...The Robinator and I decided to get married. He didn't ask me, mind you, he simply said something along the lines of, "I guess I need to go get you a ring tomorrow." And the next day he got me a ring. LOL! It was just that simple once the decision had been made that we were going to stick it out and take care of each other forever.
We lived together for a little over a year before we made the decision and I wish I could tell you that we knew from the beginning that we were meant to be but the honest truth is...we didn't. Living together was hard initially. We were both used to doing things our way and we both needed to learn a lot about our every move and decision being done by taking in consideration the thoughts of someone else.
We didn't know until we knew. We knew we COULD be right for each other but yeah...we didn't know until we knew and then...we knew. It just...clicked. We started leaning into each other's lives and relaxed into the embrace.
Neither of us knew our engagement date when I asked you guys a couple of weeks ago. We were watching television and a couple was celebrating the day they got engaged. I asked him and he didn't know. We just knew it was around Mardi Gras because it was before the first Mardi Gras marathon that he ran. How did we track it down? Well...like I said..he got me a ring the next day so we looked into the files and found the appraisal, receipt, etc. and the date was there. Go us. We're all romantic and whatnot.
I know it sounds all cliche'ish to say I love him more every day but it's the truth. Every day he shows me why he is deserving of nothing but the best of everything I have to offer. Every.single.day he does the right thing. He's a good man. He loves me. He loves us. He loves our family. He calls his mother every.single.Sunday no matter what and he TALKS to her. Not just hey, what's up...you aiight...he TALKS to her. And he talks to his father. Dude is grounded in what's right and real.
And he makes it look so simple.
Ten years ago my love and I decided it's going to be Monnie & Robby forever.
Ten years ago...we got something really, really right.
And yeah...it just keeps getting better.
Thanks for deciding to buy me a ring honey...I'm still waiting on my actual proposal. LOL!
I love you.
