Stephanie Flowers and John Marshall New York, United States

Proposal Type: Romantic
Ring: Round Diamond

I was visiting John in the US (I'm in Australia, and we're both Aussies - he works in the SFO area). It was last month, Tuesday August 3rd. John and I had been in New York for a long weekend (Friday through to Tuesday).

On the Tuesday morning, we decided to go to the top of the Empire State Building (John wanted to the previous afternoon, but after a day of shopping by myself. Lugging around a few yards of linen I found, there was no way I was going all the way back down to the Empire State Building!). When we got to the top, John held on to both of my hands, and said "I know I've said this before, but I'm serious this time - will you marry me?". And I said yes.

I'd always wanted to tease him and say something like "Well.... let me see ...." but I didn't. He had been busting to buy me a ring for the week and a bit I had been in the US, and we even looked at some lovely ones in Tiffany's on 5th Ave ... but after the proposal, I thought that it would be silly to have a 'practice' ring, and we might as well just get the real thing.

Which I have done - well, I've organized a jeweler, and we've bought a stone, but I'll wait 'til John's next in Oz to get the ring made - I want him to give it to me, not have me show him what he's given me!!

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