Now that I have my ring I’m starting to let people know about this exciting event. For some reason the sequence that I told people was very important to me. I wanted to tell my aunt and uncle first, and then good friends, and then I would be comfortable to wear it to work and have everyone inquiring.

So on Friday night we went out for dinner with my aunt and uncle. We got there a bit before to make some arrangements and surprise them with our news. I was a bit nervous, because my aunt and uncle have only met my fiance one time. I wasn’t sure what they were going to say. But it all worked out wonderfully.

When everyone was sitting at our table I cued the waiter to bring over the champagne. My aunt was watching everything and was wondering what was going on…but somehow resisted asking what we were doing – I don’t know how she contained herself because she usually wants to know everything!

So while the waiter was pouring our champagne I slipped my hands under the table and took my ring from my purse, and slipped it on my hand. When it was time to says cheers I said “Let’s celebrate!”. My aunt asked “What are we celebrating?” to which I responded “Well, what looks different about me?”. My aunt couldn’t figure it out…and she was so anxious to know what I was talking about. She just wanted me to hurry up and tell her whatever it was I was going to tell her! I think she even said to me “Oh, get on with it…what is IT?”

Then she looked down at my hand and saw a sparkly ring on my ring finger.

And then she screamed.

It was so exciting to share the news with my family and see how happy they were for us. My aunt kept on saying “This is exciting, I’m so excited!”

We called my cousin’s and told them, and I couldn’t really hear what was going on because my cousin’s wife was screaming so loud. And then her kids were so excited their mother was screaming that they started screaming too!

It was such a lovely way to start spreading the word. It couldn’t have gone better. But of course, this is only the beginning!

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