On this day of all days....
Feb. 14th, 2011 05:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ravenSo, I got my first proposal.
Mum: [following desultory Skype conversation re: me skiing, her trip to India, what the neighbours are up to, etc.] Oh, also, I forgot to say, you had a proposal.
Me: WHAT.
Mum: My friend [N], you remember her? She has another friend, who's looking for a girl... three sons, the eldest two are married already, the youngest isn't. He's a GP trainee. Nice boy, nice family, they have a big house in Upholland. They approached a couple of girls, but they were older than him so she thought...
Me: WHAT.
Mum: She asked how old you were and I said twenty-four, and that's good, that's young, and you're a lawyer not a doctor but they thought that was okay, and, they said, could I send a picture?
Me: And what did you say?
Mum: Hmmmm.
Me: "Hmmmm"? You said "HMMMM"?
Mum: Ah, you know. And he seems like a nice boy, and I think I met them at a Diwali party once, were you here, I'm not sure, possibly? It was a couple of years ago...
Me: I... have no idea what to do with this information.
My dad: [off camera] Iona! I know what you should do.
Me: WHAT.
My dad: You should ask your young man about it!
Me: I should... tell my young man I've had a proposal, and should I say yea or nay.
My dad: Honesty is the best policy and all that, right? Right.
Mum: Why are you both laughing? I'm going to get lots of these in India, people are going to be asking about you. I'll take the details down. I'll make a little book.
My dad: We can call it "Just In Case". Stop laughing, this is very serious.
I love my parents. My first proposal. I feel so grown-up.
Mum: [following desultory Skype conversation re: me skiing, her trip to India, what the neighbours are up to, etc.] Oh, also, I forgot to say, you had a proposal.
Me: WHAT.
Mum: My friend [N], you remember her? She has another friend, who's looking for a girl... three sons, the eldest two are married already, the youngest isn't. He's a GP trainee. Nice boy, nice family, they have a big house in Upholland. They approached a couple of girls, but they were older than him so she thought...
Me: WHAT.
Mum: She asked how old you were and I said twenty-four, and that's good, that's young, and you're a lawyer not a doctor but they thought that was okay, and, they said, could I send a picture?
Me: And what did you say?
Mum: Hmmmm.
Me: "Hmmmm"? You said "HMMMM"?
Mum: Ah, you know. And he seems like a nice boy, and I think I met them at a Diwali party once, were you here, I'm not sure, possibly? It was a couple of years ago...
Me: I... have no idea what to do with this information.
My dad: [off camera] Iona! I know what you should do.
Me: WHAT.
My dad: You should ask your young man about it!
Me: I should... tell my young man I've had a proposal, and should I say yea or nay.
My dad: Honesty is the best policy and all that, right? Right.
Mum: Why are you both laughing? I'm going to get lots of these in India, people are going to be asking about you. I'll take the details down. I'll make a little book.
My dad: We can call it "Just In Case". Stop laughing, this is very serious.
I love my parents. My first proposal. I feel so grown-up.
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on 2011-02-14 11:15 pm (UTC)♥