My good friend, Shefali, went ring shopping with her fiance last weekend. When I talked to her about it on Monday, I couldn't help but remember those exciting "I'm engaged" feelings!!
It was two weeks before Valentine's Day, Talin was living in Oakland, and I was living in San Mateo. I honestly had no idea what was going to happen with our relationship and it felt like we were drifting apart. I started to prepare myself for the worst. That sunny Saturday, Talin asked if I wanted to go out to Half Moon Bay and have lunch on the beach. He told me that he had a surprise for me (I thought it might be concert tickets...he is so good at getting tickets to the concerts I can't wait to see)
We drove to our favorite Mexican place and got take out. While we packed up our things and got ready to walk down to "our" beach, Talin asked me if I had any idea what his surprise was...I of course said no...and then he pulled out a little blue box with a perfectly tied white ribbon! My heart literally stopped beating and then a tiny voice in my head said, "Ok Jen, calm down, for all you know it's a set of earrings, yeah....or something like that...don't jump to any conclusions and get too excited" Talin was beaming and I stupidly said.."what is that?" He laughed, put it back in his pocket and told me I had to wait until we got to the beach! The whole way there (The beach is 1/2 mile from the parking lot!) my mind was racing...could it be..no...well maybe...ahhhhhh!
Once we got to the beach, we laid out all the blankets, and he handed me the box with that crooked little grin of his. I gently opened the paper and found a velvet ring box inside! Suddenly Talin was up on one knee. I giggled with excitement as he told me how much he loved me and how he treasured the past 8 years. He used my full name (ooooohhhhh just like the movies) and officially asked me to be his wife! To be honest, I think I was in a state of shock...poor Talin just looked at me, waiting for an answer....I of course said yes, we kissed, he put the absolutely perfect ring (round cut solitaire, my dream ring!!) on my finger and I spent the rest of the day floating.
We went back to that beach a few months later and had our engagement pictures taken there. I'm glad that we'll always have pictures of the place where our journey together began. =) I love you Talin!
