And when we got to the bridge with the locks you said let’s go up here a minute. And I cried just at the sight of it. So many thousands of hopeful steel promises glittering at midnight in the rusting cold wind off the Seine. Undeterred. You asked me to marry you right then and I jumped and jumped and smashed your head into my stomach and groups walked by and watched and laughed and cooed at my tears. Who ever would have thought we would be here?

been thinking… 

Erica is the most amazing person I know.  My idea of telling tumblr that we were engaged was to post a picture from our trip that said “she said yes” followed by an extremely nerdy Star Trek reference, but of course she wrote something beautiful and heartfelt that made me think I couldn’t ever say enough to express my joy for this woman and this experience.

While she would have probably said yes if asked at our kitchen counter, or running late to a movie, I wanted to take her to Paris because a) it was also her birthday, and b) go big or go home, right?

But honestly, I would have spent every penny I had to take her to Paris.  If I could, I would spend all the money in the world on her.  I would buy her every whim without hesitation.  If I couldn’t take her to Paris I would have torn down the Eiffel tower bar by bar and rebuilt every piece of iron on our corner.  I would divert the Seine so it would flow down our street.  I would do anything for her because she is that incredible. 

I am the luckiest guy in the world.

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