HeadShrinker03
Rough_Rock
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- Jul 9, 2004
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I posted the proposal idea here before (sometime in mid-July), so the details of it are there. Basically, I was going to take her to a restaurant and have the proposal printed in the menu. The feedback that I got was that this was a really good idea.
After looking around for a long time, I found the perfect place. It had the right kind of menus, the atmosphere was very romantic, and the manager was extremely nice and helpful. To test the waters with her a few days before, I said a co-worker had highly recommended the place, and that we should go that weekend. She didn''t say much of anything, positive or negative.
Unfortunately (and of course I didn''t realize this), she had worked there a few years ago, and was apparently humiliatingly fired. So, the big day came, and I told her that I had made reservations there for 7 PM. She refused to go. No matter how insistent I was, or how much I begged, pleaded, and cajoled, she wouldn''t budge. (You would think that she would realize that something was up, since I am normally very easygoing and would not have cared too much where we went, or even if we went out someplace). About 5:30 or so, I threw in the towel. While she was in the bathroom, I told her very shortly that I was going out to run some errands and left. I went to the restaurant, got the ring back (it had been taped under the table to make any of her "hugs"/pat-downs useless), and took it back to where I had been keeping it (not at our place).
The kicker, of course, is that when I got back, she was sitting there, all dressed up, and pissed at me because it was an hour after our reservations. Apparently (and certainly without telling me), she had decided to give in and go along with me. She was in the bathroom getting ready to take a shower when I left. Of course, only later that night did she figure out what was going on.
So now, I have to go through the huge hassle (and expense) of doing things over several weeks to string her along and throw her off again (I had been doing that for a few weeks before the original attempt). Then, of course, I have to re-plan the actual proposal. What''s even better is that I have a major professional licensing exam coming up at the end of this month, so I won''t even be able to begin planning the process until that is over with.
It really sucks, because now, despite any efforts I make to throw her off, it will probably be very obvious (and therefore much less special) when I actually do it again. Also, I don''t remember ever being as happy or excited as I was leading up to the proposal, or as hurt and disappointed when it fell through.
Sorry this post is so long. I guess I just needed to vent (even though this happened in mid-September). I also wanted to give the unfortunate update to those who replied to my orignial post.
Jeff
After looking around for a long time, I found the perfect place. It had the right kind of menus, the atmosphere was very romantic, and the manager was extremely nice and helpful. To test the waters with her a few days before, I said a co-worker had highly recommended the place, and that we should go that weekend. She didn''t say much of anything, positive or negative.
Unfortunately (and of course I didn''t realize this), she had worked there a few years ago, and was apparently humiliatingly fired. So, the big day came, and I told her that I had made reservations there for 7 PM. She refused to go. No matter how insistent I was, or how much I begged, pleaded, and cajoled, she wouldn''t budge. (You would think that she would realize that something was up, since I am normally very easygoing and would not have cared too much where we went, or even if we went out someplace). About 5:30 or so, I threw in the towel. While she was in the bathroom, I told her very shortly that I was going out to run some errands and left. I went to the restaurant, got the ring back (it had been taped under the table to make any of her "hugs"/pat-downs useless), and took it back to where I had been keeping it (not at our place).
The kicker, of course, is that when I got back, she was sitting there, all dressed up, and pissed at me because it was an hour after our reservations. Apparently (and certainly without telling me), she had decided to give in and go along with me. She was in the bathroom getting ready to take a shower when I left. Of course, only later that night did she figure out what was going on.
So now, I have to go through the huge hassle (and expense) of doing things over several weeks to string her along and throw her off again (I had been doing that for a few weeks before the original attempt). Then, of course, I have to re-plan the actual proposal. What''s even better is that I have a major professional licensing exam coming up at the end of this month, so I won''t even be able to begin planning the process until that is over with.
It really sucks, because now, despite any efforts I make to throw her off, it will probably be very obvious (and therefore much less special) when I actually do it again. Also, I don''t remember ever being as happy or excited as I was leading up to the proposal, or as hurt and disappointed when it fell through.
Sorry this post is so long. I guess I just needed to vent (even though this happened in mid-September). I also wanted to give the unfortunate update to those who replied to my orignial post.
Jeff