*___*

[oloriel]

Backstory time!
When - a while back - conversation amongst the boyfriend and me turned to the topic of marriage and such, he said something along the lines of, "I would've proposed to you a while ago already, but I haven't thought of a special enough place, though I kind of like the idea of Waikiki beach?"
And I said something along the lines of, "If I take a look at our finances we can reasonably make it there in, oh, five years, and that's an awfully long time at my tender age; besides, isn't Waikiki beach a bit kitschy? I mean, nothing against romantic things, I love me some romance as much as the next girl, but kitsch I don't love. Besides, I'd much prefer something that is special but not so special you can't return there occasionally - as in whenever you feel you need it - which might be just the tiniest bit difficult with Hawaii."

And that was that.

But of course you - well-versed in the way narratives work - know I wouldn't be telling you this if recent events didn't justify it, so here's the story.

As every year, Jörg takes the kidlets from his Jûdô club to the Wewelsburg for summer camp. The Wewelsburg is a triangular castle near Paderborn, and it is also a Youth Hostel*. Since I have to be careful about my vacation days at work - in fact, at the moment I only have 1 left, because the system hasn't yet realised that the year has gone into its second half - I couldn't come along, but I went to drop by for the traditional last day's barbecue and games. This year's topic (the Jûdô is just the place to recruit the participants really) was Ancient Rome, so I imagined 25 kids dressed up in red tunics and loricae segmentatae (which the boyfriend and some of the older Jûdôka assembled, because the children proved too clumsy even to paint their shields on their own) would be quite a sight. ('tis.)
So I drove there after work, enjoyed the barbecue, went along on the nightly (well, eveningly) wide game, saw that the kids really were that clumsy, and then walked back to the firesite, alone with Jörg for a moment.
"I'll have to drive back home soon," said I.
"There's something I have to do first," said he, and went down on one knee.

*flail*

I probably should've savoured the moment a bit longer, but as most of these life-changing things go, when they're actually there you can't elongate them but have to plunge forward. So all I could do was say "Yes of course I will" and kiss him, and spend the rest of the evening squeeing softly every now and then when I couldn't contain it anymore.

I did have to drive home shortly after that, where I was welcomed by two kittens angry at having been abandoned for a full day ('náro has killed a blindworm to show his displeasure), but, oh my God.
Someone's heart overflowing with joy is a rather kitschy phrase, I know, but that's how I feel just now.

And a proposal on a meadow by a river, underneath a medieval castle, night falling and the moon rising, in red tunic and shining Roman armour? Waikiki beach just can't compete.

And it's just one and a half hour from home.

*relapses into squeeing, then has to rush off to university*

- - -

*Due to its exceptional shape and prominent location it also was an educational institution for the SS during the Third Reich. >_>

= = =

Muss schnell zur Uni, also kommt die Übersetzung erst später. Oder auch nicht, bis dahin habt ihr's sicher eh schon auf englisch gelesen.

Aber auch hier noch mal: *QUIEK!* ^_____^

Comments

[degu-aus-stahl.livejournal.com]

^^

[lexygranger.livejournal.com]

Was sagt man da jetzt? ;-) Herzlichen Glückwunsch? Nee, passt nicht.

Ich belass es jetzt dabei: :-)

[elfy.livejournal.com]

Awwwwwwww!!!
Freu mich sehr für dich :D
*knuddel*

[http://users.livejournal.com/macalla_/]

Aaaaaah. Sehr schön :)
Der Heiratsantrag für mich hat - ganz unromantisch - in unserem Wohnzimmer statt gefunden. War eigentlich für den an diesem Tag geplanten Besuch auf einem MA-Markt geplant aber es hat leider gegossen wie aus Kübeln. Also sind wir zuhause geblieben.
Den Heiratsantrag hat er sich dann trotzdem nicht nehmen lassen. Komplett mit Ring :)

[naurring.livejournal.com]

Wow. Das sind ja mal Neuigkeiten. Und einzigartig war der Antrag auf jeden Fall! (Nach Hawai gehen kann ja jeder. :P) Meine Glückwünsche an euch!

[chili-das-schaf.livejournal.com]

Awwwww.

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

Oh! *squeeeeeeees* Congratulations!! Much more perfect than Waikiki!!

[al-pha.livejournal.com]

*squeeee*
Sounds like a great proposal! Congratulations to you both!

[yoodi.livejournal.com]

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww...........!

[etoilepb.livejournal.com]

Woohoo! Mazel tov, congratulations, and all other good things. :)

[faelkchen.livejournal.com]

Ganz herzlichen Glückwunsch an Euch beide, das klingt nach einem echt tollen Antrag! :) War schön zu lesen!

[yueni]

=DDD

Herzlichen Glückwunsch an Euch beide! Congrats, congrats!

[meril.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! That really does go into the "Best Proposal Ever" category :)

[allie-meril.livejournal.com]

Eeeee, yay! Congratulations!!!

[dame_grise]

Hurray! I am so happy for you!

[enismirdal.livejournal.com]

Oh wow! That is romantic and very cute. Many congratulations! Soooooo sweet. Happy happy!

[vout.livejournal.com]

Herzlichen Glückwunsch! Sagt man das bei solchen Gelegenheiten? Keine Ahnung.
Jedenfalls freu ich mich für euch.

[lene-de.livejournal.com]

Das ist doch der Inbegriff von Romantik. Viel besser als Waikiki.

Ganz herzlichen Glückwunsch und alles Gute für euch beide!

[allamistako.livejournal.com]

Congratulations and a *Squee* ;)

[lanyon.livejournal.com]

CONGRATULATIONS. :) :)

[satismagic.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! *hugs*

May you be happy for the rest of your lives and get seven children who are just like you!

[lainvess.livejournal.com]

*quietsch* Das ist ja phantastisch! Meinen Glückwunsch und ein ganz großes Aaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwww! :D

[mirien.livejournal.com]

Oh congratulations!! Now that is a proper proposal!

[littleshebear.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[gaharr.livejournal.com]

Gratuliere ^^

[fusselbiene.livejournal.com]

Ich gratuliere! ^___^

[vashachu.livejournal.com]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DREAMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations! I am beyond beyond beyond thrilled for you! Let's see some ring pics! :) (I love weddings!)

It sounds like Jörg did it just right! (I gotta say though, Waikiki is a *lovely* place to honeymoon...)

*biggest hugs*

I'm so looking forward to wedding-planning posts! :) Yay!!

[arwensommer.livejournal.com]

I think I was probably one of the first people to go "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG! CONGRATULAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATIONS!" at you last night over IM.

But since I think this warrants a break from my non-LJ-ness...

CONGRATULAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATIONS!

[furius.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! That does sounds more beautiful than Waikiki :DDDDD

& Elia sitzt daneben:

[fuchs.livejournal.com]

YAY!!!!!!! Wir freuen uns riesig für euch!!! *____________* Und uiih, was für ein schönes mental image... so mit shining roman armour.... *_________________*

[fallingtowers.livejournal.com]

Ich bin zwar etwas spät dran mit dem Kommentieren, aber trotzdem noch ganz herzliche Glückwünsche von mir!

[flower-star.livejournal.com]

Awwww! Das klingt doch nach einem gelungenen Antrag. Herzlichen Glückwunsch!

[barbardin.livejournal.com]

Meine Güte, da ist es ja!
Unglaublich. Ich hab das komplett überlesen, sonst lese ich ausnahmslos jeden Eintrag von dir.

Jedenfalls nochmal:
Aller herzlichsten Glückwunsch! Das ist ein sehr schöner Antrag.

[rahja.livejournal.com]

Hach wunderbar. *freudops* Sehr sehr schön!
Ich klau das bild mal für die wg, wenn ich darf!