Steven came back on August 1st. Waiting at the airport felt like I was waiting for an eternity. And then I felt extremely nauseated. Every time we pick Steven up from the airport AND drop Steven off at the airport, I feel extremely nauseated. And I KNOW it's from my constant state of anxiety, as pathetic as that sounds.
His flight landed just before 11pm EST. He didn't get to the main airport section until 11:20pm EST, though. We just stood in the middle of the arrival section, hugging and kissing, while everyone had to walk around us. And all of my nausea miraculously disappeared. No more anxiety. I was just so happy to hold Steven in my arms.
We walked towards the elevator. My father had to use the restroom, before the 45-minute car drive back home. The restrooms are right by the elevators. Steven and I sat down on the seats, right outside of the elevators and restroom, and waited for my father.
Steven told me, "OH! Are you ready for that surprise I kept telling you about?!" And I nodded my head and said, "Sure!" He told me, "Close your eyes! And don't open them until I say you can! AND NO PEEKING!" So I closed my eyes and waited. I heard him unzipping his suitcase and digging around. After a few seconds, he says, "Okay. You can open them." I turn around and Steven is down on one knee, holding a ring box in his hand. I'm pretty sure everyone already knows my answer. I was in SHOCK. But I nodded my head and said, "YES!!!" And then stopped and asked, "So does that mean I can change my relationship status to "engaged" now?!" And he smile and said, "Yes, that's exactly what it means." He also said, "I know you liked a different ring, so these engagement rings are only TEMPORARY until I can get you the $2 ring you wanted. I just didn't have the time to wait 1-month for it to arrive." And that ring should be here within the next week or two. And when it arrives, I'll post the new engagement ring photo!
I'm OFFICIALLY engaged! So now people can stop thinking I'm crazy for all of those "We're getting married" posts, despite us not even being engaged. We've been engaged for over 3-weeks now, and I'm still madly in love with this man!
My engagement rings set!
I gave him his wedding band, too. That way we both have beautiful rings to wear.
Our latest photos together! He makes me so happy!
Unlike most people my age, I've never been engaged OR married before. It's kind of ironic. I'm really picky about my taste in men, yet I STILL always managed to pick the wrong ones. I'm almost 28 and I've only been in 4 relationships (Including Steven). And the previous 3 relationships were ALL toxic. The first 2 were VERY short. And the last 1 was... Way longer than it should have been, but we only saw each other for a total of 1 month. And we're not even going to get started on the douchebags I've been "interested" in, but never got with. Those guys were ALL train wrecks from Hell. Steven has been the ONLY healthy, loving relationship. Steven has been the ONLY guy that actually gave me a REAL chance. He didn't care I was fat. He likes bigger women. He's not "settling" with me, because he doesn't think he could do better (Like one douchebag actually said to me...); He's with me, because he loves me. He was "talking" to other girls, before him and I met online. And out of the girls he was talking to, he chose ME. Yeah, he chose the fat girl that lived on the other side of the country. ME. He might be young, but he's more mature than most men in their 30's and 40's could ever dream to be. At least he knows what he wants, and isn't stupid enough to ruin things. He's doing EVERYTHING he possibly can to make me happy and make things work out for the best. And I appreciate Steven SO MUCH. I don't ask for much, but he goes above and beyond to make sure I'm okay. Yeah, I'm pretty crazy (Thank you, anxiety and depression!). But he tells me ALL THE TIME that I'm "one of the good women out there" and that he's lucky to have me.
I'm supposed to go with Steven to Arizona, in February, to meet his family. His mother talked to his grandparents and convinced them to let me stay there (In the same bed as him, and not in a motel room.), since we're engaged and planning to get married. It's still technically fornication, since we're not married (But we might be, before February?), but his grandparents agreed and said it would be okay. His mother and his grandparents are excited to meet me! His younger brother... Not so much. He doesn't understand why he has to keep leaving Arizona to come to Florida. He doesn't like him being gone for so long. The two of them are always arguing, when he's back in Arizona, but I guess his younger brother just really misses him and stuff. I just hope his family likes me. My anxiety is through the roof, about meeting all 60+ family members. So I just hope everything goes well, when the time comes.
Steven also got a job interview, yesterday afternoon. They interviewed him for over 1-hour. When he came out, he said he was hired ON THE SPOT. They were EXTREMELY short staffed. Only 2 employees and 2 managers working. They wanted him to come in for the night shift. He gets off at 3am, so I have to wait 1-hour and 30-minutes until I get some cuddles!
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