How does one propose? That’s a great question and like many other young men looking to propose, I asked the internet. A lot of articles gave good advice like it depends on the girl and what she likes while other articles or forum responses were oddly specific like, “try to do it on a dock.” As much as I liked the dock idea there was another specific suggestion that caught my eye —”incorporate baked goods.” If you know anything about Emily you would know she loves to cook, bake, and mostly eat it seems. She
Like a true romantic the day before I planned to propose I was on the phone with a famous donut shop in her local area coordinating some special “Will you marry me?” donuts. That night I flew into California and hung out with Emily in her hometown. We had talked about marriage before and she even asked me if she should redo her contract at her school to teach next school year. I told her no. She showed me rings she liked. We both kind of knew what was coming, but I like a good surprise. The night I got ther
We are driving back to her house and she asks me what my opinion on hot dessert is (as in do I prefer my cobbler cold or warm). We talk about desserts for a while and I take a relevant transition to spicy desserts and I tell her that I bet The Donut Man (her famous local shop) would probably make a really good mango habanero donut. This seems like an inconsequential detail but it’s important later. Anyway, Emily has her high school class’s graduation that night and I figure (correctly) that she probably wan