Jodi is a medical student who’s been with Adam for three years. They even remained together during a long-distance portion of their relationship and knew the commitment was for, well, forever! However, she had no idea that a proposal would happen during her fourth year of school, so she wasn’t so much surprised by her engagement, but rather the timing of the engagement. No complaints here! Jodi is in full-fledged planning mode for her San Diego wedding that’s about 11 months away. Here’s her story!
As a fourth year medical student, I knew that Adam would follow me for residency because it had been discussed, so I knew a proposal was in the future.
On a Thursday in January, Adam asked me if I wanted to go wine tasting with our friend, Bobby, and his date. We are really the only couple in our group of friends who love wine tasting, so it made sense for Bobby to ask us to join him as we winery-hopped in a free limo that he’d won. I was really excited to go as I had been out of town on residency interviews on Thursday and Friday.
Saturday morning came, and Bobby called to tell us that he was running late — a regular thing for him. He said we should go and start wine tasting since he could not change the times of the limo. So Adam and I headed off to Temecula, an inland wine destination near San Diego, California. We started wine tasting, and then Adam disappeared to use the restroom. He was gone quite a while, but at the time I was enjoying my wine and wasn’t too concerned with where he was. When he returned to the tasting room, he suggested that we go outside to take pictures before continuing the tastes. This was nothing out of the ordinary as we often took pictures overlooking the vineyard when we had gone wine tasting in the past. As we approached the overlook, I saw our limo driver and asked him to take our picture.
As we start posing for pictures, Adam turned to me to tell me that he loves me very much and that he has known for the last three years (the length of time we have been dating), that I was the girl he wanted to spend the rest of his life with. At this point, I was a little stunned, and I watched him go to the camera bag and pull out a ring box. Almost in slow motion, I saw him go down on one knee, open the box, look up at me, and ask me to marry to him. I did not even look in the box. I just stared at his face. As most engaged girls would say, the next few moments got fuzzy, but I know that I said “yes” as he got up to give me a hug and kiss. After the shock slightly suppressed, I finally looked at the ring and then looked at him. I couldn’t stop looking at him, reliving the fact that he just proposed to me!
Meanwhile, during the proposal, the limo driver was snapping photos with the camera, so we have this amazing memory documented forever!
After the shock somewhat fizzled, Adam told me that our friend Bobby was never coming, and that it was all a rouse to get me to Temecula without suspecting that he was going to propose.
Our day continued with wonderful wine tasting at multiple wineries, where the wine continuously flowed once we told people we had literally just gotten engaged. When the limo dropped us back off at our car, Adam informed me that we were not leaving because he booked a villa overlooking the winery for the night! He even had my mom pack me a bag for me the day before, and left it in the car, so that I had clothes and toiletries. He really thought of everything.
Our evening continued with a romantic dinner at the restaurant at the resort, followed by many phone calls to friends and family to share in our joy.
It was the most amazing day and night, and I know I will never forget any part of it. I could not ask for a better proposal or a better guy to spend the rest of my life with.
As I write this, still with the same grin on my face, we are in the midst of planning our wedding and we couldn’t be more excited. We are getting married in San Diego at the hotel where Adam told me he had feelings for me at the start of our relationship, over three years ago. Our wedding will have a traditional foundation with a modern flair. We both want strong Jewish components and the ceremony will include the more religious aspects like the bedeken, ketubah signing, breaking the glass, and using rings that have no beginning or ending. The reception will be more relaxed and less traditional. We are hoping for a fun and formal evening that we will never forget.
