[Gayle]

I half thought that Chris was going to propose to me on my birthday in October so was a bit cheesed off when he didn't. Then on our six month 'anniversary' a month later he booked a hotel in the lake district and did it the very conventional way over dinner. I sort of knew it was going to happen but it still made me cry buckets when it did.

He didn't actually ask me, just sort of said 'there's something I need to ask you' then put a box on the table. Then he said 'I wonder if it fits'. Me being me didn't wait to find out so put it on my finger and said 'yes, it does'. He's never stopped ribbing me for my eagerness since but in my defence, he asked me a question and I answered it - what did he expect?