My sweetie pulled a bait-and-switch by successfully throwing a surprise barbecue party for my birthday and then popping the question in front of all our friends. Not a single one of them knew what he was going to do. He gave a friend our digital camera in advance, saying he was going to toast my birthday, so we have pictures of the whole thing. He did ask both of my parents in advance, which is adorable and hysterical. My mother’s response: “Oh honey, I stopped trying to tell her what to do when she was three years old.”
