Comments on: The Proposal http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/01/31/the-proposal/ Listen to stories on anything from honeymoons to WWII, from award-winning journalists to first-time writers alike, from anywhere in the world. Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:30:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: badge216 (retired) http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/01/31/the-proposal/#comment-3357 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 23:14:27 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/01/31/the-proposal/#comment-3357 Some times you don\\\'t need that piece of paper to say you are committed to each other. 25 years toghther says that you\\\'re committed each other and in some cases it it best one can ask for. I think that I can say that safely.My first marriage was a failer after only 5 years.In 1980 I again walked down that isle with a different person and we have been together since. Some times you don\\\’t need that piece of paper to say you are committed to each other. 25 years toghther says that you\\\’re committed each other and in some cases it it best one can ask for.
I think that I can say that safely.My first marriage was a failer after only 5 years.In 1980 I again walked down that isle with a different person and we have been together since.

]]> by: Steve http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/01/31/the-proposal/#comment-2341 Fri, 16 Feb 2007 07:16:55 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/01/31/the-proposal/#comment-2341 The first thing I did when I finished reading it was scroll to the top and read it again. That's the best thing I can say about any piece of writing. The first thing I did when I finished reading it was scroll to the top and read it again. That’s the best thing I can say about any piece of writing.

]]> by: Brendon http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/01/31/the-proposal/#comment-2074 Tue, 06 Feb 2007 17:23:43 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/01/31/the-proposal/#comment-2074 Everything was very realistic except that one paragraph about not having things gnaw and not waking Sam up in the middle of the night...etc. I don't think there is a woman in the known universe who does not have this trait as part of her DNA. Everything was very realistic except that one paragraph about not having things gnaw and not waking Sam up in the middle of the night…etc. I don’t think there is a woman in the known universe who does not have this trait as part of her DNA.

]]> by: Michael Craig http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/01/31/the-proposal/#comment-2065 Mon, 05 Feb 2007 20:40:38 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/01/31/the-proposal/#comment-2065 Very well done. Nice writing. MC Very well done. Nice writing.

MC

]]> by: Richard http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/01/31/the-proposal/#comment-2060 Mon, 05 Feb 2007 05:58:37 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/01/31/the-proposal/#comment-2060 Yeh, I could never relate to the way couples get engaged these days with all kinds of detailed planning and the guy winding up on his knee with a major rock in a beautifully wrapped box in his hand. Sam did it in a way I can related to. And I went to college in Buffalo and had a girlfriend whose family home was about 1o miles from the falls. Visiting it from the Canadian side, you can stand at a railing where the water -- millions or billions of gallons -- goes over right in front of you. I remember it whenever I need to pee. Felice, your excellent, smooth writing just puts me right into it and brings out these responses from me. Thank you. Sorry that Sam got so sick. Why do I suspect it wasn\'t the first time -- or necessarily the last. Yeh, I could never relate to the way couples get engaged these days with all kinds of detailed planning and the guy winding up on his knee with a major rock in a beautifully wrapped box in his hand. Sam did it in a way I can related to. And I went to college in Buffalo and had a girlfriend whose family home was about 1o miles from the falls. Visiting it from the Canadian side, you can stand at a railing where the water — millions or billions of gallons — goes over right in front of you. I remember it whenever I need to pee.

Felice, your excellent, smooth writing just puts me right into it and brings out these responses from me. Thank you. Sorry that Sam got so sick. Why do I suspect it wasn\’t the first time — or necessarily the last.

]]> by: Roberta Beach Jacobson http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/01/31/the-proposal/#comment-2037 Sat, 03 Feb 2007 22:55:13 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/01/31/the-proposal/#comment-2037 Delightful account, Felice Prager. Wonder how goofy things might have turned out had you proposed to Sam on that magical trip? Delightful account, Felice Prager. Wonder how goofy things might have turned out had you proposed to Sam on that magical trip?

]]> by: Steve http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/01/31/the-proposal/#comment-2006 Fri, 02 Feb 2007 06:28:08 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/01/31/the-proposal/#comment-2006 You should have sent Sam over the falls in a barrel...but I suppose the bumpy ride got the message across. Hilarious story! You should have sent Sam over the falls in a barrel…but I suppose the bumpy ride got the message across. Hilarious story!

]]> by: M.K. http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/01/31/the-proposal/#comment-1979 Thu, 01 Feb 2007 14:39:58 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/01/31/the-proposal/#comment-1979 Felice Prager's writing is so honest, funny and real. I really enjoy her love and sarcasm rolled into one. Great piece. I bet they are still happily married! Felice Prager’s writing is so honest, funny and real. I really enjoy her love and sarcasm rolled into one. Great piece. I bet they are still happily married!

]]> by: Beverly http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/01/31/the-proposal/#comment-1971 Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:03:19 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/01/31/the-proposal/#comment-1971 The ingredients for this: road trip really cold really loud really crummy hotel suspicious looking rack of ribs serious vomiting could only lead to a wonderful, happy marriage. I love this piece. It's cranky and real. The ingredients for this:

road trip
really cold
really loud
really crummy hotel
suspicious looking rack of ribs
serious vomiting

could only lead to a wonderful, happy marriage. I love this piece. It’s cranky and real.

]]> by: Kim http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/01/31/the-proposal/#comment-1950 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 18:27:25 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/01/31/the-proposal/#comment-1950 I loved it, I couldn't stop laughing at the descriptions. Especially descriptions of the cold, of course, I live in Northern Maine. Congratulations on working it all out. I loved it, I couldn’t stop laughing at the descriptions. Especially descriptions of the cold, of course, I live in Northern Maine. Congratulations on working it all out.

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