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trochee ([personal profile] trochee) wrote2006-10-01 04:53 pm

Yes, it's true!

I proposed to [livejournal.com profile] imtboo Friday night. She said 'yes!'

(actually, she said "yes! did you really just ask me that?")

She has pictures we took that night on her journal. (go look ! it's cute !)


It was an outbreak of planned spontaneity: I had bought a ring on Tuesday, and carried it around with me in a superstitious fear that D. would find it if I left it somewhere at home. My plan: to propose on Sunday, October 1, thus beating (by one day) our two-year anniversary*. But the moment came up as we unwound at the end of a busy busy day, talking about what it would be like to have kids, when D. joked "whoa slow down cowboy; you know, there are a few things that need to be done before then."

Something clicked for me, and I leapt up from the sofa, and said "hold on."

"Wait, but I was about to say something," said D.

"This is more important," I said. (She thought I was joking!)

I grabbed the ring from my backpack, returned to the living room, sat down next to her and asked her to marry me. She didn't even see the ring.


I'm happy. I'm happy I found this woman, and I'm happy she said yes.

*Dorothy pointed out later that Friday is actually two years exactly after our first interaction (thank you [livejournal.com profile] caracola!).
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[identity profile] lx.livejournal.com 2006-10-02 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
Congrats, sir!

[identity profile] trochee.livejournal.com 2006-10-02 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
thank you!

[identity profile] isolt.livejournal.com 2006-10-02 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
Congratulations! Also, I'm not sure it would be possible for the two of you to be cuter.

[identity profile] trochee.livejournal.com 2006-10-02 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
let's not get all epistemological.

(thanks!)

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[identity profile] general-jinjur.livejournal.com 2006-10-02 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
congratulations!!!!

[identity profile] trochee.livejournal.com 2006-10-02 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
thank you! I loved your exclamation-laden comment over at [livejournal.com profile] imtboo. :-)
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[personal profile] lunacow 2006-10-02 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
Many, many congratulations! I'm so happy for you both!

[identity profile] trochee.livejournal.com 2006-10-02 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
thank you! We are happy too. i think it shows in Boo's pictures, eh?

[identity profile] lapartera.livejournal.com 2006-10-02 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I could not be happier -- for you and for us as a family!!!


Keep us posted on the plans, please! My schedule is complex to put it mildly.

[identity profile] trochee.livejournal.com 2006-10-02 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
yay! so nice to add another awesome person to this family.

yes, we'll keep you in the loop for plans! there are a lot of logistics but hoping to have less pomp and more fun.

[identity profile] seaya.livejournal.com 2006-10-02 01:11 am (UTC)(link)
Congrats!!!!

[identity profile] trochee.livejournal.com 2006-10-02 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
thank you :)

[identity profile] writeanya.livejournal.com 2006-10-02 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
well, (excuse the profanity, but...) holey fuckin' moley!

congratulations to you both. i predict much passion and talking and living and cuddling and discussions and happiness and old age together.

hugely majorly large hugs to you both.

love...

[identity profile] trochee.livejournal.com 2006-10-02 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
thank you for your predictions, wise one! I take them as blessings. love to you too!

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[identity profile] oceans-voice.livejournal.com 2006-10-02 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
Lovely photo :)
Congratulations to the two of you :):):) This makes me happy!

[identity profile] trochee.livejournal.com 2006-10-02 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
oh, it makes me happy too!

thank you!

[identity profile] lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com 2006-10-02 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
congratulations! and the ring is beautiful.

[identity profile] boobirdsfly.livejournal.com 2006-10-02 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
It really is !
I love sapphires so much better than diamonds !
The picture doesn't actually do it justice even ....
:)

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[identity profile] localcharacter.livejournal.com 2006-10-02 02:02 am (UTC)(link)
Congratulations, you two!

[identity profile] trochee.livejournal.com 2006-10-02 04:25 pm (UTC)(link)
thanks, Matt!

The Rock that rocks!

[identity profile] drshorn.livejournal.com 2006-10-02 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
That is so cool. Oct 2nd is my anniversary, lucky 13th one in just a few hours. So it's really great to hear your news on this day. Congrats and best wishes, you really know how to choose a stone, and a lady. You both have made a GREAT catch! Remember to clean well before cooking, and not to eat it all in one sitting. :)

Re: The Rock that rocks!

[identity profile] trochee.livejournal.com 2006-10-02 10:26 pm (UTC)(link)
congratulations yourself, sir. lucky 13!

I'm more happy about the lady than the stone - though I am proud of both choices. Thank you!

Nice to see you more present here on the life journal thing.

[identity profile] la-chispa.livejournal.com 2006-10-02 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
Congratulations!

[identity profile] tulip-tree.livejournal.com 2006-10-02 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
Congratulations! very sweet story, and I'm very happy for you both. The ring is lovely (and yay for sapphires! I have one, too. :) )

[identity profile] trochee.livejournal.com 2006-10-02 04:26 pm (UTC)(link)
you know, I almost came over to show you the ring when you were in the lab on Wednesday, but I missed my chance. Now you'll have to wait and see it on D's finger once it has been resized (it was too big).

thank you!

[identity profile] esk.livejournal.com 2006-10-02 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
awww, congratulations! <3

[identity profile] trochee.livejournal.com 2006-10-02 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
yeah, I even make myself go "awww" a little sometimes. And our excitement is mutually catching, so it's definitely smile-inducing.

[identity profile] motive-nuance.livejournal.com 2006-10-02 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
Yaaayyy!!!!

[identity profile] trochee.livejournal.com 2006-10-02 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
yes!

[identity profile] lucaskrech.livejournal.com 2006-10-02 05:15 am (UTC)(link)
Congratulations.

[identity profile] trochee.livejournal.com 2006-10-02 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
thank you sir!

[identity profile] elwe.livejournal.com 2006-10-02 06:19 am (UTC)(link)
Yay! Congratulations!

[identity profile] trochee.livejournal.com 2006-10-02 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
thanks! (Is that a Brueghel painting in your icon? hmmm. checked your icons page -- yes! [*pats self on back*].)

peasant dance indeed!

[identity profile] marlo.livejournal.com 2006-10-02 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
THAT IS AWESOME!!! HOORAY!

I kinda thought something was up this week, because you've been professing your love for her even more than usual on your LJ. I thought it was sweet. "Awww, [livejournal.com profile] trochee is deep in love."

I'm super-happy for you guys! Congratulations!

[identity profile] trochee.livejournal.com 2006-10-02 04:38 pm (UTC)(link)
heh. I didn't do any of that on purpose, but it's nice to know how I was feeling was showing through!

[identity profile] exterra.livejournal.com 2006-10-02 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
congratulations on your happiness

[identity profile] trochee.livejournal.com 2006-10-02 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
thank you!

[identity profile] monagrrl.livejournal.com 2006-10-02 07:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Congrats to you both - what a lovely ring and a lovely engagement story. Many years of happiness ahead of you!

[identity profile] trochee.livejournal.com 2006-10-02 10:32 pm (UTC)(link)
thank you, for the compliment, the congratulations, and the blessing.

[identity profile] laverick.livejournal.com 2006-10-02 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
*Popping over from imtboo's journal:* Congratulations! You have certainly made her a very, very happy woman, and I am glad for that. :)

It's a very lovely ring. I'm partial to sapphires as well.

[identity profile] trochee.livejournal.com 2006-10-02 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
one nice thing about getting engaged to an internet rockstar like [livejournal.com profile] imtboo is that I get to bathe in the reflected glory and get the "popped over from X's journal" thing.

kidding, of course: welcome, and thank you! I too am glad that it makes Boo happy. She makes me happy as well.

[identity profile] kirinqueen.livejournal.com 2006-10-02 07:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay! Congratulations!

[identity profile] trochee.livejournal.com 2006-10-02 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
thanks! and that is an awfully cute icon.

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[identity profile] q-pheevr.livejournal.com 2006-10-02 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)

That's wonderful! Congratulations to both of you!

[identity profile] trochee.livejournal.com 2006-10-02 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
thank you!
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Yay!

[identity profile] chr0me-kitten.livejournal.com 2006-10-03 01:39 pm (UTC)(link)
The things you miss when you disappear from LJ for a while. Congrats!

Re: Yay!

[identity profile] trochee.livejournal.com 2006-10-03 06:10 pm (UTC)(link)
thank you! That's the lovely thing about weblogs -- they don't go away. But you're hardly late to the party!

it's so nice to see how excited everybody is for me -- it matches my own excitement!

Whoo Hooooooo!

[identity profile] damidnara.livejournal.com 2006-10-03 05:00 pm (UTC)(link)
congratulations to you both!!! It's exciting to hear you're so happy with each other! I wish you many, many blessings!

BTW the ring is superb! I'm sure in person it's even more spectacular!

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[identity profile] trochee.livejournal.com 2006-10-03 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
thank you!

I am very proud of the ring and the woman. Well, the woman more than the ring!

She tells me she is very happy with it as well -- because I took the risk and picked it out.

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