Guys are talking about how "unreal" it is that this thread is still going along strong.... they just don't realize one part:
Dude, this thread has been going along for so long that it's on its
second girl! First chick turned out to be a ["Dud", to keep it family-friendly]; Heather came along while Andy was "on the rebound". Before anybody goes off the deep end telling us how "it's doomed to fail!"; just understand.... this time Andy
knew. At the same time
Heather knew.
Now I'm not saying that things will be perfect; but I am saying that things sure could last
(I can hear people saying, "Here we go again!")
I got dumped for the last time after I dropped out of college. Shortly thereafter, this girl I "sorta-knew" (she was my Lab-Partner/Drinking Buddy's little sister) came up to my folks' "summer place" in the mountains (where I was working on a Masters Degree in "Becoming a Hermit" while Mom and Dad were in and out of the place) to escape the fallout from her cutting off an emotionally abusive relationship.
Two hours into her visit;
I KNEW; and I proposed for her for the first time. She turned me down and thought about packing her stuff and heading back to Tucson.
But I was persistant and on the 3rd time (in a year) she said "Yes". Coming this October will be our 25th Anniversary.
It ain't all roses and chocolate truffles (whatever those are, I think they're like those cream-filled See's chocolates); but there's absolutely nothing better!
So I'm looking forward to hearing about their kids going to college. I may be old and deaf and senile (SHUT UP,
BBFCM!) by then; but I'll get somebody to read it verrrrrry slooooooowly and
LOUDLY to me!