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it's sort of annoying, when you get up to a certain amount of time in a relationship, and you plan a little trip, say. and then friends are all like,

Posted by kare (aka kare) Mar 9 '09, 09:39

ooh, maybe he'll pop the question!

like, it is more likely to happen on a vacation, if it was going to happen at all? i mean, even if it was, would a typical dude want to carry a diamond ring halfway across the country? i wouldn't. and if a dude is going to propose on a vacation, better be towards the end, because otherwise that's a serious potential ruiner.

anyway.

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I don't get the idea of "an appropriate amount of time" having passed. poor dudes. I can't imagine living by rules like that. like the two days rule. - the emerald city loves mandy lane Mar 9, 09:54
"Oooo, maybe I'll propose to him!" -- nm - kare s.i. in response to friends Mar 9, 09:48
Yeah I got that on a few occasions. You just have to deal with it. -- nm - Shaun Mar 9, 09:43 8
- oh, i know and am. it's just... kind of funny how some people are, i guess, conditioned to expect such things on vacations in particular - kare Mar 9, 09:44 7
  - I think there's become such a premium put on the event being special that there's pressure to plan it on a day or vacation like that. - pmb Mar 9, 09:53 1
    - while i would have doubts about saying "yes" to someone who tossed a ring on my lap and said "here it is" - kare Mar 9, 10:01
  - people have a vested interest in trying to make their lives more interesting, and having their friend have a romantic engangement vacation story helps -- nm - znufrii Mar 9, 09:45 2
    - so cynical! -- nm - kare Mar 9, 09:46 1
      - but true though. My fiancee didn't tell her coworkers about our engagement for about a week (there wasn't any proper moment, ring was being re-sized, - Alan More Mar 9, 09:51
  - Are you expecting it soon? -- nm - amoxy Mar 9, 09:45 1
    - (no! please for the love of god no.) -- nm - kare Mar 9, 10:03
*raises hand* -- nm - Spawn Mar 9, 09:41
Don't ask me - I waited six and a half years, and then asked on her birthday ... :) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 09:41
you know it never stops - holidays, birthdays, dating anniversarys - even later: when yall having a kid. - Epiphany Mar 9, 09:41 4
- "Have you set a date yet?" is in the middle somewhere -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 09:42 2
  - but when *i* ask i'm just showing interest/making conversation! - kare Mar 9, 09:45
  - gah! -- nm - znufrii Mar 9, 09:42
- yep. -- nm - Diva Mar 9, 09:41
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- We know this because we know kare, I think, but other people think of Vegas in this way -- nm - con_coffee Mar 9, 09:50
- i more than doubt it, too. -- nm - kare Mar 9, 09:42 12
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    - don't say such things. *that* makes me worry. ;) -- nm - kare Mar 9, 09:49 10
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        it is? -- nm - kare Mar 9, 09:51 8
        
        I don't get that impression. My impression is (LYC) - con_coffee Mar 9, 09:54 5
        
        pretty much :) -- nm - kare Mar 9, 09:56
        
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        i think people project their own timelines, maybe. in this case, my friend/coworker was married 10 months after meeting her current hubby - kare Mar 9, 09:57
        
        I think they do. Your friends want to be happy for you, and like hearing nice things. But not for the cynical reason znufrii posted above :) IMO -- nm - con_coffee Mar 9, 09:56 1
        
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        i'm maybe, like, 15% ready. the idea gives me heart palpitations. - kare Mar 9, 09:54
- though Vegas trips can spawn the drunk at 3 am, just won a crap load on slots, let's get married type of event - Epiphany Mar 9, 09:42 4
  - i don't think so. ;) -- nm - kare Mar 9, 09:42 3
    - What, he doesn't play craps? ;^) -- nm - TaurusII Mar 9, 09:43 2
      - she doesn't drink - Epiphany Mar 9, 09:46 1
        
        ha! ;) -- nm - kare Mar 9, 09:48
Hrmmmmm -- nm - amoxy Mar 9, 09:40

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