The Engagement Trials

When you've been together for two years people don't seem to know how to treat you. One side is clamoring to know what date to save, while the other side scoffs at you for taking things too seriously "Oh you're still so new to this." (italicized for smugness). Depending on your first thought to reading "Engagement" in the title of this post can determine which category you fit into.

Julie has promised on multiple occasions to refrain from forcing the issue of marriage. That hasn't stopped her from including me in her daily Guess who I know who just got engaged? mailing list, each post-scripted with "not that I'm telling you to rush or anything."

You see, since the beginning I have been undergoing Julie's test of might: Her way of observing/grooming me into the perfect mate. She has told me many times that I am doing well enough to finish, if I wanted. Unfortunately for Julie, my desire for winning is slightly over-matched by my enjoyment of watching her sweat it out. Still I do take pride in knowing that I have almost passed all her critiques.

Employed ::check::
Financially stable ::check::
Has realistic aspirations ::check::
Adheres to the dirty dish stacking protocol ::check::
Maintains an equal disdain for all things ventriloquist ::check::
Knows how to write/use spell check ::check::
Ok with never doing karaoke ::check::
Can beat her at Boggle _____

There is a discrepancy with this last rule: Julie claims that she stated that I merely had to know how to play Boggle, not actually defeat her at it. Being the fair and balanced person that I am, it is only right that I honor my misunderstanding and insist that beating her fair and square is the only way to pass the jumbled word challenge. Now, I will not go into detail on how the game is played since, for some reason, it is far too complicated for half of the dating populace to comprehend.

I will say this though: I will fight tooth and nail to win. As far as anyone who has ever played her in the past is concerned, Julie is the grand master of Boggle. The only time she has experienced any resemblance of a loss was when I woke her up mid-way through a surpise game. Even then I only won by a paltry six points.

I don't have any serious tests of my own aside form:

Hot
Pretty smart
Pretty
Has the capacity to enjoy nerdy things

As it stands, this little 5x5 grid of plastic lettered dice is the only thing standing between us and an eternity of commitment. For now I'm just happy to be with her under my own accord.

Here's to two years being together, just because we want to.

Love you J