When Rex was in army boot camp we wrote each other letters every day. In one of those letters Rex expressed his desire to marry me. We hadn't been together that long but being away from him was the hardest thing ever. So I wrote back saying how much I wanted to marry him too.
When he got stationed it was bittersweet. Yes he was in Hawaii which was awesome, but he was on a small island in the middle of the Pacific which was really far and expensive to get to. Luckily he bought me a ticket during the winter since its cheaper and I went and stayed for a week in January of 2009.
On the last full day of my trip it happened. We went snorkeling in Waimea Bay, walked around Waikiki, took a nap on the beach, then went out for dinner. After dinner he pulled out a blue box and revealed a beautiful diamond ring. He took it out and put it on my finger. I wasn't really super surprised since I knew he had bought the ring already (he's horrible at keeping secrets) but it was still exciting.
He never officially said the words, "will you marry me? And I never said, "oh my God, yes!" and made a huge scene. So it wasn't super romantic or cliche like I had always imagined it would be but it was exactly how it needed to happen for us. We hugged and kissed and I couldn't stop smiling. The next day I flew home and three and a half years later we were married.
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