Like a Fairytale

Last night was the final episode of ABC’s The Bachelor, and I found my self in a room full of giddy, emotional young women, who couldn’t take their eyes off of Brad Womack and Emily Maynard. Anonymously, Emily had been the favorite candidate of everyone there, and quite possibly of everyone watching. So when Brad got down on one knee and asked the cute southern girl to marry him, we found ourselves teary-eyed and full of joy for two people that we didn’t even know.

This made me realize that women really do get worked up about love and the things that love brings. This proposal–physically simple but full of wonderful, verbal, complexity–made women feel like they were actually the ones being proposed to. It sounds silly, but the emotion and attachment that viewers witnessed progressing throughout the show between Womack and Maynard made them feel just as much connected.

I think we, as women, hold the reputation for wanting the best, most extravagantly planned proposals. Even though in most cases this wouldn’t be declined, I also believe that simple proposal, full of verbal reminders on how we make him feel and how he can’t picture life any other way, is just as flattering and emotional.

If you watch Brad’s proposal over and over again, you won’t find an absurd amount of over-the-top tools or advantages, (other then the fact that they were in Cape Town :)).

Extravagant or not, a proposal is more of a symbol than an event. Yes, it makes for one of the most remarkable days of your life–but it also marks the symbol of the rest of your life.

I am Engaged!

The words that every little girl dreams about saying when she meets the right person is, “I am engaged!” I am sure you all know where this is going but it is so exciting! My now fiancé and I have been together for almost 3 years.

My family and I went on a 7-day Eastern Caribbean cruise. It was an amazing experience; I will never forget it! We had 3 ports: St.Maarten, St. Thomas, and the Bahamas! This was my first time traveling out of the country and it was so breathtaking! I don’t know if you have ever been on a cruise but on a 7-day cruise 2 nights out of the week the whole ship has a formal night. This is the night where the ladies get dressed up in there fanciest dresses, the men put on suits or tuxes and everyone on board steps it up a couple of notches. Well, my now fiancé chose the second formal evening to “pop the question!”

It was a Friday night and the cruise would be over in a few days. For dinner every night we would all meet in the dining hall. Every night we ate in the dining hall, it was a 4-course meal, the type you would receive from a 5 star fancy restaurant. Well, that night we had just finished a lobster dinner and everything was going great. It was time to order desert and my then boyfriend ordered a round of champagne for both tables; there were 12 of us! He made a toast first to my family, and then he made a special toast to me! That is when all of the magic began to unfold.

He said that he had a special gift for me, and asked if I would come stand by him. Then he got down on one knee and pulled the treasure chest shaped box out of his pants pocket! He asked if I would marry him and be his wife! I still remember the feeling I had in my stomach as I shouted “absolutely!”