Henk and I originally met at Marloth Park, He was still in school at the time and my grandparents used to have a house there, so when I was younger I used to go there for the holidays. Marloth Park has a municipal swimming pool where all the kids go during the day as it is really hot there. So I met Henk when I was 12 years of age and he was 14. We did not know each other, we saw each other once or twice at the swimming pool, then one day out of the blue, Henk came to me and just kissed me. So from there-on I had a crush on him but nothing came of it then, since we were just kids fooling around. January 2017 after 10years I sent him a message on Facebook, we got together at a restaurant called "Primi Piatti" and instantly the sparks were re-ignited. A couple of weeks after we got together we started dating "16 February 2017" and we have been endlessly happy since.
Henk's birthday is on the 1st of December so,3 months before that time I started planning a secret weekend away for him, his parents as well as my parents for his birthday. Everybody knew about the weekend except him. His birthday fell on a Friday so both of us took off from work. So the morning of his birthday I surprised him with balloons and cake in bed thinking this is going to be the best birthday weekend for him. After breakfast I planned a 4x4 trip and then we went to my work function for aout 4 hours not staying too long there since we still have to drive to Groblersdal for the weekend. After the function we drove to the weekend getaway I had planned for us. So as we stop there he just ran in the house. I went onto the patio to greet my parents then asked them where Henk's mother was, so my dad tells me she is sick and that she would prefer not to be bothered. So as you can imagine, I was a bit concerned as it would be the 1st weekend our parents met. So I just sat outside with my parents not thinking too much about this. After a while Henk's
mother came out of the river cottage with Henk beside her. I wanted to make sure that everything was ok,after her confirmation she went back into the house. I looked at Henk and he just said "leave it". His mother then came back out again with a box that was wrapped and a note attached "happy birthday", Henk's mother put the box in front of me. I didn't think anything weird because, it says "happy birthday" I mean , it is Henk's birthday. So I thought it's a birthday gift.. So as he opens it up I saw this pit bull puppy inside the box, I picked it up and held it in my arms as I saw a heart with an H & M 1 Des 2017 graved into wood around his neck, Henk then went on his knee and asked me to marry him and that he wanted to do it on his birthday as I'm the best gift he ever had. So I started crying because, I thought I was surprising him meantime he as well as the parents knew and they all kept it a secret and he surprised me.
