Haha! Well that's all true, but I was told that it wouldn't work as "My story!" So any way...
Rose was actually dating my roommate and childhood friend. I remember thinking at the time that Rose would be a girl I could enjoy dating, but she was already dating my roommate so I decided that it wouldn't work. After a while they broke up and I thought well maybe if I give it a little time then I could ask her out. She, however, having no idea that I was interested, went on to have a few different boyfriends. The next time I found out that she was single I thought at first that I should give her a little time so I wouldn't be the rebound guy, but I didn't want her to be taken again before I could get a chance so I moved in anyway...
I invited her over to watch a movie on Halloween and we just ended up hanging out watching Ernest Scared Stupid, which is a great Halloween movie by the way, then we went to get some pizza. She invited me over to game night at her apartment and I thought, "Sweet! I'm totally in!! I mean she must like me if she wants me to come over right?" That night her old boyfriend was there though and I guess that he was trying to win her back, but it made me think that they were getting back together, so I left that night thinking I had once again missed my chance to date this amazing girl. I talked to my roommate about it and he basically called exactly what was going on. He said, "I think maybe he wants to get back together with her, but I don't think she digs him, trust me man you have way more going for you then he does." With his encouragement I asked her out again. I was going to go on a double date with my roommate but he ended up working that night so I took her out myself. I was really nervous because I hadn't been on a single date for about five years. I was so worried that it was going to be really awkward, but that was the great thing about that night, it wasn't awkward at all. We went to see Brave and it was actually a ton of fun. She was easy to talk to and we just got along really well. I asked her out a few more times and things progressed like it was meant to be. The night I kissed her for the first time, I thought that I had done it too early, and I stressed about it all night. I didn't kiss her again for two or three dates at least because I thought I had scared her away. I kept having people ask me when I was going to ask her to marry me, and I just told them I wasn't going to think about it until the end of winter semester, but with all those people asking me it was hard to keep it out of my mind. Don't get me wrong it wasn't that I didn't want to marry her it was just I hadn't had a girlfriend for so long that I wanted to enjoy that a little bit. So I was thinking about it and I just kept feeling like that was what I really wanted. I had been praying about it and I decided that I wanted to be with Rose forever.
So we talked about it and for a few weeks we were the only ones that knew we were going to get married. We went to buy the ring and she helped me pick it out because I wanted her to get something she liked. We went to Washington to meet her folks and ask permission from her father. I was a little scared but her parents were so sweet to me, and I really felt like I was going to fit in with her family extremely well. The next day we were going to take pictures and I wanted to surprise her which was going to be hard because she already knew I bought the ring and asked her dad. I thought about taking the ring in the box but you could totally see it in the pocket on my church pants. So I took the ring out of the box and just slipped it in my pocket. Then it was just a matter of waiting for the right moment to ask so it would be caught on camera... And she said yes... and the rest hasn't really happened yet.
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