Your recycling-loving Turtle Love Co. friends thrives off unique and cool engagement tales. After all, they’re always so special and tailored (whether intentionally or accidentally!) specifically to the individuals getting engaged – and that’s what we’re all about! Celebrating our individuality!
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Here is Bill’s Engagement Story:
“I am a rather traditional guy and live out in the country. Family values and old time traditions mean a lot to me. Christmas and Easter is not only the time of year when many colleges go on break, but where I live it’s maple syrup making time on the farm as well. It’s also the time of year I knew I would someday want to propose in. Given the wonderful family memories and times I had at the sugar shack, I knew that should be the place to start my own someday family.
Twenty years ago I was in a long distance relationship; my girlfriend and I were living on opposite sides of the state. As luck would have it, she would be home for spring break, and I knew it was time to propose to her. I spent weeks cleaning the sugar shack, trying to make it nice and cozy.
She came home, and it happened to be nasty spring weather. While she wasn’t keen on the idea of walking out in the rain and wind, I coaxed her into sitting with me outside in the sugar shack where a rich fire was roaring while the sap boiled itself into syrup.
Once inside we sat on a bench, and with a bit of a corny opener I asked her to be my wife. She started crying and I immediately started to think something was wrong. I asked her if she was alright and she responded, “I wasn’t expecting you to ask and never pictured being proposed to in a place like this.” I was nervous – maybe this was a dumb idea! But, she added, “This is so much like you. Of course I’ll marry you!.”
She later explained that she was actually impressed and was just a bit overcome with happiness and wondered what I was worried about. Sometimes it’s just better not to say something when you’re already ahead of the game – my first lesson for my new married life!
Included are two photos: one from when we got married and one nearly twenty years later. And we are still in love (if not more!) and making maple syrup in the spring remembering that story night.”
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Thanks, Bill – who doesn’t love romance and maple syrup?!
Check out Bill’s website Groom Wedding Speech, which gives tips on writing and giving that perfect wedding speech!
