I proposed to Eleanor on top of the peak (photo on website), highest point in Hong Kong but the weather was a bit rubbish so Eleanor said we should do it properly and let her plan it.
So we went to a theme park called Ocean park on Tuesday and did rides and stuff, I managed to get her on a very scary roller coaster and then went for a wonderful Japanese meal and proposed to each other over raw tuna and sushi rolls and smoking cocktails. We had already bought rings, earlier that week (we've bought diamond wedding rings for each other cos having engagement and wedding ring seems a bit silly to El), we hunted around most of India for it, but the Indian women like massive bling bling rings and El wanted a more elegant ring. We found one in Mong Kok in Hong Kong that was perfect and looked very beautiful, but I did surprise Eleanor with a pair of diamond earrings, that she did not know about and which look fantastic on her as well, so she is now the diamond girl.
Amazing what you can achieve by sowing the seeds for 3 years (Eleanor: So baby when are you going to get me a massive diamond ring and Don't buy that baby, how will you afford my massive diamond ring etc)
So I suppose you could say we're engaged although we don't really like the idea of being engaged as people are engaged for years so perhaps betrothed is a better word, yes that fits better, as I liked to say that we were courting before!, so there you go folks we are now officially betrothed :-).
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CONGRATS to both of you! I prefer 'betrothed' too - sounds more gothic and faintly medieval. So now you've pledged your troths are you planning to return before affirming your vows?
By the way, there is nothing wrong with a long engagement... 5 years isn't that long anyway... 8)
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