Yup, popped the question last night and now engaged.  We've been dating for about a year and half, effectively living together for that entire time.  Yup, she rides.  And is a football and baseball fan.  And we're going to MotoGP this weekend.  Life is rough, eh?  We just had a nice quiet dinner at home, candles, stuff like that.  I cooked up a nice pasta dish and a salad with four types of tomatoes from our own garden.  Finished dinner and then asked her (if you get her version it takes 45 minutes to tell.....  be glad i'm writing the post).  Here are some photos of my girlie!

Congrats man, married life is great...  We're celabrating our 3rd anniversery one week from today.  We lived together before as well, i think its a great idea

congrats to both 

Congrats! 

Life is movin' pretty fast for you.

Congratulations!  She is a keeper.

Congrats man.  Enjoy the time before you start planning the wedding.


I'm getting married this saturday and the last 2 months have been HELL with the wedding.  Not so much for me, more for her.  My responsiblities included: groom's men's gifts, and beer.  All well handled.

Thanks all.  We definitely are on a good stretch right now....  We both moved out to California about the same time from the east coast.  We met at a Patriots fan bar through a social group we are both part of.  Basically became inseparable from then on....  She got me to take MSF with her, learned to ride together...  We are going ot have the wedding out i nthe Bay area, make our families come to us.  Will be much easier to plan...

Congradulations!

Now I just need to get my CB650SC project into the garage so i have something to run to if the words 'wedding planning' come up.   

Congrats man!

Congrats, you reeled in a pretty lady.

congrats.  It is indeed good to be the groom in these situations... if you are flying in the whole guest-list it will be rough planning... but it is all worth it.   

Wowee ... congrads ... does she come with the SV
SV ... bleeeeh ... too flimsy for my taste ... That CB650SC (AKA nighthawk ) hit me for info on it. Have had 3. The MFing carbs on it aren't worth a plug nickel ... but hey it will run great once setup ...
Cool.
Srinath.

The SV is her bike!  She is an avid rider...  has 7-8K miles on her SV in the past year.  And that was her first bike. 
I owned a CB650 a year ago as my first bike.  It had some major problems...  Started burning oil then tossed a cylinder on the freeway...  I parted it out completely.  Rumor has it that 4 years ago all it needed was a battery...  Now it has sat for 4 years as well...  Comes with a clymer.  Need to get the factory service manual.  Srinath, i may take you up on your info offer...

Congrats! You're upholding the tradition of GStwinners marrying up...

Grats    You two make  cute couple at least thats what my wife said over my shoulder  .

G'luck with your future together.

-ash

congrats and best of luck!

NICE!  How'd you sucker into it?  Nice job catching one out of your league... J/K.  HA HA HA... Yeah, mine is too.  She's hot, smart, and kind...  I'm an ugly jerk.  


My 4th Anniv is 2 weeks from tomorrow...  I got my wife a great gift...  A Condo in the city.  


A couple tips for ya' (which you might already know)...  

1.  Small weddings are better than big weddings in all ways.
2.  If she insists on a big and expensive wedding, just do it...  The 5 years it will take you to pay it off will be MUCH nicer than the 30 years of hearing about how YOU HAD to have a small wedding.
3.  If she wants the groomsmen to wear purple vests (or some equally stupid color), tell her how cool it would look for them to wear

that color and you to wear black, silver, or whatever color YOU want.    It worked for me...  I told my wife that there are only two things I want...  1. Bow ties 2. I want to wear a black vest.
4.  Unless you REALLY REALLY don't like something she picks, just let it slide...  Tell her how GREAT of a job she's doing and that you trust her decisions on the wedding (See #1 for the "30 Years of pain").
5.  Attempt to reserve Veto power, but don't push too hard...  Remember that weddings are for women.
6.  If you haven't met her family or already know that they suck, get a small flask and fill it with something stiff...  But, walk the line and don't drink too much...  Remember that you have duties to perform after the party is over.
7.  Something like 50% of couples don't have sex on their wedding night (So I've heard)...  It is YOUR job to make sure this happens...  Quickies count...  Find a way to sneak away for 10-20 minutes (depending on how complicated her dress is).[/list]

Then........  Once you're married, it gets a lot harder for a short time.  I don't know why, but everyone I've ever talked to says that right after they were married, something went amiss and shaZam! got hard...  Just stick it out...  It'll get better.

Marriage is like rolling a boulder...  When the road is flat, it's not too hard...  Minimal effort gives average returns.  When the road slopes, it rolls itself...  Almost no effort...   But, the steeper the hill the harder you have to work.  Hard Work == Happy Marriage.  Lazy == BAD!  As long as both of you work at it, you can make it last forever....  I've been with my wife for almost 11 years (only 4 of marriage though).

And marriage really does kick ass...  

Congrats man and happy planning.  Rvertigo covered the ground rules pretty good