I was completely surprised! I mean, I had no idea he had the money for a ring, so I wasn’t expecting it anytime soon. Yesterday was the 8th, making it 5 years and 6 months since we’d started dating. I knew Ben wanted to take me out to eat, but I didn’t suspect anything because it’s common for us to go do something on the 8th.

We went to Steak & Shake, which is where we ate on our first date and we also sat in the same booth. We chatted it up and then when our waitress brought out our milkshakes she also handed me a rose from Ben. I was already surprised at this point, but then he started to get down on one knee. I was completely shocked and all I could do was put my hand over my mouth and cry. He asked me (very nervously, I think both of our hands were shaking!) if I would marry him and I said, “Yes, of course.” I was so stunned, that he had to say to me, “Well, put the ring on then!” I laughed and put the ring on and I hugged and kissed him. Everyone in the restaurant clapped of course, and I looked behind me and all of the waitresses had gathered to watch and were crying and I thought it was cute. Ben had arrived about two to three hours earlier to set everything up, so they had known it was about to happen. Also, some gentleman anonymously paid for our milkshakes after he saw the proposal and I thought that was pretty sweet.