Barbara didn’t want to get married again but I really wanted her to be my wife so when I got a bonus check from work I bought an engagement ring. As we were both big Yankee fans my plan was to take a tour of Yankee Stadium and propose on the pitcher’s mound. However 2 days before opening day I got tickets for opening day April 5, 2002. My plans changed and I was going to ask her after the seventh inning stretch. We got to the game and it was very cold, and Barbara wanted to leave. I said I really wanted to stay so we went to the Yankee Store and bought a jacket, gloves and a hat. If she knew how much I spent she would have killed me. But I needed to do what I needed to do. When I got down on my knee to propose Barbara said, “What did you drop now!” I continued with my plan. She took a while to respond, and I got really nervous. But then she said YES. She called her son and all her friends. She had such a beautiful smile and was so excited I almost cried. A side note: Later that day she shared with me that she thought I was trying to hide the bonus money from her. Lying was the trait that Barbara despised the most. The engagement almost ended before it began. Se did not know where I was taking her for dinner. I said jeans where OK. When we pulled up to Tavern on the Green she was furious. It took a while for me to convince her to go in. I kept looking for someone else in jeans. I said look there someone else in jeans. It was a toddler in Oshkosh B’gosh Overalls. She kind of smiled. We had an amazing dinner.
