Today is the big day!

Congrats

You should take a picture of the Ring and her...

The only ones I've got so far were from soon after I got down and asked her at the waterfall. They are completely out of focus as my hands were shaking everywhere.

Funny how you get a bit nervous even when you know what the answer is going to be.

I will try and get a pic of the ring at least sometime along here.

Here is a pic of the ring. This is her pic from her camera, but the only one I've got that's visible right now, lol.

Doesn't really show it off as best as it could but there ya go. It's got a lot of history in my family, and even before it was in my family. Not sure how old it is, but got it appraised by a jeweler and such. My uncle got it for my aunt when she lost her engagement ring. That was 15-20 years ago. They've been married for well over 40 years, 46 I believe, so it has some good luck. He got it from an estate sale of an old couple who passed away, and apparently the man had it custom made for the woman, and is quite old. That's about all I know about it, but knew when I saw it that it was the right one, and nothing I could purchase at a store could compare.

wooo congrats

Well done my man, heres to 40 years for you both! Have you got a date set, or a general idea of when your going to say I Do?

If you dont mind my asking, whats with the bar in your chest?

I really do wish you two the best of luck.

Those pics were great, I may have to go there sometime.

Thanks again guys. As for date, she wants a longer engagement. We've been together 4 years and she wants it around the time we graduate college. We're hoping June 3rd in two years. Might go a bit earlier or a bit after, but that's about the time she was hoping I'd ask her, so prob about the time we do it. She didn't think I was going to ask her for another 2-4 years, as that's what I've always said. Wanted to be out of college and a good job for a while, but things change hehe.

As for the bar, I used to be a martial artist from when I was 5 to about 18. Apparently it kept my body strong enough to hold off what was wrong with me. My chest caved in a little bit but never noticed it. Well once I stopped martial arts and my body started to weaken I started having real issues with breathing. A few emergency rooms later and several doctors turns out I needed a bar in my chest to keep my chestwall away from my heart and lungs. My little brother had the same issue, genetic connective tissue disorder. If I didn't get the surgery, well, to put it this way . . . the doctors all thought I should have already have had a heart attack/respiratory failure. Getting good insurance and 150k surgery later and I can breathe again, but because I was older than this usually is done to I needed extra braces inside, and those unfortunately are attached to spots where lots of nerve endings are so lots of pain all the time. But I'm strong and deal, almost out anywho hehe. So ya, comes out July and things should be good, better at the very least.

Anyways, enough of that. I will say that I lurked forever on this site, and right before my surgery is when I started designing a case mod and joined. I didn't want to not get the chance to experience at least part of what those here were seeming to have great happiness in doing.

Congratulations dude, I happy for you both!

Congratulations to both you and her. Now go make some babies will ya...