Getting serious
The dynamic between them was working well, they were both still young and just entering a different stage in the life of real adulthood. It was a transitional period for them, they didn’t know what their thirties would hold, but they only imagined it would be great things and looked forward to it.
Sam knew that he was going to have to take things up a notch, they weren’t getting any younger and he wanted to know that he was secure in his relationship with Maria. So he went down to the jewelry store in his hometown and picked out a ring. He felt that the time was right.