The proposal to my love
Not a work of fiction, it just sounds like it.
Thursday night was plagued with rain. I saw it coming the day before and started to panic. Where was I going to find another secluded location where my plan would climax? I didn’t want to have this happen at a restaurant, and I certainly didn’t want to to happen around anyone else, especially ones that I didn’t know at all.
I panicked in a very real and sweaty way. My palms were leaving wet marks on the desk chair.
Once my fear lessened, I immediately got on the phone and started calling my family and friends for ideas. Many of my friends, and of course my parents, were aware of what was about to happen. Hell, most of those that knew were actually going to be in on it. After an hour of phone calls and no solution in sight, I settled on a location that was both secluded, quite, romantic and deeply connected to both myself and Pandia. It wasn’t perfect, but as perfect goes in a story like this, maybe it didn’t even matter. At that point, what really matters isn’t a question that comes up. Emotions run high. The heart races. Tears flow. It’s just that good of a feeling.
My plan was coming together now that my final location was set. I hoped into the ole Jetta and headed towards Carey Limousine of Kansas City. I met with Heidi, the daughter of the man I had hired for the next evening. Heidi assured me that my plan was very romantic, which was reassuring coming from a woman who barely knew me and didn’t know my girlfriend. I dropped off a letter for Ben, the driver, detailing the locations and the plan for the evening. Also, I dropped off the first clue for this city-wide scavenger hunt I had planned for the woman of my dreams.
Everytime I wanted to give something big or something special to Pandia, I always wanted to make the giving of the gift just as big. And why not? It makes the whole thing seem even more fun. When I bought her all the Friends DVDs and when I bought her an iPod, I planned a scavenger hunt around the house. She loved every minute of it. So I thought, If I’m going to give my girlfriend the biggest gift of her life thus far, why not make it on the heels of the grandest scavenger hunt I could think of – a scavenger hunt around the city!
So that’s what I did. I planned Thursday night to the smallest detail. I even convinced Pandia we were just going to get dressed up a little bit and have dinner on the Plaza at Kona Grill. She convinced me that she wanted to wear the new black dress she bought at BCBG (which she looks amazing in) and that the night should be just a bit nicer than I was thinking. Little did she know that getting that dressed up was exactly what I wanted. So once we schedule the night’s events at Kona, I immediately hop in the ole Jetta again and start out with my duct tape, clues and waterproof bags to place all the clues at the designated locations.
Once 7:00pm rolls around, the buzzer in her apartment goes off, and she knows that I’m downstairs waiting to pick her up. Once she gets down to the ground floor and looks outside she sees something she didn’t quite expect. Instead of the adoring boyfriend, she sees a small chauffer in a black suit and black cap waiting to escort her to the black sedan waiting outside.
At this point, Pandia figures I’m inside and we’re off to a romantic evening of some kind, but when the door opens all she sees is a red envelope with “#1” printed on it. She opens the envelope and the game begins. Each red envelope contains a clue and a 2nd smaller white envelope with a phone number inside which she can call and get help if she needs. Each envelope has a different clue and a different number.
She starts off heading to her best friend’s house, where on the front door she finds the envelope with “#2” printed on the front. As she is escorted by the chauffer back to the car, her best friend, Emily, pops out the front door and snaps a quick photo, which she messages to me to let me know the game is on! From there she heads to her good friends’, Angie and Alan’s, house where on their front door there is another clue with “#3” printed on the front. With that, her clue directs her to a house simply know as “The Boys’”. A place full of testosterone, as 4 guys live there. Once there, she received the clue with “#4” on it, and heads to the final location – my apartment.
Ben, the driver, attempts to discreetly call me to let me know how close they are to my place.
Once she arrives at my place, Pandia is buzzed up without so much as a word from me. When she reaches the front door to my apartment, there is a final red envelope with a card inside instructing her to come in and stop by the coat rack.
The moment she enters the door, “Fields of Gold” by Sting begins to play ambiently. She stops by the coat rack and sees the final card asking her to take off her coat and stay a while. From that point there was a trail of rose petals leading from the front door of the apartment, down the hall, and into the main area where I was surrounded by candelight, a single rose, a bottle of champagne, and I myself was in a suit awaiting her arrival.
When she got to me, I began to tell her the few words I had scribbled down earlier:
“There is something I want to ask you, Pandia. And it’s been a long time coming.
I want you to know how much I love you. Sometimes it’s tough and sometimes it is exactly what I need.
There has been this place in my heart and in my soul that is longing to be filled.
I want to fill it with someone who is kind and gentle and intense and devoted all at once.
I want you. And I will have you in the rest of my life, if you will
So my question is this: What do you?
Will you spend the rest of your life with me as my wife?”
And with that, I got down on one knee, pulled out the white box from my pocket, opened it and asked very gently, “Will you marry me?”
And wouldn’t you know it, with tears in her eyes and an excitement not even the sports world could rival, she got down on her knees, kissed me and said “Yes!”
________________________________________
And that is the story of how I asked this beautiful creature to spend our lives together.
Oh, and she freaked about the ring. You’ll have to ask her why her ring is so special beyond that it is an engagement ring.
Thursday night was plagued with rain. I saw it coming the day before and started to panic. Where was I going to find another secluded location where my plan would climax? I didn’t want to have this happen at a restaurant, and I certainly didn’t want to to happen around anyone else, especially ones that I didn’t know at all.
I panicked in a very real and sweaty way. My palms were leaving wet marks on the desk chair.
Once my fear lessened, I immediately got on the phone and started calling my family and friends for ideas. Many of my friends, and of course my parents, were aware of what was about to happen. Hell, most of those that knew were actually going to be in on it. After an hour of phone calls and no solution in sight, I settled on a location that was both secluded, quite, romantic and deeply connected to both myself and Pandia. It wasn’t perfect, but as perfect goes in a story like this, maybe it didn’t even matter. At that point, what really matters isn’t a question that comes up. Emotions run high. The heart races. Tears flow. It’s just that good of a feeling.
My plan was coming together now that my final location was set. I hoped into the ole Jetta and headed towards Carey Limousine of Kansas City. I met with Heidi, the daughter of the man I had hired for the next evening. Heidi assured me that my plan was very romantic, which was reassuring coming from a woman who barely knew me and didn’t know my girlfriend. I dropped off a letter for Ben, the driver, detailing the locations and the plan for the evening. Also, I dropped off the first clue for this city-wide scavenger hunt I had planned for the woman of my dreams.
Everytime I wanted to give something big or something special to Pandia, I always wanted to make the giving of the gift just as big. And why not? It makes the whole thing seem even more fun. When I bought her all the Friends DVDs and when I bought her an iPod, I planned a scavenger hunt around the house. She loved every minute of it. So I thought, If I’m going to give my girlfriend the biggest gift of her life thus far, why not make it on the heels of the grandest scavenger hunt I could think of – a scavenger hunt around the city!
So that’s what I did. I planned Thursday night to the smallest detail. I even convinced Pandia we were just going to get dressed up a little bit and have dinner on the Plaza at Kona Grill. She convinced me that she wanted to wear the new black dress she bought at BCBG (which she looks amazing in) and that the night should be just a bit nicer than I was thinking. Little did she know that getting that dressed up was exactly what I wanted. So once we schedule the night’s events at Kona, I immediately hop in the ole Jetta again and start out with my duct tape, clues and waterproof bags to place all the clues at the designated locations.
Once 7:00pm rolls around, the buzzer in her apartment goes off, and she knows that I’m downstairs waiting to pick her up. Once she gets down to the ground floor and looks outside she sees something she didn’t quite expect. Instead of the adoring boyfriend, she sees a small chauffer in a black suit and black cap waiting to escort her to the black sedan waiting outside.
At this point, Pandia figures I’m inside and we’re off to a romantic evening of some kind, but when the door opens all she sees is a red envelope with “#1” printed on it. She opens the envelope and the game begins. Each red envelope contains a clue and a 2nd smaller white envelope with a phone number inside which she can call and get help if she needs. Each envelope has a different clue and a different number.
She starts off heading to her best friend’s house, where on the front door she finds the envelope with “#2” printed on the front. As she is escorted by the chauffer back to the car, her best friend, Emily, pops out the front door and snaps a quick photo, which she messages to me to let me know the game is on! From there she heads to her good friends’, Angie and Alan’s, house where on their front door there is another clue with “#3” printed on the front. With that, her clue directs her to a house simply know as “The Boys’”. A place full of testosterone, as 4 guys live there. Once there, she received the clue with “#4” on it, and heads to the final location – my apartment.
Ben, the driver, attempts to discreetly call me to let me know how close they are to my place.
Once she arrives at my place, Pandia is buzzed up without so much as a word from me. When she reaches the front door to my apartment, there is a final red envelope with a card inside instructing her to come in and stop by the coat rack.
The moment she enters the door, “Fields of Gold” by Sting begins to play ambiently. She stops by the coat rack and sees the final card asking her to take off her coat and stay a while. From that point there was a trail of rose petals leading from the front door of the apartment, down the hall, and into the main area where I was surrounded by candelight, a single rose, a bottle of champagne, and I myself was in a suit awaiting her arrival.
When she got to me, I began to tell her the few words I had scribbled down earlier:
“There is something I want to ask you, Pandia. And it’s been a long time coming.
I want you to know how much I love you. Sometimes it’s tough and sometimes it is exactly what I need.
There has been this place in my heart and in my soul that is longing to be filled.
I want to fill it with someone who is kind and gentle and intense and devoted all at once.
I want you. And I will have you in the rest of my life, if you will
So my question is this: What do you?
Will you spend the rest of your life with me as my wife?”
And with that, I got down on one knee, pulled out the white box from my pocket, opened it and asked very gently, “Will you marry me?”
And wouldn’t you know it, with tears in her eyes and an excitement not even the sports world could rival, she got down on her knees, kissed me and said “Yes!”
________________________________________
And that is the story of how I asked this beautiful creature to spend our lives together.
Oh, and she freaked about the ring. You’ll have to ask her why her ring is so special beyond that it is an engagement ring.
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