Re: I think we've done this before...
Posted by miamimerger
FH was very smooth. I have a bad rep from my family and friends of ruining my own surprises; I like to investigate. Therefore, FH really had to cover all of his tracks. He started planning in JUNE (we were engaged in December) when he made up a fake professor from a university in Iowa (he even called the school and had them make up a fake account!!), and he sent e-mails to himself from this fake account. He said this guy was doing research with him, and they were planning to meet up at a conference in Chicago at some point.
Around November, FH forwarded me an e-mail 'exchange' between himself and the fake professor making plans to meet up in December; he asked me if I wanted to go, and that it would be a free trip since his department would pay for it. I said OK, and planned to bring my final grad school paper with me since he would be away during a morning meeting (or so I thought).
We got to the hotel on a Friday night, I walked in, and it was a HUGE suite...beautiful, really. I didn't think anything of it--I thought he was going to get fired for charging this to his dept's account. I sat on the bed for a second, and noticed a photo album next to me. I asked out loud what it was and FH said 'probably hotel accomodations. take a look.' I opened it up, and it had my favorite poem right in the front. I felt stupid because then I knew what was up. I flipped to the next page, and there was a rose attached to the page with my ring! It was a great weekend, and I got a D+ on my paper (I had an A in the class and wound up with a B...the professor totally understood).
That's a GREAT story to tell the grandkids one day!!!!!!!!!!!!!
