Virgo Sun Pisces Moon

Baby, what’s your dream proposal from me?

(Giggles)… You want me to spell it out?

Yes, spell it out for me, please…

So you want me to give you step-by-step instructions on my actual dream proposal!? Is that romantic at all for me?!

(Chuckles) I’m sure you’re not about to write actual step-by-step instructions. Just tell me what you foresee… what you’re fantasizing… I’ll keep it in mind… maybe I’ll add some other little surprises… maybe I won’t even do it, and I’ll surprise you in a completely different way. I just want like, a baseline… a barometer… what are you… thinking? Expecting? Daydreaming?

(Sigh) Okay, well, I did just see an ad on Instagram today for a Glamping site…

Glamping?

Yes… it’s a bit more boogie than camping.

(Nodding) Do you like camping?

Yes and no.

Yes and no?

I haven’t done it since high school? And that was with a big group of girls and a professional bush ranger type of guide and our teachers. That’s not really the same, is it?

No… it’s not the same as if it was just us two going camping…

Well — to be honest, I’m still more of a city girl. I think I will be a bit scared… so I think glamping is a nice compromise.

Okay — does this have anything to do with the Skater boy and Hippie dude’s proposals? Did they go camping with their girlfriends?

Yes — I can’t remember which was which. But one of them went camping, and the other went rock-climbing (and camping) —

Wowowoww, rock-climbing!

Yeah — no, we’re not doing that. They went like, actual RAW rock-climbing, you know? I don’t know how to do that. I don’t expect you to know how to do that either. With YOUR BODY?! It would need be INSURED to go and do that kind of rock-climbing! We are definitely NOT doing that kind of rock-climbing. It’s too dangerous. I don’t want to do it. Those couples have a whole other level of trust — I don’t think “city Asians” like us have that kind of trust.

(LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL) — We’re the “city Asians” — ?

Yeah? Don’t you think? We’re still more comfortable in urban, suburban environments…

How do you know that I didn’t actually grow up more around nature than in the cities. Maybe I grew up on a farm. Maybe I grew up in a rural village. You actually don’t know the real Truth about this yet…

Well… wherever you actually grew up — it would appear that you life — for the most part, have been in cities and surrounds… not in rural areas — and definitely not… OUTBACK AUSTRALIA type of CAMPING and ROCK-CLIMBING with your BARE HANDS that kind of thing…

(Chuckles)

You can’t even ruin your hands. You need to play guitar. You need to play piano. We’re not going “raw” rock-climbing. I don’t even know if that’s what they call it. It’s just my interpretation of it. We can go indoor rock-climbing. I wouldn’t mind that, actually.

Okay… rock-climbing with some… safety measures.

Of course! Okay — not that those friends didn’t know what they were doing. They were absolute pros, so they had that confidence. You’re not going to just suddenly take your girlfriend “raw” rock-climbing for the very first time to then propose at the top of the climb!

Ohh… is that what they did?

Yeah — I guess they did find a beautiful, magical spot with amazing views… Australian outback, you know?

(Nodding)

But I don’t need that. I think glamping — in the Australian rainforests — that’s nice.

Oh yes? What time of year?

Hmm… it’s gotta be more winter/spring… if it’s too hot there could be snakes!

Okay — nothing in the actual summertime.

Yeah… and glamping is nice. It’s more like an AirBnB. In a rainforest.

Okay… glamping/AirBnB in a rainforest. And…? Set the scene for me, please…

Well… maybe it’s not our first time either. Maybe we end up going there all the time. So then when you DO pop the question… I’m rather unsuspecting…

(Smiles)

So… I kind of see it as a morning/daytime thing… I don’t know why… maybe I’m just preparing us breakfast, as I do — when we go glamping — and maybe you’re just sitting on the couch of the living area of that glamping place and you’re just strumming your guitar… and maybe you do this ALL THE TIME — that’s why I’m not suspecting anything…

Uhuh… (smiles)…

But…

But?

You never actually play Jack Johnson’s “Better Together” —

Oh? I don’t? I never, ever, EVER play Jack Johnson’s “Better Together” — ?

No… oddly enough… you never… ever… EVER… play it… and you KNOW that’s like my favourite love song of all time… YOU KNOW I LOVE IT... and it’s in the beach set list. It’s in the “100 Love Songs” list (okay maybe not at the time of writing this but I’ll add it after I press publish!)… it’s definitely in that list and you’ve NEVERRRR played it…

Until that morning… (smiles)

Yeah? Right?!?!?! It’s like an ALARM BELL — a big foghorn signal to me as I’m making breakfast, “What the… he’s playing JACK JOHNSON?!?!?!?!”

(HAHAHAHAHAHAAH)

And then… I’m like, curious… I walk over… whatever’s going on with the breakfast making, I’ll set it aside, turn the stove off, whatever — I’ll go over to the couch where you’re actually playing and I’ll sit down — next to you, on the couch.

And then you look over at me, you’re still playing and singing — the full song. You wait for me to sit next to you, and you finish the full song…

(Smiling)

And then… you start another song…

Oh, so this is turning into a glamping set list?!

(LOL) No! It’s only another 1 or 2 more songs… and they’re YOUR songs… whatever you’ve written in between this time… I don’t know if they’re publicly released songs or they’re really, really personal songs… that nobody’s ever heard… but it’ll be 1 or 2 more songs… and I’ll sit and listen to them… I’ll kind of know… Jack Johnson is the signal… something’s brewing here… you have my undivided attention…

AHHH!!! JACK JOHNSON IS THE BAT SIGNAL!!! He’s my opening act. (Smiles)

(Chuckles) Yes… so… then… you finish your songs… and it’ll be really obvious when you’ve finally finished the songs. Whether 1 or 2 more songs… you’ll place your guitar down… and then… somehow… get on one knee?!?!?!!?!

(Laughing and clapping his hands!!!)

Right?!?! Like you just have to — YOU’RE THE MAN — you’re getting down on one knee.

(Nodding, smiling)

And then… I don’t know, you like, have to make a speech or something. With tears streaming down your face — and I’m crying too!!!

I’m crying NOW just thinking about it!!! (Smiling)

Right!?!?! And — the speech — okay, you have to make a speech. It has to be… at least… 3 sentences?!?! But also — not too long, okay?! If you want a longer speech you can save that for the wedding reception!

(Laughing)

I don’t want you down on one knee for too long. Let’s just say 3 to 5 sentences of a speech. It doesn’t have to be that grandiose and I wouldn’t even be able to contain myself to listen to that long of a speech because simultaneously you’ve somehow also pulled out THE RING.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH…

Yes — and I’m not even listening, I’m more focused on the ring! (Jokes!!!) But also laughing, crying, giggling?! I have no idea!!!

Is all this being recorded?!?! Do you want a recording of this moment?!!?!

UGH?!?! I don’t know?! But there’s no one else in the room with us. Maybe just the dog. (By the way — the glamping site allows dogs) — so like, if you do set up a recording — I have no idea how you’re going to set it up without me suspecting but also have a hidden camera?!?!?! HOW THE HECK ARE YOU GOING TO DO THAT?!?!?!

(Smirk) Keep going… what happens after I make my speech and pull out the ring?

LOL… well… ideally, I’ve said “Yes…”

IDEALLY!??!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!? What do you mean by ideally?!?!?!!?

(LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL) Why would I tell you right now that I’m going to say “Yes” — ?!?!

What do you mean?! That even if I’m asking you about your dream proposal — in the moment — in the actual, real life, real time moment — you might not even say “YES” — ?!?!?!

That’s the nervousness for the MAN. You have to live through it. I can’t guarantee you even in writing right now that I’ll say “Yes” — you have to PROPOSE to EARN MY “YES”!!!

I think I’m going to need to vomit beforehand…

Okay!?!?! Please don’t?!?!?!

No — but — you’re not even guaranteeing a “Yes” —

I’M THE WOMAN!!! You’re supposed to ask without knowing 100%!!! YOU CAN BE 99.99% CONFIDENT BUT IT’S NEVER 100%!!! IT DEPENDS HOW YOU PROPOSE!!! YOU HAVE TO EARN THE YES!!!!! YOU’RE THE MAN!!!!!!!!!!!

It depends what songs you’ve sung.

It depends what you said in the speech.

It depends how UNSUSPECTING I actually was?!?!?

It depends whether or not I’ve even suspected the hidden camera!?!?!?!?!?

(Jaw dropping) This is getting, really, really… hard?

THAT’S WHY IT’S FOR THE MAN TO EARN THE YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And, like, what ring do you REALLY want?! I don’t think it’s got anything to do with your previous posts?!?!!?

(Giggling) I don’t know…

You don’t know?!?!?!!

Well — surprise me!

Oh come on…!!!!!!!!!!

(Laughing)

PLEASE… TELL ME…

That’s another factor — remember when Carrie saw the ring that Aiden proposed to her with on Sex and the City and then she felt like barfing because he totally picked out an ugly ass ring and that made her reject him?!?!?!

(Burying face in hands)… I’m also being tested on what ring I pick out…

(Nodding) All of these elements… are the “tests”… of a man… when he is proposing… If you get it right — I’ll say “Yes!”

Oh my gosh…. (shaking head but smiling)

I love you!!!

I love YOU…

xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox

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I have to… print this out and put it on my wall… and my diary… and my wardrobe door… Daily Reminder of The Proposal…

(Giggles)… I’m wondering what the other 1 or 2 songs are gonna be…

That’s the EASY part!!! Everything else is like — I’M NERVOUS…

(Laughing)!!!