The Proposal

Now that you know about the ring, here’s the proposal.
Hunter and I have loved being able to go to Hilton Head to visit his grandparents since we first started dating. They have a great house with a pool and are only a bike ride from the beach. We have spent several Spring Breaks, Fourth of Julys, and any other get-a-way weekends there. This was the spot for my dream proposal. Hunter found out my "dream" and went rignt along with it. It wasn’t until closer to Spring Break that he started to get worried and decided he had to intervene. Since I kept talking about a beach proposal, he had me totally convinced it wasn’t going to happen. I have to admit I was pretty let down, but I knew that whatever he did, it would be absolutely perfect! I honestly didn’t think Hunter even had a ring. Since we are together, either in Columbia or at home, on the weekends, I knew there wasn’t any way he could have gotten away to Charlotte without me knowing. Little did I know, a so-called “business trip” at the beginning of February turned into a ring purchase! I think I should mention we had a freak snow/ice storm that day and he had to travel in the worst conditions ever! We had planed to go to HHI and were excited to go and relax for a few days. We went down Thursday and had planned to go shopping Friday. Hunter was anxious to leave Friday morning, and I kept thinking there was no way he was that excited about shopping! So we headed out. He said we were going to go to the beach first. I was feeling stuffy thanks to the pollen and not really up for it, but thought “well whatever.” The whole way there, I kept saying “We never go to the beach just to see it.” To which Hunter replied, “We always go to the beach!” Once we got out of the car he told me to turn around and start walking. It was then that I thought: A: He was about to make me eat my words about not getting my dream beach proposal. Or B: He was totally pulling my leg and was going to give me a flower or a bag of Skittles. So that was absolutely the longest walk to the beach ever! Once we got close, I was surprised to see there were actually a lot of people on the beach. So Hunter darted down a row of sand dunes and that was when I about had an anxiety attack! He pulled out a poem he had written about different things we’d done before we dated and how it all started. It was very sweet and he has never done anything like that, so I know he put a lot of time and thought into it! Then he got down on one knee and proposed. It was PERFECT! I said “Yes” and according to Hunter, I then stuck out my hand to get that gorgeous ring! We walked on the beach and then went back to show off my souvenir! Turns out, Hunter was not nervous about the proposal, but the fact that there was an 80 to 100% chance of rain that day!