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The Beginning, the Ring and the Boyfriend
Thanks for voting us into this round! Ger and I really appreciate your support and are excited to share our wedding plans with you. I haven’t really introduced Gergely (GARE-GAY—it’s Hungarian) yet, so let me tell you a little bit about him, and us, and our lives…and hopes….and dreams…just kidding! We’ll just tell you how we met and got engaged.
THE BEGINNING: I was in my 2nd year of med school and my friend Sonia and I were thinking about going to the med-law mixer at Hudson’s on campus, but we were both getting lazy and tired and didn’t want to go through the trouble of getting ready to go out. We had almost come to the decision of just staying in when I said, “No, we have to go! What if I was supposed to meet my future husband tonight?!”
So we went. I met Ger; we talked all night; he asked for my number; and called me the next day. We had our first date at the Sugarbowl, our second date at Kyoto and our third date at a movie…all on the same day! And the rest is history. He told me later that he didn’t remember my name the night we met and had saved my number in his phone under “b” and asked his friends later what my name was. Oh well, as long as he remembers now, and “what’s in a name?” anyway.
THE RING: I know I made this the hardest possible process for Ger. We looked everywhere, but there just wasn’t anything that was…perfect. I don’t wear much jewellery, so I wanted this one piece of jewellery to be exactly what I wanted…which was the ring that my Obs/Gyne preceptor had. Ger ended up emailing her for pictures of her ring, which she kindly sent him (Thanks Dr. DeDoming!). Although I didn’t care how big the diamonds were, we were both adamant about buying Canadian diamonds (which is surprisingly hard to do when you’re buying diamonds that aren’t huge), but thanks to jeweller, David Keeling, we were able to get the perfect ring made.
THE BOYFRIEND and his proposal: May 14th, 2009. Hősök tere (Hero Square), Budapest, Hungary.
We were visiting Ger’s family in Hungary and I was pretty sure he was going to propose while we were there. So, each day, I waited patiently for it and each day it didn’t happen. Finally, it was the day before we were leaving for Croatia and he still hadn’t done it! So while we were walking to a famous landmark in Budapest, Hero Square, I finally blurted out “I can’t believe you’re not going to propose in Hungary! We were supposed to celebrate with your grandma here!” To which, he just shrugged. Then, literally a minute later, we were behind a statue in the middle of the square and he got down on one knee and asked me to marry him! If only I had kept my big mouth shut a couple of minutes longer…
In our next post we’re going to introduce our wedding party! We each have five right now, but one of my bridesmaids may not be able to make it. How important do you think it is to have equal numbers on each side?
Thanks for reading!
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Marla!
Come visit! We miss you and Asher…and Nathan! :)
Hey Carrie,
Your wedding is going to be awesome! Reading your post made my day! Its a great way to keep in touch!
Luv ya
xxx
Anu
You guys got engaged on my birthday!
Congratulations…I’m going to keep checking in on the blog :)
Janet, you should send me a picture of your friend! Maybe they are long lost brothers… :)
Christine!! Thanks for being there for Ger to vent his frustrations about the ring! Hope to see you soon!!
Hilarious story about how he couldn’t remember your name, and about how if you’d held on two more minutes you would’ve been proposed to anyway – made me laugh!!! And I don’t think you need to have even numbers, all that matters is the people you care about being there. Good luck!
HOLY your fiance looks like my good friend!! They could be brothers!! Congrats and love the story =)
Carrie! You are Ger are so cute! I remember discussing the ring design on a long run! Congrats again: )
Hugs!
C
Congratulations Carrie!!
He didn’t remember your name? That’s quite funny – hope you remind him about it occassionally :P.
I think what’s more important is to have people who are really close to you in your wedding party. I should know because ours is quite big – but it just means we’re blessed to have MANY close friends and family.
Best of luck to you!
Judith
Hey Carrie! Congrats on making the final :) The proposal story is hilarious! I don’t think it’s that important to have equal numbers – if it’s not equal with the people you want there, you shouldn’t have to feel pressured to even it out. My best friend’s wedding didn’t have equal numbers, and she even had a boy on her side and the groom had his sister, too – it’s about having who you want standing up there on your special day with you, not about if it looks balanced or not!
Looking forward to reading more of your posts!
Emily (AKA “Traditional” Bride) :)