I Proposed To My Partner On Sunday
Hi all, Just sharing a major life update from this weekend. I proposed to my partner after taking her out to a woodland gardens retreat. As this was one of the biggest decisions of my life, I want to share how it unfolded. For a quick recap, we live in Paris, France. However, we’re currently in West Sussex, England, as her elderly mother was hit by a car a few weeks ago. While nothing was broken, her mother’s leg is in a brace, and she cannot climb the stairs. It’s overwhelming for my partner to handle it all by herself, and hence, it’s all hands on deck. We’ve been here three to four weeks already, and have another month to go. I’m sleeping on the floor, and I’m essentially living out of a suitcase. For some time, my wardrobe has been a chair —and half of it still is. I initially planned to propose in Paris last month. However, since everything was up in the air and changing rapidly, we’ve both had to make instant changes and adapt extremely fast. In the midst of this chaos, the ring arrived. I’d been working on it and designing it with a friend in Sri Lanka (where I’m from), who is a jewellery designer (my Who over the summer), and whose place is where my partner and I first got together (I like the poetic circularity of that fact). The ring arrived at my mother’s place in London a week after I had reached West Sussex. One week after the ring’s arrival, I made a quick trip to Paris to sort out some work. The day I left was the first time I saw the ring in person because I dropped in to see my mother in London. That was last Monday, October 27th. That Monday, I booked the place where I would propose. On Wednesday, I got a haircut (to smarten up) and bought a ring box (since the ring didn't come with one). That Friday, I collected the ring after returning via London. And on Sunday, the day before yesterday, I proposed, under a full moon. While I do NOT recommend this course of action, with its tempo, pace, and timing, I am proud of myself for decisively acting in the face of shifting sands in this earthquake territory. I struck, like a ninja, to deadly effect–and no one expected it.