How to talk her into it?

**fluter** · 14th April 09, 02:17 PM

[edit] KtW: apologies, I thought that I was at the last page of the thread when I posted. Hope everything continues to go well. [/edit]

Originally Posted by ali8780

I think everyone already gave great advice, just remember it's your wedding too!

Originally Posted by Chrissss

Although it's your wedding, too...this is truly the Brides Day.

Cynical hat ON:

Don't let anyone fool you: this is the Bride's Mom's Day. That may be where the potential problem lies.

Cynical hat OFF.

Of course, she might be more agreeable if you'd get busy and plight that troth!

I'm not rushing you, mind... just sayin'.

Practice your version of Rex's speech (doffs non-cynical hat in a north-westerly direction), and hit her with it when she says "yes."

**sathor** · 14th April 09, 08:28 PM

Originally Posted by Graywolf

According to a poll taken years ago the average bride had chosen her husband about 6 weeks before the average husband had chosen his bride.

Funny thing, I proposed to my wife while she was still in HS and I was in college. I had bought the ring, but I had to wait for it to be sized, since I already knew what size she needed. The weekend before it was scheduled to return from the jeweler, she told me a girl on her bus was betting I was going to pop the question that weekend, which was kinda eerie since I had thought about it, but aside from waiting on the ring, the weekend after was more easy to plan around.

I would have loved a kilted wedding, but I wasn't kilted until recently, right after our 5 year anniversary actually. But I can see my path from HS to today, and I know that its almost a miracle I haven't been kilted for years, I wanted one at the ren fest when I was in HS, I even wanted to learn the pipes, but it wasn't really an option back then, and I worked for some time for a highland athlete in MI for a while. I often talked to some of the Brits when I was in college, my last address was Highland Greens before I moved back north, and I have more than I realized books dealing with the religious practices of the British Isles. Granted, $$ was always the hurdle. What if I would have found SWK or Xmarks far earlier...