Engaged!

As a true romantic there are three things I was looking for in a proposal... A rock, a moment, and a bride candidate.  The problem with this approach is that the modern woman has something I like to call... opinions.  Turns out that the modern woman's opinions are more... valuable... than a modern man's opinions.  That means that a modern man can no longer buy a rock, hand it over, and expect success.  

No.  The modern woman has modern opinions.

So, how do we deal with that?  Let the modern woman pick the rock.  We had gone to the vendors in town and I told her that we should get her a souvenir from Mexico.  Something tangible, like jewelry, and something meaningful... like a ring.  We found a necklace, and we found a ring.  She tried it...  She picked it... I paid...

Right, well, us modern men can concede on some points but not all.  She got the rock... I got the moment...  We headed down to the shore, took off our shoes, and took a long walk on the beach.  The moon was high, I asked to see the ring to check it out in the moonlight, and when she handed it over I got low... onto one sandy knee...

Rock; check.  Moment; check.  Bride candidate; double check.

So... I asked.  

When you ask a girl to marry you you you expect a response.  Envision this, me down on one knee, my heart open wide pouring out my soul... "Marry me..."
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"Um..." I said... "aren't you supposed to give me an answer?"
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"Oh!" she said... "..."
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"Of course."




And that's how its done...

Mind you, we didn't announce it right away, but we did announce it... eventually...