ball and chain

Sorry for taking so long to write.  Love, life, and work have been getting in the way lately.  I know, how dare they!

Well I went and done it... I asked Belinda to marry me.  I asked her on the occasion of our third anniversary. 

Sorry if I didn't mention it to you all before popping the question, but I kinda wanted to keep it a secret.

Anyway, I couldn't be happier right now.  Belinda is glowing too.  I asked her on Tuesday.  Tuesday is a good day for such things I guess.  I asked her at a gorgeous secluded spot in a gorgeous secluded park here in our fair city.  I got down on one knee and everything.  She started bawling like a big baby.  It was great!  After that, we went for a walk along the water making googly-eyes at each other the whole time.  Then we had a wonderful dinner at the fanciest (read: most expensive) restaurant in this city.  Overall it was a sweet day.  Nice, memorable, and I was even wearing the right color socks.  Perfect.

Of course, Belinda thinks I'm about 35 months too late.  She has been itching to get hitched since about one minute after we started dating.  She says to me, "I have known you're the one since the beginning."  Wow.  Talk about a brain-fuck.  I feel like Neo.

Belinda and I have been talking about getting married for quite some time actually.  Our conversations (read: brawls) usually started out something like this:

Belinda:  Soon?
Grumpy:  Soon?!  What the fuck are you talking about?
Belinda:  You know.  Soon?
Grumpy:  Oh, that.  Yes it will be soon, I promise.
Belinda:  Promise?
Grumpy:  Yes, I fucking promise.  Now stop pressuring me otherwise I'll never ask you...
Belinda:  A girl needs to be reassured!
Grumpy:  Belinda, we've talked about this a gazillion times!  How much fucking reassurance do you need?  I am going ask!  Just give me some fucking time!

Then a gigantic fight erupts where she tells me how immature I am and I must be afraid of commitment, etc., etc. 

Well, now we have one less thing to fight about.  Well, no, now we have to fight about seating charts, centerpieces and china patterns.  But, hey, at least that's something new!