jasonandlisa
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Mar 18, 2007
How we met
I met DF on match.com last June, just a few months after I moved down to Austin, TX from New Jersey. 2006 was certainly a crazy year for me: completely new and different location, new puppy (an adorable King Charles Spaniel named Harley), new friends in my new city, and then a new boyfriend who became my DF
(Heres a favorite picture of me with Harley and a new one with Harley and "his Pluto".)
Proposal(s) Story
First, there was the bar proposal. One night while out with a big group of friends, he leaned over towards me and asked what the girls were talking about. I gave him the quick synopsis: one girl was frustrated with her boyfriend of 4+ years not proposing yet. In response, DF-to-be said to me, Id marry you tomorrow if youd let me. I was shocked because he sounded serious and we had never discussed marriage, but I played it off jokingly. We had a little conversation about whether we should just run off to Vegas, whether our parents would mind us eloping so abruptly, etc. And then I just let it go. After all, a spontaneous, casual proposal in a noisy bar hardly counts, right??
Then, there was the sleepy proposal. A few nights after the bar proposal, after another late night, we were just dozing off to sleep. DF-to-be rolls over and looks at me and says, quite sincerely, Id marry you, if youll have me. I say, just as sincerely, Of course Id have you. And that was it. He didnt say anything else. And Im lying there thinking, did he just propose?, are we engaged? By the morning, Id decided that that didnt really count either. So then I decide that the next time I get a casual proposal, Im going to pin him down and find out exactly how serious he is. Cause this ambiguity is killing me
Finally, the wedding proposal. On November 12th, 2006, exactly 5 months after we first met, we were sitting at a table by ourselves at a friends wedding reception when another casual proposal popped out of DFs mouth. This time, he wasnt at all drunk, and he wasnt half-asleep, and I didnt let it drop! We continued to talk about getting married most of the night (and most of the next day, too.) Whether we wanted a wedding. When I should move in with him. How many and when wed want children. How wed manage our finances. And on and on. It may not have been the most romantic of proposals. But were a practical sort of couple, so it suited us just fine. So this time we were engaged, for real!
I dont have a photo of us on the real, wedding proposal night, but I do have one from the first, bar proposal night. So I think that counts. Here it is:
Some Basics
Custom/Wishes wedding, 80-110 guests expected (and hopefully not any more than that!)
Date: Sunday, September 2nd, 2007.
Ceremony: 9am at the U.K. Pavilion, in Epcot
Reception: 9:45a-2:15p at the Living Seas
Rehearsal dinner: Hollywood Brown Derby
Wedding party : none, except for our flower girl, DFs 3-yr-old niece
Room block: Wilderness Lodge, Coronado Springs, and All-Star Music
Registries: Macys, Pottery Barn, Williams Sonoma
Wedding Planner: Maxine (with floral design by Rose)
Officiant: Rev. Tim Herring
Hair & Make-up: About Face, Naomi
Photography/Videography: Disney
Ill follow-up with the fun details in later posts! Our wedding is just 10 weeks away now!!
I met DF on match.com last June, just a few months after I moved down to Austin, TX from New Jersey. 2006 was certainly a crazy year for me: completely new and different location, new puppy (an adorable King Charles Spaniel named Harley), new friends in my new city, and then a new boyfriend who became my DF
(Heres a favorite picture of me with Harley and a new one with Harley and "his Pluto".)
Proposal(s) Story
First, there was the bar proposal. One night while out with a big group of friends, he leaned over towards me and asked what the girls were talking about. I gave him the quick synopsis: one girl was frustrated with her boyfriend of 4+ years not proposing yet. In response, DF-to-be said to me, Id marry you tomorrow if youd let me. I was shocked because he sounded serious and we had never discussed marriage, but I played it off jokingly. We had a little conversation about whether we should just run off to Vegas, whether our parents would mind us eloping so abruptly, etc. And then I just let it go. After all, a spontaneous, casual proposal in a noisy bar hardly counts, right??
Then, there was the sleepy proposal. A few nights after the bar proposal, after another late night, we were just dozing off to sleep. DF-to-be rolls over and looks at me and says, quite sincerely, Id marry you, if youll have me. I say, just as sincerely, Of course Id have you. And that was it. He didnt say anything else. And Im lying there thinking, did he just propose?, are we engaged? By the morning, Id decided that that didnt really count either. So then I decide that the next time I get a casual proposal, Im going to pin him down and find out exactly how serious he is. Cause this ambiguity is killing me
Finally, the wedding proposal. On November 12th, 2006, exactly 5 months after we first met, we were sitting at a table by ourselves at a friends wedding reception when another casual proposal popped out of DFs mouth. This time, he wasnt at all drunk, and he wasnt half-asleep, and I didnt let it drop! We continued to talk about getting married most of the night (and most of the next day, too.) Whether we wanted a wedding. When I should move in with him. How many and when wed want children. How wed manage our finances. And on and on. It may not have been the most romantic of proposals. But were a practical sort of couple, so it suited us just fine. So this time we were engaged, for real!
I dont have a photo of us on the real, wedding proposal night, but I do have one from the first, bar proposal night. So I think that counts. Here it is:
Some Basics
Custom/Wishes wedding, 80-110 guests expected (and hopefully not any more than that!)
Date: Sunday, September 2nd, 2007.
Ceremony: 9am at the U.K. Pavilion, in Epcot
Reception: 9:45a-2:15p at the Living Seas
Rehearsal dinner: Hollywood Brown Derby
Wedding party : none, except for our flower girl, DFs 3-yr-old niece
Room block: Wilderness Lodge, Coronado Springs, and All-Star Music
Registries: Macys, Pottery Barn, Williams Sonoma
Wedding Planner: Maxine (with floral design by Rose)
Officiant: Rev. Tim Herring
Hair & Make-up: About Face, Naomi
Photography/Videography: Disney
Ill follow-up with the fun details in later posts! Our wedding is just 10 weeks away now!!
so now we need all the other juicy details - dress, flowers, food.....etc....yeah!
Anyway, I actually love your invites
I love the color scheme. As you know I'm from the UK also, I sent an invite to Mickey and Minnie and would much rather have one from them that the Queen anyday
