the engagement story
Wednesday, June 30, 2004
now just as a backgrounder, schmuck and i have been together for six years now. it has been a wonderful six years. mind you though, six years is a loooong time. i always told myself i'd have to be married by the time i'm 26. i'm now turning 30 in december. but believe me, this man was worth the wait. we had previously talked about getting married in 2004 but my genius older brother decided to "steal" the year from me. so it had to be 2005. that was non-negotiable.ok, so how'd he propose? you'd laugh. i know i did. my friends who know the story did too.
beginning march of 2004, i've always been hinting at (can't think of a stronger word than that) getting married already. or at least getting engaged. i needed a year to plan my beautiful wedding, you see. so i waited as patiently as i could.
march ends, still no proposal.
it's april, and the hints are getting much stronger. during this time, we were also quite fixated on this online game called mu, and we would play this everyday. on weekends, we'd start to play after lunch at our friend's internet cafe, and we'd go home at 4am. yep, that's how addicted we were. so really, we had no time for anything else but to play. no time for dates, no time for special dinners, no nothing. it was play play play. the game is pretty simple. you have a character, and you kill monsters. you start off being a pathetic wuss, and you kill little monsters. but then you earn money and experience points, so you get to buy better armor and stuff and you become stronger, then you get to kill bigger monsters. so you really had to dress up your character by getting him better armor, better gloves, better helms, better boots, better shield, better weapons, and better pendants and better RINGS. what's the point in this mu thing, you ask? well, it plays quite an important role in my engagement story, so bear with me. now with all of our time spent either at work, or playing mu, where was the time for a proposal? well, that's schmuck's problem, not mine. my older brother got married towards the end of april, and the wedding was held at caleruega church with the reception at antonio's. very, very romantic. i had a beautiful dress on, and schmuck was wearing his very dignified barong. i thought he would propose that day. he didn't.
april ends, still no proposal.
may 2, 2004. sunday. about 2pm-ish. schmuck arrives at my house, and true to form, we immediately went to my room, turned on the pc, and played mu. i told you, mu ruled our lives during this period. anyway, my other brother arrives with his wife and their adorable little baby girl. so my attention was diverted and i played with my niece. now take note that all this time, it was just like any ordinary sunday to me. all of a sudden, schmuck pressures me to go to the pc because he wanted to see my character's stuff. i'm thinking, jeez, what's the rush? but ok fine, so we go back to my room. then schmuck asks me what stuff my character is wearing. so i show him the helm, the boots, the armor, the weapon, the shield, the gloves, the pendants, and...the ring. at this point, i am still totally clueless. then he points out my ring, and he says "hindi maganda yang ring mo." again, the totally dense me agrees, and i even gave him my plans on how to upgrade my ring. and then, all of a sudden, he says "diba mas maganda 'to?" and holds out this perfect beautiful diamond ring. i'm speechless for a moment, then i smile, then i laugh, then i scream out my happiness.
i must've wrecked his eardrums, but i was deliriously happy! so after screaming in delight, we hugged and we kissed. i kept looking at my beautiful ring, and i couldn't believe we were engaged! some more hugs, some more kisses, when a thought occurred to me and i stopped short. schmuck asked why, and i told him "ang dami kong i-te-text!"
even as i write this now, i am smiling and i feel all funny inside. it's a funny proposal. not the usual fall of your seat type, but it was so...schmuck. and now, almost 2 months later, i'm knee-deep in my wedding preps.
sigh. i can't wait to be married.
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