Han (the proposal)

I told y'all that I would inform you on how slick I was when asking my wife to marry me, so here we go. Hannah and I had been dating since we were freshmen, and loving every minute of it. We were approaching our graduation and I decided that it was time. Life wasn't going to get any better, and I for dang sure knew I wasn't going to find a better girl to ask to be with me forever, so I made some calls.

A buddy of mine had just recently been engaged, so I asked him where he got the ring.....mainly bc he got such a good deal ;-) He explain to me where he got it and off I went. I took my Pops along with me for moral support, and my sister jumped aboard for ring approval. I met with the ring guy, picked out the perfect stone, paid him, and was off. I don't think that I've ever been more excited to give something to someone before.

Now, before I made the ring purchase I did the good ole boy deed and talked to her dad to ask for his daughter's hand. I know that you're really supposed to talk to the father face to face, but to tell you the truth I was terrified of him at the time, and the phone seemed like a better option! He understood, and he said of course! Ok, now I had to plan my move. If you're a single dude listen up.....you do NOT want to mess up your proposal, bc if you do she will remind you for the rest of your life...not to mention you want to look like a stud when all her friends ask, "how'd he do it?". So, take the time to think it out!

Early on in my educational career I found out that I was a poet and didn't know it, it just came natural to me, and became a great tool with the ladies. It was nothing for me to whip up something on a girls birthday card and make her plus all the other girls that read it cry! It's a blessing and a curse at the same time. Well, I had written a poem for my wife to be earlier on in our relationship and she really liked it (of course!), so I took the poem, rewrote the ending into a proposal, and had it framed. Then I called all our close friends and told them be at her favorite restaurant waiting on us after I popped the question. Hannah was clueless!

Well the time came. It was Saturday and I was playing in one of my last football games. I LOVE football, but I couldn't wait for the game to be over, bc I knew what was going down afterwards. Prior to the game I told Hannah that we should go out to eat with our families since they were already in town for the game. Well, the game ended and I was off to get ready. I was PUMPED! I went to pick her up and told our other friends to go ahead. On the way to the restaurant I pulled in to the place where I told her that I loved her for the first time. She got a look on her face like what the heck are you doing? I told her that we needed to make a pit stop and that I had a gift for her. I asked her if she remembered the poem that I wrote for her that she loved so much.....she said yes, why? I explained that since you liked it so much I had it framed for you. This is where I got creative with getting her out of the truck so I could get on one knee. I said the only problem is that I need you to get out bc I put it behind your seat to keep it from breaking.....she got out, and I got the poem. I said let me read it to you bc it's been a while since you've heard it.

I started to read the poem, and when i got to the end I started to get down on my knee.....she started to realize what was about to happen! You should have seen the look on her face, it was priceless! Then I asked, "will you marry me?" Every guy expects to hear YES as a first response...so did I....but instead she said, "did you ask my dad?" To which I replied, "does that mean yes?" Then she said of course I'll marry you, with big tears in her eyes. That was one of the best hugs I've ever had in my life!

Now we were off to dinner with her next to me frantically calling everyone she knew, her parents first, and telling them the news. What she didn't know was that all those people were waiting on us at the restaurant. When we walked in she was floored to see and hear them all yelling and cheering for us both. It really was awesome, and it's the best question I've ever asked!

I'll end with this- Single dudes, DON'T drop the ball!!!