Monday, May 27, 2013

How I Got Him To Marry Me


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.

 
Crystal got Paul to skip just living together by refusing to move across the country until she had a marriage license, signed and dated.

 
Read these full stories plus 48 more, ranging from the heartwarming to the hilarious!

 
You don't have to interview 50 married women to find out how they managed to get that ring on their finger. The author has done that for you. All 50 were married after 1990, so this is modern information for our changing times. Read and find out how you can get him to marry you and not just live together!

 

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       <<< paperback, too after April 1, 2013
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BRDWME6
 
Barnes and Noble        <<< paperback, too, but later than Amazon
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/how-i-got-him-to-marry-me-cherise-kelley/1114814242?ean=2940016181950
 
Kobo
http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/How-Got-Him-To-Marry/book-VH3jNeXrVkOy3IzeWkxqFw/page1.html?s=pAWwqUmdoE6cAh27aLXwOQ&r=2
 
Cherise Kelley's Goodreads Profile
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6550175.Cherise_Kelley
 
Sound good, ladies? Cherise is giving away a $25 gift certificate to one lucky commenter, so follow her tour and comment often. Tour schedule: http://goddessfishpromotions.blogspot.com/2013/04/virtual-book-tour-how-i-got-him-to.html
 
 

7 comments:

  1. SO...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?

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  2. A little different than I am used to reading, but it does sound fascinating.

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  3. Yep, 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!

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  4. The book sounds very interesting.

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  5. What a fabulous read this is going to be. Loads of fun.

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  6. 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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