And since you want to know the story… I’ll share it with you!
We celebrated a friend’s birthday at a sports bar the night before he proposed. The next day, I went to get my nails done, and Josh gathered things and arranged the proposal location with our friend. He was already there when I got home, acting as if he had been there for hours when he had only been there for a few minutes. Josh then mentioned pasta for dinner, and I am always down for pasta. We went out to dinner, and I remember thinking, “Is he going to propose? No, he should not do that in a restaurant.” After dinner, he asked if I wanted to walk through Cox Arboretum, a site we used to visit at the beginning of our relationship. This was also not odd, as we still frequent the area and like walking our dogs there. So I was ready to go right away, dog-free for the evening. Then we went to an enclosed garden portion, where I spotted a lovely arrangement of candles, flowers, and other items. “Let’s go check it out!” he exclaimed. Next thing I know, we’ve made it to the setup, and he’s down on one knee. While he was saying something I can’t recall, I was distracted by our same friend who helped him put everything up because he was actually ROLLING around in the grass shooting pictures. It was an absolutely perfect proposal in my eyes. He had never actually asked me to be his girlfriend, so in his proposal (one of the few things I do remember, lol) is that he asked me to be his girlfriend and wife.