RAY AND PEGGY ENGAGED

PEGGY AND I HAD BEEN DATING FOR A GOOD LONG TIME AND WAS THE BEST OF FRIENDS. IT WAS TIME TO MAKE THE NEXT STEP “ASK HER TO MARRY ME”

WE WAS AT A MOVIE IN DOWNTOWN WEST PALM BEACH EITHER THE PALMS THEATER OR THE FLORIDA THEATER NO MATTER BOTH ARE GONE NOW

WE WAS ALL HUGGED UP WATHING THE MOVIE WHEN I HAD TO GO TO THE BATHROOM. BEHOLD THERE WAS A VENDING MACHINE IN THE MEN’S ROOM COMBS AFTERSHAVE ETC. AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST DIAMOND RINGS YOU HAVE EVER SEEN AND IT WAS ONLY A QUARTER.

I BOUGHT ONE

I WENT BACK TO MY SEAT, SAT DOWN ALONG SIDE PEGGY AND PUT MY ARM AROUND HER AND PULLED HER CLOSE.

TIME WENT BYE AND I WHISPERED IN HER EAR “I HAVE SOMETHING TO ASK YOU” I PULLED OUT THE RING AND SAID “WILL YOU MARRY ME”

SHE GOT ALL LIMP AND MUSSY AND HAD A HARD TIME TALKING AND SAID “NO I NEED TIME TO THINK”

WELL I WAS STILL HAVING FUN AND NEVER EXPECTED HER TO SAY YES .SO I SAID “WHAT! OH NO!” LOOKED REAL SAD AND HURT AND THREW THE RING ACROSS THE THEATER.

PEGGY JUMPED UP AND RUN TRYING TO FIND THAT GREAT BIG DIAMOND RING. ON HER HANDS AND KNEES LOOKING FOR IT IN THE DARK OF THE THEATER SHEHEARD ME LAUGH

DAMN SHE WAS PISSED AT ME AGAIN

MONTHS LATER WHEN THETIMECAME TO REALLY ASK HER WE WERE IN BACK OF THE A&P GROCERY STORE WHERE HER WORKED.BY THE DUMPSTER I ASKED HER SERIOUSLY AND SHE SAID YES.

AND YES IT WAS ANOTHER 25 CENT PLASTIC RING SHE BROKE TWO OF THEM FROM WEARING THEM OUT THE THIRD SHE STILL HAS IN HER KEEPSAKE TRUNK.