I wrote "Carol, will you marry me?" On the bathroom mirror in my own blood

















She said no

He proposed in front of Gruene Hall, where we ahd our first date. Then we went to Wurstfest.

We had been dating for a few months (working together too) and had been at the "Taste of Bryan" restaurant show working a booth for Applebee's (obviously where we worked) and went back to Applebee's after the event to unload gear and then have a few drinks. We had had a bit of a scare the month before when she was about 10 days late and were talking about that and I mentioned that it was slightly disappointing because then we could have been getting married. She said she felt the same way, and I just blurted out "So will you marry me anyway?" and she said yes.

I already had a ring back at my house and we headed back there to celebrate.

That was March 9, 1999.

We obviously celebrated a little too much because my son's due date ended up being December 12, 1999, almost exactly nine months later. In true form, he was 15 days late and not born until December 27.

We were married in June 1999 but at least I can tell all of my cousins that at least I was engaged before the whole gestation thing began to occur, lol.

We are about to hit our 23rd anniversary this year.

Last week. All the family over for my birthday.

I said, "I hate birthday parties. So what if we made this an engagement party?"

Had barely known her 4-5 months, planned a trip to the Lubbock Lake Landmark (not much else out there) to watch the sunset. Had the ring for about 7 hours at this point. Super cloudy, freezing wind, not ideal.

Stood there wrapped in a blanket, both freezing. Couldn't see the sunset for the clouds. She was ready to go, I dropped to a knee, she cried (but wind quickly dried the tears), she said yes, went to Whataburger

Romance is my middle name.

15 years this November. Didn't even know her a year by the wedding.

Yes, we met on MySpace. Looked for an Aggie in Lubbock, she was cute and wearing a football jersey. Done deal!

I hired a plane that flew a banner that read "Dill-Ag13's wife will you marry me" outside of our favorite pizza spot in the woodlands at dinner time. This was after we spent the day in Galveston which was where she was convinced I was going to propose.

At the top of the steps to the Admin building; one of my favorite places on campus. It was a few months before I left for Iraq. Grateful she waited around for me.

Had originally planned to propose to her out in Big Bend. The Wednesday before we flew out I got a call from my dad that he'd been admitted to the ER for something to do with his heart, but the Dr didn't have a good explanation for him other than is was good that they admitted him because he might have had a heart attack if they hadn't. So we ditched those plans to be with my Dad that weekend while Dr's sorted him out. Turns out it was a simple outpatient procedure to get my Dad fixed, and the ring was burning a hole in my pocket, so I filled in my brother and sister in Law in on my plans to propose in SA that weekend. My loose plan to make dinner plans at Bohannon's and wing it from there. Once I remembered where Bohannon's was at in relation to other land marks downtown, I figured it would be fitting to propose to my Mexican girlfriend in front of the Alamo. We get married in Cabo this summer. There will be at least 2 people from the internet present for the vows.

Hey, don't forget I added a +1.

The running track in Spence Park in 1985. Seemed like the right time being the romantic I am.

Later that night after she goes to some frat/ sorority mixer thing, I'm cleaning up the puke. Trash can punch is not her friend.

IMO it isn't where or how you propose, it's that you propose to the right person. 36 years so far and she hasn't kicked me out yet.

maroon barchetta said:

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Hey, don't forget I added a +1.

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OMG! What's his name!?!?

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maroon barchetta said:

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Hey, don't forget I added a +1.

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OMG! What's his name!?!?

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Dill-Ag13 said:

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I hired a plane that flew a banner that read "Dill-Ag13's wife will you marry me" outside of our favorite pizza spot in the woodlands at dinner time. This was after we spent the day in Galveston which was where she was convinced I was going to propose.

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Well, if her name is Dill-Ag13's wife, you basically had to marry her.

I proposed to Ex-Mrs Fife at a nice park on the Seattle side of Lake Washington. She said yes, got married a little over a year later.

I learned my lesson, never proposing ever again!

This was back in late 1994. I had this little bungalow that I remodeled in the Heights (I wish I would have kept that little gem on E13th St...). My girlfriend and I were watching TV on a weeknight.

I had the ring in my pocket and, unlike these days where an elaborate plan and speech is hatched, I was just going to wing it. I started talking about how we have been together for a while (2 years or so) and it was time to move on...

At that point, she started to slowly freak out and she slid off the couch and was half kneeling on the floor to face me. She later told me she thought I was going to break up with her...

Anyway, I'm still sitting and, before I started talking, I took the ring out of my pocket. I don't remember exactly what I said next, but I went on and told her how much it would mean to me if she were to marry me.

Neither of us thought about how we were sitting, but it turned out I was on the couch, and she was kneeling on the floor. She still said yes. Lol.

Then we went and had a late dinner at Birra Poretti's in downtown Houston. It was one of our go-to's back in the day and I think it's still around. They were nice enough to give us a couple of glasses of champagne to celebrate.

Got married in 1995 - a little Catholic wedding in the small town she grew up in near St. Louis on the Illinois side of the river. Then we did another, much larger, Indian wedding in Houston three weeks later. Honeymoon was after the Big Fat Indian wedding.

Still together.

maroon barchetta said:

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EFE said:

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maroon barchetta said:

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Hey, don't forget I added a +1.

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OMG! What's his name!?!?

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This has to be fake news. I think permas carry over to real life.

She put together a big shindig at Kay's Lounge for my 40th birthday... lots of our friends and family there. I turned it around on her by proposing to her there.

Yes, I proposed to my wife in a dive bar.

2nd marriage, 3 kids between us. Made t-shirts with iron on letters for me and the kids. Hanging out at her house one day I was upstairs with the kids while she was busy doing something downstairs. Sent youngest kid downstairs with a rose and wearing t-shirt that said "WILL". Sent next kid downstairs with a rose and wearing t-shirt that said "YOU". Sent last kid downstairs with rose and wearing t-shirt that said "MARRY". Then I walked downstairs with a dozen roses and wearing a t-shirt that said "ME". 18 years and counting.