Looking Back: Part 3- The Year of Engagement

Okay so we were now engaged but I had to tell my Daddy! Yikes! I was such a Daddy's girl and I had no idea how he was going to take this so I have to admit that I was shaking in my shoes. I know that I had told him about David and I had told him about my experience so he was expecting eventually but I knew that he was not expecting it this soon. So I call him up and ask if it was okay to bring David home with me. The catch was that we would have to bring him back to Shreveport because he didn't have a car yet. So Daddy said yes and I brought David home to meet the family. Oh boy, was that an experience. Daddy was very nice and he asked if we would please give him a year and of course I said yes(being the total Daddy's girl that I am). David on the other hand would have preferred a shorter engagement period but hey he had to wait. Don't they say that "good things come to those who wait". So we were engaged for the next year. It was a time of learning and growth and much patience from both of us. David seemed to have doubts quite a lot. But to be fair to him I didn't let him take me out on real dates very often. I was very engrossed in school and didn't do anything except for on weekends and Daddy had told me that he wanted me home on weekend because all he had was one year left. Needless to say I kind of felt stuck in between the two men that I loved the most but since I was 19 and still felt that it was very important to give Daddy what he wanted ....... I went home almost every weekend. I brought David with me a lot but this still was not the kind of dating he was expecting. Now .... that does not mean we didn't spend a lot of time together, before any of you start thinking my wonderfull Daddy was weird let me tell you that he paid for David's first year of college at NSU (It was a loan that we paid back when we took over the payments of my student loan). He did this so that David and I could be together more. He thought that we were dating during the week. We did get together a lot and ate almost every meal together I felt like it was awesome and loved every minute of it!!!! However I think David would have enjoyed more real dates that consisted of going out adn not just going on walks around campus and talking alot. It was wonderful and we grew a lot. There was a small group of LDS students at NSU and we had a lot of wonderful moments. David was our resident priesthood holder and gave many blessings and pep talks throughout that year. It was Awesome and what didn't kill David made him stronger LOL... to be cont.