Rules of Engagement

I have struggled to come up with an appropriate way to share the big news that happened recently. I had considered a romantic ode attempting to articulate my feelings, but I soon realized that this was bound to fail. I thought of resorting to humor, but this too seemed inappropriate. Breaking the news through the use a sailing metaphor was considered, then quickly dismissed. Simply reporting the sequence of events was an option, albeit a boring approach. Instead, I’ll just state the news directly: on July 1^st I got engaged to my lovely girlfriend, Megan.

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