J9 - I think that it all went well. It was similar when B dropped the ILU on me. I had to wait for a week or two before I was ready to say it back. It shows that she's taking it seriously. As are you.
As far as timelines go, B told me the other day that her STBX (of 22 years) proposed after 2 days and they were married after 4 months. Each to their own.
On BD H52, W50 T27, M26 S21, D23 BD-9-Mar-16 D-15-Jan-18 Final-19-Apr-18 I am a storyteller. The story may do you no good. But a story is never for the listener. It is always for the one who tells