This is a long story so bear with me. My girlfriend and I had planned a trip to NYC to go to the US Open and I thought the trip would be the perfect time to propose because we have been together for 7 years. The week that we’re going I go into Tiffanys but while I’m in there I see my gf walk by the window so I have to basically hide, then sneak out. I then call her to ask what she’s doing and she tells me that she’s at the mall and to meet her there. While we’re there she says we should go into Tiffany’s to look at rings. I say sure and then I frantically text the guy that works there to tell him I’m coming back in and to not let her know that I was just there. He proceeds to show us some rings and she tells me what style she likes and the guy that works there texts me after and tells me that ring won’t be ready until we come back from our trip. I panic and buy a ring from Nordstrom (30 day return policy) that kinda looks like the ring she wanted so I can use that for the proposal and then let her know that the actual ring will be ready the following week. We then go to the US Open and I planned on proposing to her the following night at either a rooftop I had reservations for or the Brooklyn Bridge as backup. That day there is a downpour all day so I have to pushback the proposal for the next day. The next morning I try to wake her up early so we can go to the bridge but she was hungover and didn’t want to get up early. We have tickets to a broadway show and I figure we can go by the bridge that night afterwards so I can propose but she doesn’t want to go and suggests going the next day. I am running out of time because that will be our final day! We go by the bridge and it’s the most amount of people I’ve ever seen on it. Like shoulder to shoulder. I panic again because I don’t think that’s a great spot. She then tells me she wanted to go to a store all the way by the Met and I think I can propose in the park. I know a cool little spot thats on a rock with a good view that would be cool but while we were walking she didn’t want to go to the shop. I am going crazy so I just lead her down a path that away from everything and get down on my knee and propose there. She said yes and I’m super excited and I tell her this whole story but I can tell she wasn’t as excited as I was. She tells me that she was disappointed in the proposal because I didn’t have the ring she wanted and looked like I didn’t put any effort into it. But I did! Should have I just waited? I’m really sad she felt that way because I thought I pivoted really well but I didn’t give her the proposal she wanted. Any advice?