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What’s not to love about pink diamonds. Not only do they sparkle but for some odd reason they seem to speak while they sparkle. Most of us will probably only see them in magazines or passing jewelry stores. Nevertheless, in my opinion, they are pretty dope.

I recently led a discussion concerning the obstacles of life. When I asked my wife @ChantelleLucie what I should talk about – she fired a rapid response. Tell them about us. (ummm can someone say narcissism?)

What she meant was, that I should talk about how we managed to date while on different continents. My wife is Australian and hails from Sydney. When we met, I was suffering in Laguna Beach, Ca (such a horrible place to live {sarcasm}). So the word obstacle means a few different things for a young couple in love.

Obstacle 1: Time Zone

The easiest way to find out what time it is Sydney, if you are in the CST zone is to add 3 hours and then flip the time.

Example: It is 10:20am CST, means I add 3 hours to equal 1:20pm. Then I flip am to pm which brings the time to 1:20am the following day. Boom, add that to new things you learned today.

Obstacle 2: Mobile Phone

Calling Australia doesn’t fall into your friends and family package. It’s expensive and when your talking to the girl you love, you know how long those phone calls can go.

I know what your saying, what about Skype. Skype is great if you are sitting behind a computer. Skype doesn’t work if you are traveling around the world or going to and from work. We resolved this issue with heaps of calling cards.

Obstacle 3: Language

Yes, the Australian accent is amazing. Yes, there are times when I have no idea what my wife is talking about. In fact, it usually ends up ok until she finds out later that the words she is using is not applicable in the USA. (humor) A great example is “Fire Brigade” – obviously never used in the USA.

Obstacle 4: I’ll skip a few and head to the Fiance’ bit.

How was I going to propose to the woman of my life? I had heard and read about so many outlandish proposals that my creativity had run dry. I can remember flying from LAX – SYD with pink diamonds in my pocket. These diamonds were burning a whole in my pants pocket. It was the most expensive item I had ever purchased. And, it was the most expensive item I purchased with zero insurance. Hence, I was nervous for 14 hours.

I was nervous about the pink diamonds and nervous about how I was going to propose. I didn’t want to mess anything up. I didn’t want to disappoint. But at the same time, I didn’t have any friends in Australia who could help me plan this proposal. I was stuck on an airplane, with pink diamonds and nobody to bounce ideas off of. In addition, I was nervous that these diamonds would dash out of my pocket and disappear into a passengers pocket.

The obstacle was there and what I discovered was that it was all my fault. I was creating the obstacle. I was building my own pressure. No one was laying it on me but me. After several hours of staring in the dark in economy, I had a plan.

I decided there would be no better place than to deliver the pink diamond to Chantelle at Sydney airport. No planning was needed. All I had to do was get on one knee in front of a multitude of strangers, hold on to the ring with all my might and ask her to marry me.

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