I got engaged at the MLP Fair! <3

[Bow Tie]

I shared the announcement in one of the MLP Fair threads and I wanted to share this special moment with the rest of the Arena! I'll start off with a little history of my fiance and I!

This is my fiance, Corey:

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My fiance, Corey, and I met in April of 2009 at a sushi place that opened up near the college I was going to. There was a meetup for people who were in that area who also attend a con called Anime Central. Because of that meetup, we started talking more a few months later. We would stay up all night chatting on AIM. He would come out to a mutual friend's place and we would hang out and he would drive me home on his sport bike. My parents didn't like that. lol He asked me out at a small party, but not properly. He was like, "Hey. Wanna go out?" I told him I wouldn't date him 'til he asked me properly. lol He would meet up with me at the college I was attending, as I stayed home for college that year, and we would have picnics by the lake. On August 31st 2009, he finally asked me out properly and we have been together through thick and thin ever since. We've hit some major bumpy roads, but we have stuck together and are very much so in love. My parents wouldn't talk to him for the first few months and my dad wouldn't even look at him. lol I think it was the age gap plus the motorcycle. He had just turned 25 and I was 19.

I'm a nagger unfortunately and I get jealous kind of easily. I've had friends/acquaintances who have dated their fiances/husbands/wives for a shorter amount of time than Corey and I so it was frustrating because I felt I was so far behind, which I really wasn't. They were ready sooner than Corey and I. It didn't help that most of my cousins are married and have kids so I felt pressure, even though I wasn't really being pressured. Every so often I would have family ask me if Corey and I were ever getting married because we have been together for so long. I honestly think he and I are the record holder for being together the longest before getting engaged. Corey told me he was mostly holding off because I kept nagging, but for the last month or so I didn't nag so much so it helped.

Fast forward to the MLP Fair. Friday, Corey and I went to the apartment we are hoping to get to fill out an application before we left for the Fair. He wanted us to move in together and he already had my parents' blessings to move in together. Even though my mother wasn't fond of the idea as it is against her religion, she would much rather not ruin our relationship over it. Hopefully tomorrow we will find out if we get the apartment or not. If we do, we move in starting September 10th! Now I knew an engagement was happening soon because he said he wanted us to be engaged before moving in together, but I was trying not to get my hopes up. Whenever we would be on a date, like the museum, zoo, convention, I would hope for proposal, but it never happened so I tried hard to not get my hopes up.

Come Saturday evening, Corey and I went up to our hotel room to get ready for dinner. I insisted we didn't go to Benihana because I didn't want him to spend so much money on a dinner. He left the room as I get changed to call his parents because they "called earlier" and wanted to call them back. Little did I know he was calling them to ask one more time for their approval. He came back in and I asked him about what they needed. He said they were having computer troubles, which wasn't a surprise to me as they always call him for help.

I was pushing for him to go to dinner because I was hungry and I can get a little cranky when I'm really hungry. He crouched down and went into his suitcase and said he needed to get something. He turned around and started quoting the Green Lantern oath and modified the oath a little to ask me to marry him. I was too shocked to even remember all that he said. I of course said yes. I hugged him and started crying a little. I was just way too happy. I was waiting for this moment for a long time. The fact that he made the proposal nerdy (I told him 2 years ago I wanted him to use the Green Lantern oath to propose to me) and he did it at a convention, which is something important to us, made it even more special. I am so glad he didn't propose in public because I would have been so nervous with eyes on me.

Here's the beautiful ring he got me! It's what I wanted! A non-traditional ring with a blue jewel!

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[Sarahlacewing]

Ahhh! Congratulations that is so awesome. Pony magic and love in the air. What a great weekend.

[ZennaBug]

Oh my gosh, what a fun engagement story!!!    Congrats!  Your ring is lovely. 

[Shenanigans]

That is so sweet! Congrats to you two

[Bow Tie]

Thank you so much everyone! I keep telling everyone ponies make dreams come true!

Here's the bride pony wearing my ring as a tiara!

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[lovesbabysquirmy]

AWWWWWWW!  How sweet!  Congrats!

[DazzleKitty]

That is awesome! Congrats!

[rearing_palomino164]

That is awesome! Congrats to you both!

[NovelNerd]

Major congrats to you!

[kiwimlp]

Good things are worth waiting for!  Congrats to you both  

PS:  I get cranky when I am hungry too, lol

[StoryDreamer]

Awww, that is the sweetest story! And I love that you have a non-traditional ring that is beautiful. And that your fiance did it in a place that was important to you. Keeper!!

[achab1984]

That is so awesome!!!! Congrats

[LuckyStar]

Congrats! Bow Tie! That's so awesome!!

[Sugar]

Congrats!   That's beautiful!

[Eaglefeather]

Very sweet story! Huge congrats! I love the ring.