Finally Did it!

If you guys could make a trip up to Tulsa, I work at Copper Canyon Day Spa. It is very small and quiet, and very nice. I think you would really enjoy it because it could provide a more intimate atmosphere for such a special occasion. Plus, I know some excellant massage therapist! We could go above and beyond for you guys and you'd pretty much have the place to yourself. Also, if you were able to make the trip and would like to stay the night so you could enjoy more of Tulsa, I would recommend the McBirney Masion.

www.coppercanyondayspa.com

www.mcbirneymansion.com

Congrats on the big decision!
 
I have known a few older people that chose not to have kids, and i wouldn't wish it on anyone ever. All they had in thier old age were strangers caring for them that didn't care at all. It's a lonely life when you get old if you don't have those kids around to make sure you get taken care of. Dogs and ferrets ain't gonna be there when that time comes. Have as many as you can afford and reap the rewards. It's all worth it in the end. My wife and i went 1 year after our kids were grown with just the two of us, and it really seemed empty. We could do as we pleased and run around all we wanted, but it was still empty.

CMC thanks for the compliment. I was there for 38 years, where were you lol? I'm not really that much of a people person to be honest. I love kids, but most of my friends are tattoo artists, almost all of the county sherriff's around here, and bikers lol. I mostly only see my friends when i go out. I don't allow any BS around my house and my kids at all.

My wife's friends are about all that come around here, and they are shocked when they meet me lol. They never expect her to be married to a tatood pierced up biker type like myself lol. If you met me on the street in my normal clothes you would never know i even had a tattoo until i take my shirt off or put on shorts lol. I keep my hair short and clean cut and look like a normal guy most of the time lol. When we go to the beach i look like a walking comic strip lmao. I have one leg that is all Dr. Seuss tattoos, but the rest are demons, daggers, and bullet holes lol. I probably have around 40 pr more tattoos and adding . They all tell the story of my life in one way or another though.

I'm the kind of guy that will give a stranger my last dollar if they need it more then i do, but the first one to tell someone where they can go and directions on how to get there if they need them lol. Ask my nieghbors about the stockade fence that runs all the way to the street between us so they can't even pull out of thier own driveway without playing Russian roulet with traffic lol, and the tree that the trunk and two branches are left standing in thier yard and the rest that hung over my yard that i had cut down and hauled away because they got out of line around my kids ONE time. I had the fence put up and the tree down the very next day lmao. Pratter can tell you how huge of a tree it was, (about 60ft. tall), he couldn't even get his truck in my driveway because of it lol. They forget i have a little bank account and 780 credit rating that i don't mind using. They wish i still lived in Oklahoma too lol. I don't do any drugs other than the ones prescribed to me, or drink except on Friday night with my friends, but you would swear just the opposite if you ever saw me out in my tanktop and shorts that i normally wear. My friends say i'm the best person they have ever known and my enemies swear i am the Devil in person lmao.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14550357#post14550357 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dugg
I have known a few older people that chose not to have kids, and i wouldn't wish it on anyone ever. All they had in thier old age were strangers caring for them that didn't care at all. It's a lonely life when you get old if you don't have those kids around to make sure you get taken care of. Dogs and ferrets ain't gonna be there when that time comes. Have as many as you can afford and reap the rewards. It's all worth it in the end. My wife and i went 1 year after our kids were grown with just the two of us, and it really seemed empty. We could do as we pleased and run around all we wanted, but it was still empty.
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OK seriously Dugg, lets not shift the focus of the thread. Its a celebration of future engagement for J_rod...As I am growing quite tired of the "my life will suck without children"...speech"
 
Not trying to shift the focus of this thread, just encouraging J_rod to have a big happy family and enjoy his future with his wife to be. You are more than welcome to your my pets are my kids life eddybaby, seriously lol. Enjoy it.
 
I can't wait to have kids. I said my wife is on me about it, but I never said I was against it. You can ask any person in this world what the greatest day in their life was and I guarantee they will say "the day my son/daughter was born". I am ready for that feeling.

I'll tell you what Jared, you take her to a spa in Tulsa where it's just the two of you she'll really like it, and feel very special, but it may take away from the surprise a little. I don't know your relationship, but my wife would have expected something was up if I did all that for her and there was no occasion. That being said, a spa all to yourself sounds pretty bigtime.
 
Hey, you could always say you're making the trip to "check out the fish stores up here". :) None the less, you really do not even need to make a big show of it at all. My husband proposed to me out of no where one day when I was on my way to work. He tried to make all of these plans and me being so anal about being to work on time was uncompliant with anything he was trying to do. I had no idea what he had in mind and pretty much ruined everything. It was still one of the happiest moments of my life no matter how it happened. But if you want to make it special, I can definitely help you out.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14550960#post14550960 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by gdub25
I can't wait to have kids. I said my wife is on me about it, but I never said I was against it. You can ask any person in this world what the greatest day in their life was and I guarantee they will say "the day my son/daughter was born". I am ready for that feeling.

I'll tell you what Jared, you take her to a spa in Tulsa where it's just the two of you she'll really like it, and feel very special, but it may take away from the surprise a little. I don't know your relationship, but my wife would have expected something was up if I did all that for her and there was no occasion. That being said, a spa all to yourself sounds pretty bigtime.
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The spa is a great idea, just make sure you don't strip down to the buff or she might laugh at you first! lol JK It took me 5 years of " When your out of college and I have a good job speach" before I asked her. Finally did it and 5 1/2 years, & 1 of the cutest most honery little girls later I wouldn't change anything for the world! Congrats!
 
The spa idea is cool. Just tell her you're going to run to the bathroom and stick the diamond in her face through the hole in the bed :)

I think I'm going to keep the ring in my ski jacket and wait till we're on the mountain. I'm going to 'find something in the snow' or find some other way to get her off the main run and off into the trees a little bit. That way I'll be able to get my gloves off and get the ring out before she gets there. I think a "hey Honey, come look at this little marmot" would do the trick. I'm a bit of a nature watcher and it wouldn't be out of the ordinary for me to run off and look at some little animal running through the snow. That would put me down on my knee and all that jazz and leave her completely in the dark until she sees the ring.

I'm excited, so I'm sure J_rod is too!

Good god, woudlnt' it make for an awkward ski trip if she said no :p
 
Save some $ and tape the ring on the bathroom mirror and write will you marry me in lipstick on the mirror. When she wakes up in the morning and goes to the bathroom she will freak out and if you're lucky you'll be real late for work lol. All that sneaking around sometimes backfires big time. A friend of mine bought his girl a $4000 ring made reservations at an expensive restuarant and hotel, and she found the reciepts before hand and thought he was sneakin around and started a huge fight. They never ended up getting married and he is still stuck with a $4000 ring lmao. Be spontanious and just do it out of the blue. Always the most romantic in the end. Good Luck however you do it.

Did you ask her dad for her hand? That is also a very romantic thing to do, and gains much respect with the inlaws right off. A little old fashioned, but a very respectful and romantic thing to do before you ask her. Not that it matters if he says no but respeful all the same. Both of our parents said no way it will last a year lol. Here we are 25 years later more in love then ever.
 
Don't forget to close the drain lol. would suck having to take the pipes apart to get her ring out of muck and hair lmao.
 
dugg,

I'm having a boy in June! Was married in August 25th 2007, he's due June 25th 2009...

Im working on the nursery this weekend..."Where the Wild Things Are" will be the theme, and we might, MIGHT, name him Max. Those of you who know that book, know the kids name in the book was Max...

Harrison, Jack, Quniton and Maxwell are the short list.
 
Congrats by the way, to you two getting engaged/married, etc...

Its always scary but its the BEST decision in the world, as long as you KNOW you've got the right one!
 
Congrats one the baby Chris ;). Remember the first 5 years are the seed in the ground. After that you deal with whatever kind of plant grows lol. You can mow it down every day but the same plant grows back every time. I was very strict on the manners on my oldest and everyone rode my butt about it saying i was too strict. The youngest i said , ok you guys show me your way and they spoiled him. The oldest has a college degree and makes good money. Never gave me any troubles at all. The youngest turned into a crackhead and is like the plague wherever he goes lol. He thinks the world owes him something because he always got what he wanted growing up. If you mold them into good respectful kids from birth to 5 you are good from there and probably never even have to discipline them ever again, if you spoil them and let them have thier way until 5, you are in for a life of hell on earth. Mine both graduated school as Valedictorian's, but the youngest took up with the wrong crowd immediatly after leaving home and was on the crack pipe in under 30 days. My oldest got his highschool diploma and associates degree in the same week. He is now a nurse and between him and his wife (also a nurse) they nock down almost $120 an hour. They both work every other weekend (4 days each a month lol) and spend the rest of thier time with thier kids.

My little ones now say yes sir or no sir yes mam or no mam at 2 and 3 and have manners or sore butts, thier choice lol. Kids really thrive on discipline believe it or not.
 
Thanks. Well i got the ring in, and is is really nice. I think i am going to ask on April 1st. It is are 5 year, so ya. lOL
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14576198#post14576198 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jrod_vr4
Thanks. Well i got the ring in, and is is really nice. I think i am going to ask on April 1st. It is are 5 year, so ya. lOL
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Its not going to be some terrible April Fools joke is it?
 
I thought about doing that at first. Getting a nice ring box and bame, has a lump of coal in it. Then show her the real thing. did not think that will go over so well.
 
If there is something she really likes or likes to do, you could incorporate that into asking. My wife likes art, so I had the art museum at OU make a fake exhibit with the ring! Most places are happy to do something for you.
 
that's really cool!

I did things for people all the time when I was waiting tables at Nonnas. I had one guy give me his ring at the beginning of the meal and build a dessert dish around it. I got with our dessert girl and had her dip some strawberries in chocolate and drizzle them with a vanilla cream sauce. I arranged them around a bed of microgreens on a small saucer with a few other berries and flower petals for looks and the strawberries off to the sides of the saucer. I put the ring on the microgreens in the center and hid some dry ice chips under the greens. Before setting the dish in front of her I drizzled a bit of hot water over the dry ice and it caused this awesome little mist to rise from under the greens around the ring. Needless to say, it was a big hit with both of them since she had no idea he was proposing and he didn't know what the dish would look like. I think he was just expecting it to be on a small cake or something.
 
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