TAKE THIS PERSONALLY: The Proposal 💍 (And the Peacoat That Almost Ruined It)

Summary

The Bobby Bones Show: Take This Personally – The Proposal 💍 (And the Peacoat That Almost Ruined It)

Episode Date: January 18, 2026
Host: Morgan Huelsman
Guest: Brayden (Morgan’s fiancé)

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Episode Overview

In this special episode of “Take This Personally,” Morgan Huelsman sits down with her fiancé, Brayden, to share the eagerly-awaited, deeply personal, and often hilarious behind-the-scenes story of their engagement. From the early planning stages and family conspiracies to the now-legendary peacoat mishap, listeners get an intimate, unscripted account of how Morgan’s proposal went down—surprise twists, near-spoilers, emotional moments, awkward laughs, and all.

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Main Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Proposal Backstory: When Did the Planning Begin?

• Brayden’s Early Intentions: He’d always envisioned proposing one year after they first met, specifically on March 29th (04:45-05:04).
• The Comedy Club Catalyst: The serious planning kicked off after a night out with friends, where Morgan’s friend Allison both threatened (jokingly) and offered to help Brayden with ring shopping. (“Listen, if you mess with her heart, people won’t be able to recognize you. ...Also, if you need a ring, let me know, because I have a guy.” – Allison, paraphrased by Brayden, 05:11)
• Direct Action: Brayden messaged Allison the very next day to start the process—for Morgan, this was a surprise as she recapped learning about this on the podcast itself (06:06).

2. Designing the Ring: Sentiment & Symbolism

• Collaborative Design Process: Morgan and Brayden had looked at rings at Brilliant Earth, but Brayden worked with Allison and the jeweler to tweak the design. He even changed Allison’s name in his phone to “Randy Thompson” to keep things secret (07:30).
• Hidden Halo & Meaning: Under the main diamond, there’s a hidden halo designed with Brayden’s intention:
  “That was, like, my base, letting you be the big diamond to shine. ...I’ll always be your support, baby.” – Brayden (09:20-09:49)
• Morgan’s Emotional Reaction:
  “It felt incredibly amazing to not only be loved in that way, but to be seen in such a way.” – Morgan (09:50)
• Ring Arrival Surprise: The ring was ready just before Christmas, catapulting the whole plan into motion earlier than anticipated (09:00-09:13).

3. Orchestrating the Surprise: Family Involvement & Logistics

• Must-Haves for the Proposal: Brayden wanted Morgan’s family present, a beautiful scene, their dog Remy involved, and, critically, for Morgan to be completely surprised (13:13-14:21).
• Co-Conspirators: Morgan’s brother-in-law Seth and sister Taylor helped scout the perfect spot—Botanica in Wichita, during the family’s annual tour of Christmas lights (14:21-15:48).
• Secrecy Shenanigans: Brayden struggled to get Morgan’s dad, Terry, alone to ask for her hand without tipping her off.
  "There’s a 0% chance...surprise is the biggest thing, so anything to tip you off… would have been really bummed." – Brayden (21:17-21:29)
• Narrow Misses: Morgan’s natural curiosity nearly spoiled several moments—“I’m just inquisitive naturally” (20:25)—but surprise was preserved.

4. Moments of Emotion: Getting Dad’s Blessing and a Mother’s Reaction

• Heartfelt Early Morning Talk: Brayden finally got Terry alone at 6:30am to ask for permission, resulting in a fatherly hug and encouragement (24:54-26:14).
• Special Moment with Brayden’s Mom: Sneaking the ring into the house led to an emotional, teary exchange with his mother as Morgan was oblivious upstairs (17:42-19:33).

5. The Peacoat That Nearly Ruined It All

• Clothing Crisis: The infamous peacoat became contentious. Morgan thought it would spoil a Christmas gift; Brayden needed it for the ring pocket during the proposal (27:08-38:11).
• Comedic Tension:
  "I looked at him—I was like, do you not listen to me? Did we just have a conversation…?” – Morgan (33:48)
  "If she tells me that I cannot wear this peacoat, I don’t know what I’m gonna do." – Brayden (35:12)
• Resolution: Morgan gives up and unwittingly paves the way for a smooth proposal night with a now-legendary line:
  "Just wear the stupid peacoat." (35:00)
• Ultimate Irony: He receives a much nicer peacoat as a gift on Christmas, but the original is now a keepsake (36:44-37:11).

6. The Proposal Day: Orchestration and Near Giveaways

• Botanica Events Unfold:
  • Family was unusually punctual—a red flag to Morgan in retrospect.
  • Multiple bathroom breaks—Brayden’s covert attempts to connect with the videographer (41:19-42:09).
  • Passing the Ring: Brayden needed to get the ring from Seth to himself without Morgan noticing (44:01-44:18).
  • Morgan’s perception picked up on many details (Seth wearing a coat, Taylor’s fixation on tulips, etc.)—but never pieced it all together.
• The Proposal Moment:
  • In front of the Christmas-lit tulip gardens, with family watching, the photographer (Stacy) and a hidden videographer captured everything (50:22-51:45).
  • Brayden recites a heartfelt speech, tears up, and Morgan is stunned, joyous, and relieved to have “finally found her person.”

7. Brayden’s Proposal Speech

"When I say I love you more, it’s not a competition. I’ve loved you more each and every day since the night I met you. March 29th at precisely 11:30pm. My heart stopped searching for its match the moment I met you. I want to spend the rest of our lives together, hand in hand… (truncated for brevity) …Morgan, will you marry me?" – Brayden, reading from his phone notes (56:10-57:04)

"I cannot remember lyrics by myself anymore...it actually has turned into a fun love language for both of us." – Morgan (58:16)

8. Celebration Aftermath: Family, Friends, and Dog Proposals

• Immediate Afterglow: Hugs, tears, and photos with family. Morgan’s mom, dad, sisters—all deeply moved. Brayden meets one of Morgan’s sisters for the first time in person (62:22-63:03).
• Remy’s "Dog-Ter" Proposal: At home, Brayden proposes to their dog Remy with a ring-shaped chew toy (64:25-65:23)—but Remy ignores it; another family dog, Lola, jumps at the chance!
• Community Love: Friends and family (including Brayden’s childhood teacher) flood them with congratulatory messages.
  "I know the people who have listened to your full story…people were just so excited for you. And that just makes me feel good that I’m the safe space. That’s huge for me." – Brayden (70:24)

9. Reflections on Love and Finding Each Other

• Morgan’s Journey:
  "You were proof that I did everything that I was supposed to do for my life, not necessarily for anybody else's, because everybody else's journey is different. But I did everything that was necessary for me to find the person that I was supposed to find, and that was you." – Morgan (70:50-73:19)
• Brayden’s Steadfastness:
  "You haven’t had a doubt since the moment that we met. I haven’t had a doubt since our first date. My heart didn’t have a doubt since our first date." – Morgan (73:27)
• A Team, Hand in Hand: The couple closes reflecting on their partnership, communication, and excitement for the future (74:14-74:40).

10. The Nail Saga

• Why Morgan’s Nails Weren’t Done:
  "First of all, I’m not a nail done, girly…My boyfriend, now fiancé, knew that if he tipped me off to go get my nails done, then I would have known that something was happening–AKA ruining the surprise.” – Morgan (76:07-77:45)
• Sisterly Sabotage: Sister Taylor subtly tried (and failed) to get Morgan to paint her nails for photos. In the end, press-on nails were used for key engagement pics.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• The Diamond's Meaning:
  "That was, like, my base, letting you be the big diamond to shine." – Brayden (09:20)
• Morgan’s Realization At the Proposal:
  "As you’re getting down on one knee, I was like… It’s finally happened. I finally found the person that I’ve been wanting and searching for…" – Morgan (59:14)
• On Surprises:
  "Surprising me is a very difficult thing to do." – Morgan (14:21)
• The Peacoat Forever:
  "Now the peacoat that you have that I was like, hey, send back is now a memento of our proposal, and we can’t possibly send that back." – Morgan (36:58)
• On Communication:
  "Resentment is one of the number one reasons that people don’t end up either happy or…end up divorced. ...So when the situation of the peacoat was happening, that’s why I say baffled, because I was like, this is not how we operate.” – Morgan (38:11-39:30)
• After Saying “Yes”:
  "Did you want the ring? And I was like, yes, I very much do." – Morgan recounting (61:29)
• Family Support:
  "I think there was a sense of, like, my boy found his person, and I think that’s a special moment for any mom." – Brayden (18:17)
• Final Affirmation:
  "You did this. One thing that I forgot to mention during this whole engagement story was about my nails..." – Morgan (76:07)

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Key Timestamps

| Time | Segment | |-----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 04:45 | The planning begins: Brayden’s original proposal intention | | 05:11 | The comedy club night and Allison’s “I have a guy” ring offer | | 06:35 | Morgan and Brayden’s different understandings of the ring search | | 07:30 | Changing contact names, designing the ring with secret code names | | 09:20 | The story behind the hidden halo in the ring | | 13:13 | The “four non-negotiables” for the proposal | | 21:17 | The lengths gone to maintain the surprise; failing to get Terry alone | | 24:54 | Finally asking Terry for Morgan’s hand (emotional conversation) | | 27:08 | Introduction of the “peacoat” drama | | 35:00 | Morgan’s “Just wear the stupid peacoat” moment | | 41:13 | Arriving at Botanica, the proposal location | | 44:01 | Logistics – getting the ring from Seth without Morgan noticing | | 50:22 | The actual proposal unfolds, with photographer and family | | 56:10 | Brayden reads his full, planned proposal speech | | 59:14 | Morgan’s inner thoughts during the proposal | | 64:25 | Brayden “proposes” to their dog Remy (dog-ter proposal) | | 70:50 | Morgan’s reflection: doing things her own way and finally finding Brayden | | 76:07 | “The nail saga” is explained |

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Episode Tone & Takeaways

From playful banter and self-deprecating jokes to some truly tender admissions, Morgan and Brayden’s chemistry and communication style are on full display. The episode is lighthearted but deeply sincere, showing both the joy and anxiety of orchestrating a memorable engagement—and highlighting the couple’s strengths: openness, humor, emotional vulnerability, and a shared commitment to doing things their way (with a little help from family and friends).

For listeners craving hope, laughter, and romantic inspiration, this episode delivers—proving that sometimes, the best love stories are the ones where things almost (but don’t quite) go off the rails.

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Find Morgan on Instagram at @takethispersonally to submit follow-up questions for a potential future episode!

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[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

With Morgan Huelsman.

[Morgan Huelsman]

It is time. Because last time you met him on my podcast, he was being introduced as my boyfriend, Mr. B. Aka his real name is Brayden. But this time he's being introduced as my fiance.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Brayden the fiance.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Still feels weird to say that. Does it feel weird for you to say that?

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

No, I like it. I like it. A lot of people have talked about the difference between fiance with one E and. And two E's.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Yeah. Which is very much a French thing. American people do not differentiate between masculine and feminine.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

No, but I'll take you one E, two E's. Doesn't matter. All the E's.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Welcome to the podcast, fiance.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Thank you. Thank you for having me.

[Morgan Huelsman]

We have to tell our engagement story. The people have been waiting to hear the whole thing. So let's get into it from your perspective. Tell us when you were going to propose. When was the idea you wanted to propose? The whole backstory, before the ring even got here.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

In my mind, I always thought that I was going to propose after a year. March 29th. Because we met March 29th at precisely 11:30pm So I guess I always thought that I was going to propose after a year. So this all kind of started the night that we went to the comedy club and we went out with a couple friends, and it was my first time meeting them. And after Allison, she looked at me and she said, listen, if you mess with her heart, people won't be able to recognize you. When I'm done with you. But on a second note, you seem pretty great, so if you need a ring, let me know, because I have a guy. I was like, that was quite the turn in the sentence. And immediately I was like, I'll text you tomorrow.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Did you tell her that night that I'll text you tomorrow?

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Yes.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Really?

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Yeah.

[Morgan Huelsman]

That just went over my head.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Yeah. We were walking down the street. It was when after we left and we were walking down the street.

[Morgan Huelsman]

I did not hear you say, I'll text you tomorrow.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Yeah. Yeah. And so I messaged her on Instagram the next day, and I was like, hey, I'm ready yesterday to get a ring for this girl. And she was so excited. And she's one of those texters where you get five texts in a row, and it was just bing, bing, bing, bing, bing.

[Morgan Huelsman]

She has a guy, and she's also the same person. I told you. I think in the car going home. I said, because we've had a conversation about getting engaged. That was already a very big topic of conversation. We had gone and looked at a ring. Rings in general. One ring really stood out to me. It was a marquee. And we went to Brilliant Earth. It was the only place that we went to. And we checked it out, and I. I really liked it. And I was like, oh, yeah, we'll probably go look for some other ring places. Unbeknownst to me that you were already in the works of something. But I had told you that night after the comedy show, I said, when it's time for you to start looking at engagement rings, I think you should reach out to Allison because she's a master communicator. She's also a master negotiator. She's got all the connections that you could possibly want. She's just a freaking rock star at everything she does. So reach out to her. And he already was planning on it, as I'm just finding out in this moment.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Yep. So I started messaging Allison, and immediately it was like, too many messages over Instagram, and I got her number, and then I had to change her name and my phone. Yeah. Because I knew that I would figure that out. Yeah. And so I had changed her name to Randy Thompson. So I was talking to Randy Thompson, one of my clients at work, a whole lot, and we literally. I think we texted every single day since the day of the comedy show, which was hilarious, because there were moments when we had talked about her, and I wanted to say different things, but obviously I hadn't spoken to your friend from the comedy club since that night, and that was really fun for me. So we had started. I had taken the ring from Brilliant Earth because we had found a lot of features of that ring that we both really loved. And with Allison, we were able to start designing. The jeweler has a CAD program where he could tweak different things. And so we went back and forth and. And talked about, obviously, the shape, the marquis diamond. But then we talked about different styles of gold, and we talked about. I really like the whimsical. What did you call it? The nature rope on the side.

[Angie Hicks]

Okay.

[Morgan Huelsman]

It was the nature inspired line, but it is whimsical. That's a better word for it.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Yeah. And it being dainty. And so we went back and forth just designing this ring, and I was obsessed with it from day one, and Allison was so excited about it. At the end of the day, I didn't think that the ring was going to be done until after Christmas.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Wait. And before you move on from the ring, you want to talk about what you decided to do underneath.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Yeah. So underneath the big diamond, there's a hidden halo. And so those diamonds are a little bit more rigid and square. And so it's. That was, like, my base, letting you be the big diamond to shine. So that was something that, like, I thought the ring told a story, which was really fun for me, and I.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Loved when you told me that. It made me tear up when you first told me that.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

I'll always be your support baby.

[Morgan Huelsman]

When you always have been. You've always been this person who is so secure in who they are and such a foundation that you shine all on your own. You are your own diamond. But to be like, I'm gonna be the little diamonds and let you shine whenever you want to shine was what that felt. And it felt incredibly amazing to not only be loved in that way, but to be seen in such a way.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

I'm glad it hit home.

[Morgan Huelsman]

It very much did.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

That was very important to me. And just the daintiness of it and the shine of the diamond, and we went back and forth with colors, and I learned a whole lot more about diamonds than I ever knew. And.

[Morgan Huelsman]

And you did. Absolutely perfect. Might I have.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Thank you.

[Morgan Huelsman]

I love it. I'm obsessed with it. Can't stop looking at it. I'll be driving, and I'm like, oh, yeah, there she is hanging out.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

That has been so fun for me to catch you just looking down at.

[Morgan Huelsman]

It all the time, randomly.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Yeah.

[Morgan Huelsman]

I'll be laying in bed. I'm like, oh, hi, diamond.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

But I'll say something, and you're like, remember, we're engaged. I think it's just. Any point we can bring up that you have a ring on your finger. Yeah.

[Morgan Huelsman]

I've been waiting for this my entire life. What do you mean? This is, like, the most exciting time ever, so I'm gonna bring it up all the time. Okay, keep going with your story.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

So Allison and I had worked with Tom, and we came up with the final design. And I was thinking there was no way that the ring would be done before Christmas. And all of a sudden, Allison texted me one day and was like, oh, my gosh, your ring is going to be here tomorrow. That kind of jolted everything into place, which the timing of that was hilarious because Allison got really sick and you had taken her a care package the day she had texted me that the ring was going to be there tomorrow. So you had been to Allison's house. And then the next day, I was going to Allison's house to pick up the ring. And so I remember coming home and. And wanting to tell you about, like, how her pup looks like Remy or her cats are like hazel. And I wanted to talk all about it, but obviously it was still very much part of the surprise, so couldn't do that yet.

[Morgan Huelsman]

And she didn't. When I was over there, she did not let on anything that was happening. I had zero clue that anything was happening.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

And there's a coffee shop by her house. And she was like, does Morgan have your location? And I was like, yes. She was like, just tell her, like, you just went to go get coffee. It wasn't anything. So she had, like, backup.

[Morgan Huelsman]

And you just got really lucky that I didn't happen to look at your location. I don't ever really look at it unless you're coming home from work. And I just want to follow you, right to see when you're going to be home.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

And I had to go during my workday. Like, I just popped over there because I knew that if I went, like, on my way home from work or something, you were going to be, where are you going? Why aren't you coming home to me?

[Morgan Huelsman]

I get excited when you come home. It's my favorite time of the day.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

And so obviously, the second that I learned that the ring was on its way, all of a sudden I was like, I'm going to be in Witchita for Christmas. I'm gonna be around her family. Maybe I can make something happen. And so my first text was to Seth, your brother in law. And I think I said, yo, he.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Was, like, so casual.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

He was like, what's up? And I said, can I call you on my way home from work today? I got something big. And so I called him and I explained the situation. I was like, I didn't think I was gonna get the ring. I know we're only like, a week out, but I'm gonna see if we could throw something together here. And I said, are there any family traditions that you guys have done? Like, any special moments that. That maybe I could incorporate into my proposal? And I told him. So my four things I was looking for. I wanted your family involved. I wanted a beautiful scene. I would love for Remy to be involved. And the biggest one was I wanted it to be a surprise, because surprising.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Me is a very difficult thing to do.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

And I love surprises like that. Even small things, I want to be surprises for you. Like, I'll make you close your eyes with silly little things, and you'll say, what are we doing? So this I wanted to be a huge surprise. And I felt like all of a sudden, now that the ring was on the way, I was like, if I don't propose over Christmas, I feel like anything after that, it might become not an expected thing, but something you might suspect. So if you got into Valentine's Day, or like, our one year, if we weren't engaged by our one year, like, you've known I've been ready for this for a long time. So it was like, I didn't want you to expect it. I didn't want you ever asked me the question, like, hey, should I get my nails done this weekend because we're going on that trip? Or, like, I didn't want any aspect of that. And so I told Seth kind of my four non negotiables. And he was like, there's a perfect spot. He said, it's called Botanica. It's in Wichita. It's a bunch of Christmas lights, and it's something that the family does every year. I think it's. It could go great. I was like, okay, sweet. So started researching there, and later that night, he texted me, and he was like, bro, we got a loop Taylor.

[Morgan Huelsman]

In on this, which is my sister.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Yeah. And because I wanted it to be a surprise for as many people as possible. So your sister, your mom, your Sarah, your other sister, and your dad I still needed to talk to. So my whole plan for this trip was originally I was gonna talk to your dad about proposing to you for one year. I was immediately kicking myself that I didn't talk to your dad. Over Thanksgiving, when they were here. Yeah, because they were here. So all of a sudden, all these things were coming together, and Seth, he was like, dude, we gotta bring Tay in.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Which was really funny because you probably hadn't realized, but I had helped him with the. Their engagement. I had helped orchestrate some of that, and I was very much involved with him. He did a lot of the planning himself. I just put certain pieces together for him. And so it was cool for both of us to be in on each other's engagement ahead of time. And you had no idea that. Yeah, that was not a story. I'd come out and talk to you. It was, like, never came up in conversation. And it was really cool now after it, for us to both have been involved in each other's engagements.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Yeah. And he shared a little bit after we started the conversation that. That you had helped. And I was like, oh, this is perfect. The give and take. And so we looped Taylor in. And then from that day forward, I was on the phone every day coming home with Taylor, and they were wonderful. They went out to Botanica a few days early, and they took pictures for me to. So I could envision where the different shots would be. And so then as the plan progressed, it was like, okay, all of this is happen. And then the day that I picked up the ring, my mom was here staying with us. And so when you were upstairs and you were doing your sauna mat, I knew you were trapped in there for 25 minutes.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Little hot pocket time.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Yeah, your hot pocket time. I grabbed the ring, and I run downstairs and. Or I actually, my mom was in the next room, so I was like, mom, come here. And so we went downstairs and. And I got to show my mom the ring. And she was just so excited for us. And it was a super emotional moment for my mom and I. And knowing you were just upstairs was sneaky and special, too. And then we're walking back up the stairs.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Wait, so did your mom say anything to you? And this was all happening. Were you guys, like, both crying? What was that moment? Because I didn't get to be a part of that moment.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

It's funny. We had conversations, and she had said the phrase, like, I can see where this is heading, going towards marriage. But we had never really talked about it. And I had the box, and I was like, mom, I really want to show you something. And I took out the box, and she was like, oh, my gosh. And I opened it up, and then she saw the ring, and she said, oh, my gosh, again. And she was like, buddy, I'm so happy for you. I just remember her. It's funny. I blanked out during that conversation with my mom, and then I blanked out a little bit during the proposal. We'll get to that. But, yeah, she was just. She was super excited for us. And I think there was a sense of, like, my boy found his person, and I think that's a special moment for any mom. And then I put the ring in my pocket, and we're walking back up the stairs. And wouldn't you know, hot pocket time is done. And who's standing at the top of the stairs? And my mom. Mama J, you are a rock star, and I love you. We walk up the stairs, and my mom instantly brings you down the hallway. So I can. Because I was like, where am I gonna put this ring?

[Morgan Huelsman]

Panic. Instant panic.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

And so then I snuck into the room, and I went to my little hiding place, and I hid my nice little blue box.

[Morgan Huelsman]

And that was also pretty foreshadowing, because now that you guys are gonna hear the moments leading up to the proposal, I was very inquis aware, very in his space everywhere, when things are trying to happen. So that was foreshadowing.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Yes, Multiple times. Yeah. It was very fun to navigate all the obstacles that went through because everything got smashed into such a small window, because we're. We're talking a week maybe, that where all of this happened. And then it was, got to get this done. Got to get this done. And at each moment, there were small little hiccups of you trying to be inquisitive.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Not intentionally. I'm just inquisitive naturally. That's my instinct of just asking questions, and I want to know what you're up to and what you're doing. So I just didn't know what was happening. So I obviously couldn't avoid the questions and ruin my own surprise. But I didn't ruin my own surprise.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

You didn't.

[Morgan Huelsman]

So the ring was in his bag. Going to Wichita. Didn't know that.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Yep.

[Morgan Huelsman]

It was traveling with us the whole time. And then we get to Wichita.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

We get to Wichita, and we woke up real early because it's basically whatever time you leave is what time you're going to get there.

[Morgan Huelsman]

So, yeah, it's about, like, ten and a half hours from here. On a good day, if this guy doesn't pee 80 times on the road trip.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

I like water. I like to stay hydrated. We're driving there, and I'm thinking to myself, I just have to get Terry Alone? Yeah, I gotta get your dad alone.

[Morgan Huelsman]

And just so everybody knows, like, he could have tried to take him out to dinner or lunch, but he has me as his girlfriend.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Yeah.

[Morgan Huelsman]

And I instantly would have known what was happening. There would have been no. No shot for him.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

There's a 0% chance that. And again, surprise is the biggest thing. So anything to tip you off, and especially going that far and setting everything up, then to give it away. I would have been really bummed. I know we would have still been very happy, but I would have been bummed that I lost my surprise. And so we get there and we're getting settled in, and they have this gorgeous backyard with all these trees and everything's lit up, and they have a whole zoo of squirrels and raccoons that they feed and not they.

[Morgan Huelsman]

My father.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Yep.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Specifically.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Way to go, Terry. I love it. And so I'm like, how can I get Terry alone? And so you had gone downstairs to go grab something. And I was like, terry, I've been hearing all about this backyard. You got bird watchers, the raccoons and squirrels. And I stood up like, hey, Terry, come with me. So we go out back, and he's talking all about us trees and the different animals that are back there, and some memories. And I'm gearing up, I'm planting the seeds to get to talking about his daughter. And what do you know? A cute little blonde pops her head out the door and goes, what are you two talking about?

[Morgan Huelsman]

Naturally?

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

And I'm like, hi, babe.

[Morgan Huelsman]

You're like, mid panic, about to have a very important conversation. And I'm just, hey, what's up? How's it going?

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

And even, like, the phrase of your question, I was like, oh, I hope I didn't tip her off. Because you're like, what are you guys talking about out here?

[Morgan Huelsman]

You guys were out on the deck together, like, looking at the backyard. I was like, a bunch of weirdos out here. What's happening?

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

And so you hang out for a second and then you get my telepathic hint to go back inside.

[Morgan Huelsman]

No, I was just bored. I know it's more of whatever you guys were doing. I was like, okay, this is stupid.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

And you go back inside and you don't shut the door, and you're sitting right inside the door, and I'm like, do I whisper it? That's weird. I don't want to do that. And so the conversation kind of fizzles, and Terry's like, want to head back in? And I'm just, like, feeling so defeated. And so we go back inside, and that entire night, I was just staring at the. The ceiling. I don't know when I'm going to.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Get Terry alone, because the proposal was happening the next night.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

The proposal was happening? Yes, on the 23rd. We got there on the 22nd. And so that next morning, after a night of zero sleep, I'm taking REM out. We take the dogs out front, and I took Remy outside, and I'm just sitting there waiting for her to go potty. And all of a sudden I hear, like, bags rustling. And I didn't realize that I was standing behind the garage and the garage was open. And wouldn't you know, Terry is just making it back from the gym. And so we start chatting. And I was still like, didn't have coffee. I was real tired, and I probably scared him a little bit. I was like, all right, Terry, since I have you alone, I'd love to talk to you about this.

[Morgan Huelsman]

And it's like 6:30 or 7 in the morning or something like that. I was still sleeping.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Yeah. And. And I hadn't slept, so I was, yeah, a little sleepy. I just told him, I said, you can't even imagine how much I love your daughter. Like, she is the most wonderful person who completes me. And just went off about all the mushy, gushy stuff that.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Did he tear up when you were talking?

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

No, he didn't tear up in. In that moment, probably because he was not expecting a can I marry your daughter? Conversation that early. But his first initial reaction was, oh, wow, wow.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Which is very much my dad, if you know my dad.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Yeah. And he just talked through it, and he was like, your guys's relationship, like, you guys are so good together. And I've never seen my daughter this happy before. And it was a really sweet conversation. And I said, with your permission, I would love to ask for your daughter's hand in marriage. He gave me a big hug. I don't even know if he ever said yes. Gave me a big hug. And I said, I just want you to know that I'm going to take care of your daughter. And he hit me in the shoulder. And he said, I'm going to hold.

[Morgan Huelsman]

You to that also, my dad. And for sure he had to have said yes. I think you blacked out a little bit in that conversation.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Yeah, that. That conversation was a little.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Because we talked to him after and he's. Yeah, I said yes. I was like, what else did you say? I gave him a hard time. He thought he was being funny.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

His hard time was, I'll hold you to it. Which is what a dad should say. Yeah. And then he asked if he could tell your mom. And I was like, I really would like Jeanette to be surprised if you can keep that secret. And he said, okay, when are you doing it? And I said, I also want to keep that a surprise because I wanted to have that conversation with him. But I think there's something special about surprises. And little did he know that I had a whole plan for that night. And we walked back inside and acted like nothing was happening.

[Morgan Huelsman]

And you want me to add the wrinkle in here too, that also exists, that is the pea coat, the pico, because the vehicle is a huge little wrinkle in this whole story.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

It's a main character in the story.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Honestly, where are the main characters? It's a wrinkle.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

It's okay.

[Morgan Huelsman]

It's like it's the anti hero.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

It's the comedic relief. For sure. It's the comedic relief character.

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[Morgan Huelsman]

So it was, gosh, probably about a month and a half prior to Christmas. He had ordered a pico off of Amazon and it showed up at the house. He was really excited about it and I was like, oh yeah, that looks good. But sometimes you get something from Amazon and it's either really great quality or like really crappy quality. And this was in between. I was like, a pea coat should be really nice. You're gonna use it all the time. You're gonna wear it for the rest of Your life. It's one of those kind of staple closet items. And if you really like this, let's look at getting you one for Christmas. And both of our parents had been asking for Christmas lists. And so I was like, I'll just send this to my parents as an option for one of your Christmas gifts. And he's like, okay, great. I thought the conversation was dead. And we're good. That's cool.

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[Morgan Huelsman]

This is awesome. It wasn't. So as the weeks followed, he kind of kept putting on this pico. And it was like, okay, I really want this pico. Like, I'm going to keep it. And he kept saying that. I was like, I thought we already had a conversation. Dead end. Like, this is over. The pico still at the house come Christmas time. And we're packing up, getting ready for us leaving. And he's like, I think I'm going to bring the pico. I was like, the hell you are going to bring that pico. I asked my parents to give you that for Christmas, and I bet they're going to get it for you. So you should probably not show up to the house with the pico. The exact same and whatever. So he still is going to pack it. And I'm like, okay, here's the deal. You just can't wear it until at least after Christmas because we don't need this awkward thing of you wearing a pico. And it was something you asked for Christmas, and this is awkward.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

And if your parents are getting me a peacoat, why would I wear that pea coat after Christmas? So in your mind, like, it. It doesn't. None of it made sense.

[Morgan Huelsman]

My thought process was like, okay, we're just gonna send that pico back after he gets the other one, because it'll be a little bit nicer, better quality, and he'll be over this other pico. For whatever reason, he had attached himself to this pico. And so he brings it, and we're there, and it's the morning of the proposal, and I see this damn pico laying out on the couch in front of everybody. And I. My eyes. I literally was like, am I missing something? What conversation did we not have? Did I have that in my sleep? Did I not have that with him? And so we get in the car. The pee goat has been out, and we get in the car, and I just look at him. I'm like, why is the peacoat out? I thought you weren't supposed to bring it out until after Christmas. And he's like, well, I was talking to your mom, and she was offering to help with any laundry if we need anything. And I really needed that steamed. And I'm like, yeah, but you're not supposed to wear it until after Christmas anyway. And he's like, ah, I think I saved it. It's fine. We're fine. And I'm like, whatever. And I literally looked at him. I was like, do you not listen to me? Did we just have a conversation and you just completely forgot about it?

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

And there. That conversation on the way to the grocery store was almost like. It was a level of respect of like, do you not listen to me when I speak? It was a heavier conversation where it was just a lack of respect or I don't understand your actions. Right. Can you please explain them to me?

[Morgan Huelsman]

Whenever we have conversations, we're very much like, once we settle something, we're all on the same team. Like, we're on the same page. And so it was very out of character for you when we've had all these other conversations before and this one was just not tracking. I was baffled was the best way I can describe it. I was just baffled by the entire situation. And so I'm annoyed, if you will. And we go grocery shopping, and we're still like. I'm annoyed to the fact of just, like, the stupid pico. But we go grocery shopping. We're, like, having fun. We're dancing in the aisles of the grocery store and just enjoying ourselves or whatever. We go back home to get ready for going to botanica, and we're sitting there and getting dressed and whatever. And he makes some comment and he's.

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[Morgan Huelsman]

I think I'm gonna be really cold tonight. And then I was like, just wear the stupid pico. I'm so over this stupid pico. Just wear it.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

I give up.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Hands up. I don't know what it is with this picot, but hands up.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

And I'm like, yes.

[Morgan Huelsman]

So now you can tell the picot side from your story.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

The peacoat that I had ordered, I tried it on, and we did all that, and it was like, okay, we'll send it back. Then the ring's going to be ready. And all of a sudden, I need to start thinking about what I'm going to be wearing when I propose. So I'm going through every jacket that I own because I know it's going to be cold. And that dang pea coat has a ring pocket right there. And I'm like, this is the only thing, like, my jeans you'll be able to see. I don't want someone else holding it the whole time. And I just. I couldn't picture it any other way. And so I needed. That peacoat was the only option. Even after we went to the grocery store, I'm thinking to myself, like, if she tells me that I cannot wear this pea coat, I don't know what I'm gonna do. And so I just let it go. And once I said that I was gonna be really cold, and you were like, just wear the dang pea coat. I was just like, I had no.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Something that was stressing me out because I was just trying to avoid awkwardness of a gift. And. And it was also stressing him out in return because this whole proposal was centered around this peacock pocket and him having the ring in it. So we were literally stressing each other out. And I had no idea that this was happening over this peacoat. But you did, and you gotta wear it.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

I gotta wear it.

[Morgan Huelsman]

And also, come Christmas Day, a pico was one of his presents.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

A way nicer, not $40 pea coat from Amazon. Two pea coats. Yeah, Rich.

[Morgan Huelsman]

We sent it back, and we got you another color of that one, because nobody needs two black pea coats. And now the pico that you have that I was like, hey, send back is now a memento of our proposal, and we can't possibly send that back.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

So I want to put it in a shadow box.

[Morgan Huelsman]

I know you do. I know you do, because it's put it up right there part of our story. Now, the pico that almost had us in our biggest fight, we really haven't had any, like, fights. We've had disagreements, and we've had conversations, but, like, that. That pico was, like, nearing maybe a moment of where we were going to have a big disagreement.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

And we don't fight because we communicate so well. And you're really good at. Let's talk this out. Let's use communication as a tool. And in that moment, communication couldn't be a part of it because it was me acting dumb, being like, I'm sor. I didn't know what to do. Your mom was asking me if I had laundry. I didn't know what to say. And so that was. Yeah, that. That was a more uncomfortable conversation. Just because we couldn't fix it with our tool of communication.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Yeah, very so. And that was something, like, very early on in our relationship that I had mentioned to him, and a lot of the things I've learned and the experiences I've had, I said, hey, we always have to talk about things, even if it's uncomfortable, even if it's not fun, because resentment is one of the number one reasons that people don't end up either happy or they end up divorced. And it's because people don't say what they feel and they don't talk things out and they don't have important conversations when it's necessary. So that was very much something that was early on in our relationship. I said, if this is going to work, then you have to tell me how you feel. And it sucks if I do something to hurt your feelings or if, you know, there's something we don't agree on. But I'd much prefer us to have that conversation up front and just handle it. Then you sit there for six months and be like, angry at me. And I don't even understand why. So that is very much a foundation of our relationship. So when the situation of the begoat was happening, that's why I say baffled, because I was like, this is not how we operate. We hear each other, we respect each other, we know how the other person feels, and we take that into account. And none of those things were happening. So I was just like, I don't understand. My whole brain was almost exploding because I was just like, this is the moment where everything goes wrong. And now every. He's like this horrible person. What is happening?

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

You're just trying to propose. Yeah. Gosh.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Yeah. So that was the pico and the pico drama that led us up to the proposal.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Yeah. So I had part of Tay and Seth being a part of the proposal was finding a photographer. And we get into Botanica. We were the first people in line. It was like rope drop at Disney. And we get in there, which also.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Mind you, it was really funny that we were that early because we're all standing there and we're like, dang. We've never been early enough to anything where we're waiting in line to get in. We always show up way too late. We're at the end of our time that we go in in. It was a very noticeable difference that we were standing in line waiting to get in because the place hadn't even opened yet. And that is not a Huelsman family trait. We normally show up things late as a family unit. So it was very unusual. That was like. I look back and I see that unusual. Taylor was very specific about us being on time.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

She was a real one for. For keeping us on schedule.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Yeah.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

And so we had to be on schedule because I had hired Stacy to do some photography. And so she Was gonna jump out of the bushes and take our photos. Something really special that Stacy did was she brought along a videographer as well. And so we were getting in the park and I was supposed to immediately go to the bathroom and meet Aaron the videographer to put a microphone on. And me being the guy who pees.

[Morgan Huelsman]

All the time, mind you, he had also just peed before we left. He was just in the bathroom 20 minutes prior to this.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

And so we get in and I'm like freaking out because I'm about to go meet the videographer. And once I have a mic on, then if that's gonna feel really real, time is on. Yep. And so ring in the pea coat pocket. I go in the bathroom and we get in the park and I go in the. There's a bathroom, like at the entrance, and I see a little child and I see a very old man, which.

[Morgan Huelsman]

By the way, as this is happening, we walk into the park, he looks at me. I have to go to the bathroom. And again I'm like, broski, you literally just peed.

[Angie Hicks]

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[Morgan Huelsman]

You really have to pee again? You haven't even had any water. What's going on? And he was just like, I have to go. And I was like, okay, all right. Another thing where. And I always. I use the word broski when he does something silly.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

That's when I know I'm in trouble, is when I hear broski.

[Morgan Huelsman]

I'm like, broski, what are you doing?

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Yeah, broski, Are you kidding me? And I'm like, yeah, I gotta pee. I'm sorry. So I go in there. Little child, very old man. Neither of them looked like they could work a video camera very well.

[Morgan Huelsman]

They were not, in fact, the videographer.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

And so I'm sitting there and I'm like, I don't even know what the videographer looks like, what's going on here? And so I just look in the mirror and I'm like, here we go. And I go back outside. Which then your dad shared with us that he had an idea of. Of everyone lining up in a line outside of the bathroom to what, cheer me on as I came out giving.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Applause as you came out of the bathroom.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

So that would have hit even harder. I probably would have just. Just turned bright red. And so I come out and I look at Seth and I'm like, he wasn't there. And he was like, wrong bathroom. And so family starts walking. And I was like, should we like, go get a beer? Cuz we had to go to the bathroom. That was on the other Side of the park. And he's like, yeah, we'll go get a beer. And so we, like. We go to start walking away, and you're probably, like, 50 yards away by now because you were done with Broski. You're done with me. And Seth was like, wait, she's looking. Keep. Walk towards them. Walk towards them. And so we just start walking. And I'm like, I'm freaking out. And. Oh, I lied. I said I had the ring in my pocket. At that point, Seth still had the ring, which was another tip off, because when we were leaving, I was like, oh, I need to go. I need to go back downstairs. And so I went downstairs, and I had Seth follow me.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Yeah, you tried to say that you needed to put a belt on.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Oh, I took my belt off. That's what it was.

[Morgan Huelsman]

You did, But. And I was like, you literally just had a belt on. I had recognized that he did have a belt on at one point, but he had taken it off in between the time I had seen him in there. So he was like, I have to go back downstairs and put a belt on. I was like, you literally just had a belt on. On again.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

It's like, I took it off when I'm changing. I forgot to put it back on. I thought it was smooth about it. Apparently. No.

[Morgan Huelsman]

And also, when you were down there sitting in the bedroom, you were sitting on the bed with your eyes closed and just looking. And I walked in, I was like, are you okay? Is something wrong? Where. What's happening? And I was, like, really concerned about him, that something was not okay.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

And I was literally reciting what I was gonna say when I was proposing. And she's given me a hard time about keeping my eyes closed, Sitting on the end.

[Morgan Huelsman]

I was worried about. I've never in my life seen you do that. Yeah, you're not. You don't do zen things like that. So I was very much, are you okay? Are you upset? Is something wrong? And I was very concerned about you. And you responded, I'm contemplating my outfit. I was like, okay.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

I was thinking about pea coats, the peacock. I go back downstairs. I have Seth follow me, and I give him the ring, and. And we go back in the. We go back in their expedition, and he goes to get in, but he puts his. His big coat on because he was holding the ring box. And I know that you had said it was weird that he put his coat on because he runs at a thousand degrees all the time. He's always hot.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Oh, yeah. I picked up on that when he came back. He, like, came back from inside the house, as he said. He went to the bathroom, and he comes back inside, like, gets in the car, and he, like, grabs his coat, puts it on. I was like, that's a little str. This dude is a thousand degrees, literally always. He's always hot. And so I was like, you're putting on your heavy coat jacket while we drive normally. You never. It's always, like, hanging over the seat. So I recognize that. Again, though, I'm seeing all of these things because I'm very perceptive. I'm very aware of what's happening around me. I'm very perceptive of the people in my life, but I was not putting anything together. Nothing was fitting. Like a puzzle piece. I wasn't putting the pieces together that something was happening. I was just recognizing things that were off.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Yeah, but we overcame adversity.

[Morgan Huelsman]

You guys never tipped me off. I was recognizing things, but again, was not tipped off to what the actual surprise was.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

So we end up following you guys, and we're walking around, and we get to the big tree, and it has all the different LED lights, and it like. Like, goes to the music. And all of a sudden, Taylor looks back and was like, do you guys want a photo here? And all of a sudden I was like, did I get this wrong? The spot that I thought we were going to is not this spot. And so I freaked out. And so you walked ahead, and I look at Taylor and I'm like, are we doing this right now? And she's all, poor. Tay thought I was, like, mad at her, but I was just freaking out inside. I was like, are we doing this right now? And so I had grabbed a ring from Seth when she asked if we were doing photos, because I thought maybe it was happening then. So then we go and take photos in front of that tree, and you kept trying to grab me. And I was trying to not let you. Like, at one point, you wanted to be on the opposite side, but you were going to be pushing up against it. And so I had to, like, swing around you. And so survived that photo.

[Morgan Huelsman]

And I had taken a picture of my sister and brother in law with their new baby, Collins. It was her first time at Botanica. And I was like, hey, you guys want a picture together? And I was about to take Taylor's phone, and she was like, no, take Seth's phone. His is new. And I was like, yours is new also.

[Angie Hicks]

What?

[Morgan Huelsman]

Whatever. And then I just take it. But it was because Stacy, the photographer, was texting my sister and if I would have seen Stacy texting my sister, I would have also figured it out. There's just so many things that were planned in the thing, so also avoided it there.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

So we keep walking through the park, and all of a sudden, I needed. We figured out what bathroom the videographer was in. And so I needed a little time to go and meet him and get miked up. And so Taylor became obsessed with the tulips there.

[Morgan Huelsman]

There's, again, another thing that hit me off. One is when you guys were going to this bathroom, Taylor was, like, looking around, and I was like, who are you looking for? We're all here. Sarah, which is our other sister. I was like, okay, whatever. And then she was like, it's gonna get really busy here, and I want to go see the tulips, which are new. And I was like, we'll get to them eventually. We're gonna be there, but it'll be really busy later. And I was like, okay, we're going to the tulips. Which, mind you, when we normally go botanica, we just walk the path. We just do the normal thing. So her being crazy about these tulips, I was like, what is going on? And then you guys were gone, like, half of the time in the beginning, because you were either in the bathroom, getting a drink. Drink. Finding another place to get a drink, going to a different bathroom. And I was just like, I don't understand what's happening. And I'm just wandering aimlessly through botanica, completely unaware that I'm about to be proposed to.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

So I get to the bathroom, and I'm waiting out there. And I'm just sitting there waiting for someone to pop out and say, oh, hey, Braden. Fast forward five minutes later, the dude that I had been standing next to, all of a sudden, Seth, was like, I think that's a videographer. And I, like, look at him. And he's, oh, are you Braden? And I was like, are you Aaron? And it like. So we had just been sitting there. Yeah. And so popped a microphone in under my shirt. And we were on our way back to the tulips, and we had walked around a little bit. And then I was thinking I had a little bit more time. I was, like, calming all my nerves from overcoming everything. And we turned the corner, and all of a sudden, boom, we're there. And I had a beer in my hand.

[Morgan Huelsman]

And you set it down, which also tipped me off, because I was like, you never set your beer down when we take photos.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

And so I set the beer down and we were. We took a couple photos. Taylor was taking photos on her phone. And then you saw a little someone pop out?

[Morgan Huelsman]

Yes, I saw Stacy the photographer. So Stacy and I went to high school together. She's also been on this podcast before, and she's done incredible work in. In all kinds of photography, but particularly weddings and engagements and everything of the like. And so our family's kind of all standing, watching us take the photo, which was not abnormal because the trees down low, and you go take a photo and you trade off or whatever. So my family was all right there, and Taylor's taking this photo of us, and I see. See Stacy's head pop out behind my dad, and I was like, is that. Because again, if I saw her face there at that moment, I was gonna put it together. But as soon as I finally figured it out, you were getting down on one knee. So I didn't even have the split second to not know that it was coming. It was happening right then and there.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

And then it was the moment, and.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Then it was the moment I got.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Down on one knee. And I had been reciting in my head over and over what I was going to say, and I got about halfway through it and I definitely started tearing up and.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Oh, I was tearing up from the beginning after I said to you, what are you doing? When you were getting down on one knee, then there was just tears in my eyes, and I was just like, I'm just gonna stand here so I don't start sobbing uncontrollably.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

It felt magical with the white lights and the Christmas tree and we love Christmas so much. And I know I was just lost in. In that moment and. Yeah, just lost it a little bit in the middle. And I just said, I want to do everything with you.

[Morgan Huelsman]

And do you write down things that you wanted? Like this speech? Did you write it down? Is it in your notes app on your phone still? You want to say what you had planned to say?

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Yep.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Because I know you got most of it out, but there was things that you wanted to add in there.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Yeah. You want me to just read the whole thing?

[Morgan Huelsman]

Yeah, if you want to. You feel comfortable?

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Yeah, absolutely.

[Morgan Huelsman]

You should say it. Yeah.

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[Morgan Huelsman]

He's getting ready. The eyes are welting.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

All right, here's what I actually had. When I say I love you more, it's not a competition. I've loved you more each and every day since the night I met you. March 29th at precisely 11:30pm My heart stopped searching for its match the moment I met you. I want to spend the rest of our lives together, hand in hand. I want to laugh and I want to cry. I want to succeed and fail. I want to travel across the globe and watch movies on the couch. I want to snuggle with Remy and love on Ms. Hazel. I want to be adventurous and lazy. And I want to sing songs with all the wrong lyrics and dance everywhere we go. I want to experience everything this life has to offer as long as I have one thing. You. Morgan, will you marry me? You can't. You can't be all teary.

[Morgan Huelsman]

I can't help it. It's so perfect. You're all teary eyed.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

I know.

[Morgan Huelsman]

It's like you're proposing all over again and Remy's snorting on the couch next.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

To us while Remy's here for this one. She's here.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Oh my gosh. Yeah, it was. You couldn't have said any of it better. And all of it was very self explanatory. But the fact that I sing the lyrics wrong to every song. He loves music. Braden is very much a music connoisseur, if you will. And he loves to listen to music and play songs and sending songs to each other is very much his love language. And I will get in the car and he'll play songs and I can't for the life of me remember lyrics. So I have. I've very much turned into my father, who does this. And now I just make up my own lyrics, so it's a common theme.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Whenever she changes the lyrics, I just go remix baby.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Often.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Yep. It'll be like from another room too. I'll hear you. You got the words wrong to Twinkle Little Star. The other day when you were singing the Collins, just like remix baby.

[Morgan Huelsman]

I cannot remember lyrics by myself anymore. And I have fully turned into my father. And that never used to be the case until about three years ago. So I don't know what happened. I used to be really good actually at memorizing lyrics. Probably Covid and all my issues with COVID but not anymore. So it actually has turned into a fun love language for both of us. And that's the only one that's in there that's not. Not self explanatory, if you will. But I loved it. You said everything that I ever wanted to say. And you. Gosh, that moment, I was so teary eyed. Not just because of what you're saying, because you've said and have reiterated all of those things a million times over to me and in the times that we've been dating, but more than that, you just in every single capacity, make me feel seen, you make me feel loved, you make me feel understood. And as you're getting down on one knee, I was like having this realization where I was like, it's finally happened. I finally found the person that I've been wanting and searching for and not settling for and not giving up until I found this person who I knew existed but was so hard to find. And you being down on one knee in front of me, all of that was just like circulating in my brain as I'm also listening to you and I'm crying and I'm just trying to realize how incredible that moment was for me and for you. For all the things that you've been through and the experiences that you've had. And we're. We're both sitting there and just. We've had our hearts torn apart and to finally be in this moment where it was so perfect and so us and so just full of love in every capacity, genuinely, my. My heart was melting in every sense. And you did everything so perfectly. Even though I really tried to crash it at every turn unintentionally. And I just. The fact that I also did so many things to. To make it even harder on you and you just were like. Rolling with every punch is the definition of who you are as a human being, of just.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Just.

[Morgan Huelsman]

You've always rolled with everything and you Love me in every single way that I am. And I was. Every single way that I am on our proposal day, which is perfect. And it was. And it was just everything about it was so perfect. And you couldn't have done better if you tried, honestly. And it was funny because he recites his. What he's going to say, and he gets done. And he asked me to marry him. And I'm. And I say, yes, of course I'm crying. You can't really hear it. And I'm like, yes, of course. Of course I'll marry you. And then I, like, force him to get up, and I'm like, hug me. Kiss me. That's all I care about right now. I just want to hug you. And you hear me say yes a million times, yes. In this kind of moment. And we're hugging, and it's such a sweet moment. And then he pulls back from me and he's like, like, did you want the ring? And I was like, yes, I very much do.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

At that point, I hadn't even opened. So I opened the box as you were saying, come up and hug me. And so it's funny, you can see in some of the pictures I'm hugging you in the ring box is open. You hadn't even looked at the ring, which is awesome for me because it's. Oh, you love me. You're not just looking for a diamond.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Not even close. Like, I was so happy of everything else that, like, the diamond was such a second thought for me. It became the main thought, obviously, after it, like, was happening. And he put it on, and I was like, holy crap. There's a photo where I literally am like. I think I said holy crap 25 times in the whole process, where I'm just looking down. Holy, holy. There's a ring on my hand. And he did amazing and all the things, but in that moment, no, nothing else mattered. It was just you and me and in that moment, happening, which was a.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Beautiful aspect of it for sure.

[Morgan Huelsman]

And then we gotta go say hi to all of my family. And my mom was crying, my dad was crying. Taylor was so excited, and my other sister was crying. It was funny because it was the first moment you got to meet her. Same moment meeting him. While also the proposal happens.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Yeah.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Within the stretch of about an hour and a half.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

It's, like, so nice to meet you. We're gonna be a lot closer in a second.

[Morgan Huelsman]

And she was so excited because she's met him over FaceTime and stuff like that, but we've definitely had a Lot of conversations, and she's known all about you, and they've loved everything about you, so it felt like they already knew you. But it was funny. That particular relationship was happening in that moment.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

You dancing with Collins was one of my favorite parts of. After saying, I'm a fiance, I'm a fiance.

[Morgan Huelsman]

I did do that. There's a little clip of me doing that. I'm like, I'm a fiance. And then so we walked around Botanica, and I'm just like. At this point, I'm glazed over. There's too much excitement happening. I'm not really paying attention to the lights. And we're enjoying it, and it's beautiful and all the amazing things. We go home. Our first calls to his family, and we gotta FaceTime and share all the exciting news with them and talk to them about all of it. And then we FaceTimed a bunch of our friends, and. And then we gotta play games and hang out. And it was just. Everything about it was perfect. Oh, and Remy.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Yeah. I was gonna say you're missing a.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Big part of the story because you wanted Remy there. You tried a bunch of things to try and get her there, but it was not gonna happen without, again, tipping me off. And if you haven't realized in this entire story, again, I figure out everything I'm realizing. A really bad trait, sometimes, great trait. Most of the time it's a good.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Trait, just not when you're getting proposed to.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Yeah. Or having a sur prize in general.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Yeah.

[Morgan Huelsman]

So we get home from the proposal, and literally the first thing I say when I walk in the door, I was like, remy, you're getting a permanent dad.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

So I run to the bedroom as a permanent dad, and I grab a little dog toy that I had mailed to Taylor and Seth. And it was a little soft chew toy of an engagement ring. And I got down on one knee, and I asked Remy if she would be my dog Ter. And she sniffed the toy and ran away.

[Morgan Huelsman]

She didn't take the ring.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

And then Lola, little Lola, comes over.

[Morgan Huelsman]

And grabs if nobody knows the lore of Lola. Lola is a dog that I rescued from the streets in Nashville, and my parents ended up adopting her. So it was so ironic that she was the one that walked over and was like, yeah, I'll take that ring.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

I'll take that.

[Morgan Huelsman]

And it was funny. I was, like, joking. Remy said, no. Remy, like, definitely declined that. But had you put a treat in there, she would have said yes a million times.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Yep. I should know my dog to her better.

[Morgan Huelsman]

You should have you should have. But it was a hilarious video and moment of where he tried to propose and it was really sweet. But Remy just being Remy, as she's so nonchalant. And if you're watching this on YouTube, which I hope you are, she's been laying in between us the entire time, touching both of us.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Us.

[Morgan Huelsman]

She is just as much obsessed with him as she is with me now, which is rude because I've had her for 10 years and he's been in her life for one. Almost one. Rude when it was that way for both of us. So it's fine. And that's a big reason why I knew between Hazel and Remy, you were the perfect match.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

My girls. I remember the first day. Day that I said my girls to.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Me, Remy and Hazel. What day was it?

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

I don't remember the exact date, but I remember texting it to you and saying something about my girls and you're like, oh, my heart just dropped a little bit. That was amazing.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Yeah, good heart drop.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Yeah, good, good, hard drop. Yeah.

[Morgan Huelsman]

What was your favorite moment for the entire day? Engagement. Leading up to it, what was your favorite moment of all of it?

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Them. Oh, gosh. It. There was something really special about watching you embrace both your parents. Like that hug with your mom and then your dad crying off to the side. And in between hugs, you'd look down at your ring and it was just like. It was so special. And it was just, this is happening. Like, this is it. We found our person and it was just. The surprise happened. Family was there. So family. A beautiful location. Sweet rem. Her time came later. And Wayne.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Yeah. And which order did I go?

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Surprise.

[Morgan Huelsman]

The one you're missing. You had them all.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

So it just. I don't know, it just felt right. And after carrying around that ring, Allison said. She said the moment you get that ring, it's just going to be burning a hole in your pocket.

[Morgan Huelsman]

And it was.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

It being in the suitcase and it being hidden in the bedroom and. And I don't know, then it was finally. And then calling my family. And I remember Ashton saying, I have a sister. That was that. Because Ashton and I are so close and her being so excited.

[Morgan Huelsman]

And when we got home, not to forget this mention, your mom and sister had snuck into the house while we were gone and decorated. And your sister got somebody commissioned somebody to make a really beautiful banner that said, said, Congratulations to Mr. And Mrs. Everly. And there was balloons everywhere and pretty cupcakes and a picture of us from our engagement night. And it was so sweet. Like the Genuinely, the outpouring of love and congratulations, not just from our families and not just from our friends and everybody that was excited. Because what's so funny is any of our friends who have spent any significant time with us were not shocked in the slightest. Like, they were shocked because they were getting an engagement FaceTime. But it was like, oh, yeah, we knew this was coming. This was gonna happen. Like, there was not a single person who was like, oh, yeah, this was. We didn't know this wouldn't happen. And that was so cool. All of those things in your family's reaction to welcoming me in and being so supportive of you and our relationship and just welcoming me in the entire way of. Not just, like, in all of our meetings, but in every way. And them surprising us with that and the love that we felt, again, also on social media, too, of the outpour of people that were reaching out and wanted to show up and celebrate us and just genuinely overwhelms me in so many ways because it's such a cool community that both of us have created in our personal lives on the. My online life, my life with the show, and just all of it combined. There was so much love, there was so much support, and I felt so celebrated and so special in that moment, and I hope you did, too.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

I did. I very much did. I think one of the first messages I got was from my sixth grade teacher, Ms. McKenzie. She's been a big fan of our relationship, and. And she called us a handsome couple.

[Morgan Huelsman]

We are a handsome couple.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Handsome.

[Morgan Huelsman]

We're also a beautiful couple. We're also a gorgeous couple.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

We're all of it.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Every single thing.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

And so, yeah, it was. Yes, the response was just so positive, and everyone was just so excited. And I know the people who have listened to your full story, like, people were just so excited for you. And that. That just makes me feel good that I'm the safe space. That's huge for me.

[Morgan Huelsman]

You've been the safe space since the week we started hanging out. And I was reluctant to it in the beginning because I was like, there ain't no way somebody's gonna finally come in and do this. I was pretty reluctant that it was ever gonna happen. I was very much in that headspace where there's just no chance, nobody, that I'm. The person that I'm looking for doesn't exist. But genuinely, like, you getting down on one knee was that moment for me where I realized all of the times that I had been told so many different things from. You need to bring your expectations Down. You need to change this about your appearance. You need to go about it this way, you need to do this that way. You need to stop going on dates. You need to stop doing this. And I just meeting you was proof of everything that I had done correctly. Every lesson I learned, every experience that I had, every moment that led up to it. You were proof that I did everything that I was supposed to do for my life, not necessarily for anybody else's, because everybody else's journey is different. But I did everything that was necessary for me to find the person that I was supposed to find, and that was you and you getting down on your knees and that proposal happening. And I think my word vomit of what are you doing? Was so encapsulated by just all of the things that I was thinking in that moment where I was like, holy, I have finally found it. I finally found the person that I fell in love with that I realized was my person that I realized was everything that I've ever wanted in a partner. And holy crap, I did it. I went from being the girl who is sitting in my therapist's office saying, I'm just gonna have to deal with somebody cheating on me for the rest of my life, to finding the most insanely incredible, empathetic kind human being as my partner. And I'm now freaking engaged. Like, I don't know how and why and what all brought that together, but. But I feel incredibly lucky and very happy and just also proud of myself. And I'm proud of you for both of us continuing to fight the good fight to find the perfect person for us. And we did that. We both did that. And you did this.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

That's something she said right after I propose. She should look down at a ring and go, you did that.

[Morgan Huelsman]

You did that.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Do that. I'm very proud of that.

[Morgan Huelsman]

I'm very proud of us. There's always going to be people who love to say things and have doubts and have all kinds of things, and you haven't had a doubt since the moment that we met. I haven't had a doubt since our first date. And my heart didn't have a doubt since our first date. My head took a while to catch up to her, but it's just so cool to be in this moment that we're in right now, now, and I'm so excited. We don't have anything planned whatsoever. We have no answers to anything. That'll be a while. We'll figure it out. And Brayden very much looked at me after he proposed and was like, I'll marry you today, tomorrow, or five years from now. It does not matter to me.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

I'm not busy right now. I'm ready.

[Morgan Huelsman]

You are?

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

I'm ready.

[Morgan Huelsman]

And we'll figure it out. And we're gonna do all the fun, exciting things and we're gonna plan this wedding and our life together like we've done our entire relationship so far. And that is hand in hand together. And I'm just really excited.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Hand and paw.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Hand and paw. Remy's paw right here with us. Anything else you'd like to add before we get out of here?

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Gosh, I love you.

[Morgan Huelsman]

I love you, fiance. My fiance. Thanks for proposing to me.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

You're so welcome.

[Morgan Huelsman]

I often tell him this. The single handly split best day of my life. Because the other best day of my life was the day that I adopted Remy. They share it now together.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

There we go. I'll take that. I'll share a day with Remy. Remy's gotcha day.

[Morgan Huelsman]

And Hazel very much too. But Remy is undoubtedly my soul dog. And they will very much be incorporated into the wedding.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Absolutely they will.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Very exciting.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Let's just hold them.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Yeah, we'll just hold them. They'll be our witnesses.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

There we go.

[Morgan Huelsman]

In My witness, She's my wit. What is that song?

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Can I get a witness?

[Angie Hicks]

No.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Fergalicious. No. See, this is what happens.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

I was gonna say let's let her go.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Just working on my fitness. She's my witness. That's not for Galicious.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Yeah, it is.

[Morgan Huelsman]

It is. Just working on my fitness. She's my witness. He's my witness. I don't know.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Do you know there's a witness out there. Someone somewhere in Fergie's world.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Okay. I love you.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

I love you.

[Morgan Huelsman]

I'm so excited for our next chapter together. And thank you for loving me.

[Brayden (Morgan's fiancé)]

Thank you for loving me the way that you do. You make me a better man. And I'm very excited to spend the rest of my life with you. You.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Hell yeah, you are, baby. You did this. One thing that I forgot to mention during this whole engagement story was about my nails. So several people asked online when we posted. The announcement was like, hey, what was up with your nails? Because they were definitely not done in some of the pictures and some of the other ones you had nails on. So let me just preface this by saying none of it was AI. None of it was faked. None of it was staged. Anything like that. There was a lot of rumors circulating about my nails online. First of all, I'm not a nail Done, girly. I rarely paint my nails. I rarely get them done. It's very often that you'll see me with bare nails. And my boyfriend, now fiance knew that if he tipped me off to go get my nails done, then I would have known that something was happening. AKA ruining the surprise once again. And so my sister, when we got into town, had seen our like Christmas photo that we did together posted on social media and she made a joke about it saying, hey, your nails look like chicken breasts. Why would you have not painted your nails for that photo? And I was like, okay, first that was rude and second of all, I don't care because that's just who I am. And it went straight over my head. But she was insulting me trying to get me to paint my nails. It did not work in true Morgan behavior. So thankfully my fiance knew me so well that he made sure to have my sister bring along some fake press on nails that I could put on if I wanted to for any of the photos. So after the engagement happened, she walked up to us, offered me some of the nails, and I put them on my engagement ring hand for some of the photos. And then by like the later part of the night, I put on the other hand. So I wasn't walking around with just half of press on nails. But that is the whole nail saga for anybody who is trying to figure that out online with all of the photos. If you have any other questions about our engagement, the whole story, anything around that, then go to the podcast Instagram page at take this personally and if there's a bunch in there, then we'll do another episode. That's just questions and you guys wanting to know things because I love sharing this part of my journey with you. So many of you guys have been on the journey with me for a really long time, especially when it comes to my dating life. So I want you guys to be involved and feel like you're part of the whole story as much as we possibly can. So if there is a bunch, then we'll do one. If not, no big deal, then. This was fun getting to share this piece with you guys. So thank you for being here, thanks for listening and I just really appreciate you guys and I'm very happy and very much in love. So talk with you guys next week.

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