Gettin' Hitched

guy's sister's boyfriend is a guy i like. guy likes him too. he's a computer dude of some kind with a wicked sarcastic sense of humor. he's also severely into intense lego setups like building the millenium falcon. he builds the lego constructions with guy's sister's twin 8-yr-old sons. don't even get me started on these boys. they are the best kids i have ever met. but that's another story.

anyway, one night recently guy's sister (she's a vice-principal at a middle school) was chaperoning a dance and the boyfriend was home with the twins. they spent their evening that evening decorating the massive playroom that is over the garage, with christmas lights. just decking it out, lights upon lights upon lights. before guy's sister returned from the dance, her boyfriend sat her sons down and had a conversation with them. i can just see their little faces. all big eyes and serious and listening intently, they love the boyfriend, they listen when he speaks. so he sits them down and he asks the boys for their permission to marry their mom. holy crap, just typing it makes me cry. i think it's the coolest thing i have maybe ever heard. what a guy. those boys were, of course, stoked beyond belief. i know they love him. i didn't hear their answers or see their faces, or even talk to them, but i know they were STOKED.

what kind of guy asks two 8-yr-old boys if he can marry their mom, before asking her? a fucking-a cool guy, that's who. someone who respects kids and i guess that kind of action really rings in at number one in my heart because whenever i think about it, i get choked up and cry.

later that evening guy's sister gets home, and with the boys in the room, the boyfriend gets down on one knee and proposes to her, in that playroom with all those twinkly lights. and she cried, and she said yes.

CONGRATULATIONS TO SOME OF MY FAVORITE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD.
XOXOXOXOX
big love.