I just wanted to share the news since I’m all bubbly about it still. I’m getting married! I got engaged this weekend, and although I am not planning a wedding per se (not a big fan of them in general) I will be having a party for friends and family.
It looks much better in person but that’ll work for now.
EEEEeeeee!!!
Congratulations!
:: throws confetti ::
LOVE the ring. Nice and sparkly, as they should be. Congratulations!
Congratulations! 
Congratulations! Wishing you luck and joy in your lives together.
Congratulations! That is a beautiful ring, took my breath away!
Oh, and um, details please! Story time…
Yes, Story Time!
Congrats! I love happy news!
Hey congratulations!!! Mazel tov! Felice Navidad!!!
Wait, that’s not right…
Well, you know what I mean. Have a great one!
What?! I have to learn from a message board? :mad:
Okay, I’m over it. Have you brought him by Stammtisch for approval yet? If I’d known this I would have made more of an effort to get over to the pool party.
Congratulations! Is the ring an heirloom?
Hey, I just got a random text saying
“So I’m engaged.”
I wonder who qualified for actual phone calls. Parents? Sister?
Congratulations!!
Congratulations! Beautiful ring!
Congratulations! He’s a lucky guy.
Ooh, shiny! Congratulations, and as someone said in a thread recently, may your wedding day be the least happy day of your life together.
Parents got a phone call. Sister got a text. I figured Shibb had found out from Facebook which is where I figured you found out before I texted you.
Shibb, I have not brought him to Stammtisch. I am waiting to hear back on a job I interviewed for up north before I figure out what the months of June/July are going to look like for me, but I’m sure you’ll meet him soon.
Dude, still waiting for the story!
Yes, story time! And congratulations, of course!
Congrats to you and yours! Your ring is beautiful!
There’s unfortunately not any major story associated with it except for the one I told in some thread about how did you meet your SO. We met at a Starbucks, and our first date lasted two days. When Starbucks closed, we moved to IHOP, and stayed there until the morning crowd came in. He was having his furniture delivered later that morning because he’d just moved back from out of state, so we went back to his apartment to wait for the movers, and ditched work that day to hang out (and take a nap). Spent almost the entire next week together, and the week after that. All of our conversations revolved around the future tense like “When we get married…” and “Our kids will be…” after about day 4. He told me he loved me in 2 weeks. I sent a text to my best friend that week saying “I’m pretty sure this is the guy I’m going to marry.” I’m not the type to fall for someone easily and used to consider myself not the marrying type. So did he. Turns out that’s not true anymore.
I once had a philosophy professor who railed against the institution of marriage in a class we had once, and when someone called out his hypocrisy for being married for close to 40 years, he said “The only reason anybody should ever get married EVER is if you simply can’t NOT get married.” I can’t imagine not being hitched to him, it’s crazy and awesome all at the same time.
Hmm…I guess that is kind of a story huh.
