He thought today would be an ideal day to ask her for her hand in marriage. He invited her to go on a picnic at a scenic spot next to the lake.
After they finished eating, he pulled out a ring and popped the question.
She simply said, “No.”
(Exactly 49 words)
Written for Sammi Cox’s Weekend Writing Prompt, where the challenge is “ideal” in exactly 49 words. Image credit: Bing Image Creator.
I was trembling in anticipation when you said you wanted to come over and talk with me face-to-face. I thought for sure you were going to ask me to marry you. But instead you told me you were breaking up with me. How could I possibly have been so wrong?
You said that it wasn’t me, it was you. You said that we come from two different worlds and that you’re not good enough for me. But my darling, nothing could be further from the truth. You are the best thing that ever happened to me.
I know you think I’m extravagant, and, yes, I can be. That’s just how I was raised. My family has money and I never wanted for anything. But that’s all behind me now. All of that, the money, the excesses, is trivial compared with what you and I have together.
The thoughts in my mind right now are horribly disorganized. But I promise you, I can get my act together. I can stop being frivolous. Please, my darling, I’m not too proud to get down on my hands and knees and beg you to stay. Please don’t break up with me. Let me prove to you we can reach unimaginable heights together.
And one last thing, my beloved, if you agree to marry me, I promise that my father will give you a seven figure dowry and won’t require you to sign a prenup.
You see, my darling, I knew I could persuade you to see things my way.
Written for these prompts: EM’s Weekly Word (trembling), Your Daily Word Prompt (extravagant), The Daily Spur (trivial), My Vivid Blog (disorganized), Fandango’s One Word Challenge (beg), and Ragtag Daily Prompt (break).
Are you going to propose to Cindy anytime soon?” Ben’s mother asked him. “I think you two make such a lovely couple.”
“You know what?” said Ben, “I think so, too, Mom.”
“So when are you going to pop the question?” Ben’s mother asked.
“I was thinking two weeks from now, right before we leave for the Alaskan cruise,” Ben said. “What do you think? You don’t think that’s too soon, do you?”
“I think that’s perfect timing, Ben,” she responded. “I’m sure Cindy will be thrilled.”
“But don’t say anything to anyone,” Ben said. “Only the two of us know and I want to surprise Cindy.”
“Oh Ben, I’m so happy for the two of you,” his mother said as she hugged her son. “And don’t worry about me telling anyone before then. I can keep a secret too, you know.”
Written for Linda G. Hill’s Stream of Consciousness Saturday prompt, where Linda wants us to use too, to, and/or two in our post. Photo credit: Africa Studio — stock.adobe.com
“Your proposal for the settlement of the dispute quickly went south,” the lawyer for one of the partners said in a lyrical, sing-song voice that exhibited his self-satisfied, taunting tone.
“The propsal was meant to serve as a guide to get all parties through this difficult process,” the arbiter said. “To declare failure at this point is pure conjecture and is premature.”
“I, for one, don’t relish the position you’re in,” the other lawyer said. “I don’t think arbitration is going to bear any fruit. The two sides are simply too far apart on the major sticking points. I think we will have to go to trial.”
“Well good luck to both of you,” the arbiter said, packing up his materials, standing up, and leaving the room. “I just hope your clients have very deep pockets,” he added as he slammed the door behind him.
Written for these daily prompts: The Daily Spur (settlement), E.M.’s Random Word Prompt (quickly), Word of the Day Challenge (lyrical), My Vivid Blog (taunting), Ragtag Daily Prompt (guide), Fandango’s One’s-Word Challenge (conjecture), and Your Daily Word Prompt (relish).
Wouldn’t you like to expose your newer readers to some of your earlier posts that they might never have seen? Or remind your long term followers of posts that they might not remember? Each Friday I will publish a post I wrote on this exact date in a previous year.
How about you? Why don’t you reach back into your own archives and highlight a post that you wrote on this very date in a previous year? You can repost your Friday Flashback post on your blog and pingback to this post. Or you can just write a comment below with a link to the post you selected.
If you’ve been blogging for less than a year, go ahead and choose a post that you previously published on this day (the 6th) of any month within the past year and link to that post in a comment.
This was originally posted on this blog on November 13, 2018.
You may have already heard that there is a proposal being floated at the U.S. State Department that could prohibit American diplomats from using the phrases “sexual and reproductive health” and “comprehensive sexuality education.”
Instead of “sexual and reproductive health” and “comprehensive sexuality education,” the proposal is that U.S. officials would be instructed to use phrases like “reproduction and the related health services” in official communications.
This proposal is being pushed by a handful of conservative political appointees at the State Department and other agencies. Abandoning the use of the word “sex” would be a symbolic move that aligns with other Trump administration efforts to reduce both funding and focus on women’s reproductive issues — especially anything related to abortion.
The problem appears to be that saying “sex” makes Trump’s far-right Republican supporters feel all sad and uncomfortable inside.
I guess that for the 2020 election, Trump is going to change his #MAGA hashtag to #MAPA, for Make America Puritan Again.
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