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I more than love you
by editor
Our engagement story...
Paul and I have been together since 2003. Somewhere between our first and second anniversary, I realized that he was THE ONE, and in 2005 we moved in together. For the next couple of years we talked here and there about getting married, always in a roundabout way. But then in 2006 he asked me to go ring shopping. Needless to say, by the end of 2007 (yes, 2007!) and no ring, I was getting antsy!
On Christmas Eve last year I had to work. The plan was for me to go right from work to his parents house at 5:00 for his annual family Christmas party. I was alarmed when I pulled in the driveway and Paul immediately ran out the front door and to my car. I rolled down my window with a puzzled look on my face, and before I could say anything he said "Yea, that's where I wanted you to park. Just making sure." So I got out of the car and we walked up the driveway. He ran ahead of me quite quickly and reached behind a not-so-conspicuous rather LARGE piece of plywood (he hates it when I tell that part) that was leaning against the garage. All of a sudden the board lit up - he had written a message in Christmas lights on it. I looked at him puzzled, and he asked me to read it. Paul doesn't have the best handwriting to begin with, so this was tough. I said "Does it say Merry Christmas?" "No," he replied. So I took a couple steps back and squinted, and could not for the life of me figure out what it said. After guessing wrong a few more times, he gave in and said "it says WILL YOU MARRY ME!" The next few moments were fuzzy, but involved one of us screaming (okay, it was ME), and lots of hugs and kisses. Finally he said "well?" and I realized that I had never given him an answer! Of COURSE the answer was yes! After some more hugs and kisses we headed inside for the party (his mom was nervously peering out the window as we walked up the stairs, which I had to giggle about).
On the way home that night, I said to him "I'm really suprised that you didn't have a whole shpeal planned... I had always pictured this moment and figured you would want to say something sweet to me" (or something to that effect). He said "I DID have a whole shpeal planned, but you kept kissing me so I couldn't get it out!!" When we got home I had to use the facilities REALLY bad. When I opened the bathroom door, Paul was there in the hallway, kneeling, with the now-empty box in his hand. He proceeded to tell me the most wonderful things I've ever heard, things I couldn't have even dreamed of him saying to me. I was so teary-eyed by the end that I couldn't help but kneel down with him just to be in his arms.
When you have found someone you want to spend the rest of your life with, you can't wait for the rest of your life to begin... I feel that way with him, and am so excited about our future!
BTW, I think that this contest is SOOO gonna draw some tears!!
