TIFU by accidentally saying no when my fiancé was proposing.

So I’ve known my fiancé was going to propose for awhile. We went ring shopping a few months ago and he even told me when he ordered it. However, I had absolutely no idea when or how it was going to happen (I definitely should’ve picked up on it).

Yesterday marked 5 years of us dating, so we went on a beautiful date today at an interactive museum that also has a park and pond. He had gone a few weeks prior to get some information about the area and planned out the whole day for us (hint #1). He didn’t tell me too much about the plans, but he said his roommate was going to tag along so we could get some nice pictures at a certain place he wanted to take me there (hint #2).

About a week ago he kept asking me if I wanted to get my nails done for our date so they would look nice for our photos (hint #3), but I kept refusing. Yesterday evening he kept stressing that I wore something really nice for the date, even though it would be ridiculously hot and neither of us usually cares that much about what we wear (hint #4). Also, this morning he woke me up about 2 hours before our alarm went off and kept trying to rush me to get up and ready for our date. When I was tired and slow he was practically jumping off the walls trying to hurry me along to “keep the schedule” (hint #5). When we finally headed out for breakfast he was very adamant about holding my hand the whole time and he kept awkwardly rubbing my ring finger with his thumb (hint #6), but I just thought he was super excited for the day to start.

After we got to the museum his roommate kinda disappeared (hint #7), which is strange because we are all good friends and enjoy doing things like that together. The whole time I was looking through the first building he kept eagerly trying to get me to hurry along so we could get to the outside parts of the museum (hint #8), which usually doesn’t happen because we are content spending hours looking through museums. When we finally did get outside and began making our way to the next area he stopped at this beautiful island in the middle of the pond and fumbled with something in his pocket for a few seconds before grabbing my hand again and taking me to the next stop (hint #9). He seemed a little nervous and extra sweet the entire time we were talking with the museum workers and going through the town exhibit (hint #10), but I just thought it was because he was worried we wouldn’t have time to see everything and get some pictures, but felt bad for rushing me earlier.

We caught up with his roommate when we were about to finish seeing the last bit of the town and decided to take the car to the next area, which required going back over the island from earlier. When we all got to the bridge we decided to stop and take some photos there before moving on. After a few shots his roommate called him over to take a look at them and I was specifically told to stay where I was (hint #11). When he was about to walk back to me he turned to his roommate to say something so I couldn’t see or hear it while walking backwards towards me before turning and smiling at me (hint #12).

I’m 100% honest when I say I had absolutely no idea it was going to happen until that moment. Something about seeing him walk backwards towards me made me finally put two and two together. When I realized, my jaw dropped and I said, “Wait, no. No you aren’t. What did you just tell her?”

He told me that he just told her to walk back to get some farther shots and grabbed both of my hands to make me face him. At that point I was in complete shock and could only muster another “no” right as he went to pull the ring out of his pocket. His face went white as a ghost before he got down on one knee and was visibly flustered by what I said. I completely froze up and couldn’t spit any words out while he started asking me to marry him. The best I could do was nod my head yes, but he clearly couldn’t tell I was and was getting more and more nervous. I was finally able to whisper a “yes” while holding back tears, and I saw all the color return to his face when he put the ring on my finger.

He told me later that he seriously thought that I was trying to stop him from proposing because “there was no way [I] didn’t know.” Nope, I had absolutely no idea what was going on until it was about to happen. I had PLENTY of hints, and I’m usually great at reading him, but for some reason I was completely clueless this time and it almost broke my fiancé.

TL;DR: When I realized my fiancé was about to propose I said “no” in disbelief and he thought I was trying to stop him from asking because I had plenty of hints to know it was coming.