tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post4385671764296050463..comments2024-01-03T05:18:54.650-05:00Comments on CDR Salamander: You should have asked your Mother for AdviceCDR Salamanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05981221786954902349noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-59345874027264472542012-01-07T21:09:17.596-05:002012-01-07T21:09:17.596-05:00Hey Scott, at least yours didn't decide that b...Hey Scott, at least yours didn't decide that bleeding herself out was a better option than spending another day with you.LT Rustynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-92063115797659246022012-01-06T16:24:35.544-05:002012-01-06T16:24:35.544-05:00I'm loving all these great stories. That soun...I'm loving all these great stories. That sounds like a beautiful proposal and a very special way to remember it. Who'd have thought you were a softie underneath? :)Kristennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-33432470047354237502012-01-06T16:20:35.895-05:002012-01-06T16:20:35.895-05:00Ahhh...the Village. Very nice place for a proposa...Ahhh...the Village. Very nice place for a proposal. I miss strolling through it after dinner.<br /><br />I know what you mean about the ring, but almost every girl I know was proposed to with the ring. I guess if the girl really hated the ring it could be exchanged, but in my experience females are very emotional about our engagement rings and would love it no matter what.Kristennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-67542086369038108612012-01-06T14:32:15.611-05:002012-01-06T14:32:15.611-05:00@Kristen, No "down on the knee" on eithe...@Kristen, No "down on the knee" on either try...just an evening stroll after dinner in Westwood Village. BTW, I'll never understand why a guy would buy the ring beforehand...you'd think they'd want their bride's input.C-dore 14noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-78560689862941912162012-01-06T13:18:46.045-05:002012-01-06T13:18:46.045-05:00Took my now fiancee to Great Falls and proposed on...Took my now fiancee to Great Falls and proposed on a cliff during sunrise. I had the setting etched into a sunrise so that every time she looks at it she'll remember the sunrise where we got engaged.Adversus Omnes Dissidentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-31718314520201757132012-01-06T13:16:12.687-05:002012-01-06T13:16:12.687-05:00Commodore, I guess that this avant garde performan...Commodore, I guess that this avant garde performance warrants us paying all of their student loans off and granting them an endless supply of unemployment benefits.<br /><br />Sheesh. I miss the days where performance art majors delivered pizzas to Casa Dissident.Adversus Omnes Dissidentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-22409211038955562002012-01-05T20:22:45.794-05:002012-01-05T20:22:45.794-05:00C-dore, I'm pleased that she rectified her err...C-dore, I'm pleased that she rectified her error. You should have done the down-on-a-knee thingy the first time around, her heart would have melted for sure. ;)Kristennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-56400704445544836042012-01-05T20:20:16.732-05:002012-01-05T20:20:16.732-05:00Great story, Bartdog. I'm glad to see that ev...Great story, Bartdog. I'm glad to see that even naval blogs have a few romantic guys hanging around. :)Kristennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-75933982049431836042012-01-05T17:57:08.946-05:002012-01-05T17:57:08.946-05:00Took a knee on top of Mammoth Mtn during a ski tri...Took a knee on top of Mammoth Mtn during a ski trip. Soon-to-be Spousal Unit approved quite handily of said request. Photos, by a unwitting skier-by. Next day on the lifts we heard people were chatting about it - flashed shiny mineral as proof. I'm just a romantic at heart. Bartdognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-14921333671409573632012-01-05T13:26:34.647-05:002012-01-05T13:26:34.647-05:00Very possible, considering his attire..or else he&...Very possible, considering his attire..or else he's a doctoral candidate in History, Art History, Philosophy, or (spit) "Womyn's Studies"...Grumpy Old Hamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-2076127051792808172012-01-05T13:09:32.287-05:002012-01-05T13:09:32.287-05:00"<span>Well, we don't know where UR..."<span>Well, we don't know where URR and MTH went trollin' for babes."</span><br /><br />Wherever we could find 'em!!!!UltimaRatioRegisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-2409722210244463222012-01-05T12:56:39.466-05:002012-01-05T12:56:39.466-05:00cynic. Now you done gone ruined the tragedy.
;...cynic. Now you done gone ruined the tragedy. <br /><br /> ;)DeltaBravonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-84794620944482454902012-01-05T12:55:10.018-05:002012-01-05T12:55:10.018-05:00Well, we don't know where URR and MTH went tro...Well, we don't know where URR and MTH went trollin' for babes. I know your friends and mine would have let the man keep his dignity. But there are some harsh women out there. Raised by wolves, maybe? For pure self preservation (if she lacks all empathy) you'd think she wouldn't want to risk unleashing the guy's inner psycho now that he has lost all and become a target for public speculation and humiliation. DeltaBravonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-40743112220878050602012-01-05T12:53:21.931-05:002012-01-05T12:53:21.931-05:00That's OK...my favorite UCLA alum (Mrs. C-dore...That's OK...my favorite UCLA alum (Mrs. C-dore) declined the first time I proposed. <br /><br />I wonder if these two are Theater Arts majors and this is a "performance piece" for the benefit of the camera.C-dore 14noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-81688690618206709882012-01-05T12:48:54.798-05:002012-01-05T12:48:54.798-05:00Mr T and URR, thanks, but I think most women would...Mr T and URR, thanks, but I think most women would find a way to not embarrass the man in public. Too bad this girl couldn't have done that.Kristennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-39642511546172478892012-01-05T12:42:46.851-05:002012-01-05T12:42:46.851-05:00DB, I think most women start sizing up a man's...DB, I think most women start sizing up a man's marriage potential along about the third date. Which would probably surprise most men quite a bit.Kristennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-36439982375944376092012-01-05T12:41:37.006-05:002012-01-05T12:41:37.006-05:00You went down on one knee when she'd already h...You went down on one knee when she'd already helped pick out the ring? Awww...that's very romantic of you.<br /><br />My husband did too, and I was quite surprised...and pleased. :) He also confided in my brother that he was going to propose that night, and my brother blabbed to my whole family, so when I got home from dinner my answer machine was full of messages asking if I had any news to share. Good times.Kristennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-8279595756554309722012-01-05T12:38:48.408-05:002012-01-05T12:38:48.408-05:00Let's not be too hard on this guy. Heck, even...Let's not be too hard on this guy. Heck, even <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/women-mystery-british-physicist-hawking-135814776.html" rel="nofollow">one of the smartest men in the world</a> has trouble understanding wimmins...Grumpy Old Hamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-63635824760417402162012-01-05T11:44:08.022-05:002012-01-05T11:44:08.022-05:00I went down on one knee. :)
And the only surpris...I went down on one knee. :) <br /><br />And the only surprise was the exact timing as we'd purchased the ring the weekend before and were waiting for it to be resized...Jack Brownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-82220569886485344292012-01-05T09:25:43.120-05:002012-01-05T09:25:43.120-05:00ahahahahahahaha! This is why we miss you when you...ahahahahahahaha! This is why we miss you when you're AWOL, MTH.DeltaBravonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-84141175773927137092012-01-05T08:32:26.794-05:002012-01-05T08:32:26.794-05:00I guess a Sammich is outtta the question??I guess a Sammich is outtta the question??MR T's Haircutnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-71928833415538373982012-01-04T23:05:20.173-05:002012-01-04T23:05:20.173-05:00Sucks to be him. Life lesson kids, "it pays ...Sucks to be him. Life lesson kids, "it pays to be a winner." If you are going to go all in, you better have a shit hot ground game, and this guy does not.<br /><br />I wish the video would have shown the high speed petty officer / Marine consoling her in a pub afterwards, fast forward to their family of four.Adversus Omnes Dissidentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-17105432017554715182012-01-04T22:28:53.754-05:002012-01-04T22:28:53.754-05:00Mrs. Salamander; is that you?Mrs. Salamander; is that you?cdrsalamandernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-26776053456370498142012-01-04T21:32:16.228-05:002012-01-04T21:32:16.228-05:00She alluded to it being more about the attraction ...She alluded to it being more about the attraction to the alpha male. PX is just an added bonus. and URR, no, it doesn't matter, especially from the male's (big bopper?) POV.LT Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-35986002634728775592012-01-04T21:00:50.254-05:002012-01-04T21:00:50.254-05:00HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!SCOTTtheBADGERnoreply@blogger.com