Some proposals are moving not because of the ring.
In the sea breeze of Big Sur, he had learned the language she knew best, so he could say in Korean the words he had been preparing for a long time.
From Post Ranch Inn, they wandered from the coast through the redwood forest, and finally down to the beach beneath the setting sun.
The landscape was vast, but those words belonged only to the two of them.
Perhaps that is what true romance is: being willing to take the time to learn your language, just so you can make sure you hear, “I want to walk through life with you.”