I proposed and now have a fiance

I proposed to Sophia on Saturday after 3 years of dating. It’s still a bit of a surreal feeling that I’m engaged to the love of my life. She’s an amazing girl and I’m truly lucky to be her fiance.

I had planned on picking up he ring during our two month New York trip but I wasn’t sure when or where I was going to pull the trigger. I ended up deciding that New York was perfect place to propose and set plans in motion.

I was lucky to have a friend bring me to his diamond guy which ended up being a great experience. The diamond district in New York is a trip. I’m not sure if I’d go as far to say I liked going there, but it was an experience I’m glad I had. It took me a couple trips to pick up the diamond I wanted. Ultimately, the first diamond she brought out ended up being the winner - it’s the first one that caught my eye and it was perfect.

My two best friends were in town with their significant others to “celebrate a birthday". We turned her birthday weekend to our engagement weekend.

I decided to get on one knee on my roof of our apartment that we’re staying it. It ended up working perfectly. It had great views and we had the roof to ourselves. I even had two friends hiding in the pool area taking photos. We had some great pictures and a video from the proposal.

Sophia had known that it was likely to happen that day all along. There wasn’t one give away but she put everything happening together and it was just too perfect of a weekend to get it done. We had some funny moments to discuss afterwards.

We ended up partying all day and I booked Pera in Soho for about 20 of us to hang out. COVID restrictions made us sit the entire two hours, but we played a bit of musical chairs to hang out with each other. I ended up surprising Sophia with some of her friends who came to town. It was a blast and I’m glad Sophia got to celebrate with her friends.

I don’t think there’s many good reasons to stay out as late as we did at our age, but I suppose my engagement should be one of them. As I write this on Monday at 9:30pm, I’m halfway asleep and today was a struggle.

I’m looking forward to catching up some sleep and enjoying my last week in New York. I’m even more excited to get to Mexico where I’m hoping to catch up on a lot of rest and relaxation. NY has been great, but I feel like I’m 2 months of sleep behind.