Hi Imperials!
I have been lurking too for quite sometime and got engaged at the end of August so, I decided to finally start posting! I used to be LIW and this forum REALLY help me to know I wasn''t along.
Like you, I also accidentally found my engagement ring!! Here''s my brief story...FI and I have been together 3 years now. At the 2 year mark, we starting seriously discussing marriage and eventually we went ring shopping together. We both fell in love with a setting we saw at Michael C. Fina (I live in NYC) and decided that would be the one. Our goal was to be engaged by the time my lease was up at the end of Sept. of this year so that we could live together and make our parents happy about doing so.
In May, we had gone back to Michael C. Fina and picked out a stone for the setting. We also decided to have it shipped to my parents house who lived out of state so we could avoid paying taxes. So, I knew between June and September I would be engaged which was exciting!!
During July 4th weekend, we went to my parent''s house for the long weekend. When we returned, my FI had gone to park our car and as I was unpacking our stuff, I found a plastic bag in the suitcase which had the ring box right inside! I couldn''t believe it!! Of course, I had to open in and look at it (I know, awful right?), but I already knew what it was going to look like so, it wasn''t that much of a surprise.
So, my parents must have given him the ring when we were home and now I was sitting there WAITING for it happen. I was sure it was going to happen that week, but when it didn''t I was thinking the following week. Then that week came and went, so I was really getting nervous and anxious! I couldn''t understand what he was waiting for, espeically since one of my friends had also found her ring - she even was trying it on every night
(she helped to design her ring with her FI and even knew when he was picking it up) and she only had to wait 5 days until she got it! My FI knew this story, so I assumed he would do the same thing, but he didnt''!
Before long it was already August and one of my good friends had just gotten engaged and I felt like everyone was feeling sorry for me because it hadn''t happen to me yet (everyone knew how close we were to getting engaged). It was awful...not to mention the clock was ticking and my lease would soon be up! My parents were even starting to ask a little because the the ring had arrived at their house and they gave it to my FI, so they knew he had it. They were getting worried about my lease being up soon too and I had to reassure them that my FI wasn''t going to leave me out on the street!
We had also planned a Bermuda in mid September so, I was thinking he might be waiting to do it there, but that wouldn''t leave me with a lot of time to move and everything taken care of by the end of the month. Plus, I couldn''t have imagined going there and anticipating him proposing - I would''ve been on edge the whole time and wouldn''t have been able to enjoy myself.
FINALLY, he ended up proposing on August 29!!! His birthday is Oct. 29 so, he said the 29th is significant to him (a lucky number). Also, since my friend got engaged before me, he had to push things back a bit since he wanted me to have my own special moment and not have to share her spotlight! SOOOO, after hearing all of this I realized that he had plan the entire time and I was just acting like a crazy person !!
Belive me, it will happen - he probably just has something in mind that he''s planning special for you!! Hope my story helps a little!
