Red Sox, IKEA, and Rings, Oh, My!

This weekend, my sister, Kaylee, and her boyfriend, Stephen, went to Dallas to see the Rangers and Red Sox play. Stephen is a die-hard Red Sox fan, so they have been planning this trip for some time now. They had tickets for Friday night's game (they were playing three different nights.) On Friday morning, they went to IKEA (the best store ever!) Stephen wanted to get to the game early to see batting practice, so they were decked out in all their Red Sox gear. A man approached them and asked if they were going to that night's game and if they wanted to go to Saturday night's as well. He had four tickets that he wasn't going to use. Wow! What a blessing! So, after IKEA, they decided to go to "The World's Largest Engagement Ring Store" just to look at rings. They have been talking about getting married, but no one really thought it would happen any time soon. So, Kaylee picks out this 1.3 c round solitaire ring. Stephen proceeds to purchase the ring, but the salesman leads Kaylee to a seating area in the front of the store. He and Stephen go into a back room somewhere while Kaylee waits....and waits...and waits. The salesman comes out and tells Kaylee that they are having some trouble with Stephen's credit, so he's calling his dad to co-sign on the ring. Red flags should have been going off in Kaylee's head from that point forward...A) Stephen has impeccable credit and B)Stephen loans his parents money because of their bad credit. She said she was oblivious. After an hour or longer, Stephen comes out, ring less. He apologizes and apologizes and Kaylee tells him she really didn't want the ring anyway...yeah, right.

Friday night, after the game had been going on a while, Kaylee happened to notice a woman's ring and told Stephen, "Ooh, her ring's really pretty." Stephen replies, "It's nothing compared to your ring though. Here, will you marry me?" After the initial shock of it all, she finally said yes. They weren't on the jumbo-tron or anything, but it was still so sweet. Apparently, Stephen had enough time by getting to the game early to inquire about that sort of thing, but you had to book it months in advance, so he just went with what he had. Surprisingly enough, Stephen wasn't having credit problems in the back room of that jewelry store. He was calling to ask my dad's permission to marry Kaylee. He hadn't really planned this whole thing, but we deduced that he realized this would be the best opportunity to pop the question. He had his two loves...Kaylee and the Red Sox.

I am so excited for them. Stephen is a great guy, and they both deserve all the happiness in the world.