As mentioned in the first post, I proposed to Scott twice.

The first was 9 years ago on Mt. Diablo (wikipedia) in California.  I had spent almost three months in the state travelling around, and at that time Scott and I had been together 8 years.  I flew Scott out to Sacramento for a week and he travelled with me to Lake Tahoe where I was conducting training for California State Parks, and then we spent Easter Weekend in San Francisco – Scott’s first time there.  Special thanks to my friend and, now, co-worker Chris for hosting Scott and I then.

We packed up a lunch and drove out to Mt. Diablo where we had lunch and I took him to the observatory at the top and  proposed.

As with life, ups and downs happen and we had to put things on hold.

We had been playing around with ideas such as, “If we get married we could…”; and I had been starting to lean towards getting married in my mind for a few months prior to Christmas.  It always seems to happen when I spend lots of time away from Scott – California the first time and then Uruguay & Chicago this second time.

Needless to say, we’ve come a long way as a couple, and based on our traditions, we don’t like to rush things.  It took us almost 2 years of dating to move in together when we finally did.

So how did I do it?  This time, I’d say properly.

I had mentioned to Scott’s mum, Betty, that I wanted to take her out for a nice lunch.  After all, I’ve been in the family for 16 years, and I don’t think she and I have ever done an official Mother-in-law/Son-in-law meal together.

After Christmas, we finally went to a place called “The Clam Bucket” in Port Alberni, BC where Scott grew up.  I highly recommend it!

I said to Betty very coyly, “So, Scott and I have been together 16 years, what would you say if we were to get married?”  Two thumbs up, the deal was settled between Mother-in-Law and Son-in-Law.

Now to re-ask Scott.  What did we do?  Went out to do some errands, we went to Dairy Queen for ice cream and then we went down to the Harbour Quay in Port Alberni.  I looked around and found a nice long pier in the middle of the harbour.  Let’s do it there.

So in the middle of the grey rain at the end of the pier, I proposed 🙂