I'm engaged!!!!

[vintagewitch]

 

 

 

I'm engaged! So much happiness! So much squeeing!

Back in August or September, my partner and I talked about getting engaged. It was right after I met hir parents, and things were feeling great. We;d agreed we were "engaged to be engaged." And then we were joking that it was a race to see who would propose first. 

So I started ring shopping and looking for a good ring for hir, and then my jeweler was hit by a car (they're fine, but they couldn't work on the ring.)

Fast forward to yesterday! 

I had an apartment sale, and xe wanted to go on a date after. On Monday xe was like "what are you doing on Sunday?" I started to sense that something was going on, because xe kept saying "I'm so excited for our date on Sunday! It's been a while since we've been on a date!" Xe suggested we go to Fair State - a brewery where we had our first date. 

Then yesterday morning I noticed that xe was dressing up and a little manic in the morning. I had been suspecting something because of how emphatic xe was being about getting there at 5. So I start to get ready, and I notice that xe is dressed to the nines. I say "Woah, should I dress up?" And xe says "Yes, you should look nice." And then I asked if there was a surprise, and xe was like "What?! No!" To be fair, Anais played it off pretty well. Xe said that a friend who had come to the apartment sale knew what xe had bought me for Christmas and was trying to cover. 

So we get to Fair State, and Anais pulls me in the door, and then I notice a table of all our friends. I shout "Why is everyone we know here?!" And then xe starts to pull me over to the table. Our friend Steven, who's a fantastic piano player, started playing the piano. Anais got a microphone, and said xe wanted to sing to me, and that this song represented the time in hir life before xe met me. 

Have a video: 
 

"I Walk a Little Faster" (Watch on YouTube)

And then, after the song, xe got down on one knee and proposed and of COURSE I immediately said yes! And then we partied with all our friends and family!

It was a whirlwind, but it was so lovely. My brother was even there, which was so funny because he lives in LA and had been sent to Minneapolis to do some work for UPS. So he was actually able to make it! The whole night was like it came straight out of a dream. I am so lucky to have love like this in my life.

(I would share pics but I actually don't know how to do that on Dreamwidth so I guess I won't?)

Anyway, today has been really nice too. We got up and had a nice long morning together. Xe made me breakfast, and we picked up all the clothes from the sale. And this afternoon we spent all day cuddling on the couch and reading/chit chatting. 

Comments

[forestofglory]

Congratulations! Sounds like a wonderful party!

[novel_machinist]

YAY CONGRATS!!!

[syntaxofthings]

It was the most romantic thing I have seen in real life, and I was honored to be there :) Thanks for linking the song! I was curious what it was, since it was hard to hear.

[birke]

Congratulations! I hope your wedding planning is equally fun.

Pictures would be nice but DW really isn't the best site for that. One of my friends on here seems to have had success linking to photos stored on Google, though. She posts lots, so it must not be too complicated.

[batrachian]

OMG YAY so exciting!

Relevant FAQs for picture hosting on DW: here and here, if you're interested.

[alee_grrl]

Awww, that is so sweet! Congratulations!!!

[caszabrewin]

Sounds like a mystical epic way to get engaged. Congratulations1