14th Feb, the day was set in my mind. I wanted to surprise her but knowing her for almost 8 years I knew it was not going to happen. She has got some sixth sense and she always knows what I am planning. But I was very determined to keep this as a secret this time. But I also wanted to get her a ring of her choice.
So after some careful planning I took her out to see a few rings just to try on. After some search we found the one. But the jeweler said he wouldn’t be able to make one for her in time for Valentine’s Day. We came back home and that was it for now. She knew I wasn’t going to be able to propose on the 14th.
What she didn’t know was that I had already put in the order to get the ring ready in time.
So on the 14th I took her to dinner at one of her favorite seafood restaurants located on banks of the Potomac River. After the dinner I asked her to go for a walk with me on the beautiful waterfront. There was a wooden bench and I placed my Camera and put it on video mode. She thought I am just setting it up to take our photo.
As she was posing for the picture, I walked up to her and got down on one knee.
The smartest girl I have ever known had still not realized what was going on. Seriously, in the video you can even hear her saying “Why are you kneeling down? Are we taking the picture like this?” I popped the ring and only then it hit her completely what was actually happening.
BIG SMILE 🙂
Abhi & Aru 