We were friends in the past but had completely lost touch over the years. Then on Halloween unbeknownst to us we where at neighboring house parties. Due to a friendly conversation over the fence by some other party goers they parties combined into one. As everyone poured into the front yards to meet we saw each other. We spent the rest of night talking and have been together ever since.

To say I hadn't been dropping Jesse "subtle" hints on the engagement ring for some time would be a lie, but somehow he still managed to completely surprise me. That morning as we got ready for our day he asked if I wanted to head to our favorite swimming spot on the river. Worried that the water was getting to chilly to swim I declined subsequently destroying his whole surprise proposal plan. Instead we met a friend for brunch at one of our favorite restaurants. Both of them, who are normally chatter boxes, where dead silent. I started to feel awkward. Did I smell? Did someone die? What was going on? From there we went to out local tap room and played a few games, with the same looming awkwardness. As we left and headed to our favorite bar where we had our first date, I decided to duck into the restroom to see if I did smell. I put on deodorant, and I couldn't smell anything. What could possibly be going on? As I emerged from the restroom to join Jesse at the bar he had already had my drink waiting for me. I took my seat. He tells me that he saw that I was looking at engagement rings that morning. Which is true, a week or so prior to this conversation he convinced me that the ring I was absolutely obsessed with had a bad review and that we should look elsewhere. So I had desperately been looking for one similar. I told him yes and pulled up a photo of a ring on my phone and told him “It looks like this” as I showed him. He then showed me a photo on his phone of my dream ring asking “Does it look like this?” Then not a second later he moves his phone to revel a beautiful wood ring box holding my dream ring and pops the question! Completely stunned I took a bit to respond but managed to choke out a “Yes” and we were engaged. We're so excited to celebrate this next chapter in our lives with you.