The Life Story -- Fred and Trudy: Part II

Fred and Trudy were both super old, twenty-eight and twenty-nine, respectively, or, in other words, on the verge of permanent bachelor/spinster-hood (by Mormon standards). And as such, they wasted no time in having many third-person essay-discussions about marriage, the temple, children, all that good stuff, starting from the second Friday of their dating.

By early November, Trudy recorded in her journal, "This guy likes me too much. I know we're going to get married, but I'm not going to admit to myself at least until December." If there is one thing to know about Trudy, it would be that she is, as they say, "stubborn."

But then again, so was Fred.

So by late-mid November, he inquired as to whether or not she had asked her parents when they could come to Utah for a wedding.

"No."

"On second thought, it's probably not fair to ask them to rearrange their calendar for a wedding that hasn't even been formally agreed on."

"Probably not."

"We had better formalize this; Trudy, will you marry me?"

"Yes."

"Now go call your parents."

To be continued...