Not that I was really ever on the market to begin with, but the big news this week is that Hayley and I got engaged over the weekend. (!!) (cue jumping and screaming!)

Having never gotten engaged before, I was quite unprepared for the deluge of excited congratulations we received. I also wasn’t quite ready to explain what went down about a dozen times to every woman I happened to mention the engagement to.

Strangely, most men seemed satistified with offering their congratulations and that was pretty much it. However, nearly every woman who found out wanted details, details, details — have we set a date yet? How did you propose? Was skywriting involved? Where did you go for dinner? Did you buy flowers? Was it a surprise, or did she expect it? Did she cry when you asked? Did you cry? Did the dog cry? Did the neighbours cry? Is it a shotgun wedding? How big is the rock?? I think I’ve heard just about every question under the sun in the last few days. :)

Well, to answer most of your questions in one fell swoop:

1. No skywriting was involved. None. Zilch. Nada.
2. What was involved: a fantastic 10-course dinner at Lumière, a night at the Met downtown, flowers, chocolates, strawberries, a cheesy card, my crappy drawing skills, expressions of my undying love for her, champagne (err, sparkling wine), and an amazing breakfast at Diva. And some other stuff in between.
3. Yes, she had an inkling of what was going on. Not going into details there. :)
4. She cried; I nearly did earlier that evening. The dog seemed strangely unaffected. The neighbours are still unaware, as far as I know. At least, I haven’t told them…
5. No, not a shotgun wedding. :o
6. “The Rock” is viewable in the photo at right. I think it looks bigger than it actually is, but I guess that’s up for debate.
7. We haven’t set a date for the wedding yet, but suffice it to say that it’ll be sometime in 2008. (I hope.)
8. What, aren’t you satisfied yet?? :p

I have to say, it went off without a hitch… aside from me leaving the ring in the car with a valet during dinner because I couldn’t easily get it out without Hayley seeing it (yikes, that was stressful.) I honestly think I was more nervous when I went to tell her mother what I was planning than when I actually proposed. I went in anticipating all sorts of screwups, and even though everything I read about proposing (yes.. I googled it. :o) suggested a backup plan, I didn’t have one ready. I just figured que sera, sera and that I’d have to count on Murphy’s Law not working against me that evening. In the end, I think it all worked out perfectly.

Oh, and I guess opening the ring box and having the ring fall out right as I presented it to her probably wasn’t the smoothest move, but at least I got a laugh out of it. ;)

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