#382 - A perfect proposal at the palace
Posted on 9/8/2011 1:56:44 PM by Sara Gaines
It all started on the weekend of December 6th 2009, my boyfriend (now husband) was coming down for the weekend like he always does, because he was living in a different town for school. We only had sundays off together so as usual I asked what we were doing for Sunday, but he kept telling me he didn't know and that he would figure something out, which is not like him, he is very organized, he's a marine, but I thought "maybe he is just focusing on his finals" so I let it go. Well by Saturday morning I wanted and needed to know what we were doing for Sunday, so I asked again and told him I NEEDED an answer. So he tells me we are going to the exploratorium in san francisco, I was super excite. So the next day we were off, but the odd thing was that he wouldn't put his phone down, (another thing ...read moreout of the ordinary) but he said he was just talking to his friend about meeting up to study for the final, so I thought nothing of it, until we got into the city and he was still text while driving, I thought we were gonna die hahaha, so I told him he needed to get off his phone and pay attention to the road, so he put it down. We finally got to where we were going and he parks the car, and he parked next to a curb, (which I hate, cause I'm always paranoid that I'm gonna smash the door on the curb) so I'm waiting for him to help me, and when I look up, what's he doing...TEXTING AGAIN!!!!! So I said that's it, if that's what your gonna do all day then I want my phone and I'm gonna talking to whoever I want. He started laughing and put his phone away, he went to grab my hand and I was to irritated so I pulled away, he laughed again and put his arm around me, and we continued walking, but we weren't going to the exploratorium, and then he said, " come here I wanna take a picture" so I did and as a turn around he grabs me in a bear hug, and is squeezing me so tight I can hardly breath, and he starts telling me how much he loves me and cars about me ( I didn't hear all of it because my ears were muffled by the tightness of his hug) and then he lets go and says "I have a very important question that's long over due" and he got down on one knee and pulls out the box, opens it and says "Sara will you marry me?" and all I could do is laugh and cry, and then when it came to me I screamed "YES!!!!" and he bear hugged me again, and kissed me, and then I hear someone from behind us say "ok guys get a room" and I turn around and it's out photographer friend dressed like a bum, my boyfriend paid him to hide and take pictures of the actual proposal, but there weren't many places to go and hide, so he dressed like a bum and layer down on the park bench until it was time, and I remember seeing him and obviously not know it was him. It was amazing and perfect and the place where we were was the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, which is right next to the exploratorium, it was amazing.