I put an engagement ring in the fridge.. .

“...and then I told her to go make me a sandwich. Now I'm getting hitched Dec. 1, 2007.”

“Never spend too much on your first engagement ring. It's only a 2-3 year investment.It takes a few under your belt to really know what you're doing. Then drop a few bucks on one.”

“Sounds like you were serious___
about getting a sandwich!”

“This is going to be an interesting first year of marriage. At the engagement he "told her to make me a sandwich..." At the one year anniversary he'll, "ask if there's anything I can get you honey, while I'm up..."”

“What's today?”

“Are you pulling our collective leg?

IS You Fo REal?”

“Hey, I got engaged on April Fools Day. Good things sometimes do happen on this day. :)


Congrats!”

“I didn't really think about it, announcing this on April Fools...but I got engaged Feb 5th. ;-) So yes, it's fer real. I'll get a pic of the ring up sometime.”

“it took you two fracking months to tell us?!?!?!?”

“Congrats”

“notice he
"told her" to go make him a sandwich.

nice. she got a sister?”

“Hell I got mine back”

“Hopefully you checked it out and it is NOT a conflict diamond.

Good luck”

“hitched or ditched?
Congrats Dub I think!

yeah that's right it's april fools day!
now I wonder if the joke is on you or on us?”

““I didn't really think about it, announcing this on April Fools...but I got engaged Feb 5th. ;-) So yes, it's fer real. I'll get a pic of the ring up sometime.”
Dub
7:11:23 PM
4/01/07


Ummmmm....get to the important stuff first. Post a pic of the happy couple. And answer the most important question of all: Does she backpack?”

“i'm gonna wait until the end of the night and listen for "April Fools" before i believe it. it's just too cooincidental.”

“Yes, she has three sisters. One is getting married in May, one of the others is serious, the third is single. And sadly, she doesn't backpack but promises to go on some of the smaller trips”

“Okay, here is a pic taken right after we got engaged at a Valentines/Birthday party



And then another



And here's one from a few years ago



And here we are getting wet



And then one with a bird on her head for the heck of it

”

“she could LEARN to love backpacking, right? she needs a trailname.”

“Congrats, Dub! Yes, she can learn to love backpacking. Or at least car camping. And we won't even play the tricks on her that you taught us http://www.thebackpacker.com/trailtalk/thread/31666,-1.php(what a blast from the past that was. Dub even has some choice suggestions for newbies).

I really must quote a post from that thread:
"or spend your time looking for people such as Ruby so you can beat em up for trying to scare your female companion...who by the way is trying to enjoy her first camping experience....”
shep0987
8:51:41 PM
6/20/04"”

“I like the first one.... It looks like you're dragging her off to your cave ;-)”

“Yeah, a lot of people like that pic. You can kinda see the ring on the second photo. Not a close up.”

“Congrats man! Hey, what kinda sandwich?”

“At the one year anniversary he'll, "ask if there's anything I can get you honey, while I'm up..."”

I always tell my wife she's sensuous. When she stands up off the couch I tell her, "Hey, sensuous was up, would you get me a beer?".”

“Can't wait for that photo of the ring.

^Totally busting on Dub^

You might watch too much Oprah.”

“Photoshop???

;-P”

“Yo Dub, you gonna pass her around at traildays, ummm I mean introduce her around at Traildays?”

“rock on...congrats dub

i never realized diamonds were perishable”

“I'm not sure if she's coming to Trail Days or not. I'll try to get her but I doubt she'll want to take the time off work to be around a bunch of drunk hikers. I'm going to get her out on a weekend trip sometime this summer.”

“Congrats, bro.”

“Mammoth Cave would be a good start.

Congrats!”

“The thing that hits you really hard...I was talking to my backpacking friend Sherie about doing a local trip soon and we were discussing free weekends and I was like "I have a wedding that weekend in April, but the following one is okay." Fiance interrupts, "No, you have another wedding that weekend which you said you'd go to. (her family)" I say, "Oh, guess I can't go that weekend either." To me that is the weirdest thing so far, having someone else schedule some of my time...”

“i give it a month. dub will be yelling "freeeeeeedooooooommmmmmmmmmm!" like mel in braveheart or zach de la rocha”

“congrats!”

“Congratulations Dub! I'm happy for you.”

“To me that is the weirdest thing so far, having someone else schedule some of my time...”
Dub

LOL, get used to it...i don't schedule any of my time...and if i do i still have to ask my wife what my schedule is”

“i love being the one in charge of schedules, LOL!”

“We've decided to live in her house rather than mine so I've claimed the basement as man land.”

“hahahahaaha, poor dub, so naive ....


When people ask me what my weekend plans are, I say, "Whatever my wife tells me I am doing."”

“Notice he said "having someone esle schedule some of my time..."

That won't last long. Once you jump that broomstick you can change the word some to all.”

“oh yeah, and once the baby comes, you will have to think twice about telling the boss to shove it when he tells you he wants you to work traildays weekend.”

“DUB!!!!...Wooo Hooo...congratulations!!!!!!!hugs......”

“Silly man. Ice goes in the freezer...not the fridge! ;)

Congrats to you both!”

“To me that is the weirdest thing so far, having someone else schedule some of my time...”
Dub

LOL, get used to it...i don't schedule any of my time...and if i do i still have to ask my wife what my schedule is”
thriftyhiker
11:08:49 AM
4/02/07

Yep, I always ask whay I have to do this weekend...

Don't forget to add sweetie or honey to the end of every sentence. Also, get used to saying, "your right, I was wrong. I am sorry!" PLease use this phrase even if you know you are right. You will not win, relent.”

“Resistance is futile”

“Dub, the curls over your ears reminds me of:
”

“LOL, thanks everyone for all the advice and the humorous light you put on it. It is true, my hair is really long right now, I haven't cut it since last August. I want to shave my head bald so I figured I'd wait until Traildays and let someone there do it. This is the longest it has ever been and if I bic it, that will be the shortest it's ever been.”

“Rule #1726345 of marriage:

If friends ask you if you want to do something the answer is always, "I don't know. I'll have to check.".”

“congrats, dub... who says real romantics don't exist anymore?

for an encore try: "get back in the kitchen and make me some pie!"

haha, no, seriously, congratulations!”

“keep the ring in the freezer dub...less likely to get lost *grin*”