In late July we had met and exchanged phone numbers and started talking pretty quickly. Tim had said early on that he had no interest in a relationship, he only wanted friends at that point, and I had agreed. Well, as the weeks went by Tim had asked me to meet up and I said "I'd love to!" so we set a date for that Friday night. He would drive up to Sioux Falls and we'd meet up at shenanigans. As Friday had approached he kept dropping cute names like "honey", "Beautiful", "Sweetheart". I asked (since I was getting mixed signals) if this was just a hangout or not. I quickly got the response of "Let's call this a date" from Tim. Now its Friday night. I get off of work, take a shower and sit down for a moment before I get ready. next thing I know I wake up 45 minutes late to my date with Tim. I frantically call him, he tells me to take my time and get there safely. I scramble to get ready as quickly as I can and end up wearing pants a size too small and a big shirt. Meanwhile Tim is on the phone with his best friend Josh trying to stay calm. Finally, (only 90 minutes late) I'm on my way to Tim......and I get pulled over for speeding. The officer was very kind and let me off with a warning. Finally, 2 hours late, I make it to shenanigans to see Tim. we hit it off wonderfully, talked until 2 in the morning and from then on we've been unseperable.
So, since January I had noticed Tim acting kinda strange, secretive, and nervous. I got my first clue when one day he came to my work for lunch because he wouldn't be home since he was meeting his friend Bryton for dinner. Well, he let is slip that he saw my mom and dad (who are divorced) at Applebee's....which is super unlikely. But I decided to let it go. After all, my 21st birthday was only a couple weeks away so I thought maybe he had something special planned. Then, one day pretty close to my birthday I went shopping with some of my friends and Bri's eyes were glued to her phone and she randomly asked my ring size. at the time I thought nothing of it, but later I started wondering why she was being so weird. February 11th is my birthday and it came and went and nothing so I thought I was just reading too much into things. The next day comes and it's just a chill morning together and he said we needed to run some arrange which I said sure. The weather was AWFUL. Cold, snowy, windy, etc. He took me to the place where we went after our first date, got down on one knee (in the freezing cold) and asked me to be his wife. Me being the person I am didn't say scream "YES" I just stared at him with tears in my eyes and said "Are you sure?" poor Tim, freezing on the ground said "ummm.....yeah..." I said "YES!!!" and we ran back to the car and called friends and family....all of whom knew.