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rogue_designer
11-23-2007, 14:21
So now that all family has been told (made for a nice Thanksgiving Toast, I'll tell you that).
I can post in public on the intertubes.
My loving KT has graciously agreed to be my wife.
No dates or anything have been set, but it's only been since last Saturday, we havn't really had a chance to think that part through.
I'm happy.
*skips around deliriously*
Congratulations, all the best!!!
pesphoto
11-23-2007, 14:57
Congrats! Start saving up.
nikon_sam
11-23-2007, 14:57
Congratulations on your proposal and her acceptance...all the best!!!
photogdave
11-23-2007, 15:09
Congrats! :)
A piece of advice: buy any camera gear you want now.
Congrats - FrankS is a ninja master with his piece of advice!
crawdiddy
11-23-2007, 15:17
A piece of advice: buy any camera gear you want now.
...and write it into a prenuptial agreement. (oh man, that sounded cynical)
Seriously though, congratulations.
cp_ste.croix
11-23-2007, 15:24
Congratulations!
Roger Hicks
11-23-2007, 15:36
Congratulations. I hope you two are as happy as Frances Schultz and I have been since meeting in May 1981 and marrying in June 1982.
Ignore all the crap about buying cameras. If we could afford it, our next purchase would be a 16-18-21 Tri-Elmar for Frances.
Cheers,
R.
jan normandale
11-23-2007, 15:37
Congratulations and all the best!
Women are better than cameras (I'm excepting misogynists and OCD cases)
Advice? Drop your photography for one year... she doesn't need 'competition' in the first 365 days.
Congratulations!
The Honeymoon should make for great travel opps ;-)
Ciao
Joerg
David Goldfarb
11-23-2007, 16:33
Congrats--your rogue design has succeeded, I take it! Always a good thing when reciprocity does NOT fail.
back alley
11-23-2007, 16:40
i realize this is a time for celebration for most people on the planet...and i do not wish to convey the sense of dread i feel when marriage is spoken of in polite company...so i will simply say that i wish you and your intended the best that life has to offer.
joe
terrafirmanada
11-23-2007, 16:42
Good job! and congratulations.
A piece of advice: buy any camera gear you want now.
and shoot photos with her...
Congrats!!
mfunnell
11-23-2007, 18:50
My loving KT has graciously agreed to be my wife.
...
I'm happy.
...
*skips around deliriously*Congratulations! All the very, very best for you and KT.
...Mike
amateriat
11-23-2007, 20:33
BIG congrats to you and yours, rd. Since I imagine she must know something about your interest in photography, I like to think things will go even more swimmingly than they do now. Of course, I'm an optimist in matters like this. :-)
(Edit: I didn't vote on this one ecause I couldn't decide. Sweetheart and me have been together for just over a decade, although we haven't tied the knot. She's more than tolerated my creative indulgences/impulses, proving it's not impossible.) :)
- Barrett
Sisyphus
11-23-2007, 20:39
Don't do it, please I am speaking from experince . . . I am trying to save from years of misery. It is much better to be single and not have to deal with anyone telling you what to do or how to live your life, and forget about buying any more equipment, it's all over. I'm telling you . . . run while you can . . . . I should've followed this advice from my closest friends, who knew better. Now I am stuck like them.
Goodluck otherwise!
Advice? Drop your photography for one year... she doesn't need 'competition' in the first 365 days.
Whoa jan, I'm going to have to disagree here. If anything Rogue should do more photography now and the first year, and set the expectation early on. That is, a low expectation for 'together time'. Then there won't be any disappointment, and when he does cut back to his normal level, he'll be seen as a saint.:angel:
A bit cynical, but hey, marriage will do it to ya!;)
Congratulations rd! I wish you and your fiance a long and happy life together. I have been married for over two decades and still think it is the best thing I've ever done. As for all the stated concerns by others about your fiance and future wife affecting your ability to enjoy photography and acquire additional camera gear, all I can say is that one of the keys to a happy and successful long term relationship is recognizing what is truly important to your partner and finding a way to support it. To do anything else is to be at odds with each other which is the beginning of the end of a committed relationship because you are no longer working together and, instead, are two individuals each trying to maximize their own position. Sorry to get so heavy but the message is actually a positive one in that if photography is truly important to you then she should support it deeply rather than fight you over it.
-Randy
mfunnell
11-23-2007, 21:00
Don't do it, please I am speaking from experince . . . !Even speaking as someone who regards himself as being retired hurt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substitute_%28cricket%29#Retired_hurt) from the romance game (a term from cricket that's an apt an analogy to my current circumstance*) I find that horribly pessimistic! Don't listen to the nay-sayers. You and yours go on to a wonderful life together.
...Mike
"If a batsman retires because of illness, injury or any other unavoidable cause, he is entitled to resume his innings..."
SolaresLarrave
11-23-2007, 22:38
Congratulations, Liam¡
Now... you have another choice in your life. You can choose to be right forever, or to be just happy, whether you're right or not. Choose wisely, because that'll determine the rest of your life and your married life.
As for yours -truly? Who am I to be right? :)
Now, just as you'll show her how your cameras work, do something she likes (like attending concerts, cooking, or anything she may have as a hobby).
And, of course, my most heartfelt congratulations! :D
Congrats!
Just don't try to photograph your own wedding! :D
juno_lau
11-24-2007, 00:49
Congraduations!!!
i think you can infect her with the GAS, if you have
so you dont have to worry about your budget :p
sweathog
11-24-2007, 02:11
Many, many congratulations!
rogue_designer
11-24-2007, 06:25
Advice? Drop your photography for one year... she doesn't need 'competition' in the first 365 days.
Heh - luckily I have two excuses, one the photography is a growing part of my income. Two... she's a photographer as well. :D
Thanks all. We're pretty happy about it.
pesphoto
11-24-2007, 06:26
It does help when your wife is a photographer also as is the case with me and my wife. Many happy years together!
leica M2 fan
11-24-2007, 06:38
Wish you and KT much success and much Happiness. :)
pesphoto
11-24-2007, 06:45
My parents are about to hit their 50th anniv. And I have many many relatives who have long marriages so to me marriage is for life and I dont share the same skepticism as many here seem to. I waited until I was 40 years old to find the right one and it was worth the wait!
foto_fool
11-24-2007, 09:53
Congrats! Twenty years and two recent kids later, I and mine are still a team. She's never asked me how much my gear habit costs - god love her. She, like I am, is a dilettante photographer and has her own thing - she is more utilitarian in her worldview than I and only deals with digital these days. Best of luck you two - go out and make it work.
- John
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