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At least last year, I wrote a blog about my four year anniversary with my Girlfriend. It was lovey dovey, and many of you suggested that I followed Beyonce's advice in that if I like it I should indeed put a ring on it. Well this weekend, I did. I have the fortune/misfortune that she works at one of the larger jewelers in my fair state of Minnesota, that being said that has its upshots in terms of discounts, but I'll be damned if the girl didn't know exactly what she wanted.
As I said, she works for the company we bought the ring from, so there was no real way to keep this a secret from her. That being said, I think that whole secrecy bit is pure fiction, or at least few and far between. That whole thing about a guy going out and dropping money on a ring only to get shot down, probably happens less now than ever. We'd been musing about it for a while, and it wasn't until late August when she messaged me about finding a diamond that she liked.
It is lab grown, the weight she wanted (little over a carat) and had the right color and clarity that she was looking for. She had known the right she was after for years, not even joking. When she was on the sales floor, she had this ring in mind.
We got our ducks in a row and waited patiently, even took a trip up to the cabin as we did last year around this time. I actually hoped to ask her up there, but alas the ring was not in from the designer yet.
I mean come on, look at how nice it was up there.
Anyway, that trip came and went, and Friday night I booked us at a restaurant where we had gone early on in our relationship. In hindsight we were way too casually dressed that first time, and the place was not as reasonably priced as my brother had told me so it was a stretch at 21. This time, much better. We had dinner, I freaked her out because I had been joking about having a waiter put the ring in a glass of champagne, but thought better of it . She actually told me when I got up from the table that I better not be having the staff do anything. I didn't.
We went over to an overlook of Downtown Saint Paul and I asked her there. She said yes, putting to rest those nagging voices in my head that this was the most elaborate troll I'd ever experienced personally, and yeah. I have a fiancee. No concrete plans as a of yet, things would likely be a couple years out, but that was my weekend. This was all bookended by dealing with a slew of facebook notifications, and visits to and from immediate family. Socially, I am exhausted but I am a pretty happy nerd otherwise.
The actual ring, at breakfast on Sunday
 
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Johto4908 Posts
Nice ring, congratulations 
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AAAAYYYEEE first daphreak, then mdj, then tjmaxxx. I wonder whose next in tl-abl?!
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United States23455 Posts
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Congratulations. This is so beautfiful *sniff*
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Beautiful, congratulations sir.
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51451 Posts
Wowsers that looks expensive :3
Good luck in the future Tom....Now more importantly.
BACHELOR PARTY HELLO?!?!?! I WANT IN MY FRIEND xD
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Thanks Guy!
On October 13 2015 18:00 Pandemona wrote:
Wowsers that looks expensive :3
Good luck in the future Tom....Now more importantly.
BACHELOR PARTY HELLO?!?!?! I WANT IN MY FRIEND xD
I was musing about that, and I have no idea but I am willing to bet Vegas won't be involved. Maybe a day at the horsetrack or something. I'm open to ideas.
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On October 13 2015 21:02 Pandemona wrote:What, no vegas  We could have a TL remakes hangover special involving TOM!!!!! Be awesome, i'll get the strippers and hookers sorted. Can get licther to fund it. Wow think be awesome, biggest bachelor party ever!!!
Hahahaha, I'll PM Nazgul and see if he'd be interested in sponsoring it. Perhaps we can time it out with the next esports event in vegas, the fiancee would roll her eyes but understand.
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51451 Posts
Wow lets make it happen team!!! Will be crazyyyy.
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Johto4908 Posts
fly me out to Vegas and you will not be disappointed 
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Yes!
So proud. Marriage is pretty great, you'll love it.
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ALLEYCAT BLUES49649 Posts
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On October 14 2015 10:43 MountainDewJunkie wrote:
Yes!
So proud. Marriage is pretty great, you'll love it.
It'll be a bit of a surreal experience. I'm not accustomed or terribly fond of being the center of attention but that is a ways out. I am actually pretty excited about just signing the license.
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