After several weeks of deliberating and doubting, not to mention worrying over every perceived non-existant problem in our relationship, I bought me a gold ring and popped the question...

Only to receive an instantaneous and very excited "YES!"

Having the instant urge to tell everyone I've ever met the happy news, here's my exalted exclamation:

I'M GETTING MARRIED!!!!!

White gold, right? :p

No seriously: congrats!

Congratulations! :)

Congratulations Urithrand! I raise my glass to you :beer: (I'm under 18 so it's really cordial in that ;) )

I wish you well.

Congratulations! Even though I think 22 is way too young. You seem to have your head screwed on properly, though. Hopefully she does too. Best wishes to you guys.

Hell, and I thought this would be a Xmas related thread...

Good on ya, dude. Marriage isn't exactly my thing... but if it works for ya and makes ya happy (gah, I hate this word), then it's all good.

Cheers :beer:

Time to :banana: and :beer: again!

Congratulations to both of you!

Congratulations! Even though I think 22 is way too young.
That's a load of BS. I got married when I was 21...well it was 6 days before I turned 22...but leagally, I was still 21. My wife and I have been hapily married for over a year now.

Congrats Uri...make sure you have a good bachelor party! :thumb: :rolling:

:banana: Congratulations, Urithand.

That's a load of BS. I got married when I was 21...well it was 6 days before I turned 22...but leagally, I was still 21. My wife and I have been hapily married for over a year now.


BS? As in you think I'm not giving you my truthful opinion? If you look at what I said, I stated it as an opinion not a black and white truth. Let me help you out by adding some bold text:

Congratulations! Even though I think 22 is way too young.

So the only way this statement could be BS is if I was lying about my opinion, which I wasn't. Therefore, it's absolutely not BS. It's my truthful, honest to god opinion. ;)

If you're questioning why I have this opinion, well, the statistics that have caused me to form it are pretty overwhelming. Of course there are exceptions to the rule, and plenty of young people who make it work. Hopefully you and Urithand prove to be among exceptions! Getting through the first year is great, congrats! But come talk to me in another 5 - 7 years. Most people change so drastically from their early 20s to their early 30s that young couples often find that they've grown incompatible.

But anyway, I could go on and list statistics and such, but I won't. Let's keep this a happy thread, rather than a debate. My intent was to congratulate Urithand, while simultaneously throwing out a rather benign word of concern. Nothing worth turning into an argument.

Very nice, congrats.

Congrats - your life will change forever, but most of the changes will be for the better.

Congratulations Uri! :thumb: :beer:

Only to receive an instantaneous and very excited "YES!"

Well, that beats the "I suppose" I got when I proposed. (j/k)

Congrats, and all the best! :thumb:

Congratulations Uri! Now all you need to do is convince your wife-to-be to join SP ;)

EDIT: Make that husband-to-be before Splunge's head explodes trying to figure out what is going :shake:

Whatever, congratulations! All the best to you both :)

Since Uri isn't around to clarify this himself, I'll just make a little side note here about the fact that he's gay... for obvious reasons.

Since Uri isn't around to clarify this himself, I'll just make a little side note here about the fact that he's gay... for obvious reasons.

Well, I must be the densest person here, because the "obvious reasons" aren't so obvious to me. Not that I give a rat's ass.

Again Uri, congrats. I wish you and yours much happiness together. :)

Splunge, uh, the post above mine, and a couple other references to his "wife"...

Tal, At the risk of sounding even more dense, your post refers to himself, and the one above yours talks about his wife. A "him" with a "wife" doesn't suggest that he's gay. So when you say that "he's gay...for obvious reasons" - those "reasons" still escape me.

And again, I don't care. This thread isn't about my stupidity. It's about best wishes to Uri.

Congratulations again Uri (again) :).

Gay = Happy?

Edit: Nevermind. I had to reread to understand. Well, still, congrats to you and your guy Uri!

Splunge... :shake:

Everyone who visits our chatroom knows that Uri is gay - he doesn't keep it a secret. Just most people here don't know about it. The "obvious reasons" in my post refer to why I've made the side note. The obvious reasons for my side note were people talking about his wife-to-be. It'd have been best if he'd explained the situation when he's opened the thread, but since I haven't seen him online in a few days to point out what's happening in the thread I took the liberty of steering people in the right direction.

Clear now? :D

If we could move away from the issue of the forum's broken gaydar and back to Uri's news....

So you couldn't bear to wait before asking after all huh? Congratulations! :) May you two (continue to) be very happy together, and, as the others have said, may the worries people have about young marriages be random statistics that never has anything whatsoever to do with you :) Tell me when to send flowers or something!

:jawdrop: Married! :eek: Congrats Uri! :D :beer:

Splunge... :shake:

Everyone who visits our chatroom knows that Uri is gay - he doesn't keep it a secret. Just most people here don't know about it. The "obvious reasons" in my post refer to why I've made the side note. The obvious reasons for my side note were people talking about his wife-to-be. It'd have been best if he'd explained the situation when he's opened the thread, but since I haven't seen him online in a few days to point out what's happening in the thread I took the liberty of steering people in the right direction.

Clear now? :D

What we have (err, had) here is (was) a failure to communicate. :shake:

Wow, I go away to visit the in-laws to be and come back to a full blown debate!

Thanks for clearing that up Tal, I never really made it plain on the boards, but it was only so long :p

Yes, my "Future wife" is called Craig, but you may refer to him as "wifey" if you must XD

Incidentally, I think 23 (Which I will be by the time the big day occurs) is plenty old enough to get married, but age is irrelevant, we're in love.

Well Congratulations to you Uri, may your husband and you have a happy life.

OK, so now that we (or at least I) have that sorted out, I just noticed this from Uri's first post:

I bought me a gold ring

You cheap jerk! You bought yourself a ring and not him?!?

:p

I bought a ring for the most important person in my life :D

Well, Uri, I hope that it all works out for you. Of course, I'm hoping for the same thing myself! I don't believe I noticed (maybe I'm dense) but when is your big day?

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Okay so I heard about this earlier, but reading it again makes me feel all fuzzy for you, Uri ^_^

Good luck brother.

You're a really sound guy, so I wish you only the very best mate!

:) Age is not important. Commitment is the key word and from what I know of Uri from FAI I believe they have a very committed relationship. In fact older people can be too set in their ways and have a hard time adjusting to the needs of the other person.

Again, congratulations, Uri and let your friends in FAI know where you have the silver registered. :)

LKD, I didn't say but we're set on October 18th so quite a way off yet. Still might have difficulty getting that day, I find it funny that 10 months is considered short notice :lol:

Yes, my "Future wife" is called Craig, but you may refer to him as "wifey" if you must XD
That's odd...IIRC *he* wears the pants in the relationship. :p :rolling:

10 months is considered short notice :lol:
:whoa:
If this is "short notice", I don't even want to know what "a long time in advance" is!

Belated happy wishes, Uri, and best fortune for the relationship! Here's to you and your beloved. :beer:

Don't worry about the age. While it's true certain crucial brain structures aren't quite grown for you, they are almost certainly coming along nicely and will be well shaped in a loving partnership. ;)

So, more power to you! :thumb:

That's odd...IIRC *he* wears the pants in the relationship. :p :rolling:

If you call Doing the cleaning, washing, ironing, cooking and making me cups of tea while I go out and earn the family bread "wearing the pants" then yes indeed, he does :p

And thanks again to my well-wishers, appreciated :D