Given up

I had given up.

Lost all hope of ever getting married.

We had been together almost 4 years and everytime the topic was brought up he acted as if it would never happen.

We went to Arkansas for a week.  It was our vacation for the year and who better to spend it with than his mom Ginny and her boyfriend Shawn. (That was not a sarcastic question either.)

During our vacation Shawn and Ginny rented a house boat for three days!  It was the best thing I had experienced so far.

One evening it was getting close to sunset and Dj asked me to take a ride with him in a boat (that belonged to Shawn's parents) but I really didn't want to go.  I kept saying why can't we go tomorrow during the day? Why does it have to be now?  I was seriously being a baby.

Ginny approached me with a camera "please go and take pictures on the lake of the sunset, it'll be fun, just go."

So I went but I wasn't going to enjoy it in fact I took a magazine with me just so I could read it instead of paying attention to my surroundings.  When Dj stopped the boat I got up took some pictures, I went back to my seat and promptly started reading the magazine again. 

Dj said "Babe"

Without looking up from the article I was reading I said "What?"

He again said "Babe"

I dropped my hands down into my lap and said "what?!" When I looked at his face I immediately wanted to take that what?! Away and listen to him without attitude.  He was looking at me with a look of love a look that I know many women see when their husbands propose the one that is scared but amazingly steady. He even had a tear in his eye. 

He said "Babe will you marry me?" As he pulls a box out from his pocket and opens it up.

The ring that I had dreamed of was sparkling so bright!!

All I could say was "Shut up!"

"Was that a yes?" Dj asked

"Yes!!!" I said then I smacked him.

I didn't smack him out of anger I smacked him because of how well he surprised me.

I don't think I could have asked for a more romantic proposal!

We spent the rest of the evening celebrating with Shawn and Ginny (I was not so secretly staring at my ring all night in disbelief.)

I was hoping to post some pictures from that day but unfortunately do not have them anymore.