HOW I
GOT HIM TO MARRY ME
By
Cherise Kelley
BLURB:
He likes it. Now get him to put
a ring on it! Learn from these 50 stories of
women who have been there!
Sandy's boyfriend Jack wouldn't
even bring up the 'm word'. She started leaving her things in his apartment,
including some tampons in his bathroom. It worked! Too off guard to make
excuses like "Living together is just as good as being married," Jack
said, "People will start to think you're my wife!" "Well, how
about it?" Sandy asked Jack.
EXCERPT:
"I got tired of waiting
for my boyfriend Jack to propose to me. We had been together for two years, and
he hadn't even mentioned the 'm' word to me. If things had been left up to
Jack, we would have been boyfriend and girlfriend for the rest of our lives. I
had just turned thirty and could not wait much longer to be married. I knew I
had to do something to push him along.
First, I tried giving him a
taste of the good side of married life.
Jack was raised in a family
where two people should not be together if they were not married. I could not
just move myself in and wait for him to do the rest, as many of my girlfriends
were doing with their boyfriends, in hopes of getting that 'm' word mentioned.
I figured I had to slowly make myself a fixture in his apartment. When he got
home from work, I would suggest going to his place instead of going out. I
started to do some housework for him. I would tell him how messy his place was
and offered to help him clean it up. I would wash the dishes and vacuum. After
about two weeks of "giving him a taste of the good side of married
life," nothing changed.
I even did the unthinkable and
cleaned his bathroom. All I got for that was a "Thanks, I owe you
one." I had to come up with another idea that was more intensive."
AUTHOR INFORMATION:
When Scott asked me to be his
girlfriend, I surprised him by saying, "No." We were on the phone, as
we were every night. I could tell he was hurt, but since we were on the phone
and not together in person, we had to talk, and that was a good thing.
I explained, "I'm 30 years
old. I've already had the last boyfriend I am ever going to have. In the
future, I am going to have a husband, not a boyfriend."
He surprised me by taking this
in stride. "I understand," he said. "You do realize I am in the
Navy and all that entails?"
"I was born in the
Navy!" This was true. My dad was in the Navy.
Four months later, he took me
on a date to the top of the Space Needle in Seattle.
He passed me a little black
velvet box under the table, and whispered:
"Babe, will you marry
me?"
"Do you mean it?"
Yes, that's what I said. Not
very romantic, was I?
LINKS:
Amazon.com
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Barnes and Noble
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Cherise Kelley's Goodreads
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http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6550175.Cherise_Kelley
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ReplyDeleteSO...Is this non-fiction? I'm used to the Goddess Fish Tours being for fiction books. The premise is interesting. I wonder if it's harder getting men to "I Do" these days?
ReplyDeleteA little different than I am used to reading, but it does sound fascinating.
ReplyDeleteYep, this is non-fiction. :) And yes, it is much harder to get men to say, "I do" these days. Less than half of marriage-aged Americans are married today. I found these 50 ladies' true stories fascinating, too!
ReplyDeleteThe book sounds very interesting.
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What a fabulous read this is going to be. Loads of fun.
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Wow! Sounds amazing! I love that these are real stories about how women got their guys to get down on one knee! Absolutely awesome (and maybe a pointer or two!)
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