Patrick and I had looked forward to graduation day together for nearly 2 years. Once we agreed that we were a "us" forever with plans for our future in place, Graduation Day became the first step.
My parents had arranged a great celebration following the exercises, as Patricks did. We each had tons of family, friends, and relatives coming that we wanted each other to meet. Although we had agreed with all interested parties that I would not wear the engagement ring, we were planning to secretly reveal it to select individuals.