A History of the Fondues
September 15th, 2008 @ 12:18 pm by Miss Fondue
Mr. Fondue and I met at his 21st birthday party. I was sort of dating his roommate at the time, so I showed up to the party completely unprepared for meeting the man I was going to marry. However, the minute I laid eyes on Mr. Fondue, I knew.
He didn’t know right away, however. We talked and flirted over the next month before we finally started dating, but Mr. Fondue was so scared of commitment that he wouldn’t call me his girlfriend for the first six months we dated, despite the fact that neither of us was seeing anyone else. This was incredibly frustrating to me, seeing as I was already in love with him.
It took him six months, but he finally came around, realized he was in love with me, and admitted that he was in a serious relationship. I would like to say that we lived happily ever after, but we’ve had a couple rough patches in the past four years, some stemming from his fear of commitment, but everything we have been through has made us an extremely strong couple.
Eventually though, Mr. Fondue warmed up to the idea that we may be getting married someday. In fact, I knew he was getting close to proposing when he started trying to act freaked out again. Think Chandler on “Friends”.
He knew that my mom had an engagement ring waiting for him. It was the ring my dad had first given her, but she had since upgraded, as it didn’t fit on her finger anymore. So while we were visiting my family for Christmas last year, he asked her for the ring. I knew nothing of this before, but with him acting weird and knowing that he had the opportunity to get the ring, I had my suspicions that a proposal was going to be soon. I wanted it to be a surprise, though, so I tried not to think about it too much.
After we were done visiting with my family, we traveled across the state to see his family. It was there, in his parents’ driveway, that he proposed. He later said that he had been planning something a bit more special, but the ring was burning a hole in his pocket and he just couldn’t wait. Everyone now, with a collective, “Awww!”
We went inside to share the news with his family and learned that his brother had also proposed to his girlfriend just days earlier!
Did your fiancé opt for an impromptu proposal?
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20 Responses to “A History of the Fondues”
You and Mr. Fondue are so precious! I enjoyed reading your story and cant wait to read all about your wedding!
Awww…so sweet. 
I can’t wait to hear more.
I love the personal significance that your ring has. and I LOVE Friends. Don’t you just love the scene when he thinks Monica is pregnant at the wedding and he freaks out and they can’t find him? Well I woudln’t love that if that happened to you, but it’s so funny on TV!
Congratulations on your engagement and for joining the bee! How nice that he was able to propose with your mother’s ring.
Mr. Onion did the same thing and he had a number of “large plans” that he didn’t end up doing because he just couldn’t wait! He proposed in our first apartment together the night we moved in over champagne and brownies — he even forgot the ring in CT, but it didn’t matter. It was perfect!
Such a cute story! As any story illustrated by a clip of Chandler is bound to be.
Welcome to the hive:) Very sweet engagment story and the significance of your ring is so special !
Welcome to the hive indeed! Very sweet story (mine seems so ordinary compared to everyone else’s!) and I just have to add a ME TOO! to the Friends lovers.
Oh yes he did, he had been waiting for the perfect moment, we had already decided to get married, so it wasn’t really a question. He asked me the night before our civil wedding with some our family around (sibblings). I was so surprised.
Welcome to the hive and it’s great that you are so honest about the rocky paths all relationships go through
What a cute story… my BFF’s husband proposed to her in bed the morning he had planned to propose to her b/c he just couldn’t wait either… while I think it is a cute story, her’s really wasn’t one she could tell everyone - especially her strickly Catholic family.
Hey, we’re engagement-date buddies! :p Welcome, welcome!
Before my guy and I started dating, I journaled that if he came over right that very second and asked me to marry him, I would say yes! Okay, so it was a little overdramatic (and he still teases me about it), but I did end up being right
PS- That picture of the two of you is so cute!
Welcome to the hive. My FI proposed at home while I was sitting on the couch. He had just come home from picking up the ring. So he had it on him for a total of 30 minutes lol.
Oh how fun! That’s a really cute proposal story! Welcome to the hive Fondue - looking forward to hearing more about you!
Sweet story! So did Mr Fondue’s brother suggest a double wedding when he heard the news? How fun!
That picture of the two of you is adorable! So excited that you are here Miss Fondue!
Welcome to the hive. FH had grand plans and felt everything came together at a family dinner. Everyone was floored…including me. I love a surprise.
Your dating story resembles mine…but I know that after everything we’ve been through, we can get through anything. I look forward to hearing more about you!
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Miss Fondue, Nashville
Age and Occupation: 27, Technical Analyst
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Network Admin Student/Senior Game Advisor
Engagement Date: December 25, 2007
Wedding Date: May 2009
Blogging Since: September 14, 2008
Venue: Ravenwood Golf Club
About Me: I’m your average computer geek marrying a gaming geek and trying to find a good balance of elegance and geek chic in our wedding. I adore The Sims, Nintendo, cosplay, (good) music, TiVo, theme parks, and our two crazy felines.
Wow our relationship path is oddly similar to yours. I look forward to hearing more about u.
Except it took mine the better part of a year to admit to himself and his friends that we were in fact “serious”(neither of us wedre seeing anyone else either)After 4 years everyone was shocked when he finally did propose because they figured he wasn’t the “marrying type”.
My proposal included my fiance tossing a cardboard box at me, saying here’s your birthday present, and running to the kitchen to hide while I opened the box wondering what was going on. haha.