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carson
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The engagement
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Jun 26 20:37 UTC 1994 |
(It's the moment you have waited for your entire relationship. You are
about to propose marriage to your significant other. You reach into your
pocket to produce the extravagant engagement ring that you've just spent
two weeks' pay on, and discover that you've grabbed the wrong ring!
Instead of a beautiful diamond ring, your fingers clutch the cheap decoder
ring you found in your Cracker Jack!)
(do you go ahead and continue with your proposal?)
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gidget
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response 1 of 29:
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Jun 26 22:07 UTC 1994 |
I would die of embarassment if I flubbed up one of the most important
moments of my life. So no, the proposal would end right then and there.
I would change the subject and wait 'til the next perfect moment.
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canis
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response 2 of 29:
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Jun 27 02:45 UTC 1994 |
i would continue to propose, if she really loves you then she would
understand when you explain it later.
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scg
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response 3 of 29:
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Jun 27 05:12 UTC 1994 |
I do things much worse than that often enough that anybody who could stay
married to me for long would have to be able to put up with much worse
than that. Actually, that sounds like the sort of joke I might play in
some really weird moods that I get into sometimes.
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dang
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response 4 of 29:
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Jun 27 17:07 UTC 1994 |
i proposed using a fake ring. she new it was a joke, though. i'd
probably wait.
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roz
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response 5 of 29:
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Jun 28 01:01 UTC 1994 |
Oh, come on, you guys -- what a marvelous opportunity to say
something like: "Honey, sometimes I screw things up. <short synopsis
of current screwup>. But one thing I'll always be sure was right
was my decision to live with you and love you for the rest of my
life . . . " On and on until she cries, says yes, and swears to
love the Crackerjack ring as well as the diamond.
Don't men have any imaginations these days <g>?
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dang
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response 6 of 29:
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Jun 28 17:01 UTC 1994 |
no, not really <g>
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kimba
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response 7 of 29:
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Jun 29 03:59 UTC 1994 |
I agree with Roz. My proposal came in the middle of a joke, so in this type
of situation, I'd laugh. I only love a man with a sense of humour anyway!
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headdoc
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response 8 of 29:
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Jul 3 04:13 UTC 1994 |
I'm trying to decide if carson is serious about this scenerio??? I can't
imagine someone waiting till they spend a fortune on a ring to "propose" to a
woman in this day and age. I think asking a woman to marry him using a
crackerjack] ring is a wonderfully charming idea. Besides, I would want to
help pick out my ring if I was going to wear it for the rest of my life.
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srw
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response 9 of 29:
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Jul 6 05:27 UTC 1994 |
Good practical advice there. It's easy to forget that when viewing all the
romantic propaganda about the magic moment. I proposed in a Volkswagen
on I84 in Connecticut. That was 28 years ago. We selected the rings
together later. We're still married, but the rings wore out and hers has
been replaced. Mine is still with me, even though it's worn out.
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popcorn
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response 10 of 29:
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Jul 6 13:30 UTC 1994 |
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headdoc
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response 11 of 29:
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Jul 7 10:17 UTC 1994 |
My husband and I are married 37 years, and I cant ever being proposed to. We
just evolved. . we fell in love that way and ecided to get married that way.
I do remember our weddings though (we were married twice, once when we
eloped and then two years later when we had a traditional ceremony to please
our relatives.) We could not afford an engagement ring, and then we found
that we didnt need one. But if I ever had gotten one, I would have liked
to have picked it out with him.
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vishnu
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response 12 of 29:
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Jul 12 07:57 UTC 1994 |
I think I'd propose with the cracker jack ring... it's a novelty, you know.
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alfee
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response 13 of 29:
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Jul 13 00:38 UTC 1994 |
I was proposed to sans ring, and was later involved in selecting one that
I liked. There is something charming and rather sweet in knowing that your
perfect person can make a mistake, and I don't think there's anything wrong
in admitting that to your intended. She's going to find out sooner or
later that you're fallible, so why not inject some humour into the situation?
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carson
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response 14 of 29:
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Jul 27 19:25 UTC 1994 |
Yes. There's something aouut shared quirkiness and intimacy that would
make such a situation not only more comfortable to deal with, but easily
more fun than the cliched proposal scenario we read about in our tawdry
romance novels.
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bonita
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response 15 of 29:
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Nov 14 04:49 UTC 1994 |
Well, if the guy really loved me and I him then I don't think there would be
any need to stop the proposal. We'd probably get a laugh out of it and after
all, it would be something to remember.
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suzi
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response 16 of 29:
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Jan 26 05:34 UTC 1995 |
It's funny - that is *exactly* how my dad proposed to my mom - almost
50 years ago! It is kind of family folklore now. BTW, they are still
married and still laughing together although now she has a real ring!
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carson
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response 17 of 29:
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Jan 26 11:48 UTC 1995 |
cool!
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phreakus
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response 18 of 29:
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Feb 10 17:47 UTC 1995 |
I would continue to fumble in my pocket until it decided to give me the right
ring.
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simcha
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response 19 of 29:
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Mar 14 14:51 UTC 1995 |
I hate the artificiality of advertized magic moments. Like the commandment
to have an entire house full of family on thanksgiving, etc. I have friends
who agreed to get married and then went to the restaurant w/ both sets
of parents for the formal proposal...seemed so contrived.
Crackerjack ringsare cool. So were the tabs from soda cans (used by
a frind til they both went to pick out a ring together.
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aruba
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response 20 of 29:
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Mar 15 00:35 UTC 1995 |
What nationality were your friends, Simcha?
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simcha
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response 21 of 29:
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Mar 20 16:08 UTC 1995 |
American...for generations. Why?
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aruba
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response 22 of 29:
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Mar 21 04:10 UTC 1995 |
It occurred to my roommate, who was reading this over my shoulder, that the
scene you described might be a cultural phenomenon.
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birdlady
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response 23 of 29:
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Apr 10 18:38 UTC 1995 |
I would probably die laughing if I was proposed to with a Cracker Jack ring.
I LOVE a man with a sense of humor =) It would make me love him more (if
possible), and I may even start crying.
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stqni
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response 24 of 29:
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Jul 23 00:20 UTC 1995 |
I would continue, and tell her that there is a surprize for her later.
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