Do you ever wondered what the Groom thinks about the engagement and wedding process? I do! So, my husband had the wonderful idea of interviewing men that are in three categories; Wanting to propose, engaged, and married. Because it was his idea and he is so accessible I interviewed him first.
Here is what he had to say:
Q: If someone were to ask how we met how would your version of the story go?
A:We met in college. I always knew you wanted me. (Mary: Oh sure!) We were introduced my junior year when my roommates and I lived next to your best friend Miriam. You were visiting Miriam, that was the first time we met. Miriam was trying to set us up from the first day we met. It wasn’t until around July 4th of 2006 that we really “met” and spent time together. I remember coming to pick you and Miriam up from the dock in my boat and feeling a little nervous. When I got up to greet you I didn’t even know if I should try and hug you shake hands, or what…I wanted to play hard to get. I think we ended up high fiving or something awkward like that. That night I asked you to come over and hang out, but I wasn’t there when you got my house and you ended up hanging out with my parents and sister for a while. I knew if you could put up with them you were a keeper!
Q: How long did you know me before we started dating? How long did we date before we were engaged?
A: Like I said before, we had known each other for years but not very well. We only saw each other for maybe an hour at a time and it was always when we were in big groups. We started dating in mid July 2006 and were engaged 7 months later.
Q: So, after dating me for 7 months how did you know I was “the one”?
A: When I was with a previous girlfriend…bare with me, it gets better…I was struggling to understand if she was the one or not. I would pray about it and toward the end of our relationship God told me that once I broke up with her I would meet the girl of my dreams. It wasn’t like I heard it once, I heard it over and over again. So when I broke up with her, we started dating shortly after and we really clicked. I asked God, “Is she the one you were talking about?” After 6 months of dating God said, “Yes she is the one, now what are you going to do about it?”
Q: Once you knew I was “the one”, how did you know when, where, how to propose?
A: You had always said you wanted a special Valentines Day because you never had one. I thought that if we got engaged on Valentines Day that would be pretty special. Also I knew that you wouldn’t be suspicious of all the special treatment because of the Holiday. You had not clue what was going down!
Q: Because we never talked about marriage, rings, the long term “future” of our relationship how did you know I would say yes?
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