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Re: V-Day Engagements

  • Niccirf said:
    My engagement fell between Christmas & NY - does that make it a holiday mutt??

    Please, let's never allow "douchecanoe" to die.
    Douchecanoe, douchenozzle, cuntwaffle, asshat, and fuckwad are staples in my vocabulary. I try to use them each at least once a week.
    I'm a big fan of asshat, and as always, douchecanoe.

    I also frequently use: asswipe, fucktard, nutterbug, and a few others I can't think of right now.

    Edited because caffeine hasn't kicked in.
    I also love asshat, but my favorite is bullfuck, as in "that 4-hour gap during the snowflake's PPD is just bullfuck".

    Jackwagon is my go-to, especially while driving.
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  • Okay, my cousin got engaged on Valentine's day this year. Posted the video. He did ring in the Champaign with his family at the equivalent of an Olive garden. She spent a few minutes trying to get the thing out. My FI saw video, told me how sweet it was. I proceeded to tell him all of the reasons that I hated it. Must have been on the snarky forums too long

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  • kristbot said:
    kristbot said:
    Please, let's never allow "douchecanoe" to die.
    Douchecanoe, douchenozzle, cuntwaffle, asshat, and fuckwad are staples in my vocabulary. I try to use them each at least once a week.
    I'm a big fan of asshat, and as always, douchecanoe.

    I also frequently use: asswipe, fucktard, nutterbug, and a few others I can't think of right now.

    Edited because caffeine hasn't kicked in.
    I really don't care for the bolded word; people need to stop using the word "retarded" as an insult.
    I do agree with the above. As @JCBride2014 said, for whatever reason, I've never connected fucktard with 'retard' (which is a word I hate, along with 'tard'). I should stop using it, but I know that it slips out more often than it should.
    "Fucktard" is a portmanteau like @JCBride2014 said melding the words "fucking" and "retard" 
    I understand that it's a portmanteau -- I just never thought of it as such because the word 'retard' never shows up in my vocabulary. When I stop and think about it, it's obvious which words it's melding; I had just never stopped to think about it before. I always just treated it as a word in and of itself, as do a lot of people I know.

    Clearly, now that I have, I'm being hyper-conscious about not using it -- I just also know that I've used it for so long that there is a good chance it will still slip out infrequently and unintentionally.


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  • I saw two V-day proposals on my Facebook feed.  Neither one were friends of mine, but rather friends of friends that popped up because my friend liked or commented on it.
  • My FI proposed the day after Valentines day (last year)because he knew it would be cheesy to propose on Vday plus we were driving down to Vegas for Vday and he wanted to introduce me to his parents that Sunday as his FI.  

    I took him out for Vday in Vegas.  We were in frumpy travel clothes, ate burgers and had adult milk shakes!  I want to do it again.
  • I didn't see any proposals! I'm disappointed. 
  • No proposals in my feed, either.
  • I ended up with two: my aunt (who as I said before, super happy for!) and my cousin. I don't know him very well anymore, but I think I posted somewhere here about it. They posted video. Apparently he put her ring in champagne (though she said in the video she hates champagne) and he did this in front of both families at an olive garden type of restaurant (while the waitress was serving drinks)...

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  • I ended up with two: my aunt (who as I said before, super happy for!) and my cousin. I don't know him very well anymore, but I think I posted somewhere here about it. They posted video. Apparently he put her ring in champagne (though she said in the video she hates champagne) and he did this in front of both families at an olive garden type of restaurant (while the waitress was serving drinks)...
    I've never understood wanting to fish a ring out of champagne. It gets sticky when it dries! And then I never want to drink it after my fingers have been in the glass, and I certainly don't want to drink it when a ring has been in there haha

    Also, proposing in front of both families = PRESSURE. I'm SO glad FI didn't do this. Not that I would have said no (and I'm sure your cousin's FI was sure she'd say yes), but it keeps you from having a private, personal moment. I was a laughing, sobbing mess when FI proposed and I'm so glad no one else saw that (also, I was naked because it was 2am and it gets too hot in our house for pyjamas in the summer, so I'm REALLY glad no one else saw that haha)


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  • As bad as putting the ring in champagne is, I've heard of guys hiding the ring in dessert! Can you imagine putting on a ring that's caked in chocolate? Or accidentally swallowing it?!
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  • There are worse ways... I had a friend in college whose FI put the ring inside a ring pop. He got his culinary buddies to make a hard candy mold to put a ring pop base in along with the ring.

    I would be pissed if I had to suck the candy off of my engagement ring.
  • I already warned BF that he can't hide the ring in dessert. Because I would eat it. Because I have no self-control around dessert.
  • I'm glad my FI made ours private, especially since apparently I looked more pissed than happy. When I get emotional my face just goes blank. I don't cry when I'm taken off guard, I just don't show any emotion which apparently makes me look angry. I cried with happiness when I told my dad a half hour later. Thanks goodness my FI knows me well enough to know this

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