Well this was unexpected. My GF broke her left ulna (one of the forearm bones) last night. I had planned to make a casual yet memorable proposal within the next couple days, worst case week(s). Now Im a little confused about what to do.
Heres my concern. She'll be in a cast for probably 8-12 weeks and the surgery that she needs to set the bone hasnt even been scheduled yet. Im not thinking she'd like to have a billion pictures of her arm in a full cast as she get to share the proposal with everyone; its just not very glamorous, you know? Is it weird of me to think like that? Will she care? Shes not a vain person. She hasn't ever talked about what ring she wants, finger size, nothing. I was completely in the dark through the whole process. I think she did that on purpose because wants the process to be 'magical' and a surprise and genuine. Would I be stealing some of that magic with a proposal right now? It feels silly and I dont THINK she'll mind, but I want to be considerate of the possibility.
Of course the other part of this whole thing is that 8-12 weeks is a LOOONG time. Its taken me forever to get the right diamond, right ring, get it made ... etc. We're both excited to start our lives together and I want to spend the next 8-12 weeks talking about our wedding and future, not just waiting for it to be over. Life happens, you know? We cant just hit the pause button every time something unexpected happens. So thats my dilemma.
I thought about cute ways to propose if I did decide to do it with the whole cast thing. Shes very fun loving and care free so I expect she'll have people sign her cast like we're in 3rd grade. I could propose right on the cast! That would be memorable and fun. I could also pretend to buy her something to 'bling-up' the cast and present her with the ring. I dunno, those are some of my thoughts.
Please weigh in! All thoughts are welcome!! Thanks in advance!
Heres my concern. She'll be in a cast for probably 8-12 weeks and the surgery that she needs to set the bone hasnt even been scheduled yet. Im not thinking she'd like to have a billion pictures of her arm in a full cast as she get to share the proposal with everyone; its just not very glamorous, you know? Is it weird of me to think like that? Will she care? Shes not a vain person. She hasn't ever talked about what ring she wants, finger size, nothing. I was completely in the dark through the whole process. I think she did that on purpose because wants the process to be 'magical' and a surprise and genuine. Would I be stealing some of that magic with a proposal right now? It feels silly and I dont THINK she'll mind, but I want to be considerate of the possibility.
Of course the other part of this whole thing is that 8-12 weeks is a LOOONG time. Its taken me forever to get the right diamond, right ring, get it made ... etc. We're both excited to start our lives together and I want to spend the next 8-12 weeks talking about our wedding and future, not just waiting for it to be over. Life happens, you know? We cant just hit the pause button every time something unexpected happens. So thats my dilemma.
I thought about cute ways to propose if I did decide to do it with the whole cast thing. Shes very fun loving and care free so I expect she'll have people sign her cast like we're in 3rd grade. I could propose right on the cast! That would be memorable and fun. I could also pretend to buy her something to 'bling-up' the cast and present her with the ring. I dunno, those are some of my thoughts.
Please weigh in! All thoughts are welcome!! Thanks in advance!
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