# Really Not All That Single **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 19, 2008, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-not-all-that-single/477904 "2008-12-19T14:21:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Racer1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee59a6/32.png) [@Racer1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Racer1)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-not-all-that-single/477904/21 "2008-12-22T00:14:40Z")
Congrats! (also, you’re going to be able to jokingly hold that “no” over her head for the next 10 years at least.) ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-not-all-that-single/477904/22 "2008-12-22T14:25:38Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > Pictures, dude, and you have to bring her to the next OrlanDope! > > Congrats! Pictures will be posted as soon as I can get MBF to upload 'em. 🆒 And yes, I totally will. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-not-all-that-single/477904/23 "2008-12-22T14:59:38Z")
Ohhh Boo HISS! Your gal gets a great and ROMANTIC proposal! All I gots was proposed in my boyfriends bedroom. On Christmas Eve. ( No, we weren’t nekkid.) (He’s a great and wonderful man, but his ability to plan for stuff like that is limited.) Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-not-all-that-single/477904/24 "2008-12-24T15:00:06Z")
Pictures!!! Here’s the tree from a distance… you can just about make out the WH in the background: [http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll268/dutchboy208/036\_36.jpg](http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll268/dutchboy208/036_36.jpg) Before: [http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll268/dutchboy208/040\_40.jpg](http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll268/dutchboy208/040_40.jpg) Whoah, I’m really doing this! [http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll268/dutchboy208/041\_41.jpg](http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll268/dutchboy208/041_41.jpg) The happy couple: [http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll268/dutchboy208/044\_44.jpg](http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll268/dutchboy208/044_44.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-not-all-that-single/477904/25 "2008-12-24T15:47:21Z")
Awwww! Y’all are too cute! Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![Debon\_Err](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ea924/32.png) [@Debon\_Err](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debon_Err)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-not-all-that-single/477904/26 "2008-12-24T17:23:38Z")
Congratulations! _squeals like a teenage girl_ How exciting! ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-not-all-that-single/477904/27 "2008-12-24T17:48:30Z")
That’s lovely! Your fiancée needs to show off the ring now! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-not-all-that-single/477904/28 "2008-12-24T17:50:00Z")
She is to pretty much everyone in sight. I didn’t have time to get it sized because I bought it the day before we flew out to Washington, but she’s got one of those “ring guard” thingies on it so she can show it off _now_, and she’ll get it sized later. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-not-all-that-single/477904.md?page=1)