sk8ingmom
<font color=teal>I get funny looks from people who
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OK, so here's mine.
We were living in Kodiak, Alaska at the time. DH apparently had these grand plans of sending me on a scavenger hunt in the state park across the street from his house to find my ring. However, this was Kodiak in the spring (lots & lots of rain). Oh, and his ship was leaving for 3 months soon. So he made reservations at the nicest restaurant in Kodiak (the one that requires nice jeans!) as a plan B. So it came down to plan B. He knew that a Jimmy Buffet CD was in the rotation at the restaurant. He waited for Boomerang Love got on his knee and proposed. We're both Parrotheads & the song very much describes our dating relationship - always coming back to eachother. (Now there is a story for later in the thread!)
The funniest thing is that as soon as he proposed, we went into the hallway to call our parents before it got too late (pre cell phones & a 4 hour time difference). Well, DH had brought the box with both rings in it so I could see them together. When he proposed, he put the engagement on my finger, but when we left the table to make the phone call we left my wedding ring sitting on the table!!
That was Saturday night. Monday morning he got on a ship bound for Russia for 3 months. We were engaged for 6 months & only spent 15 days together.
We were married on my 22nd birthday (another story). 12+ years ago.
We were living in Kodiak, Alaska at the time. DH apparently had these grand plans of sending me on a scavenger hunt in the state park across the street from his house to find my ring. However, this was Kodiak in the spring (lots & lots of rain). Oh, and his ship was leaving for 3 months soon. So he made reservations at the nicest restaurant in Kodiak (the one that requires nice jeans!) as a plan B. So it came down to plan B. He knew that a Jimmy Buffet CD was in the rotation at the restaurant. He waited for Boomerang Love got on his knee and proposed. We're both Parrotheads & the song very much describes our dating relationship - always coming back to eachother. (Now there is a story for later in the thread!)
The funniest thing is that as soon as he proposed, we went into the hallway to call our parents before it got too late (pre cell phones & a 4 hour time difference). Well, DH had brought the box with both rings in it so I could see them together. When he proposed, he put the engagement on my finger, but when we left the table to make the phone call we left my wedding ring sitting on the table!!
That was Saturday night. Monday morning he got on a ship bound for Russia for 3 months. We were engaged for 6 months & only spent 15 days together.
We were married on my 22nd birthday (another story). 12+ years ago.
But I know my secret is safe here.
