Louis and I have been together for 7 years and I knew from week one that I was going to marry him. We went to a friend’s New Year’s Eve party and it was there that I thought I would never be married. My friend, who has just gone through a very nasty divorce, had a little too much to drink and went on a rant on how marriage is stupid and blah blah blah.
To my shock Louis agreed with everything that she was saying. We left the party and I was very upset though I did not let him know. Fast forwarded to January 8, my birthday. The weather in New Orleans was terrible; rain, sleet, freezing temps. We are not used to cold like this so when Louis told me that he was taking me to the French Quarter to go shopping I was like no way, I am not leaving the house today. He convinced me that we would not be in the cold for too long and I decided to go. Once there, the cold was really bothering me and all I wanted to do was go inside of a bar and have a birthday cocktail. He knows how much I am in love with the St. Louis Chatherdal and asked if I waned to go in and look. I said yes but was sad when there was a wedding going on and we were not allowed in. We sat on the fountain in Jackson Square right in front of the Catherdal and Louis asked me why I loved this place so much. I told him that it was the most beautiful thing that I have ever seen. While I was looking at the building and professing my love for it, I turned to my left and Louis in on one knee holding my ring in his hand. I began to the usual girl cry and jump while 200+ people were watching us. (They were holding a remembrance for the Battle of New Orleans there too) He asked me if I would do him the honor of being his wife and I said yes, as soon as he put the ring on my finger the church bells rang and he told me the reason that we were sitting outside so long was because he was waiting for noon so that I could hear the bells. By far the most romantic thing that he has ever done!
We went eat lunch at the Bombay Club and I asked him why he said such mean things about marriage on New Year’s and he said that he was planning on proposing that night but figured that it was not the right place giving my friend’s state of mind. Agreeing with her was a way to throw me off.