I Finally Did It

A lot of you have asked the question: What’s Changed? I have also heard so how do you feel? Well I feel fine; how do you feel? Ha. Seriously, I feel the same. What I think is different about me is that I always wanted to marry Rachel. I’m pretty sure I always knew so no nothing has changed. I haven’t committed to her finally. I haven’t given up anything. I was always committed and nothing has changed.

For those of you who might want to ask these same questions when we get married I’ll answer with the same words, but probably with a stupid look on my face like didn’t you read the blog?

Haha. I love my life.

So I’ve gotten a bunch a questions and I’d figured I’d post them for those of you who missed the answers. If you have another question, post of comment.

Why did you propose on the 12.05.07?

I’ve always wanted to have one anniversary. We started dating on 12.05.03 so I proposed on that date to keep things inline.

Why did you propose at 6:15 p.m.?

When I was putting together the agenda for the day I was thinking about when and where I would do it. Rachel recently told me that she was born at 6:15 p.m. That time worked well with my schedule so I said why not.

Why did you fly to Atlanta?

There are three places in the U.S. that Rachel hasn’t been that she always wanted to go. After doing a bit of research, I realized Atlanta made the most sense logistically.

Did you pick a date for the wedding?

Well, kind of. As I mentioned, I’d like to have one anniversary. So it’s going to be 12.05(.08) or (.09).

So it’s that time. I finally did it is the perfect name for the site. I am about to orchestrate one of the biggest events of my life. I recently stopped myself and said I had to propose to Rachel R., my girlfriend, and soon. Today, I’m taking the idea and putting it into action.

Ok, so now you know what the site’s about; here’s how we got here. I have been dating my girlfriend for about four years and it’s been great since day one. We meet while we were at Rutgers University. We worked together and we had classes together. What’s funny about our story is the two different perspectives. She’ll tell you that when she started working at the Student Center I ignored her, but I’ll tell you that she kind of imagined that. People who don’t know me often have the wrong idea about me after our first encounter(s). But that’s here nor there.

Over the summer, we become friends and I knew there was something there. By the fall I knew I had to have her. Unfortunately, for me and my other colleague, she had some dam thing about dating people she worked with. Great rule, but I didn’t want to hear that. I was going to graduate in May and I had every intention of spending the next six or seven months trying to change her mind. Turns out it only took a few months and that was fine by me.

We spent so much time together over those few months it was almost comical. I actually asked her to marry me a million times during the early times of our relationship. She never accepted because she didn’t believe that phone proposals were appropriate. By May I had graduated and accepted an internship at Tyco International. That’s where the madness began. As people got to know me, they got to know me they got to know her.

As quick as they got to know her is as quick as the questions began. When are you getting married? When are you going to ask her? Are you engaged yet? What are you waiting for? When it first began, I couldn’t go a week without the question.

At its peak, I couldn’t go a day without the question. I kid you not. Rachel can attest to it. I would tell her about it all the time. It was so bad that people who didn’t even know her would ask me. I found myself amazed. The interesting thing was that I wasn’t stalling or unsure. She wasn’t done with school and I really didn’t think it was right to ask her because I wanted to give her a chance to live her life a bit since I did.

So that’s the long story short. Next post we talk the plan.