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What did he do? How did he give you the ring?”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .25in; line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in;\"\u003e“He didn’t. We were talking at my house a few Sundays ago. While barbecuing in the backyard, he pointed out all the reasons we’re great together and asked me if I would do him the honor of marrying him.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .25in; line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in;\"\u003eHold up. She’s given me a wealth of information. First, why didn’t the loser make a big damn deal of proposing to her? It doesn’t sound as if he even got down on one knee, much less hired a skywriter or something awesome. It was like… \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eHey, since I’m in the middle of flipping burgers, I’ve got a minute to ask you if you want to spend the rest of your life with me\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .25in; line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in;\"\u003eScrew that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .25in; line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in;\"\u003eThe bigger nugget I got out of her speech, however, is timing. He proposed on a Sunday. When I barged into their impromptu engagement party, it was the following Thursday night. She said she’d just accepted his proposal four hours prior. So she made him twist in the wind for four days before answering?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .25in; line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in;\"\u003eI smile. I’ve got her. She’s telling me without telling me that she doesn’t love him. What woman whose heart is filled with devotion waits four days to decide if she wants to share the rest of her life with him?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .25in; line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in;\"\u003eNone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .25in; line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in;\"\u003e“What is that expression?” she demands. “Why do you suddenly look so smug?”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .25in; line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in;\"\u003eI weigh the pros and cons of keeping this revelation to myself. But if I want to stop her from marrying the wrong man, I don’t have time to play a long game.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .25in; line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in;\"\u003eFinally, I shrug. “There’s no way you’re going to marry this guy.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .25in; line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in;\"\u003e“Excuse me?” She sounds shocked. “What’s your problem? You can’t have me, so you’re going to try and talk me out of marrying him?”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .25in; line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in;\"\u003e“I don’t hate that idea, but…” I shake my head. “He’s got everything wrong. He has no special endearment just for you? He doesn’t try to make you feel like the most amazing woman in the world?” I shake my head like he’s made huge mistakes because he has. “He didn’t do anything awesome just for you, or even give you a ring, when he proposed?” I scoff.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .25in; line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in;\"\u003e“We shopped for a ring together after I said yes.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .25in; line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in;\"\u003eBecause he wasn’t going to spend money on her or any gesture of emotion until he had to. Got it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .25in; line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in;\"\u003e“When he proposed, I’ll bet he outlined all the reasons getting married made sense—you’re both responsible, have good jobs, handle money well, like the same movies, and his picture-perfect family adores you. Right?” She presses her lips together mulishly, and I laugh. “Right. Then he talked about your lives together with all the excitement of a pile of compost before waxing boring about the requisite ten-minute coitus you’ll share twice a week that he’ll find a perfectly adequate expression of your shared passion. Am I far off the mark?”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .25in; line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in;\"\u003eShe sputters. “Miles off, in fact.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .25in; line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in;\"\u003e“No, I’m not. That’s why it took you four days to decide to marry him.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .25in; line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in;\"\u003e“You’re wrong. And that doesn’t mean I would ever marry you.” She rolls her eyes at me. “You know what? His proposal was way more romantic than yours because at least he asked. You and I were together for a whole year, and you never once broached the topic. You never even thought of it. So that puts him way ahead of you.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .25in; line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in;\"\u003eI stand and glare at Britta. “Wait here.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .25in; line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in;\"\u003eWhen I spin on my heel and head for the stairs, taking them two at a time, she calls after me. “Where are you going?”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .25in; line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in;\"\u003eI’m not answering. She’ll see soon enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .25in; line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in;\"\u003eTwo minutes later, I return, yank her chair away from the table until she’s facing me, then I get down on one knee and open the black velvet box in my grip. She gasps when she sees the engagement ring inside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .25in; line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in;\"\u003e“I bought this on March sixteenth, almost four years ago. I knew the moment I saw this ring that it was meant for you and that I was meant to put it on your finger.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .25in; line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in;\"\u003eBritta presses her hand to her chest, mouth gaping like I’ve stunned her speechless, as she stares at the symbol of love I bought her years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .25in; line-height: 150%;\"\u003e“Forget him. 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