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Rough_Rock
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Hello all,
Been lurking around for a little while now. Originally when I found pricescope, I initially wanted to refuse to listen to a 'forum' about diamond advice, but soon learned the error of my ways....
Anyways this was a proposal a long time in the works. The initial idea was to get the cast of the Phantom of the Opera in on it, unfortunately because of stupid unions, they weren't able to help in any fashion, and I found this less than a month beforehand, so I had to work quickly to come up with the actual proposal moment. Very long, sorry!
And some more important backstory information. First, since we started dating about a year and a half ago. we really haven't spent more than like a day apart, and like once, maybe twice, a few days at a time. So that was the fuel for the idea, as she has always loved that about us. Second, we met on craigslist. Third, since even like our third date, things NEVER work out the way we plan it to. Something always comes up and ruins plans, for example, our first Valentine's Day, I had a big plan, and it got ruined courtesy of one of the worst snowstorms Pittsburgh has had in a while.
So on April 9th-13th she was scheduled to be going to a conference in Long Beach, CA with her school friends (we live in Pittsburgh). I had offered to drive her to the airport after my night job (I work 2 jobs), and pick her up as well. And this is where my plan kicked into gear.
On April 8th, while she was sleeping, I crammed some clothes into my laptop bag, as well as my laptop, and some basic stuff. On April 9th, I left my night job, picked up her and her friends, and drove them to the airport. Playing off the fact that I had my laptop bag, because I would just be going to my morning job early the next day. Obviously, I had other plans
. I had found a plane that would leave after hers, but still arrive in LAX before hers did.
Immediately after dropping her off, I parked the car at the airport. Being careful to stay a few minutes behind her, both by common sense, and by texting her one friend, who excused it as she was texting her boyfriend. My flight was scheduled to leave a little after 30 minutes after hers did, so I couldn't cut it too close. All the mean while, texting my girlfriend and telling her I was at work, etc etc.
Fast forward to me landing. I run over to where her terminal will let her out. And I wait there till she leaves (being us, she of course texts as soon as she lands letting me know she got there safely). It actually takes her a second to see me, and is, as expected, completely confused. I had already coordinated with her friends to grab her checked bags, so they grab them, and I 'whisk' her away to the terminal where our next flight is at. I don't tell her a thing, other than that she should follow me, and I have somewhere to take her.
Meanwhile, at this point, we have less than about 30-35 minutes to catch the next flight, and I know this. Being in LAX, this gives ZERO time, and in all reality, we should have missed the flight. After running along, and with me explaining, eventually, that we were catching a plane to San Francisco, for undisclosed reasons, we get to the gate. They were actually specifically waiting for us, luckily, and we ever so barely get on the flight.
After sitting down, she actually puts two and two together and realizes why I'd be surprising her in California (I had told her all along, I wanted the proposal to be a complete surprise). We talk about pretty much anything and everything, nothing too 'lovey-dovey' yet, because I wanted to wait till we actually got to where we were going. Once we hit San Francisco, I had a limousine waiting there for us, to which we took that to the headquarters of Craigslist (to me I wanted it to be an embodiment of the start our life together after how we met).
The fun part about this, is since it was essentially a 'winged' thing, I really had no idea what to expect. All I had was an address (that was actually INCREDIBLY hard to find), and no more information. I had attempted to coordinate/contact the headquarters of craigslist, but couldn't get anywhere. All I knew is that it wasn't a big building.
We get there, not quite in the area that I expect. I told her to initially close her eyes, explaining our life together, how we met/everything started, etc etc. Eventually returning back to where we started, where I had her look up at the building, where it was only labeled 'craigslist.org', explained it was the headquarters, etc etc. Took her back into the limo, and proposed there in front of the building. And of course she said YES!, making me extremely happy. Originally I had wanted to propose outside, but it was way too 'lively', and would have in the end just have been awkward.
So we then take said limo, BACK to the airport, to where I have the next leg of the flight to Vegas planned out, leaving EVERYTHING possible as a surprise, not telling her anything).
We fly to Vegas, to which there is another limo there to take us to our hotel (the Pallazo, the Venetian's twin), where I have the best room/suite I could afford reserved. Awesome view, awesome room, definitely! Immediately after checking in and throwing a few belongings in the room, I move her along to the Venetian theatre, where Phantom of the Opera is playing. She desperately has been wanting to see it, and hasn't been able to yet, so I had got tickets there for the best seats possible, imo . After the show, I had restaurant reservations for Emeril's steakhouse there, Delmonico. Not too impressive, sadly, looking back on it, I would have changed that aspect, but oh well. After that, the night was over.
We then caught a plane the next day back to LAX, where I told her I would be staying the length of the conference in Long Beach, and I'd be available to spend any time that she wanted to with me. I had reserved a nice car, and had booked a nice hotel (Hilton), so whatever she wanted to do. In the end, because of the extremely tight living arrangements made by her school, she ended up sleeping over most of the nights, and we were able to spend a large portion of time together
That was the story and here's the ring. There will be 'real' shots to follow, but this should hold you over. Made by Maytal!! And it's an original RCDC radiant, platinum with rose gold. We both love it.
Picture 1
Picture 2
Oh and on a side note, I know that myself I'd be thrown off by the money 'thrown around', but I would just like to note, I in no way am 'blessed with money', I've been working literally 85 hours a week for a while now. This was in order that I could afford all of this, I wanted everything, the story and the ring, so please don't toss this to the side thinking I'm just rich, cause I would do the same haha. Thanks for listening
Been lurking around for a little while now. Originally when I found pricescope, I initially wanted to refuse to listen to a 'forum' about diamond advice, but soon learned the error of my ways....
Anyways this was a proposal a long time in the works. The initial idea was to get the cast of the Phantom of the Opera in on it, unfortunately because of stupid unions, they weren't able to help in any fashion, and I found this less than a month beforehand, so I had to work quickly to come up with the actual proposal moment. Very long, sorry!
And some more important backstory information. First, since we started dating about a year and a half ago. we really haven't spent more than like a day apart, and like once, maybe twice, a few days at a time. So that was the fuel for the idea, as she has always loved that about us. Second, we met on craigslist. Third, since even like our third date, things NEVER work out the way we plan it to. Something always comes up and ruins plans, for example, our first Valentine's Day, I had a big plan, and it got ruined courtesy of one of the worst snowstorms Pittsburgh has had in a while.
So on April 9th-13th she was scheduled to be going to a conference in Long Beach, CA with her school friends (we live in Pittsburgh). I had offered to drive her to the airport after my night job (I work 2 jobs), and pick her up as well. And this is where my plan kicked into gear.
On April 8th, while she was sleeping, I crammed some clothes into my laptop bag, as well as my laptop, and some basic stuff. On April 9th, I left my night job, picked up her and her friends, and drove them to the airport. Playing off the fact that I had my laptop bag, because I would just be going to my morning job early the next day. Obviously, I had other plans
. I had found a plane that would leave after hers, but still arrive in LAX before hers did.Immediately after dropping her off, I parked the car at the airport. Being careful to stay a few minutes behind her, both by common sense, and by texting her one friend, who excused it as she was texting her boyfriend. My flight was scheduled to leave a little after 30 minutes after hers did, so I couldn't cut it too close. All the mean while, texting my girlfriend and telling her I was at work, etc etc.
Fast forward to me landing. I run over to where her terminal will let her out. And I wait there till she leaves (being us, she of course texts as soon as she lands letting me know she got there safely). It actually takes her a second to see me, and is, as expected, completely confused. I had already coordinated with her friends to grab her checked bags, so they grab them, and I 'whisk' her away to the terminal where our next flight is at. I don't tell her a thing, other than that she should follow me, and I have somewhere to take her.
Meanwhile, at this point, we have less than about 30-35 minutes to catch the next flight, and I know this. Being in LAX, this gives ZERO time, and in all reality, we should have missed the flight. After running along, and with me explaining, eventually, that we were catching a plane to San Francisco, for undisclosed reasons, we get to the gate. They were actually specifically waiting for us, luckily, and we ever so barely get on the flight.
After sitting down, she actually puts two and two together and realizes why I'd be surprising her in California (I had told her all along, I wanted the proposal to be a complete surprise). We talk about pretty much anything and everything, nothing too 'lovey-dovey' yet, because I wanted to wait till we actually got to where we were going. Once we hit San Francisco, I had a limousine waiting there for us, to which we took that to the headquarters of Craigslist (to me I wanted it to be an embodiment of the start our life together
after how we met). The fun part about this, is since it was essentially a 'winged' thing, I really had no idea what to expect. All I had was an address (that was actually INCREDIBLY hard to find), and no more information. I had attempted to coordinate/contact the headquarters of craigslist, but couldn't get anywhere. All I knew is that it wasn't a big building.
We get there, not quite in the area that I expect. I told her to initially close her eyes, explaining our life together, how we met/everything started, etc etc. Eventually returning back to where we started, where I had her look up at the building, where it was only labeled 'craigslist.org', explained it was the headquarters, etc etc. Took her back into the limo, and proposed there in front of the building. And of course she said YES!
, making me extremely happy. Originally I had wanted to propose outside, but it was way too 'lively', and would have in the end just have been awkward.So we then take said limo, BACK to the airport, to where I have the next leg of the flight to Vegas planned out, leaving EVERYTHING possible as a surprise, not telling her anything).
We fly to Vegas, to which there is another limo there to take us to our hotel (the Pallazo, the Venetian's twin), where I have the best room/suite I could afford reserved
. Awesome view, awesome room, definitely! Immediately after checking in and throwing a few belongings in the room, I move her along to the Venetian theatre, where Phantom of the Opera is playing. She desperately has been wanting to see it, and hasn't been able to yet, so I had got tickets there for the best seats possible, imo . After the show, I had restaurant reservations for Emeril's steakhouse there, Delmonico. Not too impressive, sadly, looking back on it, I would have changed that aspect, but oh well. After that, the night was over.We then caught a plane the next day back to LAX, where I told her I would be staying the length of the conference in Long Beach, and I'd be available to spend any time that she wanted to with me. I had reserved a nice car, and had booked a nice hotel (Hilton), so whatever she wanted to do
. In the end, because of the extremely tight living arrangements made by her school, she ended up sleeping over most of the nights, and we were able to spend a large portion of time togetherThat was the story and here's the ring. There will be 'real' shots to follow, but this should hold you over
. Made by Maytal!! And it's an original RCDC radiant, platinum with rose gold. We both love it.Picture 1
Picture 2
Oh and on a side note, I know that myself I'd be thrown off by the money 'thrown around', but I would just like to note, I in no way am 'blessed with money', I've been working literally 85 hours a week for a while now. This was in order that I could afford all of this, I wanted everything, the story and the ring, so please don't toss this to the side thinking I'm just rich
, cause I would do the same haha. Thanks for listening 
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