I'd never really thought about it prior to being proposed to, ya know? I had no like ... preconceived fantasies about what would be The Perfect Proposal. When my fiance and I started really discussing marriage, first hammered drunk, then more soberly (which is how we discussed moving from FWB states apart to being exclusive and living together lol seems to be a trend) I still didn't really think of THE WAY.

he surprised me with a trip to the Bahamas for Christmas and he proposed on the second to last day on the beach. And the whole thing was so hilarious and silly and honest and perfect I couldn't have possibly have fantasized about it prior. I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm probably the billionth girl to be proposed to on a beach in the bahamas. But for me, what makes the proposal so perfect and special are the little things. Like how he stashed the ring box in a sock and then stashed the sock in a sleeve of his shirt and stashed the shirt in my own beach bag. Ring Inception lol and how I found the shirt while double checking I had everything and I pulled out this burrito sized lump going "whoa whats this?" and the way he freaked out lol lord alive. Or how when we were walking along the beach he goes "hey, gimmie your phone, I'll take a picture of you" and just yanked the bag bodily off my shoulder instead of letting me route through for my phone. I mean, I think at that point, I sort of new/suspected something but I tried to ...not think about it that way. If he had something he wanted to give me, I wanted to be thrilled to receive it regardless if it was an engagement ring or a gorgeous necklace he'd seen in a window while out to dinner one night. y'know?

I think my favorite part of the whole thing was he remembered to take the ring box in the sock out of the sleeve but kept the ringbox in the sock so he's telling me how much he loves me and wants to spend his life with me and just fumbling, scared shitless for some reason, trying desperately to get this felt box out of the flipping sock. <3 and here's our video, because now I'm all gushy. I didn't realize he'd taken it

I mean I guess my point is, he could have proposed to me outside a mcdonalds with a ringpop (we've since joked a macbook pro would have also been an acceptable engagement offering) because its not the place he proposed or what he proposed with its that my best friend is committing his life to me and hoping I do the same that is so important to me. If it'd been in front of a mcdonalds there would have been those same sweet/kind/honest things that I remember and cherish because they're him. The place itself doesn't mean much.