Are you in Central Cali? This sounds a lot like my city.

He's old enough that I'd assume checking into a program would be a waste of everyone's time. Staying out of the public eye, however, seems the obvious choice. I don't know what he's thinking.

I'm so sad now.

Well, yeah, that's what I meant. That they have been told their whole lives it needs to be THE BIGGEST THING EVER. And some women need it to be, which sucks for everyone. At least mine knew it didn't need to be a diamond (I got a blue topaz). It didn't NEED to be anything, but I appreciated the effort fo sho.

And my hubs and I were ALL INTO watching the blackhead video next... REMOVED DUE TO DISGUSTING CONTENT???? I'm so let down. The epitome of the opposite of how I should feel.

I love it. I feel so bad for dudes and the pressure they must feel. I didn't need anything elaborate. I didn't even need a knee. A conversation would have been totes sufficient. But he made me sit down on the bed and started with "I know it's my birthday, but I have something for you and I can't keep carrying it…

I was picturing the way my dorm-mate and I used to talk on AIM while in the same room with each other. I'm going to keep doing that. Cause THAT would be a horribly awesome engagement.

Romance. We has it.

Stop it.

To this day I can only imagine he somehow thought it was going to be a nicer place. Because, you know, views of the city? (I'm reaching here.)

I'll be checking back for all the painful engagement stories/ bitter people who hate engagement stories comments that are sure to follow.

A friend of mine legitimately would like to be proposed to via jumbotron. I can think of nothing worse. Anyone on the pro-side that can explain this to me?

I've never made vanilla! And now I will! Thanks for the idea!

There is no cooking without martinis or wine at my house.

We do that. But. Our house is SO SMALL. It's more like, I'll hang out in here and make the kid dinner, then feed him, then cook the shit out of this part while you go outside and BBQ the shit out of that part, and then we'll eat it together while the child watches Thomas the Train! Yay Date night!

My face when you all start in on Ranch. Confusion. Embarrassment. Sadness. Desire to go get some cream cheese stuffed jalapeno poppers and then SMOTHER them with ranch before stuffing my face with them.

True story. He was so much better in the first season. Maybe he lost his voice coach. Or maybe it's just her.

Gunners girlfriend is THE WORST. I cannot even think of her name. wtf is her name? Who cares. They have even less chemistry than Ruke. Or gay Will and his beard.

It's not like you get a handbook you have to follow when you're planning a wedding. My dad walked me partway down the aisle cause I wanted to walk with my daddy, who had been the most important man in my life to date and I wanted a little token in my wedding to remind him of that (though we also danced to the Beach…

Not to mention that some husband-to-bes are pretty into, too. It's not just a fucking "lady day" (if you're doing it right, anyway.)