Telling the world (Brooke's version)

Posted by: Brooke on Aug 06, 2007

So, the funniest part of the proposal day is that on the way to the Renaissance Faire, I was telling Dan about the dream I had the night before. In my dream, I was being proposed to. However, the gentleman that was proposing was a dwarf who was bald and had a beer belly and was wearing a wife-beater shirt. As we laughed about it, Dan made a comment which pretty much made me realize that the proposal wouldn’t be coming for quite some time. That was fine with me, since I was enjoying the dating process.

After he proposed (which was perfect!), I spent the day just looking down at my gorgeous ring and then looking at my amazing fiancee. I couldn’t believe that my time had come! I was going to marry the man of my dreams! I was going to be the bride! I was going to have my happy ever after!

As Dan mentioned, I hadn’t shared the news with anyone in my family yet. When we woke up the next day, I was eager to tell my parents but I wanted to tell them face to face. I found out that they were going to be gone all day. I’d have to wait until later that evening to tell them. I was a bit bummed.

Later in the afternoon, I had called Bettina. She was upset with me because I borrowed a movie of hers. She apparently had wanted to watch it, but I swear she told me I could borrow it. Well, needless to say, we argued a bit. I decided to take the movie back to her. When I got to the apartment, I gave her the movie and then showed her the ring. She was pretty excited! She was the first one that I shared my news with! After that, I decided I could tell my other sisters. On the way to my parents house, I called Brae at work. She was very happy! Becky had a different response. “It’s about time!”

I got to my parents house and was standing in the hallway (as to hide my ring). I told mom if she had heard….that friends of the family had a baby (I was trying to distract her). Then I told her that’s another reason why I was there. She looked a little curious…which is when I jumped out and screamed “you know why!” And she screamed “Yes I do!” and we hugged and laughed! Dad gave me a hug too while mom ran upstairs. She brought down an engagement gift that she had bought earlier that week. It was a wedding magazine, a quote book, a candle and candle holder, and a wedding organizer. It was my first engagement present and my first wedding magazine! Mom had mentioned that she had been holding this secret in for over a week. She even cancelled plans with me because it was too hard to see me and not share the secret. How cute is that?!

The next few days involved calling friends and family. I also made a visit out to where some friends work and surprised them with the news. Nothing beats sharing the best news with the people you love!