The Gift

Last night I went out to dinner with my sister-in-law and my eldest nephew and his friend. It was a great deal of fun with lots of easy banter flying across the table. There was a young sitting across from us and the boy gave the girl a large present wrapped in Christmas paper. While she was opening it we were guessing what was inside. My sister-in-law guessed an engagement ring, I being the more romantic of the two guessed a coffeemaker. The boys both thought something in the electronics line. When she opened the box it was to dig through lots of tissue paper to find a smaller box wrapped in silver paper. Of course my sister-in-law got all excited, in large part because she was going to win our little betting game. She said she had her camera all ready. My nephew responded in horror with, "Oh mom, don't embarrass me. Besides, he's wearing a t-shirt. No guy is going to propose wearing a t-shirt!" The girl then opened silver wrapped box only to find a smaller jewelry sized box wrapped in beautiful gold paper with a gold bow on top. By then everyone around including the waiters were watching in anticipation. When she opened it sure enough it was a ring. A friendship ring! We had trouble containing our laughter. My sister-in-law groaned and said, "Well, that was anti-climatic." We all rather agreed. The boys because they thought a big huge box should have contained something exciting, not just some dumb ring! The girl did not look disappointed which then led the boys to look at each other knowingly and say, "They've been dating a week."

So what should a guy wear when proposing?

Hope everyone has a safe and happy New Year's Eve tomorrow.