We knew that we were a forever thing, so Beth told Josh that whenever he was ready he should talk to the world's best sister and most impressive secret keeper - HRH Elaine C. Wiley. Josh reached out to her and Elaine, true to form, took up the call with confidence.

Elaine casually threw out the idea to go diamond ring shopping with Beth "just to see what you might like", colluded with the jeweler to set aside the perfect diamond, arranged the secret shopping trip with Josh, threw Beth off the scent of the engagement plan, and kept her lips zipped when Beth texted her the night before leaving for Aruba ("I'm not going to bother painting my nails because I'm pretty sure he's not going to propose.")

Although Josh had a scare upon arrival when a customs agent almost pulled out the ring box in the airport, the setup to the engagement unfolded perfectly. On our first night in Aruba, we enjoyed some cocktails and strolled the beach at sunset. Just after the sun dipped below the horizon, Josh got down on one knee and asked Beth to marry him. Technically, Beth never said yes because she was crying too hard. At a certain point, though, Josh's knee began to ache from kneeling so long so he figured that probably meant she would accept.

Hopefully, we both keep it together at the wedding for our "I do's".

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