A bit about us.
I met J a few months after moving back to the west coast to accept a new position. We met through an acquaintance who said I should J because he and I had very similar view on politics, religion, the world in general, etc. etc.
So he was at a local venue selling tickets to promote the band he managed. He had one last ticket and his pick up line was if he wins I have to go with him to the concert and if I win I have to take him. I told him I didnt go anywhere with strangers. He thought that was funny. When I was ready to leave he walked me to my car to make sure I was safe and he was no longer a stranger. Later that night he text me to see if I got home safely and then asked me to dinner. I declined (I dont go out with anyone who cant ask properly and a text is not proper.) A few days later he text again. And then a few days later again.
About a month later was Halloween. My new found friends and acquaintances (who were also very new to this city) and I decide to rent out a local place and have a Halloween party and just invite everyone we know. So I call J and tell him about the event and let him know he is welcome to join in. (He still sees this as our first date- I dont, it was just a party with everyone I knew). J came to the party and asked why I kept refusing his dinner invitations. I told him because he hadnt asked properly as a text was not appropriate.
His southern gentleman immediately perked up (he is originally from North Carolina). He asked properly and we went to lunch a few days later. We were having some conversation about television and movies and I made some comment about not getting the whole Sex and the City thing and I must be the only female who had never watched the show or the movies and had no desire to do so. J then asked me to marry him. He was very serious. I laughed it off.
So a few years later we were still seeing each other, he must have asked me to marry him 3 or 4 times in conversation and I laughed it off. We both had been married and divorced before and the experience was not good. We had visited his family one the east coast once when I had a conference and J went with me. We had spent some holidays together with my friends and family. My grown sons liked him and called him for automotive advice, girl advice, etc.
We went with the whole family to Disney World a few Christmas ago and I made the comment that if I ever got remarried it would have to be in Disney (land or world) and be nothing but a big happy celebration. So last year we were all home in Vegas for Christmas and My oldest said mom, when are you just going to marry him? And J said yeah when?
We went looking for rings. Now, J knew I had to pick it out because I have a gift for diamonds. I can spot a real diamond at 1000 paces. I can gauge the 4Cs without a loop an idiot savant for diamonds if you will. I have no idea where I picked it up; I just know I am good at it. We picked out a 2.5 carat canary princess cut diamond.
Then I took a position in Alabama last summer and we moved to the south. So planning the wedding moved to Disney World. Somehow in the midst of doing a new job, him moving his business, refurbishing a 60 year old house I bought sight unseen and hasnt had any work done since it was built, and our bulldogs getting into everything we are planning a wedding.
People are coming from all over the U.S. and abroad to attend. It will not be larger than 50 simply because the economy is keeping some from traveling. So that is sad. But I understand. It will be great fun and I intend to enjoy every minute of it.

