"It was the 18th of June, 2015. Prior to that, I had told all her sisters about my intentions. So we cooked up a plan. I called the Spice Route Restaurant (@spicerouteng) in Port Harcourt, to set up a Sea food buffet dinner for guests. We set the time for 7pm. I told Beverly we were just going to hang out with her sisters, which we occasionally did, so she didn’t suspect anything was different. I picked her up at 6pm. My mum, in anticipation and excitement because she already knew, almost blew my cover because she kept calling. At a point I had to turn off my phone. You see, Bev loves ice cream with cookies and cream. So I ordered this for her only, just for desert and the ring was hid in the ice cream bowl. How smart of me!! Time for desert came. I was as nervous and shaky as a wet, cold duck. She started taking the ice cream one scoop at a time from the bowl. Inside of me, I was like ‘hurry up, before I collapse here out of nervousness’. Suddenly, she made a sound and spat something onto her hand, and threw it away, in fear, thinking it was a roach. I knew that was the ring she threw away so i went looking for it somewhere under the sofas at the restaurant. Eventually, i found it, took a knee and said these words; ‘you have given me peace, love and happiness, nothing can compare to you. Will you marry me?’ I had to ask that three times, before she caught her breath and said ‘YES’ Later in the day, she wrote these words on her Facebook timeline; "Every Moment spent with you is like a beautiful dream come true My favorite place to be is inside of your hugs Where it’s warm and loving. I love you Kiss me and you shall see stars Love me and I’ll give them to you I love you with everything I am, And more than anyone ever thought possible And with all the life in me, I said a big YES to the man of my dreams" I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with Beverly.
Story told by the groom - Tammy Karibo. See Pictures of their Julius Caesar and Cleopatra themed photo session below. Photography by @happybensonpixels
