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[plonq]

We met in an Internet Relay Chat room.  She was a girl who was embittered toward men, and I was a guy who had long since given up on ever finding love.  It was well over a year before we met in person for the first time.  Fortunately we hit it off well, and many more meetings followed.

Just over six years ago, as we whiled away a cool winter morning on the overlook at Cuyahoga National Recreation Area, I became firmly convinced that atara was the right person for me.  We had tossed around the idea of marriage more than once on a conceptual level, but we had never really made a commitment beyond passing lip service.  We both knew that our relationship was heading in that direction, but we were on a comfort zone.  I hadn't planned on asking her to marry me that morning, but as we stood there holding hands and basking in the company of the other, I decided that it was pointless to put off what we both knew was coming.  I swallowed back the heart that kept trying to crawl up my throat, called upon the strength of my ancestors, and delivered one of the most round-about, clumsy proposals ever.

http://free.prohosting.com/~atara/2000/02/022000.html

Obviously if she had not said "yes" then you would not be reading about it here today.  Five years ago today we swapped rings and vows, and confirmed our shared desire to spend our lives together.

http://www.50degreesnorth.com/nuptials/ceremony/005.html

Sarah, I love even more now than I loved you then.  You've grown on me.  If I could change one thing, it would be to go back in time and propose to you earlier so that we could be celebrating #6 this year.

Here's to a happy fifth, and many more.

Comments

[dronon.livejournal.com]

Dammit, my eyes are not watering.

Encore!

[beerhorse.livejournal.com]

Awe! *sniffle* Between your post and Sarah's posts of the wedding and proposal, I'm nearly in tears. :) I hope I find the kind of love you two have someday.

*hugs*

Congrats to both of you!

[dakhun.livejournal.com]

Many more anniversaries for you both! :-)

(And here I was thinking you meant your slightly dampened cat-in-the-sink was five years old. ;-)

[skorzy.livejournal.com]

Mawwiage! Check my post yesterday. My PDA was off by 24 hours.

[unciaa.livejournal.com]

Happy anniversary you two! Man, has it been 6 years? I feel old to remember that far back... *g*

[typographer.livejournal.com]

Congrats!

[gedrean.livejournal.com]

That is just the CUTEST proposal, like really sweet.:)

[ducktapeddonkey.livejournal.com]

Congrats you guys.

May you have many, many more years of happiness together.

[elfasi.livejournal.com]

I still remember your posts to the TLK list on the subject of love and what kind of person you'd have to meet to put up with you exactly how you are :). I think the topic came about from someone else who's partner forced them to get rid of all their Lion King stuff and basically give up the interest. I'm glad you found someone you were able to fit with :) (been about the same length of time with my partner also..)

[patchworking.livejournal.com]

Gongrats to both of you, and many many more. Love is the most beautiful thing.

Ding 5! :)

:) Siob/Kirn

[kfops.livejournal.com]

You didn't post in your journal early enough, so I didn't get to post until after work... but happy anniversary!

You two are great together! Sometimes "mad-scientist sort've great", but I think mostly fabulous!

[tamarik.livejournal.com]

Awwww...

[furahi.livejournal.com]

Awwwwwwwwwwwwww, congratilations you two :>

[bloofoxtales.livejournal.com]

If ever there were a damn near picture-perfect example of how love should be, I've always thought it was the two of you. :3

Happy Fifth and many more!!

[funos.livejournal.com]

Awesome! (or something... ;)