tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024470007643898188.post2676881640239980565..comments2014-12-05T05:46:44.775-08:00Comments on Pages Turning...: An Engagement Without the RingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024470007643898188.post-57082412878785842422011-01-18T22:40:30.094-08:002011-01-18T22:40:30.094-08:00I heart you and your blog. Keep writing!I heart you and your blog. Keep writing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024470007643898188.post-12301675732339691812011-01-18T20:33:35.025-08:002011-01-18T20:33:35.025-08:00Thank you, Steph. You're totally right. I thin...Thank you, Steph. You're totally right. I think sometimes I need the reminder that my friends, and others closest to me, are completely supportive of everything that Funk and I are doing. That there is a reason we surround ourselves with the people that we call friends. Love you, too.Rachaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18004953864992973879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024470007643898188.post-20424037163037039802011-01-18T18:52:43.221-08:002011-01-18T18:52:43.221-08:00If I recall, six years ago when writing letters ba...If I recall, six years ago when writing letters back and forth in class we used to talk about boy drama and what we were going to do when we graduate. There was a lot of talk of travel, more schooling, what our future jobs were going to be....however no where in any of those letters did you ever mention planning a wedding or having a baby before you were a college professor and famous writer. However, now that we are here six years later, it all seems like this was part of your master plan all along. Being a mother comes natural to you and you know while you are supposed to be lesson planning you are secretly figuring out how the wedding party is going to stand, what you are going to say and how everyone is going to walk down the aisle. In the six years that I've known you I can proudly say that you have never been "traditional" and that is what makes you, well, you. You are Rachael by not being like everyone else. Having backwards and upside down thoughts that could only come from your brilliant mind. Your wedding may not be in a Catholic Church, but it will be "Traditional" in the Rachael sense of the word. There will be people of all shapes, sizes, races, religions, gender, sex, etc at your wedding and that is how your wedding will be traditional to you. That is your life. Everything that you do at your wedding will be exactly the same as what others do at theirs. They are vowing to be faithful and loving to one another until death do you part. Who cares where it is located and who is marrying you. The ring will still be a symbol of your ties to one another, however, with or without the ring you are still the same two people who love and adore each other. <br /><br />The way everything is falling into place is just the way I would imagine it for you. I don't picture a guy getting down on one knee at a romantic spot with a ring in a pretty box to propose. I would think you would laugh at the cheesiness of the ordeal instead of crying and saying yes. What I see is the guy looking at you straight in the eyes telling you that you are his nerdy, overachiever, beautiful, etc etc, soulmate and how he wants to spend the rest of his life with you by his side. And I see this happening at either a renaissance faire, star wars convention, disneyland...you get the idea. <br /><br />Your wedding will be perfect and fitting for the two of you since that is who the day is for. For everyone else it is just a time for everyone to get together and celebrate the joining of two loved ones. <br /><br />And now I am starting to write my own blog instead of a comment. I guess what I am trying to say is that I can not wait to be apart of your special day. I will be standing there, bawling my eyes out as my best friend and other half becomes a wife of the man that she loves. <br /><br />And on a side note, your wedding will be during our 7 year anniversary so it is another reason to celebrate :) <br /><br />I love you and your amazing partner and little Chubmonster! <br /><br /><3<br />~Steph~bicoastalpanichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06316080369273907774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024470007643898188.post-50078045938176550892011-01-18T10:05:29.707-08:002011-01-18T10:05:29.707-08:00Ryan, thank you! It's very interesting figurin...Ryan, thank you! It's very interesting figuring out what all of these different traditional objects (the ring, the ceremony, etc.) mean for us.<br /><br />JR. Brilliant. Hah. Or maybe we can pull a Simpsons and use an onion ring?Rachaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18004953864992973879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024470007643898188.post-78609157651154677132011-01-18T08:30:44.966-08:002011-01-18T08:30:44.966-08:00you can always get one out of the quarter machines...you can always get one out of the quarter machines in the meantime, maybe it'll have a whistle on it! :^)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17423095662655809572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024470007643898188.post-36506420191918164252011-01-18T08:02:34.758-08:002011-01-18T08:02:34.758-08:00The ring is a symbol. Marriage is a tax break. You...The ring is a symbol. Marriage is a tax break. Your future wedding sounds awesome. Great Post BTW.Ryan Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01918502945684682173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024470007643898188.post-6728584225866186082011-01-18T08:01:38.535-08:002011-01-18T08:01:38.535-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ryan Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01918502945684682173noreply@blogger.com