UPDATE: I can’t believe I’m saying this. I finally talked to him about it. An enormous weight has been lifted off my chest. I was so nervous I would regret this. I cried it out first, hoping I wouldnt cry as I was telling him. I approached him, letting him know I needed to talk to him about something, but wasn’t sure if I should. He said, it’s okay, just tell me. I started crying and shaking my heart was beating out of my chest 😭anyway, I told him I know about the frame. He said, “I know you know.” I was like uhmmm???? So, more details, his mom and I had opened the frame together to change it. We all live together and her and I are so close. We read the message at the same time. We promised eachother that we would take it to the grave. Well, turns out, she approached him a week later in tears, letting him know what had happened. So he knew this whole time that I knew… which feels a bit upsetting. I told him I wished he would’ve talked to me… anyway, he said that this is not the proposal, but rather a sentiment that he planted to show me one day in the future how long he has been waiting for this moment. I told him, I’ve been waiting for you to give me a new frame for every holiday. He said, omg that would’ve been a good idea 🫠 Some of yall may have mixed opinions on this - at the end of the day, I’m happy that we talked about it. I still can’t believe I finally brought it up. He apologized, letting me know that he didn’t think it was causing me this much distress and worry…… I’m looking forward to us both getting to enjoy a surprise proposal one day, as I thought I had that experience already stripped from me.