Does anyone remember "The Perilous Guard" by Elizabeth Marie Pope? At the end, the witchy lady offers the protagonist some sort of love potion, but she refuses it, wanting the real thing. Later she speculates that it was probably not magic at all and that the witch was back-handedly trying to get revenge by causing her to doubt her dude's affection for her entire life (because, indeed, he does love her).
@stacyinbean: I'm currently shedding on clean laundry and dreaming fondly of the chicken breast I just ate for lunch. I also act kind of out-of-control around sushi-grade salmon.
I didn't know if it was day or night I started kissin' everything in sight But when I kissed a cop down on Thirty-Fourth and Vine He broke my little bottle of Love Potion Number Nine Love Potion Number Nine Love Potion Number Nine Love Potion Number Nine
A little while later, he asked me to marry him. And I said yes.
Until now, I thought I was happily engaged, but perhaps I've just been roofied with love?! God dammit, you guys. Why didn't any of you tell me?! I KNEW I shouldn't have asked for whipped cream and sprinkles on that hot cocoa. Dammit!
@hortense: At first, I thought that was just a joke, tied in with roofies in the cocoa.
But apparently not?
Your method of announcing it though is much better than my friend's method.
I got a text at 7am saying "Call me as soon as you get this!" ...I thought she was in trouble or sick or her mother had just passed (she's been ill). I had a panic attack!
Turns out she just wanted to tell me in person that her boyfriend had proposed the night before. (Last Thursday)
She promised to never send another text like that to me again (unless it was a REAL emergency).
Anyway, Congrats. We expect updates on wedding planning :)
@hortense: Best wishes! Now remember, if you find the perfect dress, the perfect flowers, and the perfect church all in one day, then it's "too easy" and your boyfriend probably has an extremely irritating secret daughter.
@hatepaperdoll: Also, if our Hortense and her intended eat their hotdogs differently, i.e. he's a mustard 'n relish and she's a ketchup, well, you know what that means.....
@terribletwenties aka Aesop's Foibles: I think the more important question is, will they be raised bilingual? Clearly they need to know LOLcat if they want to communicate with their mother, and English with their father.
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My husband gave me a lethal combination of Combos, Cadbury Cream Eggs, and the smell of his neck to make me fall in love. Hey, as long as the Pizzeria Pretzel keeps a-coming, I'll go home at night.
@BrutallyHonestBabes: Beaker (haha witty nickname for my boyfriend!) brought me cheesecake last night on his way home from work, without me even saying "I want cheesecake.". That was all the vaccination I needed.
@BrutallyHonestBabes: Cadbury creme eggs are amazing. I had a boyfriend who bought a ton of them once to stash. So he could surprise me throughout the year with one here and there. I thought that was amazing.
@The HZA.: Learn from my mistake: don't eat, like, 16 cadbury creme eggs in one day, for, like, a week straight. You will enjoy it as it happens, but when all is said and done, you may never want to see one again.
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Does anyone remember "The Perilous Guard" by Elizabeth Marie Pope? At the end, the witchy lady offers the protagonist some sort of love potion, but she refuses it, wanting the real thing. Later she speculates that it was probably not magic at all and that the witch was back-handedly trying to get revenge by causing her to doubt her dude's affection for her entire life (because, indeed, he does love her).
This thing reminds me of that thing.
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-People who feed me
-People who smell nice and also feed me
-People who smell nice, feed me, and also give me backrubs and bolster my sense of vanity
...Also, I get along really well with cats. I can't imagine why.
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Maybe.
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I started kissin' everything in sight
But when I kissed a cop down on Thirty-Fourth and Vine
He broke my little bottle of Love Potion Number Nine
Love Potion Number Nine
Love Potion Number Nine
Love Potion Number Nine
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Also, your avatar behbeh has the most adorahbuls baby smile!
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Hell, 7 is enough.
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That explanation creeps me out more than the ex that loved the word daddy.
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A little while later, he asked me to marry him. And I said yes.
Until now, I thought I was happily engaged, but perhaps I've just been roofied with love?! God dammit, you guys. Why didn't any of you tell me?! I KNEW I shouldn't have asked for whipped cream and sprinkles on that hot cocoa. Dammit!
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Either way... congrats!!!
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CONGRATULATIONS! That is so awesome and cute and awww! Yay!
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But apparently not?
Your method of announcing it though is much better than my friend's method.
I got a text at 7am saying "Call me as soon as you get this!" ...I thought she was in trouble or sick or her mother had just passed (she's been ill). I had a panic attack!
Turns out she just wanted to tell me in person that her boyfriend had proposed the night before. (Last Thursday)
She promised to never send another text like that to me again (unless it was a REAL emergency).
Anyway, Congrats. We expect updates on wedding planning :)
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I think it was the LOLspeak from the other day's post that did it.
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CONGRATULATIONS HORTENSE!!!
So. Now that that's out of the way, when are you going to have kids and will you or will you not breastfeed?!?!
(kidding, obviously.)
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@LaComtesse: Mrrg?! Y tl f th ptrrch! I fl m wmnn slf dmnshd jst HRNG bt t! ;-)
HAHA! I joke! Ummm, I hope that was obvious.
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I am hoping you weren't just roofied, but from what you've said he sounds like a pretty cool guy.
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get it? BECAUSE OF THE ECHO!!!! So happy for ya!
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