On a walk along Cape Cod Canal, we were discussing the future
and started talking about his love of animals. He has always wanted a dog;
I, on the other hand, am not too fond of them. This conversation led to him wanting
to get a dog. My response to this was "we don't need to be talking about this… I don't
have a ring on my finger" (he knew my feelings on living with a man only if we were engaged).
Later that night he sat me down on his bed and asked me to close my eyes. He then fumbled around
to play his favorite song, 'Dreams' by the Cranberries.
When I opened my eyes, he was on
his knee with tears in his eyes, "Julie, will you be my wife?"
