got proposed at twice

updated... as of 7/8/2011 at 11:19am EST

when h2b proposed we were traveling and always on the road and changing hotels and at different countries almost every other day.......... so bringing a very expensive jewelry is a very bad idea..... it could get lost or stolen...... and being the practical and sensible man that he is he didn't bring "the" ring  but he still brought a ring...and that's the ring on the picture below (you can click the image for better photo resolution)....

there are two other reasons why he didn't buy "the" ring right away......first is because he wants me to choose my own engagement ring..... he said he wants to make sure i like my engagement ring because i will be wearing it for a long time......... i did tell him that whatever he chose i'm sure i would love but he wouldn't hear any of it and still thinks it's better if i do the choosing.......... secondly, he also wants me to look at match sets so that the wedding ring goes with the engagement ring....... i actually liked his idea of a match set........


when we started shopping for "the" ring h2b just have one requirement...... nope, not the price.......... price wasn't an issue for him......... it is that we should both like the ring......... he said he would be seeing me wear  "the" ring for as long as he lived and he wants to make sure he likes what he sees and not cringe whenever he looks at it..... funny, but true.....

 there were several rings that i tried and liked (and cheaper too) but it didn't appeal to him (too common or shape is weird or look is cheesy or cheap-looking, etc) so i had to let those go............... then finally, bunch of online jewelry shops, two actual shops and numerous rings later we found two that we both like........... but i had a hard time deciding which one to choose so i asked the h2b to break the tie and also promptly suggested that he shouldn't tell me what he chose so there would still be an element of surprise when he gives me "the" ring.............. the jeweller then  very politely requested for me to leave the room so she and the h2b can "discuss".........


it took 3 weeks before we got "the" ring and then i had to wait for another two weeks before the h2b actually gave it to me......... we were scheduled to go to canada  for the 4th of july long weekend and he wants to give the ring to me while we're there but i suggested that we should just go to cape may because i want him to give me the ring by the beach during sunset..... he didn't buy it...... he said i'm just making an excuse so i could see the ring sooner, haha..... which is true, hehe..... he did, kinda, agree to give me the ring at cape may but only after we came back from canada....... which also means one thing, instead of seeing the ring in 2 weeks after he picked up the ring from the jewelry shop, i now have to wait for one more week (3 weeks total)....... i love surprises but i can't hold my excitement that long, so he won, canada it is!  darn!  lol......

now, how i was able to contain my excitement and stopped myself from turning his house upside down to look for the "black box" to take a peek is beyond me, lol...... but i really want to be surprised so i guess that helped...... so i patiently waited......

on our second night in canada we had dinner at a restaurant overlooking the niagara falls and dumb luck there were fireworks that night........... and so while my eyes were feasting on the fireworks, h2b proposed for the second time.......



"...truly, my life has not been the same since you came into it....so if you still want to get married, you'll make me a very happy man...."


now, whether or not what he meant by "my life has not been the same since you came into it" is for the better or worst is another story, haha.....
anyway......

and that's "the" ring below (again, you can click the image for better photo resolution)........... it's a match set (that's why the h2b chose this over the other "finalist") and the partner wedding ring has a very interesting shape that complements the engagement ring......... i don't have a photo because h2b's keeping the wedding ring for now (he said he doesn't want to jinx the wedding so he had to hide it)........ plus i think it adds to the mystery if i just show the wedding ring on the wedding itself.......

the second photo below is"the" ring and first ring (not the match wedding ring) sitting next to each other..........i used my old rusty nikon D80 and macro lens to take these photos but my camera still didn't do justice on how stunning these rings really look!

the jeweller told us that i could trade my first ring so we could somehow reduce the price of "the" ring........... the first ring isn't my ring size and i had to put tape to pad it so it won't slip my finger, but i still want to keep it for sentimental reason....... that's the ring that we thought got away, haha...... that's my paris ring........ the ring that the eiffel tower bore witness to......

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p.s.

he had it on video but i don't like how i look

so i might not post it here, lol...sorry i'm vain, lol