Can you beat this? Valentines day story!

Twenty three years ago on a cold valentine's Day Stefanie Baldwin had just found out that her date was stuck in Idaho. Not being in a very good mood her roommates drag her to some pretty lame dances. At the second one, a very handsome young man comes up to talk to her and her roommate. But you see, that's all he did was talk. Song after song goes by, Stefanie is getting a little impatient (a trait not uncommon). Finally, she interrupts the conversation between her roommate and this oh so cute young man to say, "are you going to ask one of us to dance? if not, can we find someone who will?". Rude, huh? and yet, this handsome young man turns to her and simply says, "let's go". Crazy. The night continues and let's just say it ends with an angry room mate who abandons Stefanie to find her own ride (upset that she didn't get asked to dance). Fortunately this handosme young man offers to take Stefanie home, asks her for her number, and leaves with a killer smile. Crazy evening. Later he returns to drop at her door step a box of candy lips. Funny night.

The dating begins but nothing too serious. Stefanie was young and John (the handsome young man) really enjoyed his female social standing. No settling down for him.

The semester ends and both do not expect much. Stefanie is returning to Cincinnati for the summer to work, and John had plans to attend boot camp. They said their farewells and promised to always be friends. Stefanie was later surprised to find out that the two camps John was attending boot camp at were within 3 hours of her home in Ohio. Fate? Time goes by and letters are written. Soon it is decided to make a drive to visit, this visit turned into two, and then s few road trips together. One to the hill cumorah pageant. By the end of the summer John and Stefanie had decided they were definitely more than friends.

When they returned to school all was well. Stefanie and John continued to spend time together. But John still wasn't ready for a commitment. His favorite line, "I can't ever pick a wife, I can't even pick a color of pants" Stefanie found herself a bit frustrated. So, one night, she grew tired and informed JOhn that she needed to be able to focus more on school and that either he needed to decide to marry her or let her go. He asked if he could have a week to think about it.

This picture is the Saturday at the end of the week. John came by to pick up Stefanie for dance and asked her to marry him. He told her he decided he never wanted to lose his "best friend". Stefanie's roommate took the picture. What a grand evening.

So...twenty two years ago. John took Stefanie to the Provo Temple on a beautiful Saturday morning, in the middle of a semester, and said "yes" to time and all eternity.

Can you beat that? But wait...one last things. When John was trying to find a ring it was a struggle. Stefanie is and always has been very particular. All the rings they looked at just weren't what she wanted. She had decided to just get a band and no ring when John's grandmother gave John her wedding ring to give to her. It was more than Stefanie could imagine, better than perfect (if that is possible). And...it has a heart that surrounds the diamond. Yes, ladies...this was meant to be. Now...can you beat that?

Feel free to share your romantic Valentine's day stories, but I guarantee, my will always be my favorite.