Just got engaged!

[caley]

...and thought I'd celebrate with my own thread! I'm really excited. I've been dating the girl for two and a half years. I met her at a bible camp, so to propose, I took her to her favorite restaurant the night before, then we stayed in a jacuzzi suite in a hotel in a city near the bible camp where we met overnight. The next day, my brother drove out to the camp, decorated the chapel with flowers, rose petals, and candles, and set up my guitar and two chairs. I drove her out to the camp after checking out of the hotel and we went to the chapel and I sang her a song I wrote for her as the question. At the end of the song, I pulled out the ring, which my brother had taped to the neck of the guitar and asked if she would marry me.

I'm really excited!

 

[seebs]

YAY! Congratulations. Do you think she suspected your "treachery"? When my best friend proposed, his girlfriend *knew* what he was going to do. Dratted feminine intuition.

Wishing you the best of luck. If you ever have a hard time, look me up (I'm easy enough to find, thanks to Google) and feel free to write; I can't promise to give good advice, but I can promise to care.

 

[Lost]

Congratulations!!  Bless you both! 

 

[KeepTheFaith15]

when did yall get engaged like just today?

 

[caley]

Originally posted by KeepTheFaith15
when did yall get engaged like just today?

last friday.

 

[daughter of the king]

sounds like a proposal my brother would do!!LOL
Congrats i wish you all the best luck and blessings!

 

[Susan]

That's nice

 

[coolhandluke]

Congrats! That's awesome. Way good proposal.

-katie

 

[Mr.Cheese]

Dude rock on!
Marriage is awesome.

 

[IslandBreeze]

Congrats on getting married, and I hate to be a pain, but why were you staying in a hotel together when you're not married?

 

[kimmee]

congrats!

 

[caley]

Originally posted by Cammie
Congrats on getting married, and I hate to be a pain, but why were you staying in a hotel together when you're not married?

So only married people can stay in hotels together?  Staying in hotels is one of her favorite things to do, so I included it in the proposal.  I do not understand the problem.

 

[IslandBreeze]

When I see people staying in a hotel room together, I automatically assume they're sleeping together. I'm not saying you were, but it doesn't look good...I'm not trying to condem, honest.
1 Thessalonians 5:22-23 "Abstain from all appearance of evil."

 

[caley]

We did sleep together in the hotel. There was only one bed. However, we did not have sex (and never have). Therefore, there is nothing for you to worry about

 

[Mr.Cheese]

This is a touchy subject. Let's try and not digress from the cheerful atmosphere of this thread.
But you do need to consider what Cammie is saying. Here's why, I've found that problems go looking for you. You don't have to do anything wrong to get into a problem. Trouble does it all for you. People will clean house on a situation that looks bad. That sucks. It's not right.
When I was younger I would have no problem telling them to go jump off a cliff. But now that I'm a little older I am learning that there is something to "Avoiding the appearance of evil."
So ponder that.

You'll like marriage. I'm working on my 5th year. I shouldn't call it work though. It's awesome. I love being married. If you ever wanna talk about marriage I'm right here.

 

[RevKidd]

Caley, Congrats...

But do be careful with the whole "sleeping together" thing. Just like cammie said, you want to make sure that your character is not scared. And people will and do talk. You know your limitations...

God Bless and hope that everything works out great. O one quick thing. The week of the wedding, stay away from your fiance'. Don't take anything she says or does that week personally as well.

 

[AnnaRS1003]

If this were a thread where you were asking my opinion on morals and where to draw lines and things such as that, I would be putting my two cents in. However, this is a thread celebrating your engagement! Congrats!!!! I'm not married (not ready for that!!) but I know that a Godly marriage is one of, if not THE, best things on earth! It sounds like the two of you are off to a great start, and I'm excited for you! Keep us up-to-date on the plans!!!

In Him,
Anna

 

[oncewaslost]

congrats! God bless!

 

[the_man]

Congratulations!

Proverbs 18:22 "He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the Lord"

 

[MyangelDems]

um......i slept with my future husband for 5 months....cuz he didn't have another place to stay because he was from a different state, we didn't have the money to marry and move him, and I couldn't pay rent and food for both of us by myself so....we were more like roommates,,,,,just sort of in the same bed....................and trust me with the little hole in the wall apartment I had back then......lets just say temptations were high....but hey I was still pure on my wedding day :o)