[BraveMaroon]

My then boyfriend was living in Nashville and I lived in Atlanta. He came down for the weekend, and we had planned to go look at rings because he wanted to make sure he knew what I wanted.

So we were at the jeweler, they made him an offer and he whipped out a credit card and bought it. They sized it while we waited, and he took the box with the ring in it, and we walked out of the store. I couldn't believe he had done it, but I was thrilled.

I told him he needed to talk to Dad, which he knew, so we drove over to see them.

And yeah, I know - I'm not property, but my Dad is old school and it meant a lot to him.


They had just sat down to lunch and so we sat with them and my boyfriend asked my parents if they'd be ok with us getting married.


My parents of course said yes, and I suggested he show them the ring. He did and my mother said, "Put it on her, put it on her!"

Well, he's wrapped around her finger, so of course, he took it out of the box and put it on me.

And that's how I got engaged. It's actually perfectly us - and I don't feel like I missed out on any surprise.

We did drive up to see his Aunt and Uncle that night, and we surprised them! They knew we were in the talking stages, but they hadn't known we were going ring shopping.

Happy times.