Again, this is a true story - 100% true apart from names which have been changed.
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This story is how my life got turned upside down within a pretty small period of time - literally weeks.
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It was August 1998 and I was getting all ready to move away from my parents to go and study at University.
During the summer I'd enjoyed a couple of great holidays with my friends and one with my long-term boyfriend, Andy.
Me and Andy had been together for nearly 3 years. Andy was a decent guy who was the same age as me and our relationship was pretty serious.
We were both going away to University, to different cities but, had talked a fair bit about getting married once we'd graduated.
I didn't know for sure but suspected Andy was getting ready to propose to me before we left for Uni.
If I'm honest I wasn't sure how I felt about committing so young and before such a huge change in our lives. I wanted to experience University properly without feeling tied down really.
But, with all the emotions of leaving home for the first time along with leaving behind my boyfriend I just didn't know what I was thinking.
Me and Andy had a good relationship but not one I'd say was adventurous. I wasn't a shy girl necessarily but I was attracted to Andy because he was a sensible kind of guy and one who respected us girls.
We didn't really have a 'sexual' relationship as you'd expect most teens. Sure, we snogged lots but, we rarely had sex or even passionate fumbles. I did find this quite frustrating at times when I'd hear my friends talking about how much sex they were having with their boyfriends but, I was so focussed on my exams I just didn't let it get to me too much.
So, the night before I was due to leave for Uni finally arrived.
I'd arranged to go out for a meal with Andy as our final time together before being apart until Christmas - a hefty 13 weeks.
I wanted to impress Andy that night as part of me was becoming paranoid that he might meet another girl and we'd be no more.
I knew my parents were going to be out fairly early as they were travelling out of town to go to a friends house for dinner. As any teenage girl will tell you, this is a very liberating fact as it means I can dress however I like without having to face the parental 'slut check' before going out.
My parents were very liberal and, to be honest, I knew they were sexually adventurous too - more on that another time. But, I was still their daughter and I still felt that I needed their approval before going out.
So, I'd been out shopping the week before knowing I had this 'date' with Andy and that I really wanted to impress him and make him 'remember' me - just as any insecure girl would in my situation.
Andy being the conservative boy he was didn't like me looking too sexy as he didn't like the idea of other people thinking he was dating an 'easy' girl. Tonight though, I didn't care what he thought, I wanted other people to look at me so he realised just how sexy his girlfriend was and that he didn't need to look elsewhere.
I'd spent a while in the bathroom pampering myself, putting on my favourite perfume and applying some smokey eyes type makeup.
What I was going to wear was a real dare to myself really. As you can probably tell from the above, I didn't usually wear very sexy attire but tonight I really pushed myself out of my comfort-zone completely.
I'd bought this gorgeous deep purple silk floor-length halter-neck maxi dress. It was absolutely stunning but very thin. It had a good lining to the top part which went over my breasts but, below there the material was only really doubled up in a kind of floating, multi-layered effect. This made the dress float and billow out behind me as I walked with a rather large skirting effect.
Due to the very thin and floaty nature of the dress it was impossible to really wear anything under it without everyone seeing the lingerie.
Believe me, I tried every possible lingerie item and combination but, in the end, I decided that actually, if I were to bowl Andy over then there was only one thing for it...to not wear anything under the dress.
The halter-neck was great because I could adjust the amount of cleavage on show and how 'decent' it appeared. With my shapely 34dd the dress was always going to show a good cleavage but tonight, without my parents around I made sure that I definitely caught the eye of most people let alone just men.
I heard the door bell and tried to calmly cross to the door but I was shaking with nerves wondering what Andy would say when he saw me. I so wanted his approval but tonight I wanted him to be speechless.
I opened the door, Andy stood there and yes, he was speechless. But, what came out of his mouth finally was: "Wow, you look er...lovely but, er, don't you need to some sort of coverup to be going right now?"
"What do you mean?" I replied feeling completely crushed.
"Well, you know..." he said as he kind of hinted at what he meant by pulling his jacket together a bit.
"No Andy, I'm wearing this for you tonight. I want to show you how sexy I am. This is out last night for a long time and I thought you'd really appreciate it!" My voice was starting to go and I think he sensed it.
"No, I really like it...aren't you going to be cold though?" On a warm August evening?? I thought to myself in disbelief.
"No".
With that I grabbed my keys, handed them to him to carry and shut the door.
Walking through the restaurant to our table was thrilling. It definitely gave me a boost seeing eyes following me especially after the painful silence in the car on the way into the city.
Our meal went as you'd expect without anything really to mention. But then, just after our desert the waiter arrived with some champagne.
Andy stood and came to my side. I was really confused but then it hit me like a sledge hammer as he began to kneel.
"Emma, will you marry me?"
Oh my gosh, I honestly thought I'd managed to get away to Uni without having to face this decision. I suspected he might be thinking about it after our rather insecure conversations about the future but, still, wow, what do I do?!?!
I quickly looked around. I think I was looking for some sort of support, some forgiving woman to come and rescue me but no, all I got was a whole restuarant encouraging me to say 'YES!'.