Okay, this guy gets mad props.
Goes on stage and proposes during his girlfriend's favorite Broadway show, Spring Awakening
Ok, big points and very very sweet -- but I cannot think of a more horrifying story to get a proposal at the end of.
Mal: Take your people and go. Captain: You would have done the same. Mal: We can already see I haven't.
'Out Of Gas'
Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Trudy Booth - Aug 25, 2008 11:26:00 am PDT #5256 of 10003
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
megan walker - Aug 25, 2008 11:29:08 am PDT #5257 of 10003
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
The idea of any sort of public proposal horrifies me.
Reason #452 why I'm not married.
tommyrot - Aug 25, 2008 11:30:32 am PDT #5258 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The whole public proposal thing bugs me a little. Like it exerts pressure on the proposee to say yes.
Daisy Jane - Aug 25, 2008 11:33:18 am PDT #5259 of 10003
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
The idea of any sort of public proposal horrifies me.
This. I would have killed my husband for proposing to me in public. He has always been worried that his proposal wasn't romantic enough, but if he had done it any other way, I might not have said yes.
lisah - Aug 25, 2008 11:33:28 am PDT #5260 of 10003
Punishingly Intricate
I think what used to be the whole Maryland section is one page now. I think, because I'm not sure if I found it!
Me either! I'm addicted to reading the paper in the morning otherwise I would have canceled it long ago.
Steph L. - Aug 25, 2008 11:35:48 am PDT #5261 of 10003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
The idea of any sort of public proposal horrifies me.
I would beat my boyfriend to death with the ring. And that can't be easy.
OTOH, at a party yesterday for The Boy's family, his dad told us -- TWICE -- "set a date." Both times he was chuckling when he said it, but it still left me with a Joey Tribiani "who farted" look on my face.
Um, Dad of The Boy? There's no need to set a date, as we ain't engaged. Also, you ain't the boss of us. Also? Even if you chuckle as you say it, as if to convey jocularity, it's still passive-aggressive and rude.
(I really love his family, including his dad, who is a big nerd after my own heart who laughs at my nerdy comments. And I know his dad is 71 and would like to see his youngest son (re)married before he dies [er, before dad dies, not son, although that's preferable, too], but first of all, his dad is in great health. The grim reaper ain't looming. Second, even if the intentions are good, pushing us is likely to result in the exact opposite of what he wants to see.)
Barb - Aug 25, 2008 11:37:27 am PDT #5262 of 10003
“Not dead yet!”
Ok, big points and very very sweet -- but I cannot think of a more horrifying story to get a proposal at the end of.
I know, right? But the big points weren't so much for the showiness of it, but from the standpoint that he obviously knows her so well, he knew it was something she'd love.
I was proposed to in a bathroom.
Steph L. - Aug 25, 2008 11:39:48 am PDT #5263 of 10003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I was proposed to in a bathroom.
Don't brag.
tommyrot - Aug 25, 2008 11:41:16 am PDT #5264 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I'm trying to think of terrible places to propose....
In line at the DMV comes to mind....
amych - Aug 25, 2008 11:42:13 am PDT #5265 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I wasn't proposed to at all (nor did I propose). We were talking, we decided we should get married, and then we considered ourselves engaged. I think it's safe to say that a big showy thing would've resulted in a very loud "FUCK, dude, do you even know me at all?!"
But oddly enough, those points are the same points as Barb is giving the Broadway dude -- it's not the big production, it's the fact that he knew it was the right approach for them.