CountryBoy
Rough_Rock
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- Jun 1, 2005
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Just wanted to take a few moments and thank all you folks who helped me plan my Kauai proposal. For those that asked me to post the final outcome ....
I took my girlfriend to Kauai, Hawaii for what I disguised as a vacation to celebrate the anniversary of our first date. She told me that several of her friends had suggested I may be giving her a ring there, so I went out of my way to assure her that would NOT be happening and that I didn't want her to set herself up for disappointment by thinking such. By putting on my best acting job, I think I fooled her into thinking a ring was not a possibility.
Little did she know that I had spent six months on Pricescope finding the perfect diamond - an ACA 1.73 in a custom platinum setting that included two side diamonds of .25 each (the side diamonds represented her two young children and that I was asking for the whole package). I purchased a ringbox that contained a small light inside and then began leaving notes for her at various times teasing her about a surprise that would evolve around a "light that would take her out of the darkness."
I arranged for the anniversary date (Nov. 6) to be the third day of our trip and told her I had a surprise dinner planned for her on that day. I had already arranged a "dinner on the beach" which was basically a table setting directly on a secluded beach with a custom chosen meal prepared by a professional chef and served by our own personal server. I arranged for our favorite foods and wine to be served and also burned a cd of our favorite songs that are special to our relationship. The server for our dinner brought a CD player and we listened to the music as we enjoyed our dinner. The dinner started about 1/2 hour before sunset and by time we were done it was completely dark but for our tiki torches. During dinner I gave my girlfriend and I matching watches as a supposed anniversary present, but they were really decoys to take her mind off of any possibility that I was soon to be giving her a ring.
I had arranged for our server to build us a beach fire in the sand upon completion of dinner. After building our fire the server departed and we were completly alone in Hawaii on a secluded beach with nothing but the stars, the fire, and the sound of the waves coming into the shore. While we sat by the fire I told her that it was a good time for reflection and then reminded her of the many fond times we've had.
After discussing our relationship in detail, I stood and asked her to stand along beside me. I began telling her that I couldn't imagine a future without her and then dropped to one knee and began the proposal. She seemed to be caught by complete surprise. She got very emotional and began crying (the good kind) and her knees literally gave out and buckled. I had to catch her and put her back on her feet before finishing my proposal. She answered my proposal with an enthusiastic "yes" and I presented her with the closed ring box. The light from the fire made it clear it was a ring box, but it was still dark in an overall sense. As soon as she opened it the light inside the ringbox shined down upon the ring and let me tell you that ACA really sparkled.
I explained that this was the light that I had been teasing her about and that it was taking her out of the darkness literally and figuratively (single mom making it alone). I then took the ring out of the box for her and put it on her finger. Luckily, I had gotten her size right and it was a perfect fit. After drying her tears we sat back down by the fire and enjoyed the stars and the moment until the fire completely burned out. We then departed with fond memories of Anini Beach and a special night in Kauai, Hawaii.
Looking back I would not change a thing. It went better than I ever hoped it would. I hope you folks don't mind me sharing my story.
I took my girlfriend to Kauai, Hawaii for what I disguised as a vacation to celebrate the anniversary of our first date. She told me that several of her friends had suggested I may be giving her a ring there, so I went out of my way to assure her that would NOT be happening and that I didn't want her to set herself up for disappointment by thinking such. By putting on my best acting job, I think I fooled her into thinking a ring was not a possibility.
Little did she know that I had spent six months on Pricescope finding the perfect diamond - an ACA 1.73 in a custom platinum setting that included two side diamonds of .25 each (the side diamonds represented her two young children and that I was asking for the whole package). I purchased a ringbox that contained a small light inside and then began leaving notes for her at various times teasing her about a surprise that would evolve around a "light that would take her out of the darkness."
I arranged for the anniversary date (Nov. 6) to be the third day of our trip and told her I had a surprise dinner planned for her on that day. I had already arranged a "dinner on the beach" which was basically a table setting directly on a secluded beach with a custom chosen meal prepared by a professional chef and served by our own personal server. I arranged for our favorite foods and wine to be served and also burned a cd of our favorite songs that are special to our relationship. The server for our dinner brought a CD player and we listened to the music as we enjoyed our dinner. The dinner started about 1/2 hour before sunset and by time we were done it was completely dark but for our tiki torches. During dinner I gave my girlfriend and I matching watches as a supposed anniversary present, but they were really decoys to take her mind off of any possibility that I was soon to be giving her a ring.
I had arranged for our server to build us a beach fire in the sand upon completion of dinner. After building our fire the server departed and we were completly alone in Hawaii on a secluded beach with nothing but the stars, the fire, and the sound of the waves coming into the shore. While we sat by the fire I told her that it was a good time for reflection and then reminded her of the many fond times we've had.
After discussing our relationship in detail, I stood and asked her to stand along beside me. I began telling her that I couldn't imagine a future without her and then dropped to one knee and began the proposal. She seemed to be caught by complete surprise. She got very emotional and began crying (the good kind) and her knees literally gave out and buckled. I had to catch her and put her back on her feet before finishing my proposal. She answered my proposal with an enthusiastic "yes" and I presented her with the closed ring box. The light from the fire made it clear it was a ring box, but it was still dark in an overall sense. As soon as she opened it the light inside the ringbox shined down upon the ring and let me tell you that ACA really sparkled.
Looking back I would not change a thing. It went better than I ever hoped it would. I hope you folks don't mind me sharing my story.
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