A Rather Important Question.
Picture the scene.
A slightly wounded soldier going on leave to meet the woman he'd fallen in love with.
He sweeps her off to a romantic destination.
He picks his moment and goes down on bended knee, taking the ring from his pocket.
"Will you........."
Ok so that's how I wish it had happened. Now rewind to the end of the second sentence.
They spend a lovely ten days together.
The night before they are due to go their separate ways they have a few drinks.
Lying in bed that night chatting they both agree that it's a bit crap being apart so much.
"Maybe we'd best do something about it then love."
Probably not my greatest moment.......
fired down the range by DC at 7:04 pm
15 Comments:
Oh yes, alcohol has a lot to answer for!
Though in your case it seems to have come up trumps.
Hooray for alcohol!
i think my other half will say that my proposal was a lot worse!
did she say yes?
If she married you (which since there is a Mrs. Soldier, I assume she did) you clearly did it in an acceptable manner, so I wouldn't worry about it. But no household appliances for anniversary presents. No, no, no. A thousand times, no.
Jane - shouldn't that be 'Hooray For Alcohol Enjoyed In Moderation'.
BIA - you'll have to tell me about that one.
Cookie - yup - thank god.
Foilwoman - actually it's more likely to be me that gets something for the kitchen as a present.
The romantic destination would have been nice but thats not us i wouldn't have changed a thing.
In order to avoid marriage in my younger years I always threatened to propose over the tannoy at a football match.
This had two benefits. Firstly, there was no danger of any pressure to propose, secondly, I got to go to the football with the lads, no woman in tow.
I'm not really a bastard, honest...
I did something very similar; after trying to find the right moment for a while and fate being against me, I just asked her one Friday night sat on our sofa.
Glad to see I'm not the only one - romance and the Army probably don't mix that well.
GU - glad to hear it!
SL - I wonder when the first live blogging proposal will take place.
Sherbert - welcome and thanks - nice of you say.
Rug Boy - glad to hear it worked out for you as well.
The only sage advice I could offer on this subject was what I've written down by others.
It takes 2 things to make a successfull union between two people:
1. Finding the right person.
2. Being the right person.
On the success of these 2 things will determine 99% of your happiness.
As for myself, I once wrote a book on women that was entitled;
"Everything I know about women."
It was 300 pages long and every page was blank.
Live and learn.
In bed before you proposed?
Tut tut!
I went down on my bended knees in front of her on the park bench.
Shame I hadn't noticed the dog shit :-(
PI - how terrible we were!
Stu - oh dear (but very funny).
I proposed lying on the bed too. Her immediate response?
'Let me sit up I feel sick'.
Mmmm.
She obviously said yes straight after that, though.
Foilwoman: What kind of kitchen appliances does Mrs. Soldier get you, and do you find them romantic?
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