Shortly after I started dating Caralyn, I knew she was the one I wanted to marry. When my job moved me from PA to FL, we dated long distance for a year. Finally, Caralyn decided to move to FL to join me. The week before the big move, I asked her to come visit for a surprise weekend. The last time I did that—I took her to a bed and breakfast and bought her front row, center ice tickets for the Buffalo Sabres game that was being played in FL—man did I know how to make her smile!

This time, I got more creative. She flew in from Minnesota where she was for a work conference, and we started driving South. We ended up in Key West. We had lunch at a restaurant specializing in Jimmy Buffet music(her favorite), and decided to take a jet ski ride around the keys that afternoon. But I had more planned.

During the time we dated—Caralyn told me she didn’t care about the ring—that she would marry me with a lifesaver—I remember that moment clearly. So—I decided to incorporate that into my proposal. We were walking along the water in Key West—wasting time til our tour left—and I offered her a life saver. Of course, with Caralyn, it wasn’t “Sure, Id love one thanks!” She answered with “Yes please, I want a red one.” I took out the roll of life savers, and get a yellow one, a green one, an orange one. . we are talking at least six before I hit a red one(clearly I opened the roll from the wrong end!). I finally got to the red one and gave it to her and said “Would you marry me.” She said “sure,” and popped it in her mouth. Oh yes—didn’t pause—no clue—just popped the life saver in her mouth. At that point—I realized she had no clue what was going on. The next second, I was down on one knee saying “Really Car—will you marry me.”

At this point, it clicks and she realizes what is happening, and she starts crying, and drooling red lifesaver (Hot huh?). Her first words were, “I ate my ring!!!” By then, I started to get the ring out of my pocket and was assuring her. . its ok. . there is a real one! She finally got out the word “Yes” and made me the happiest guy on Earth.

- Timothy S., Fort Lauderdale, Flordia

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