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Hearing Kiss of Fire -- Louis Armstrong
Proposing and All That
In the wake of yesterday's entry offering wedding location suggestions for an AOL Journaler who is soon to get hitched, the bride-to-be asked me to relate the story of how I proposed to my own wife. And as it is an interesting story -- and as it's rude to refuse a bride's request -- I'll share: I proposed to my wife in my newspaper column.
See, once upon a time, I was a respectable journalist, and at the age of 24, I also had a newspaper column is which I got to write about whatever I wanted to write about (see? Some things never change). Krissy and I knew we wanted to get married, and I knew I wanted to do something a little different for my proposal. So I talked it over with my editors, and they agreed, and I wrote the proposal column, and thankfully, Krissy said "yes."
Two interesting side events regarding the proposal column. First, because it was in the newspaper, Krissy's mother (who got early for her work) actually read the proposal before Krissy did. Krissy's sister had to more or less tackle her mom to keep her from calling Krissy at 5:30am, arguing (correctly) that Krissy was probably still asleep and hadn't yet read the column and might want to read it first before taking calls. Second, when I finally dragged my butt into work around noon, I was immediately accosted by my editor who told me I had to write a follow-up, because the paper was being deluged with callers asking "What did she SAY?!?!?"
Here's the column and the follow-up. The picture, incidentally, is one of our engagement photos. You can tell it's from the past because I have hair. Krissy, mind you, remains as oxygen-deprivingly gorgeous as ever.
Now, the rest of you. Share your proposal stories: In comments if you want, or as an entry.
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I read the column and I'm so glad I did! That was such a beautiful, romantic and clever way to propose! I hope that when my guy proposes he does something memorable like that! And the remark "before Krissy and With Krissy" and the meaning behind it was just... wonderful! Thanks so much for sharing! Lisa
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I LOVE it! What a sweet and cool way to propose. I got a lump in my throat while reading and almost choked on a McDonald's french fry.
I love the engagement picture, too. I'm so glad Shelli thought to ask you about this. It's such a neat story.
I'll share mine, too. Uh, sometime soon.
11/28/03 5:59 PM