How We Met:
John was a student at GVSU in 2010 and I graduated from WMU in 2007.
I moved to Grand Rapids, MI to attend hair school. It was a July summer night
in 2010 where John and his friend spotted me and my friend Shayne. We were
walking into The B.O.B and we cruised around and decided to go into Crush. It
was there where Greg, John's friend went in for the pursuit of my friend
Shayne. While Greg and Shayne were talking John and decided to try to talk to
me. At first I told him "I got a man" (however I was lying) We
continued to talk and I slowly but surely became intrigued my him. His work
ethic and his conversation was genuine. While wrapping up the conversation I
decided to tell him the truth that I was single and I gave him my number. John
is everything that I wanted in a man and on September 26, 2010 we became a
couple. He is so loving and caring who would have thought. Me being from
Detroit and John from Chicago that we would meet in a little town called Grand
Rapids, MI. I hope you enjoyed out story below you will find the Proposal!
The Proposal!!!
Well... As the person behind this wonderful tale I John White will
tell you how it went DOWN!!! On March 14, my wife to be surprised me with concert tickets to see
Tyga in Grand Rapids in celebration of my birthday. At this time I've
already had the ring in my possession for 2 weeks and it was getting harder and
harder to keep nosy Josephine out of my business. Each time we would talk
about our imminent engagement I would say "Yea it might happen round June
or July", but in all actuality I was just postponing so that I could
decide on the best way to pop the question. By the time my birthday came
around, I had already decided that I wanted to propose downtown Chicago under
The Bean on Saint Patrick's Day, now I just needed someone to be there to
capture the special moment.
While we were at the concert, our friend Craig text-ed Josephine just
to see how things were going, and I insisted that she ask them to come to
Chicago with us to hang out, but while she was texting them I secretly sent
Craig a few texts of my own hinting at what was about to happen. The next day
Craig, Tia and myself discussed how everything would happen, and they agreed to
make the 5 hour drive from Detroit to Chicago to share this moment with us and
make it even more special.
But also during our talk, I received some humbling encouragement to
formally ask Josephine's family for her hand in marriage. So the day
before it all was to go down, and while Josephine was partying with her Sorors
in Kalamazoo, MI I drove to Detroit to ask her family for their blessing.
Once everyone had the opportunity to see the ring and give me their blessing I
snuck back to Grand Rapids without her ever knowing that I left.
We drove to Chicago the next day, heading straight downtown, where we
walked around for a bit until we linked up with Craig and Tia around The
Bean. It was so crowded around the Bean with all the Saint Patrick Day
festivities going on downtown that I began to feel a bit nervous. But it was no
turning back now so I manned up and continued with my plans. As discussed
we used the fact that Tia had never seen the Bean to set the plan in
motion. The four of us proceeded towards the Bean, walking through
hundreds of people already there and attempted to take pictures.
Josephine and I went first.
Here it was... the moment in which I would propose to the Love of my
life had finally arrived... I was just about to start my little speech... but
then Josephine wasn't ready... she was too into making sure everyone got a
picture taken. When I finally got her standing next to me again, I'm
thinking lets try this again... but nope, now she wanted to know why Craig and
Tia were so far away from us. I looked over at them and Tia came and took
Josephine's phone and purse that doubles as a suitcase... and then made sure
her hair looked presentable. I began to speak again and this time when she
tried to look away I pulled her close to me and placed a hand on each side of
her face in order to direct her focus to what I was saying.
She finally realized what I was trying to do when I told her how I
asked Craig and Tia to come here to share this special moment with us... when
all this time she had thought that they were just coming so we can all party
downtown. I knew that's what she was thinking by the surprised look she
had on her face. Before she could recover and start to speak I got down
on one knee, pulled out of my pocket the piece of cloth that I had wrapped the
ring in, unraveled it and presented her the ring that she loved so much.
By this time Tia and Craig had already started cheering us on, thus
drawing the attention of the crowd, and everyone formed a circle around
us. And with countless people watching I asked Josephine Malinda Swift to
be my wife!!!
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