I married my high school sweetheart after 15 years together — on our first anniversary, I heard him say, “She still has no idea what I’ve been planning.”
Wesley and I had been together for fifteen years before he proposed.
For a long time, I told that story as if it proved how strong our relationship was. Other couples rushed. We didn’t. Other people needed rings and ceremonies to feel secure. Wesley and I had something deeper.
At least, that was what I kept telling myself.