An interesting wedding proposal response.

BTM · July 18, 2010, 08:58:22 AM

I'm following the LJ of a rather interesting young lady who's a paramedic from New York City. It's one of the few journals I follow that I don't have at least a person back and forth internet friendship with the writer (mainly cause her journal is so popular due to a LJ highlight last year that way too many people read it for her to be on a first name basis with everyone.) Still, that doesn't bug me, as her stuff is always a good read (paramedics are one of those professions where they always seem to have interesting stories to tell.)

Anyway, I just read an entry about her long time boyfriend proposing to her, and thought you guys would get a kick out of it...

(NOTE, I have NOT changed anything in this.)

So we're at Niagara Falls, in our hotel room overlooking the water. It's late Friday night, and the fireworks have just finished. Now, I should mention that for the last three days, Ricky has been constantly asking me if I'm having a good time, and if this has been a good birthday and whatever. He did this approximately every 30 seconds or so. I nearly threw him over the goddamn Falls. Anyhoo, fireworks and then...

Me: Wow, that was awesome.
Ricky: I want to ask you something.
Me (turning to him and screaming): I'm having a good f**king time, okay? It's the best f**king birthday of my life! Will you stop f**king asking me already?!!?
Ricky: Um, no, I wanted to ask you something else.
Me: Oh s**t, my bad. What?
Ricky: Will you marry me?
Me (waving him off): Yeah, whatever.
Ricky: No, I'm serious. Will you marry me?
Me: Yeah. Okay.

Something is shoved into my hand. It's dark in the room and hard to see.

Me: What the hell is this?
Ricky: It's a ring.

*pause*

Me: What the f**k is that for?
Ricky (exasperated): I'm asking you to marry me, dick!
Me: Oh *SNAP!* You were serious about that?

I squint at him in the darkness.

Me: Dude...are you...on your knee?
Ricky: Yeah.
Me: Wow. That's like, the gayest thing you've ever done.
Ricky: I expected nothing less from you.

*pause*

Me: Huh. Well, I gotta say, your timing is perfect.
Ricky: What? Why?
Me: Well, I didn't want to ruin the vacation, and I was gonna tell you when we got back.
Ricky (sounding nervous): Tell me what?
Me: Well...

*long pause*

Me: I'm pregnant.

All the color drained from Ricky's face.

Ricky: What?
Me: Yeah. I'm pregnant. I was gonna wait until we got home to tell you.

You could practically hear Ricky die inside. I gave it three seconds.

Me: Nah, I'm just f**king with ya. I'll marry you though.

*pause*

Ricky: There is something *really* f**king wrong with you.
Me: Yo, not my problem buddy. You're marrying it.

And that was pretty much it. Oh, and then we pranked my parents by telling them I said no. My mom cried and everything. It was HILARIOUS.

So, yeah, to say the least, I think that young man is in for a rather interesting time.

If anyone wants to read more, they can find her at http://b***hgoddessdm.livejournal.com/

indianasmith · July 18, 2010, 12:35:23 PM

And I thought MY proposal was bad!! Wow, that's ridiculous!

Silverlady · July 18, 2010, 01:54:14 PM

I had to read this more than once.

The Burgomaster · July 18, 2010, 03:51:21 PM

I was waiting for one of them to say, "Niagara Falls! Slowly, I turned . . . step by step . . . inch by inch . . ."

3mnkids · July 18, 2010, 04:32:59 PM

Funny

Much better than what I got.

So, we got the two kids you wanna just do the marriage thing now? uh, sure. why not.

Rev. Powell · July 18, 2010, 09:49:15 PM

Better him than me.

BTM · December 13, 2010, 09:52:52 AM

Quote from: indianasmith on July 18, 2010, 12:35:23 PM
And I thought MY proposal was bad!! Wow, that's ridiculous!

BTW... I meant to ask, what happened on your proposal?

indianasmith · December 13, 2010, 02:46:27 PM

Long story short, I was childhood sweethearts with the same girl from first through tenth grade. Then we broke up for a year; then we started dating again, but I was also dating another girl who was her good friend (pretty innocent stuff, really. I took both of them to Six Flags one time.)

Anyway, fall of my senior year, my childhood sweetheart Patty and I were on our way back from a date and I said . . . "You know, I've known you most of my life and I love you a lot and am very comfortable around you. I could easily see myself spending the rest of my life with you."

She began to get misty-eyed at that, but I went on: "Then there's Mary. I haven't known her as long, but I do love her too and enjoy being around her. So which one of you do you think I should propose to?"

She got really angry and said "It's your decision - you're the one who is going to be stuck with one of us for the rest of your life."

I snapped back "Fine!!!! You want to be stuck with me for the rest of your life?"

She said "Fine!!!"

We rode on in silence for a minute, and then I said, "Wait a minute. Did I just propose and you accepted?"

She laughed and said "I guess so."

We've been married 26 years this Wednesday.

Umaril The Unfeathered · December 13, 2010, 08:25:44 PM

Quote from: The Burgomaster on July 18, 2010, 03:51:21 PM
I was waiting for one of them to say, "Niagara Falls! Slowly, I turned . . . step by step . . . inch by inch . . ."

Not only that, but I was waiting to find out how they did trying to get the piano up the steps at 1127 Walnut Avenue...

BTM · December 14, 2010, 01:46:27 AM

Quote from: indianasmith on December 13, 2010, 02:46:27 PM
We rode on in silence for a minute, and then I said, "Wait a minute. Did I just propose and you accepted?"

She laughed and said "I guess so."

We've been married 26 years this Wednesday.

Wow, childhood sweethearts and everything, that's the stuff romance movies are made of! (Course, in the movies you two would have been apart for several years, meet back up under crazy cirumstances and have all sorts of wacky adventures before realizing what everyone else already knows: that yuo're perfect for each other but still.)

That is a funny story, though! :)

Out of nutty curiousity, what happened to Mary?

indianasmith · December 14, 2010, 07:12:58 AM

She got married to another guy a year or two later, but two years into their marriage he was killed by a drunk driver. She was in the accident too, and after recovering (physically and emotionally) she eventually remarried and now has two kids.

Trevor · December 14, 2010, 08:46:10 AM

Quote from: indianasmith on December 13, 2010, 02:46:27 PM
Long story short, I was childhood sweethearts with the same girl from first through tenth grade. Then we broke up for a year; then we started dating again, but I was also dating another girl who was her good friend (pretty innocent stuff, really. I took both of them to Six Flags one time.)

Anyway, fall of my senior year, my childhood sweetheart Patty and I were on our way back from a date and I said . . . "You know, I've known you most of my life and I love you a lot and am very comfortable around you. I could easily see myself spending the rest of my life with you."

She began to get misty-eyed at that, but I went on: "Then there's Mary. I haven't known her as long, but I do love her too and enjoy being around her. So which one of you do you think I should propose to?"

She got really angry and said "It's your decision - you're the one who is going to be stuck with one of us for the rest of your life."

I snapped back "Fine!!!! You want to be stuck with me for the rest of your life?"

She said "Fine!!!"

We rode on in silence for a minute, and then I said, "Wait a minute. Did I just propose and you accepted?"

She laughed and said "I guess so."

We've been married 26 years this Wednesday.

That gave me the first

I've had in almost two days.