tigger

Well a little over a year ago, I came out of this really horrible relationship and I was not having any luck with the men around me .  I decided that I would try something new, I tried a dating website called eharmony.com.  This website had you fill out this really long questionnaire, they asked you all sorts of questions, like do you want a smoker or a drinker.  Well on this eharmony website I met a man named Steve, we went through the guided communication process, where you find a person you are interested in and then you send them three questions, they respond back with answers and send you three questions, you respond back with answers, then they send you their likes and dislikes, you read them, then send yours, after that you send each other more questions and answers before going into open communication where you send each other messasges. Well after Steve and I went through this open communication we exchanged AIM names and email address where we could talk without eharmony.  After a little while of getting to know one another through emails and instant messaging we exchanged phone numbers and talked on the phone for awhile.  After talking on the phone we decided to meet each other and from there we fell in love. A year later we wanted to go away together for our one year anniversary, so we booked a flight to Florida where we stayed in his grandfather's condo.  Steve and I went to Florida on July 4th and we were supposed to come home for July 11th.  Our one year anniversary was July 8th.  Near the beginning of the week I started feeling ill, I thought it was because of the Florida heat or allergies, my throat was bothering me and I had no appetite. Well within a couple days of feeling this way my throat got worse, so Steve brought me to a clinic, where I spent my entire vacation money on a check up only to find out that I had strep throat.  Even after I spent all my money on the visit I stilled owed the clinic money so Steve paid the difference and paid for my prescription.  After a day of taking my antibiotics I started to feel a little better, but still not well enough to go out for our one year anniversary so we stayed in.  Thursday July 9th I felt a lot better and was ready to go celebrate our anniversary, so Steve and I were going to go out that night but in the day time we went to a water park.  Steve started getting really bad stomach pains so we had to leave the park and go back to the condo and needless to say we stayed in that night too.  Steve and I fell asleep in the couches only to wake up at 12 am Friday July 10th, we headed up to bed, but things got worse so I drove Steve to an ER that was like 30 minutes away, they brought him into an ER room.  They did a bunch of tests on him, only to find out that he was bleeding internally.  They later admitted him into the hospital and set him up for an endoscopy.  During his endoscopy they found 2 bleeding ulcers and cortorized them.  The doctor told him they were going to keep him overnight so I spent the night in the hospital with Steve sleeping in a chair all night.  Finally Saturday July 11th they told Steve that they were going to discharge him but he cannot fly for 48 hours, Steve's father rearranged our flights.  So our vacation got extended another 3 days.  On Sunday July 12th Steve and I went to see a movie called the Proposal, after the movie he didn't want to go home right away, so we sat by a water fountain.  While at the water fountain Steve says to me "You know I love you right?" I replied "Yes" Steve then says "I care about you."  I didn't reply and he asks "right?"  I then realized he was asking me if I knew he cared about me so I replied "Yes".  Steve then said "And these past two nights you stood by me while I was in the hospital and that made me love you even more."  He then pulled out the ring box and said "So will you marry me?"  I was so shocked but I said "Yes".  I later found out that he really wanted to propose to me on our one year anniversary but I was sick and then he was, so our vacation together was really rough but it was also one of the happiest days of my life.