"When Peter Met Lisa"

Peter and I have been together for almost 7 years and in all of our discussions about getting married (there were many!) he always said, "the proposal has to be a surprise, it has to be truly "us", and it has to be perfect. Well, it was all three!

We had invited friends to our house to watch movies at a makeshift drive-in theater in our back yard. The movies were projected on the side of our garage thanks to a borrowed projector connected to our VCR. We were all comfortable reclined in lawn chairs eating candy and popcorn. The movie he suggested we watch was my favorite, "When Harry Met Sally". The movie has short scenes throughout where married couples tell the story of how they met and married. At the end of my favorite of those stories, Peter's head popped up on the screen. I was shocked and so were our friends!

He had recorded himself in the style of the couples in the movie. He said" Lisa and I had been together for a long time. So long, in fact that some people thought I was never going to propose. But when you've been with someone for nearly 7 years, you can't just slip a Ring into a plate of linguini and after a heimlich maneuver or even possibly a trip to the dentist, hope that everyone will live happily ever after. With Lisa, it had to be perfect. I considered proposing when we were in Venice, or on a sunny beach in Mexico. I even considered proposing on top of the Empire State Building. But none of those places felt right.

So, Lisa, why don't you tell them how I proposed?"

Then he came out of the house in a the suit he was wearing in the video (he had run in and changed clothes) and stood in front of me and said "I forgot everything I was going to say. Lisa, words cannot express how special you are to me. But if you'll say yes, I'll spend the rest of my life showing you." Then he got on one knee and asked, "Lisa Ann Watson, will you marry me?"

When I pulled myself together I said, "I'm going to say to you the same thing I have been saying for years. You don't have to worry because I'm going to say yes!"

There wasn't a dry eye in the group! Then someone jokingly said "where's the champagne?" and Peter said, "It's in the garage on ice!" He'd thought of everything. We popped the corks and celebrated into the wee hours with many of our dearest friends!

Later I'll record my version of the story on the video and we'll have those memories to relive and share for the rest of our lives!

Lisa

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