Lauryn's Thoughts on Engagement! ...

     Good evening, fellow readers. I have the most wonderful news. Something amazing and glorious has happened to me. I am ENGAGED!!!! EEEEEEEK!! It is almost as if a real life fairy tale is coming true. Think about it for just a minute. Here we have this sweet little nerdy girl with a slight case of ASD swimming in an endless sea of people filled with your typical run of the mill brain dead shallow morons. She wonders if there is any hope for romantic and traditional souls like herself. Then out of nowhere, at a local Cheesecake Factory in Novi, a nerdy Prince Charming catches your eye. You have dinner and excellent conversation, share in the perfect first kiss. 7 dates later, you make it official, and the rest is history. 17 months have now passed and the couple, who never thought they would ever find on another, are engaged to be married.
     So how did my Prince do it? Well, it was Christmas morning and my beautiful ring was my present. It was the last present I was to open. I opened this little box and inside was a decoy gift. A cheap $5 Walmart snowflake necklace and earring set. I almost began to cry! I know that the dollar amount you spend on a person does not actually matter, and that is the thought that counts. However, I spend at least $100 dollars on him, making sure he had the perfect Christmas with my family in Lexington. Not to mention the effort in selecting the gifts and wrapping them and transporting them, and making him a delicious Christmas breakfast. So when I opened this effortless and ugly gift, I wanted to cry. I remained calm and said thank you. Then, out of nowhere, he slid off the couch and got down on one knee and asked me to be his wife in the presence of my family. It was perfect and magical. So simple and yet detailed.  I guess you can say that he was automatically forgiven.
     We have been engaged for just over two months now, and it has been amazing and so much fun. I have been having the time of my life getting to go through all of the pretty bridal magazines, and see halls, looking at different photographers, booking my date with the church. Last week I even said “yes to the dress!!!!” Randy would be so proud of me. It is true, you will know your dress when you put it on.  So far, everything has been going extremely smooth and I have literally gotten all that I wanted for my wedding.
    It has also been stressful, money is always an issue as weddings are crazy expensive. Also, everyone will have an opinion for you and ask you millions of questions and try to be “helpful” by offering you subtle suggestions and advice. So what do you do? You smile and graciously thank them for their help. Remember, that some of these people have been through the craziness of planning a wedding and they do mean well. The most important thing to do is remember that this is your day. It is what you want, and not what everyone else wants.
   Above all, try to enjoy this time with your fiance and lean on him/her for their support. This is about the two of you becoming a family and vowing to spend eternity with one another. If you are engaged, congratulations! If not, good luck in your search for your special person. I promise they are out there.