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Oculus Spirit [79708]
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Well I finally took the first step in losing my
Aug 16, 2016, 1:42 PM
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self-sovereignty...I took some of the money that would have otherwise been used on either a new house down payment or a new Crownline E4 XS down payment and bought an engagement ring. I still think they're a stupid waste of money, but at least it's done. Well, kind of done, I didn't even think about there being a lead time for this sort of thing.
But alas, monies are spent, and the waiting begins. Now I just have to ask parents (another thing I don't understand, she's 24 years old with a full time job), and hope they don't say no because I've been dragging this out so long.
Anyone have any decorative vases they would recommend that I can store my balls in?
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CU Medallion [67180]
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Literally this was me right now
Aug 16, 2016, 1:45 PM
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Oculus Spirit [79708]
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Why?***
Aug 16, 2016, 1:49 PM
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Oculus Spirit [78876]
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You aren't gay?***
Aug 16, 2016, 1:49 PM
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Oculus Spirit [79708]
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This is 2016, I can be anything I want to be***
Aug 16, 2016, 1:51 PM
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Oculus Spirit [78876]
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I'm just saying, once you get married - no more BJs
Aug 16, 2016, 1:53 PM
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Think about that. You can't ever give out another one.
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Oculus Spirit [87037]
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I know, right - this has been in the works for a year now
Aug 16, 2016, 1:50 PM
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If they didn't see it coming it's their own fault. Try and keep up MauldinT
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Oculus Spirit [79708]
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No kidding, I knew my clock started once she graduated
Aug 16, 2016, 1:57 PM
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I've been enduring pressure and criticism since then.
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All-In [40409]
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i don't understand how you people
Aug 16, 2016, 1:46 PM
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buy these things and hold on to them.
that thing was purchased and on her finger within a matter of hours. complete with talking to her dad and everything.
eff all that sitting in my sock drawer for 6 months noise.
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Oculus Spirit [79708]
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I've got 6 weeks before I even pick it up
Aug 16, 2016, 1:48 PM
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This gives me ample time to put a plan together. I dunno what the helll I'm going to do, but I know it won't involve a photographer.
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All-In [47114]
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Save the photography for the honeymoon
Aug 16, 2016, 1:52 PM
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we will thank you amply.
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CU Medallion [54766]
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mine was ordered, obtained, sat in drawer for a day or two,
Aug 16, 2016, 1:50 PM
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AND THEN COMPLETELY LOOSE IN MY POCKET DURING A TRAIN RIDE TO AND DAY IN NYC.
I checked my pocket approximately every 3.5 seconds
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All-In [29076]
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I had it three days.
Aug 16, 2016, 2:18 PM
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It arrived on a Wednesday and I did the proposing on the following Friday. There was not an opportunity to propose before that or I probably would have.
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Oculus Spirit [79708]
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How long did yours take to come in?***
Aug 16, 2016, 2:27 PM
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All-In [29076]
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Only about two and a half weeks from my initial payment
Aug 16, 2016, 2:37 PM
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to my last payment so probably about three weeks by the time it was shipped to me and arrived.
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Lot o points [157238]
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Makes sense to me..........you have to wait before
Aug 16, 2016, 4:09 PM
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you can get a gun. You sure as hell should have a potential cooling off period before you're sure you want to put half your shid on the line.
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Oculus Spirit [82014]
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"Wait! Its not YOUR shid"
Aug 16, 2016, 4:10 PM
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~the junge
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Rock Defender [54]
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You ask the dad, not the parents.***
Aug 16, 2016, 1:46 PM
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Oculus Spirit [79708]
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I don't think he has a cell phone, and I'm not driving
Aug 16, 2016, 1:47 PM
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3.5 hours for this.
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Rock Defender [54]
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^^^Not all in.***
Aug 16, 2016, 1:48 PM
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Oculus Spirit [78876]
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Oculus Spirit [82126]
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Oculus Spirit [79708]
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That probably won't happen***
Aug 16, 2016, 2:00 PM
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Oculus Spirit [82014]
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I didn't do that either.
Aug 16, 2016, 2:07 PM
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Was over a cell phone call after a couple beers.
Congrats!
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Oculus Spirit [79708]
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Thanks!
Aug 16, 2016, 2:11 PM
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The money could have gone towards this dealer demo that goes up for sale in 2 weeks...But yeah..
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CU Medallion [73570]
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just make sure you hang that over her head for
Aug 16, 2016, 2:31 PM
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ever.
Refer to the ring as Your Boat.
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Oculus Spirit [82014]
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A guy bought a boat from me once and on the way back
Aug 16, 2016, 2:33 PM
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from the test ride he told me he already had a name for it: "Jennfier's Ring"
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Oculus Spirit [79708]
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Oculus Spirit [78876]
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Then, in 8 years, when she blows up, you can start
Aug 16, 2016, 2:36 PM
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calling her your "boat."
Lovingly, of course.
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Oculus Spirit [82014]
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That is a sweet boat.
Aug 16, 2016, 2:34 PM
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But there is always another.
Your girl seems like a good one. Just gotta break her of the making you wait to go do stuff. I never did and still live with that.
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Oculus Spirit [79708]
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Yeah, I keep telling myself I want the Yamaha anyway***
Aug 16, 2016, 2:45 PM
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Oculus Spirit [87037]
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I proposed to my wife while she was cleaning my boat
Aug 16, 2016, 2:51 PM
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True story is true
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All-In [29076]
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That's a pretty bold name for your ####, I think something
Aug 16, 2016, 2:56 PM
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like the little dingy may be more fitting.
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Oculus Spirit [82014]
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Oculus Spirit [87037]
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Well, we were washing it together but still
Aug 16, 2016, 3:05 PM
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it was meant to be when she left the state for a month and prepared a meal for me with dessert for every week night she was gone.
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All-TigerNet [11860]
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So much this
Aug 16, 2016, 1:47 PM
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Legend [17753]
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I'm just like***
Aug 16, 2016, 1:48 PM
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All-In [38925]
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sorry, all of my vases are full of my collection. wink
Aug 16, 2016, 1:50 PM
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Congrats on the big move!! and Good Luck!
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CU Medallion [54766]
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i never did ask permission
Aug 16, 2016, 1:51 PM
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I knew i had permission, so the entire effort of maintaining tradition and formality involved me calling her parents and telling them to be expecting a phonecall from SheGUAR later that night.
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Oculus Spirit [78876]
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After dat post engagement celebratory bare back sesh,
Aug 16, 2016, 1:54 PM
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AMIRITE?
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CU Medallion [54766]
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close...
Aug 16, 2016, 1:55 PM
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during
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Heisman Winner [139053]
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"Oh, hey, dad!"
Aug 16, 2016, 2:45 PM
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"I'm actually sack-deep in your baby girl right now! Here, let me give her the phone, she has some exciting news!"
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CU Medallion [54766]
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please....don't be so ridiculous
Aug 16, 2016, 2:48 PM
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I don't call him 'Dad'
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Oculus Spirit [79708]
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That's kind of the route I'm planning on going
Aug 16, 2016, 1:55 PM
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We've been living together for like 2 years now...this shouldn't be any sort of epic surprise.
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CU Medallion [56472]
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Me neither.
Aug 16, 2016, 2:12 PM
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Honestly just kinda slipped my mind since she had already been talking to her parents about us getting married for a while before I proposed.
Plus, 2016.
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Oculus Spirit [83413]
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Dang, man, but if you had to, you had to.***
Aug 16, 2016, 2:24 PM
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All-In [26839]
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So you've spent the money already, without asking?
Aug 16, 2016, 2:24 PM
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You're going to be up #### creek if he says hayell no and then you can't marry her. Be all like, gotta ring, but got no woman..hello local pawn shop.
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Oculus Spirit [79708]
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The joke would be on him
Aug 16, 2016, 2:31 PM
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Trust me, the cost to subsidize her living expenses is much greater than the cost of an engagement ring.
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Oculus Spirit [82014]
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All-In [32090]
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Ask the dad...
Aug 16, 2016, 2:40 PM
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it's not that hard to do...it can't do any harm...but can do a lot of good. Even if parents aren't traditional, I don't think there's a father alive who wouldn't think it to be a stand-up move to ask for his blessing.
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Rock Defender [54]
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Especially if they're expected to fund the wedding.***
Aug 16, 2016, 2:47 PM
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Oculus Spirit [79708]
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I'ma call the mama and see if I can't get on speakerphone
Aug 16, 2016, 2:49 PM
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Again, I don't think he has a cell phone.
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CU Medallion [54766]
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you expect a man with no cellphone to pay for a wedding??***
Aug 16, 2016, 2:53 PM
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Oculus Spirit [79708]
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Nope***
Aug 16, 2016, 2:59 PM
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Oculus Spirit [79605]
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Call on him via carrier pigeon***
Aug 16, 2016, 4:30 PM
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Lot o points [182526]
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Not sure if I should TU or TD this.***
Aug 16, 2016, 3:01 PM
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Oculus Spirit [94454]
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I'll give you one in about 25 years.
Aug 16, 2016, 3:18 PM
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That should give you time to talk your wife into giving them back.
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All-In [34963]
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Re: Well I finally took the first step in losing my
Aug 16, 2016, 3:21 PM
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Well, maybe you can get married twice in the next 2 yrs like The OT
Yer too dang young
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Oculus Spirit [79708]
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I'm almost 30
Aug 16, 2016, 3:25 PM
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Believe me, if I thought I could hold out another 10 years, I would.
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Oculus Spirit [82014]
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I made it until 39.
Aug 16, 2016, 3:48 PM
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Should have waited a few more years.
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All-In [27403]
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HAS THE LUNGE TAUGHT YOU NOTHING?!?!?!?!***
Aug 16, 2016, 3:28 PM
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CU Medallion [54766]
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I'm not clear how proper #### eating technique is relevant***
Aug 16, 2016, 5:09 PM
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Oculus Spirit [87037]
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Hey, you still here?
Aug 16, 2016, 5:11 PM
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Do you want to go at the same time?
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CU Medallion [54766]
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yes
Aug 16, 2016, 5:17 PM
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and no.
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Oculus Spirit [87037]
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Re: yes
Aug 16, 2016, 5:20 PM
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Lot o points [157238]
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Aero gainfully employed, Poker being a conservative,
Aug 16, 2016, 4:11 PM
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you getting hitched.......I have no idea what's going on around here anymore.
regardless, congarts!!!
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Oculus Spirit [79708]
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It's the butterfly effect from Charlottes bathroom ordinance***
Aug 16, 2016, 4:17 PM
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All-In [49474]
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I dint read that long thread, but congrats on the big move.
Aug 16, 2016, 9:37 PM
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our 31 anniversary is tomorrow. Best thing I ever did. And most agony I ever endured. Get all the BJ's you can before the event!
and after more scanning the thread, man up and ask the dad for permission. In person. Just Do it.
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All-In [39020]
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Better to put half your money on black.
Aug 16, 2016, 10:51 PM
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But good luck anyway.
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110%er [6272]
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logical post is logical***
Aug 16, 2016, 11:45 PM
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Orange Blooded [3148]
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Buying a ring/proposing is easy
Aug 17, 2016, 8:16 AM
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wedding planning is the suxxor.
I got hitched 3 weeks ago and the best part of marriage is the wedding planning is over.
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Oculus Spirit [82014]
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You'll get to look at wedding pictures for the next 2 years
Aug 17, 2016, 10:12 AM
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until she wants a kid.
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