How About the Waterfront?

Over a month ago, I put in motion my plan to propose to my long time girlfriend, Melissa.  I getting advice from  my sister about what to do and when to do it.  Melissa was going on a bachelorette party weekend the weekend of March 25-28.  My sister, Deanna, said that I should wait until after the bachelorette party to ask Melissa so that I am not over shadowing the bachelorette.  I thought this to be good idea and planned accordingly.  It wasn’t until after a conversation with Melissa’s sister, Kristen, that things changed a bit.

I called Kristen to tell her the good news and keep her informed as to what the plan was.  She thought it would be a better idea to propose before the bachelorette party.  When Kristen got married and had her party, there were other girls who were engaged and made it that more enjoyable for her.  I liked that idea so much that my strategy changed and picked March 19, 2010 as the day to ask the love of my life to marry me.  I went to pick up the ring the Wednesday before, St. Patrick’s Day.  That night there was a Devils game and both Melissa and I were to attend.  Picking up the ring and keeping it in the house was very nerve-wracking and I could not sleep the next two nights.

Earlier in the week, Melissa asked me what I wanted to do that weekend because the weather was starting to turn for the better and she didn’t want to stay inside all weekend.  I asked her if she wanted to go down to the Jersey City Waterfront on Friday night, the 19th.  She agreed and the plan was on, full steam ahead.  The Jersey City Waterfront is a place that Melissa and I have gone before, often, and I knew Melissa would not pick up any hidden agenda when I picked the place.

When we got down to the Waterfront, finally after battling a ton of traffic, we took our normal stroll from Montgomery St., to the Colgate clock and back.  I had the camera with me and began taking pictures of the New York Skyline, of Melissa, and of the both of us.  It was a pretty windy night on the Hudson River and Melissa was getting cold.  She was sitting on one of the benches that faces the New York Skyline.  I took a seat right next to her and began the run down before I was going to “pop the question.”  I said, “I have been thinking about us lately.”

Melissa replied, “About what?  Is everything ok?”

“Yes,” I said.  I looked down and at that point there was no going back.  Then I said, “You know I love you, right?”  It was after that question that Melissa cupped her hands over her mouth and started to continually ask, “Are you serious?”

I said, “Yes.  Will you marry me,” and took out the ring from one of the side pockets of my jeans.  From then on was total madness.  Melissa called her mother and father, I did the same.  We called or texted everyone we could get in touch with.  I had told Kristen early on that I was going to ask Melissa to marry me at a certain time and to go to the bar that is around the corner from where Melissa and I live and to meet us there.  My sister and her two friends were there with my friend Kevin and his wife, and later my mother and father showed up get in on the celebration.

The best part of the whole story is that I was ab;e to surprise Melissa.  She had no idea what so ever.  We are going on a cruise in the middle of June and she thought that maybe it would happen then, but I had other plans.  We have a tentative date set for March 24, 2012.  We are looking forward to this date and really begin the rest of our lives together.

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~ by Metshead on April 13, 2010.