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Update on my situation with Thumper - we're getting married! :)

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Originally posted by: Conflict
WTH IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE!!!

PICS!!!???
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Oh, gee... I don't know, maybe they are more respectful? 😛

Actually, they know I won't post it without her permission, that would be crossing the line.

All I'll say is this... She's 5'1" tall, 105lbs, brown shoulder length hair w/blond highlights, and cute as a bug... 😀 (or at least I think so anyway)

Grasshopper
 
Originally posted by: freesia39
congratulations!

it sounds like you two are so in love... can't wait to hear about the proposal. i'm a sucker for stories like that. 🙂
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Thanks! 🙂

Yea, I'll post details about the actual proposal when it happens, I guess maybe this Christmas... seems like a romantic time to do it (thanks Skorbie!)

In the mean time, I could use some suggestions about that. Perhaps I'll start another topic asking for advice! 😀

Grasshopper
 
grasshopper26 - Congratulations!! That sounds fantastic.

Advice from an old guy:

My wife and I have been at this 25 years(Dec. 17th). It's hard sometimes and she is wonderful, so I can imagine how hard it is for her! Just remember this is a lifelong commitment and sometimes to make it work it goes against the grain. It ain't 50%-50%, it's 100%-100%. But I gotta tell you, a man with a sig like yours will be fine! Treasure her!!!
And in the year 2027 pass the advice along.
 
Originally posted by: grasshopper26
All I'll say is this... She's 5'1" tall, 105lbs, brown shoulder length hair w/blond highlights, and cute as a bug... 😀 (or at least I think so anyway)

Grasshopper
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goddammit... get some food into that woman!

no wonder she doesn't like planes/helo's... she'll get swept away by the jetwash....


anyways.... congrats i think 😉

 
Congrats!

Heh, how about introducing her to AT and then proposing to her on ATOT? You 2 could go down as the 1st evar ATOT engagement.

All geekiness aside she's gonna know something's up if whisk her away in a helicopter. Too over the top, you should pop the question when she least suspects it. Covert ops and all, the element of surprise is your ally.
 
Originally posted by: grasshopper26
Originally posted by: Skoorb
I think we saw this coming 😉
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A little obvious, was it?

If so, why didn't anyone tell me? 🙂

/me <- always the last to know these things

Surprise her by giving her an engagement ring as her Xmas gift, if you haven't already brought one. The sooner you do it the more of a surprise it will be. Hell, take off today from work and go buy her one!
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Oh, I have no idea how I'm going to afford that... I'm without a job right now and that is going to be expensive. 🙁

I'm sure I'll figure something out, to be sure. But you're right, sooner would be better than later. I won't wait until April, that would be too obvious.

Perhaps Christmas would be the right time, I just will have to find a way to pay for it. Perhaps I should start one of those "savekaryn" type web sites? Would anyone here toss in something to the "Grasshopper Engagement Ring Fund"? 😀

Grasshopper
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Wuh, wuh, waitaminute; you're out of a job? You quit? I read this whole thread...I guess I missed it? What happened? You tired to cut your flying hours and they axed you or something?
 
When I proposed in 1998 to my wife I was a poor student and had no money. I was faced with coming up with a romantic way to propose that involved little money. Here's what I did:

1) Got her friend to suck her into a day out shopping
2) I went to her place, cleaned up and decorated it with balloons and streamers
3) Invited her brother, sister-in-law, my sister, my bro-in-law to come over
4) When she came back to my place after shopping with her friend, I taped a small note on the 'puter asking her to look at the screen.
5) I setup a series of simple HTML pages to keep her occupied for a few hours -- basically sending her on a wild goose chase all-over town.
6) The final stop in the wild goose chase (as driven by my HTML) was to go to her apartment.
7) I plugged in her laptop on the dining room table and the last clue was a HTML page that said "Will you marry me?"
8) She walked in saw the laptop and we all came out of hiding.

It was pretty good and she loved it. She talks about it all the time now, even 5 years later.
 
Originally posted by: sgopal2
When I proposed in 1998 to my wife I was a poor student and had no money. I was faced with coming up with a romantic way to propose that involved little money.
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Heheh you would have felt like a major ass if she had said no 😉 Glad it worked out. Good thing that last link didn't give her a 404.

 
I didn't read through all the posts, but congrats!!

I've got an idea on how to pop the question. And TRULY surprise her.

Basically, the idea is, lead her on. Setup REALLY romantic dates and make her constantly think you're going to do it. But then end the night and not really do it.

Do this from December on to the break of the lease. That's only if you want to make her squirm. And just when she thinks you're not going to do it, you can bust a move and really surprise her.

But only if she can take it. Because that IS a little mean. Anyway, many congrats.
 
Originally posted by: Placer14
I didn't read through all the posts, but congrats!!

I've got an idea on how to pop the question. And TRULY surprise her.

Basically, the idea is, lead her on. Setup REALLY romantic dates and make her constantly think you're going to do it. But then end the night and not really do it.

Do this from December on to the break of the lease. That's only if you want to make her squirm. And just when she thinks you're not going to do it, you can bust a move and really surprise her.

But only if she can take it. Because that IS a little mean. Anyway, many congrats.
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Err, no. 🙂

That wouldn't be nice at all... Leading her on? For 4 months? How, by going back on what we already talked about? That isn't how you build trust in a relationship me thinks...

Grasshopper
 
Originally posted by: MichaelD
Wuh, wuh, waitaminute; you're out of a job? You quit? I read this whole thread...I guess I missed it? What happened? You tired to cut your flying hours and they axed you or something?
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You missed it, go back and reread it. 🙂

The short answer is, I'm on leave right now, there may or may not be a job for me when/if I'm ready to go back.

Grasshopper
 
Originally posted by: virtuamike
Congrats!

Heh, how about introducing her to AT and then proposing to her on ATOT? You 2 could go down as the 1st evar ATOT engagement.
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What!?! Are you nuts? 🙂

After everything I've posted here, I may never introduce her to you guys. Maybe after we're engaged, I don't know... 😛

Grasshopper
 
Originally posted by: guyver01
goddammit... get some food into that woman!
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What's wrong with being 5'1" tall and 105lbs? She isn't toothpick thin, she is well shaped. 🙂 It should be noted that the 105lbs figure is provided by her, I'm not 100% sure how accurate it really is. 😉

She might be 110lbs, but not much more, she is in decent shape.

anyways.... congrats i think 😉
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Thanks! 😀

Grasshopper
 
Originally posted by: grasshopper26
I was far more affected by the near crash than I thought. We talked about that today as well and I think it bothered me, mostly because I knew that engine was due for a replacement but kept flying it because, well, my boss told me to. 🙁

I'm going to take a few weeks off from flying, my boss was not happy about this morning, but I said that after the near crash, I wasn't medicaly fit to fly and I could get an AME to say so if she wasn't convinced. I told her I needed a week or two off to recover, she said I could have some time, but it would be unpaid, and the longer I waited the less chance there would be of a job waiting for me when I come back. So I suppose I am without a job right now...
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Ummmm...your boss sounds like a gigantic ASS! :|
Tell her if she wants someone to keep flying on an engine overdue for replacement, she can damn well fly it herself and enjoy the experience of bein a LAWN DART!

As a wise man once said:
"Take this job....AND SHOVE IT! I ain't workin here no more!"
 
Good luck to a fellow Rotorhead !!!!
Just remember to keep that swashplate well lubed so that you can pull pitch in a hurry.
Transitional lift is the key here. 😕 😉
 
Originally posted by: Loach
Good luck to a fellow Rotorhead !!!!
Just remember to keep that swashplate well lubed so that you can pull pitch in a hurry.
Transitional lift is the key here. 😕 😉
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Hehehe...

So true, so true... 🙁
 
"Is it just me, or do ATers have a history of doing everything thier women want, practically without question?"

So, what's wrong with that? I want my man to adore me that much. If I wasn't caring for that, I would look for a macho guy. Why waste my time with a guy who isn't macho if he wouldn't be any different from a macho guy?

Grasshopper, daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn! Looooooooooooord! What in goodness is going on? How did I miss this and the linked thread? I am so confused and hardly can read all of the threads. So, I'll just sneak in to say congratulations! I hope that you did make the right decision and it lasts. I hope that you didn't just propose because you were pressured to. I hope that you proposed because you were prepared to and felt it was the right time. I've never been in the business of engagement, so I can't help you past wishing you luck. Best of luck! 🙂
 
hey! since you are lookin for ideas, here is mine...but you have to be kinda cheesy 🙂

ask her to meet you for dinner at a place where they have singer or musicans that go around to tables (like a marachi band or something). She shows up and they seat her at the table, but you are late. So, while she is waiting, the musicians/singers are at her table, doing their thing. Then, you show up from behind them with the ring in hand.

The other idea is to buy or borrow one of those candy machines and have only two little plastic cases in it- one that has a slip of paper that says "Will you marry me?" and another with the ring. So, what you do is at your place, you give her a ring box, but all it has is two quarters in it. She is all confused, but then you take her into another room where the candy machine is, and she puts the quarters in to get the message and the ring 🙂

Those may be dumb, but maybe it will get your creative juices flowing....keep us updated! This is so exciting! 😀
 
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Grasshopper, daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn! Looooooooooooord! What in goodness is going on? How did I miss this and the linked thread? I am so confused and hardly can read all of the threads. So, I'll just sneak in to say congratulations!
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You missed all this? 🙂 Sometimes I won't click into long threads just cause I don't want to get sucked into reading a hundred posts, so I understand. 🙂

Thanks! 😛

Grasshopper
 
Woohoo - congrats Grasshopper!!

Well, since I'm sorta in the same position (ie my gf knows we'll get engaged eventually, but it's up to me to make it happen 🙂), I thought I'd share some of the ideas I've had for this operation:

1. Give it a cool code name. Operation <name>. This is the most important 🙂
2. Get others involved (roommates, mutual friends, siblings, etc). This gives you more resources and gives you much more potential for surprise!
3. Say it with me - M-I-S-D-I-R-E-C-T-I-O-N! Misdirection is your friend 🙂

So far, I've got her roommates involved convincing my gf that the proposal is going to happen this spring sometime. In reality, my goal is sometime around New Year's (not necessarily Jan 1, but around that time). For the actual delivery yet, I'm still brainstorming ideas, but I'll keep you posted with what I come up with 😉
 
Originally posted by: Draknor
Woohoo - congrats Grasshopper!!
Thanks!

Well, since I'm sorta in the same position (ie my gf knows we'll get engaged eventually, but it's up to me to make it happen 🙂), I thought I'd share some of the ideas I've had for this operation:

1. Give it a cool code name. Operation <name>. This is the most important 🙂
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Ok, but I'm really lame at that sort of thing. Got any ideas?

2. Get others involved (roommates, mutual friends, siblings, etc). This gives you more resources and gives you much more potential for surprise!
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This might be fun. She has already told all her (and my) friends about this, so if I can enlist their help, it might be that much more of a surprise. 🙂

Grasshopper
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Originally posted by: rh71
Didn't read the whole thread, but just wanted to say a word of CONGRATS!!!!!
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Thanks! 😛

Just got off the phone with her Mom awhile ago (she called me), she said she was happy for us and wished us a happy marriage and future together, told me to treat her daughter right, and that I was now welcome to treat her like family and that I should call her any time I needed anything. She also invited me up for Christmas and suggested we would talk wedding plans then.

I've got this funny feeling that both Thumper and her Mom consider us already engaged offically, ring or no ring...

She gets back tomorrow from her Thanksgiving visit to her folks (I'm picking her up at the airport), I'm sure we'll talk about that some more. Maybe I need to go ahead and "officially" ask sooner than planned. 😀

Women are so strange, aren't they? 🙂

Grasshopper
 
hahaha, I imagine its hard to stop the train once you get it on the tracks 😛

edit: so where my above ideas too cheesy? I can think of something different. This is fun for me. 🙂
 
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