I was only suggesting fifty years of me

[sovay]

derspatchel and I are engaged.

I gave him a copy of The Lady's Not for Burning. He gave me Tom Swift and His Repelatron Skyway. I brought the rings: a design of two cats, side by side. At the Friendly Toast, we signed our names to the question on the frontispiece of one book and the finale of the other.

(We are still making wedding plans. It is with great self-restraint that I have not titled this post THIS WILL ALL BE GONE INTO AT THE PROPER TIME.)

We are very, very happy.

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[muchabstracted.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! I'm very happy for you both.

Although I don't get the reference to the proposed title of the post, I'd argue that self-restraint is over-rated.

[sovay]

Congratulations! I'm very happy for you both.

Thank you!

Although I don't get the reference to the proposed title of the post, I'd argue that self-restraint is over-rated.

Hee. "This will all be gone into at the proper time!" is the mantra of Hebble Tyson, Mayor of Cool Clary, in The Lady's Not for Burning—repeated to ever more hopeless effect, not that it had much to begin with. He's the role derspatchel played in Theatre@First's Appalachian production in 2011 (which I remember discussing with you on LJ!). He pretty much blew me away. It's a fond memory and one of the best lines for not dealing I know.

(We will totally deal. Just not this week!)

[muchabstracted.livejournal.com]

Aha! That is fabulous. I had forgotten he had played that role. Very cool.

I think not dealing for a little while is traditional. Incidentally, speaking of references I think you will appreciate (though I suppose that was only tangentially the topic), as Ben & I plan our wedding, I appear to have convinced Ben that he also wants the first dance to be "O Happy We" from Candide.