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Wednesday, September 9, 2015

A Dinner Surprise

Tonight we had dinner with our daughter Autumn, her boyfriend Mike, and his mother Linda.

Mike came out to meet us and we couldn't help but notice that his left hand was bandaged. We asked what happened and he said he injured it at "Burning Man" the previous week, touching something he didn't realize was super hot. Ouch.

Once inside we could see that Autumn's left hand was also wrapped up. "You BOTH touched it???" We asked. We were promised a full story later.

During dinner, while hearing some great stories about their Burning Man adventures, we noticed that both Autumn and Mike seemed to be in a fair amount of pain. Melanie demanded to know how badly they had hurt themselves and she pleaded with them to go see a doctor.

"It's not that bad." They said, grimacing in pain, "Here, we'll show you." The injured pair slowly began to unwrap the bandages and suddenly a little alarm went off in my head. Something was wrong here but I wasn't sure what. Then the pieces started to click into place:
  • They had been dating for almost 4 years
  • They BOTH hurt their hands at the same time
  • They both hurt their LEFT hands
  • They wanted to make sure that all 5 of us got together for dinner
I sucked in air as a huge smile broke across my face. Autumn and Mike casually brought their hands up and there, sparkling under the restaurant track lighting, were two engagement rings.

This is the kind of moment Melanie lives for, so I quickly turned my head to catch her expression. But instead of seeing a look of shocked joy, she and Linda were searching for burn marks with confused expressions! I started to count in my head. "One... two... three..." Then both Moms gasped at the same time and Melanie covered her mouth with her hand as tears instantly sprang to her eyes.

"Moms... Dad... We're getting married!"

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