Talar's Story: The Proposal

In Talar's first blog, we heard the story about how their relationship started. She also mentioned, Serj said if the Kings won at the Stanley Cup Championship, he would propose! Three months later, they were both in for a surprise. Here’s Talar and Serj’s proposal story, from the groom’s perspective! 

There comes a time in a man’s life where dreams turn into reality, especially when you make that choice to wake up from your dream! From our first date on, I knew I was living in a dream in the presence of Talar. I would refer our dates to my friends as being on “cloud 9” and how she would hear the good, the bad and the ugly in my day to day life yet remain very optimistic of my outcomes. She was always a positive and loving presence that I cherished to have week in and week out. That’s when I knew I wanted to turn this into a life long friendship. I say friendship because it’s not just love that keeps us together, but our passion to strive and be a strong presence in our Armenian community and family life.

I always imagined it would be unique, special, out of this world, mind blowing and over the top! I am referring to all the ways I would think of how I would propose to Talar. Then one day my friend and I were chatting about this and he suggested the ultimate surprise! Why not propose to Talar on the same day as she threw me a birthday party on a yacht? Sort of like “turn the tables” on her as she would never see it coming! So at the spur of the moment, we started ring shopping and that’s when I knew this dream was inching closer to becoming a reality.

Of course before all of this came into fruition, I had to speak with her father. Luckily after a game of backgammon, which of course, I lost, I found the courage to tell him I went shopping that day. He looked at me a little puzzled and thought I was referring of the sale at Nordstrom but with a slight grin of my face, he realized this wasn’t about new polo I was wearing. This was about a shiny little diamond that his daughter would wear for the rest of her life. He gave me his blessing, but indicated I should also speak with Talar’s mom. A couple of days later, round 2 began! I spoke with her mom and she too gave me her blessing. I wasn’t out of the woods yet. Talar had told me through conversations that when it was time for someone to propose to her, it would be just as important for the guy to ask her brother’s permission as well. She’s always said that it’s not only her mom and dad that give her away, but her older brother too! So, I called Talar’s brother and luckily he was cool enough to relieve the pressure and told me to go for it!

Now came the day, my Birthday that is! Spent all day watching some football, and making sure I was ready when the moment came later that day. As we all went down to Newport Beach, the ship sailed out on the coast while the smell of cuban cigars were in the air. In the midst of laughter, music and the ocean breeze, I knew that the moment was quickly approaching.

No matter how nervous I was, or how sweaty my palms were, I knew it was time for my speech. I thanked all my friends for being there, celebrating my birthday with me, and I began to thank Talar. Since the whole event was to be a surprise, I asked her if there were any more surprises and as she said no, little did she know, I had a surprise of my own… I got down on one knee, ready to ask the most important question of my life, and what does Talar say? “But did you ask my brother, too?” After confirming to her that I had spoken to everyone, I told her how much she meant to me and asked her to be my wife, and her reply…,well, it turned my dream into a reality. 

Here's a video of how it all happened. You can fast forward to a minute thirty.