To some things up. We actually met on Tinder. After talking on and off for about a few weeks I finally agreed to go on a date with him. We went bowfishing and got ice cream (romantic right?). He was about 10-15 minutes late for our date because he decided to take a nap (shocker.) We both were super awkward at first because Ethan wouldn’t talk to me so finally the last bridge we stopped at to check for carp we sat in Ethan’s truck and I forced him to talk. 3-4 hours later he must have gotten sick of me talking so much because he decided to bring me back to my car so I can go home. Ever since that night we knew that we were meant for each other.
Ethan just had gotten back from Deployment about 5 months prior to when he had purposed to me. I had absolutely no idea it was going to happen. When he got home he took it upon himself to ask my 3 younger siblings and my mom about what they had thought about him purposing. Fast forwarding to March we had my two youngest siblings (Dealia and Bradon) staying with us. We all just got back from hanging out at Ethan’s buddy Tony’s house and it was 2:30 am. Bradon and Dealia went inside and Ethan and I were out in his garage talking about future plans and taking the next step in our relationship (like buying a house). Ethan had said he had to run inside to go to the bathroom as I sat in his truck still. About 10 minutes go by and he comes back out and Dealia follows him with his phone and hides behind the garbage can so I can’t see her. Ethan was trying to build up the courage to ask me to marry him and I obliviously change the subject talking about the grass stain on my pants from falling at Tony’s and complaining I had dirt and grass on my hey dudes. He then said “when I talk about taking the next step in our relationship, I mean it.” Me being the airhead I am thought he had meant buying a house. I heard giggling and I looked over and noticed Dealia hiding behind the garbage can with Ethan’s phone, recording us talking. I again, was completely oblivious to the situation. After both of them laughing at me, Ethan then said “this is not how I had planned on doing this, but.” And then got down on one knee and asked me to marry him. (purposing in his mothers garage at 2:30 am is Ethan’s way of being romantic).