted to take a picture. I found a guy walking by and told him to take a picture and switch it to video mode and keep it trained on us.

At this point my heart was racing. I was finally going to do it. Earlier that day we were at the beach and I like to go further in the water then Shincy does. She was hanging out closer to the shore and had met a little boy. They started talking and the little boy gave Shincy a rock. She told Shincy that the rock would protect her from the water. Shincy gave me the rock to put in my pocket since she couldn't hold it herself. This was my perfect segway. At the fountain I told Shincy that the little boy made me jealous. I was her boyfriend and I should be the one giving her a fancy rock. At the moment I got down on one knee and pulled out the box from my pocket. "Shincy these last few months have been so amazing with you, and I want the rest of my life to be just as amazing. Will you marry me?" She was a little shocked but she said of coarse. I yelled at the top of my lung "she said yes". There was clapping from all around us as we had gathered a crowd around us.

She was so surprised at the ring. I had found the perfect one that she wanted. Throughout that day she couldn't stop staring at it. The sun was shining and we still had 3 days left of vacation. After that we had a lifetime of love together.