Long Island Engagement Announcements

We said YES!!!* ***It was about 10:15pm on Thursday, June 2, 2011. Paul and I had been home for two hours and throughout those 120 minutes he wasn’t acting like himself…*** At 8:15 we both arrived home (Paul worked late and I had come home from a Dentist appointment), I started to get dinner ready while Paul went out to his car to grab some papers. He came through the door and ran straight to the bedroom. I figured he was just “being strange” and didn’t really give it much thought… he can of course be strange at times LOL. While I was making dinner he was talking on the phone and texting… more then he normal does. He kept asking me to come into the bedroom and mentioning that there was something in the top drawer of his nightstand for me. We had been ring shopping and I knew it was coming, but I honestly didn’t think it was at the moment so I told him to stop messing around with me. I went back to preparing dinner and that is when he came into the kitchen, got down on one knee holding his hands cupped together and out towards me and then... nothing! I told him he wasn’t funny and next time he did that he better be serious. We relaxed, ate dinner and after cleaning up he called me into the bedroom again. And again… he got down on one knee holding his hands cupped together and out towards me and then... nothing! I told him again that he wasn’t funny and it was honestly a little irritating. I really thought he was just being silly and trying to throw me off. So I went about doing my thing, I folded some laundry all while he kept talking about what was in the top drawer of his night stand. I told him he could have what was in mine (junk) if I could have what was in his (thinking of course he was joking around with me). He said he really had something for me and explained that he isn’t a romantic guy but that he does love me and as long as I am sure I want to be with him forever he wanted to give me something. I told him how much I love him and that if he had what I thought he had I would love to have it, but only if he was ready to give it to me. I guess he was because he went into “the top drawer” and took out a little box. He opened the box and from it took out a jewelry box. Then struggling to open that box I kept saying, “you’re not funny, there’s nothing inside”. When Paul finally opened the box he just kept looking at the ring. After I reminded him why he was holding it (LOL), he showed it to me and asked if I wanted the ring, I told him “No, I want you”. He gave me the ring and asked if I would marry him and as you know I said “YES”. I was totally shocked and then even more shocked when he told me that I couldn’t have it yet because it wasn’t insured. I told him that wasn’t fair and he gave it to me anyway (and soon after called the Insurance lady to make sure it could be insured in the morning without being present LOL) . I looked at him and asked if I was really engaged and was going to marry him… he said 'YES'!