Better late than never. After the magic number 7 years I had always planned to propose to Fiona. Knowing Fiona so well I decided I would be safer for her to have a big choice in the ring but I wanted to be a bit different and have it built for us. Research told me that Dubai was a great place to do this both for cost and quality.
Now the problem I had was getting Fiona to commit to taking a holiday to Dubai during her course time. For so long she dithered and left me hanging on whether or not she would agree to a trip. Can you imagine the anguish I was going through? Finally after much negotiation she agreed to go on a 5 day trip in November. I was so happy and she had no idea what was coming.
I decided to propose the day before we were due to fly. This day was perhaps the most stressful day of my life. Not only did Stephen (father of bride to be) not answer his phone but I was dealing with several production issues with our trading systems which left me working very late. On top of this the tube was also operating with minor delays so by the time I got out into Camden I had missed my chance to buy a cheap ring from Argos as a place holder for the real thing.
I decided to improvise and head to M&S and buy some flowers. I had never bought Fiona flowers before as I think they are a big waste of money (they are just going to die within a couple of days) so I was in the shop for at least half an hour deciding on which ones to go for. I know there were several she does not like the smell of so I went for the safe option and grabbed some white roses and a bottle of champagne.
To make it seem more of a surprise I finally picked up her jacket that was in repair for a few months but had been too lazy to get it. I made her close her eyes and presented the jacket. After which I made her close her eyes and stand up. Then I got down on one knee with the flowers and champagne. Thankfully she said yes and the true reason for going to Dubai became obvious!
Now the problem I had was getting Fiona to commit to taking a holiday to Dubai during her course time. For so long she dithered and left me hanging on whether or not she would agree to a trip. Can you imagine the anguish I was going through? Finally after much negotiation she agreed to go on a 5 day trip in November. I was so happy and she had no idea what was coming.
I decided to propose the day before we were due to fly. This day was perhaps the most stressful day of my life. Not only did Stephen (father of bride to be) not answer his phone but I was dealing with several production issues with our trading systems which left me working very late. On top of this the tube was also operating with minor delays so by the time I got out into Camden I had missed my chance to buy a cheap ring from Argos as a place holder for the real thing.
I decided to improvise and head to M&S and buy some flowers. I had never bought Fiona flowers before as I think they are a big waste of money (they are just going to die within a couple of days) so I was in the shop for at least half an hour deciding on which ones to go for. I know there were several she does not like the smell of so I went for the safe option and grabbed some white roses and a bottle of champagne.
To make it seem more of a surprise I finally picked up her jacket that was in repair for a few months but had been too lazy to get it. I made her close her eyes and presented the jacket. After which I made her close her eyes and stand up. Then I got down on one knee with the flowers and champagne. Thankfully she said yes and the true reason for going to Dubai became obvious!
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