Hollyann

Our relationship is the result of a joke I was playing. I have a close friend who I have known since I was 4 named Steph and she was getting married to a guy named Ben. We both have the same sense of humor and love to torture eachother so I was teasing him one night about dating his brother. I had never even seen a picture of Chris let alone met or talked to him but I knew Steph loved to tease Ben about hooking his little brother up with one of the other bridesmaids so I figured Id jump in. A little after that the bridesmaids all went dress shopping and I met Beckie, Chris and Ben's little sister, who I instantly became close with. I found out later she told everyone that she thought Chris and I would be good together. A month or so later I went to a Organ Donor fundraiser and met Chris for the first time. It was totally that butterflies in stomach feeling all over again and right then I developed a huge crush on him. He spent the day hanging out with Steph, Ben and myself and by the end of the night, with my cheeks hurting from smiling, I was texting and emailing him. We set up our first date for 2 weeks later. It was an awesome first date - we went to Linvilla Orchards where we did silly things like feed ducks, apple sling, get lost in a corn maze and go on a hayride. By the end of the night and our first kiss I was hooked and we have been together ever since. We talked about getting married about 6 months into our relationship. Our lives just clicked so well together and we were so in love. I knew eventually I'd be getting a ring I just didnt know when. On memorial day weekend I went camping with him and his family at their house (in their yard - BEST way to camp ;) haha). That saturday Beckie, Chris and I all went to look at rings I tried on a bunch and then told Chris I found the one I love and that he should just get it. He told me he didnt want to when I was around so we left. The rest of the weekend we just bummed around, went to a drive in movie and other fun things. On sunday Ben and Steph were coming up to meet us so we waited and then all had dinner together. After dinner Chris was looking for this small toy I had gotten him awhile good. I was tired and a little grumpy so I told him flat out that his sister had put it in a mason jar near the tent. We had had this on going joke about putting each other in a jar so we could keep the other because we live an hour away and only see one another once a week or so. Anyway that weekend the jar was an on going thing - Beckie would put something of Chris' in it and he'd put something of hers, etc. It wasnt an uncommon thing so I thought nothing of it. He looked for the jar and couldnt find it so I stormed over and grabbed it and said "here. happy now?" as I said that his mom made a comment about how she bet he couldnt fit me into the jar. I smiled some and went to humor her by saying "well we tried it didnt work" and I stuck out my hand into the jar to show her. She made a comment on "I bet it would fit her foot" and so he bent down to try. Next thing I see is him reach in his pocket and he slipped the ring into the jar and said "I bet one way I can get her in there" and got down on one knee asking me to marry him. After sequaling a bit I finally said yes and we celebrated. Here he had had my ring for a month and was just waiting for the right time. :) Ben thinks the joke has gone too far.... :)