what’s that boy waiting on???
so Ducky emailed me today and said he thinks it’s so cute that Frank and i have had one date and are “boyfriend/girlfriend”.
excerpts from my response to him…
this is not true!
we had one 5 day first date. then he came up here for a 4 day weekend! we’ve spent like 9.5 days together. and it was all Frank/Sarah all the time. no breaks from each other. in each other’s presence at all moments. that’s like having 9 day-long dates. definitely long enough to become boyfriend/girlfriend.
… [yak yak yak] …
he held my hand for the first time after he got the moth out of my windshield wipers at the navajo bridge.
Ducky responds and asks a most pertinent question. (i might have edited this for grammar.)
Okay. I’ve done the math. 9.5 days equals 228 hours. Assuming that you got an average of 7 hours of sleep (separate from each other - or that would mess up the math) that leaves out 66.5 hours. Net dating time - 161 1/2 hours.
Now, adding in the ’stress’ factor - the growth that takes place when you undergo stressful situations together (Grand Canyon, mad squirrels, impending hurricanes) we would have to give those hours a factor of 1.2.
We have 193.80 hours that you’ve spent together.
If the average date lasts 4.5 hours then technically you’ve had 43.07 dates since you first held hands.
Wow. That’s a long time. That’s like 3 celebrity marriages.
Okay. You guys are the real deal.
BTW 43 dates is about one year of dating (assuming you have the separate weekend due to football [ahem, hockey] games, weddings, aunts he can’t stand).
If the average wedding proposal happens 8 months after dating… well, the question has to be asked.
WHEN IS THAT BOY GOING TO PROPOSE?
it’s a fair question. ;-)
You don’t go much for subtlety do you SarahK?
September 21st, 2004 at 8:12 pmi have no time for trifles such as subtlety.
September 21st, 2004 at 8:14 pmI agree! When you know….you know!!!! It’s so romantic I have a Kerry stomach (it’s doing flip-flops!). *Sigh*
September 21st, 2004 at 9:03 pmyep, i’d have to go with the knowing thing. we were both like, that’s so wrong, but it worked out. logic be [spat upon]!
September 21st, 2004 at 10:24 pmCouples fascinate me. I did that in college, but it got old for some reason. I still like girls, don’t get me wrong, but I guess other things like food, sports and technology have taken over. Now I’m like one of those old farts sitting in the mall watching the couples walk by saying to myself, “now look, isn’t that a fine couple?” Cute story you two- twoo wuv is a wonderful thing and ya gotta hang on to it. More power² to yas ;)
September 21st, 2004 at 10:36 pmWait…the average wedding proposal happens 8 months after starting dating? Well.
At least that explains why 2 previous girlfriends still hate my guts. And I was the nice guy!
September 22nd, 2004 at 12:49 amHas the “Don’t y’all go marrying us off!” admonition gone by the wayside? ;-)
September 22nd, 2004 at 2:47 amYikes! What am I doing up at 2:47 am?!!! Time for bed!
September 22nd, 2004 at 2:48 amSometimes faster. I commisioned a ring 2 months after I met my wife, proposed about 3 or 4 weeks after that and we were married 6 months later.
God told me to do it. And considering he’d been silent for all of the other girls, I ran with it. Couldn’t be happier.
I wish you the best.
Mike
September 22nd, 2004 at 8:45 amBuying a Rock
September 22nd, 2004 at 9:35 amI started writing this as a general guide, but it has come to my attention that someone out there needs my help. She has practically already said “Yes” and he hasn’t even asked yet! Last year around this time I was shopping for a ring and along the way…
Poor Poor Frank. A pretty face and some witty banter and he’s ready for lock down.
September 22nd, 2004 at 1:30 pmI met my malaika (swahili for angel) at ConservativeMatch.com.
I sent her a e-mail on a whim, she lives in Kenya. I just wanted to say hi.
120 e-mails later and we are planning on getting married.
I just have to save up the money, pay off some debt and get her over here.
She is almost 8 years older than me. I am 31 in November.
She is so sweet. We have talked on the phone twice.
When you know, you know.
If all goes smoothly she will be here next fall. So long, from this side of the wait.
She had polio when she was a baby. Her legs were affected. She’s a itty bitty thing too, 4′10″.
The funny thing is, I was going through E-Harmony and it costs money, I met several women, no sparks. So much for 30 point personality profile matching system. lol
I met Yuli through a free service, talked to her on a whim and major sparks.
God is so awesome. Oh yea, and she is a devoted Christian too. I wouldn’t have it any other way.
So you think you got it bad, living in two different states. Try being separated by an ocean, and two coasts. (She is on the East coast of Africa, and I am on the West coast of the US.
Love knows nothing of barriers.
“What God brings together let no one separate.”
OK, sorry for long windedness.
Love rocks!!
September 22nd, 2004 at 8:05 pmaaaaagh! I forget what I said, but I didn’t think it was bad. i’m sorry. guess this means I can’t tell the story of how I was proposed to. ^_^;
September 22nd, 2004 at 9:22 pmSlow movers
October 1st, 2004 at 11:01 amApparently, FrankJ of IMAO is a very slow mover. I told Otter I was going to marry her after two weeks, she laughed at that one, and said yes when I asked her two weeks later. Then we had a…