Andy is such a sweet darling. He wrote the list below of lies he had told me to keep the proposal a secret. He gave me the list of lies right after he proposed to me.
A list of lies and deceptions I told you in order to preserve the surprise of an engagement and I ask you to forgive me for:
- Thursday, July 15th: I did not go measure a job site with Tim all afternoon, I took the afternoon off to look at diamonds with my Dad at his wholesaler’s
- Wednesday, July 21st: I didn’t run errands like I told you I was going to. Well, I did run one errand, but I still deceived you (or attempted to) about what I was doing. You were supposed to be busy with Dean and Sarah, but they didn’t show up until far too late. I was actually meeting Tom in Alexandria to pick up the ring. I also didn’t go biking, like I said I did. The reason I said that was your mom told me you were convinced that I was down there talking to your dad. I needed to throw you off.
- Thursday, July 22nd: Since I didn’t really go biking, I didn’t blow a tire tube, so I wasn’t looking for a bike shop to get a new tube. I only said I did to add believability to the biking story I told about Wednesday. Also, my dad DID come to visit, but not because he needed to look at my cousin’s water softener. He wanted to look at the diamond I bought for you before I gave it to you, and was kind enough to drive up after work so I could go straight to your place after work on Friday
Anyway, I hated the idea of lying at all. I had to choose between surprising you and lying, or blowing it and being honest. I hope you forgive me for lying to you and hope that I rarely, if ever, need to do it again.
I love you!!