I'm engaged to be married! My fiance is wonderful and I have never been this happy in my entire life. We plan to get married some time in June, but we are moving in together before the wedding. I tricked her and made her think that I wasn't ready, and that I would ask her in December (little did she know that I allready had gotten the ring).

I asked her to marry me on her birthday. I took her out to dinner to a very nice restaraunt in a highrise downtown and the entire evening was perfect. The view was breathtaking, the food was wonderful, and I was with the one person in the entire world that I want to spend the rest of my life with. Soon, I will be a married man...

Grats!


Though that romantic stuff is overrated :/ ... if you wanted it memorable you should of taken her to a FOOTBALL GAME! Then have the question fly through the air behind a plane or something! NOW THATS ORIGINAL!

Congratulations!

Grats to you. You may want to change your location though just incase she visits the boards, and sees that you are located in Hell. :)

Congrats Arisen.

Grats man.

Best advice I can give ya?

Just because you're absolutely sure you are right. Doesn't mean you have to prove her wrong...

Fandros

Congratulations!

But isn't Hell the place you go to *after* you are married? ;) At least you'll already feel at home... :)

In all seriousness, congratulations, and best of luck to you both in your adventure together. I second Fandros' advice (if you love someone, don't try to score points off them, even if you know you're right), with the following caveat/addendum: Don't ever go to bed angry - stay up and hash it out, even if it means losing some sleep :).

Some separate friends/occasional holidays/spaces in the house are good ideas too. You may feel welded at the hip now, but everyone needs space to breathe every once in a while...

Warm regards, and best wishes for a happy life together,
Nydia

Congrats!

I will give you some advice on the flip side of Nydia's wisdom :) Sometimes you NEED to go to bed angry because I've found that if you can't remember what you were fighting about the night before or aren't mad anymore then it was probably not that big of a deal. Learn to pick your battles and the 2nd year is mostly the hardest. If you can get past that then you're good to go :)

Marriage is what you make of it so have the most fun!

*goes back into hiding*

Pics plz.

Note: Women do not like to have special occasions overlap. That way, there are more special occasions. I learned this when I dated a woman whose birthday was in December. In general terms, try to keep "special events" like this from coinciding with other special events like birthdays, etc.

now I must get back to investigating how my wife is spending approximately 400% more vacation days that work actually gives me.

Just because you're absolutely sure you are right. Doesn't mean you have to prove her wrong...


I wish someone had given me *this* advice 10 years ago
(though I've had a relationship end with the reverse, I *know* I'm wrong, and she gets upset because she can't prove me wrong, but knows I am)

Seriously, thats good advice.

I learned it through the school of hard knocks. I apply it to my 6 year relationship now only through concious effort. Sadly that's an ongoing battle.


Fandros

Gratz to you!

And amen to Fanny's advice, though I admit I falter greatly when it comes to applying it :(

Congratulations. Be sure to name the first six after me. :)

(a cookie to anyone who can tell me what movie that comes from.)

Way to go Arisen!

My advice is a little contradictory to Fandros'. If you know your right, take advantage of it. Mark it on the calendar. Rub it in, hard! Do a dance! They are far and few between. :D

Seriously though, give and take is the secret. Then respect and love...n'stuff. Blowjobs are pretty high on the list too...if she's not into it, just keep a towel and a tick-tack on the bedstand.

Good luck to you both, Arisen.