Some years ago at a gathering of Yonsei 7 parents we got on the topic of engagements. A rough poll indicated that out of roughly 8 couples in our age bracket (hint: we got married in the 80s) 7 out of the 8 husbands never really proposed. Each couple just said there came a point where they decided it was time to get married. The next day as word got out on the subject, more people (wives) came up to me to confirm the mutual assumption agreement. In other words both parties just assumed they would get married at some point.
Now I know guys who have made creative proposals. Pete N comes to mind as he hid the ring in a cracker jacks box and proposed at the pier. Gayle recalls me just saying it was time to get married. She still can't remember if she agreed. I have a new quest in life to find out how other couples agreed to get married.
Now my son goes out and does something I never even thought about. He takes her to the beach by the school where they met in La Jolla, has friends stationed with a camera and posters. He takes her to the spot and proposes. The signs were made of 1,000 cranes that he made (with the help at the last minute from friends when he was running short). He then brings her back to LA for a surprise engagement party for friends and family. You can view the pictures from the beach at:
http://lynnchyi.com/tiffany-and-jeff-engaged/
The question that came to Gayle and me was "who's kid is this?" Im not sure it is a Wada thing as I suspect my cousins from up North were more romanticly oriented (Brian, Rod, David and Jon). I know over the years his uncle Buddy has always recomended ways to propose "this would be a nice spot", but it is coming from a guy who decided to get engaged and married within a 24 hr. period. The one hypothesis: the more practical one is, the less romantic you are, failed with Jeff. He is very practical. There is one strong streak of me in him, he kept teasing her with fake proposals. "Tiff will you be ......my girlfriend forever?" At which point she threatened to turn him down and make him beg the next time he actually did propose.
Oh, by the way, you may have figured out by now: Jeffrey Wada and Tiffany Chu are now officially engaged. We are excited.
