Will You Marry Me?

[chefjamesscott]

Lets just say duct tape and a shotgun were involved.

1001 uses i guess

Yea, I guess so, but I plan on proposing with bacon instead of a ring.

mmmmmmm bacon


double mmmmm bacon

Well, I will give you the whole run down.

1991 I am in this church just sort of checking it out, out of the back comes one of the people who plays a violin, I say hmmmm god I would like to marry someone like that. I love the violin but have never been able to play since I have not dedicated the time.

Well, since I am a 24 year old biker/punker leather jacket wearing rough person with tatoos the 16 year old pastors daughter is most certainly off limits. Ain't it funny how people can't seem to get past appearances.

I try a couple of times to get to know this person and get totally blown off by her dad and other people, so I basically go MEHHHHH may your downpipe reverse direction(basically uff da up yours). I have never been one that will suck up to anyone.

Fast track to jan 95, one wednsday evening the very same violin player comes up to me and hands me a note and off she goes. The note says she has been watching my life for the past 5 years or so and would like to be my friend. About a week later, I invited her to go out for a coffee at a local arts coffee house a funky neighbour hood coffee house run by an avant garde artist.

Over coffee, I told her that I really could not have a girlfriend because that would really end up in a direction where I did not want to go. To which she responded well then can I be your wife! I then responded, so I guess I don't have to ask you to marry me!

I scratched together as much money as I could and hunted down a really nice antique white gold engagement ring from one of the local shops. And gave it to her a couple of days later.

What was crazy is that literal fan not only stopped but reversed at mach 10 when her parents came home after the weekend and found out that their daughter had gone off and gotten herself engaged without their permission. Her dad honestly did everything he could to try to mess things up, even bringing in this lawyer dude from montana who had designs to marry her.

End result was 10 months later on april 6, 96 Rachelle Povey became Rachelle Scott. At the wedding we had a hand binding ceremony with a 3 twined silk rope that I made and colored gold , silver and red. In the middle of the ceremony without anyone knowing it ahead of time I had a song played that was about 5 minutes long and rachelle and I just sat down and had a private talk.

It took her dad about 10 years to get his head out of somewhere and begin to realize that his whole fear based view of stuff was wrong.

So here we are 13 years later going strong, kinda like that george strait song where the 3rd grader gives a note to the boy asking him if he wants to be her friend.

We have a great time living life to the fullest and have 7 wonderful kids and 1 coming around late november. If I had any pictures I would post them maybe I will try to get the video digitized and I will find our wedding albumn and take some shots to post.

this is my wife an gaddiella

I have converted 2 of my kids to be members of ac/mfk

and this is her grandfather, who based on the information fed him by my father in law actually got up to the mic during our dinner and threatened me if he found out I hurt his grandaughter in any way. He is actually a very good man. the last 2 kids on the left are their cousins

 

[Camshaft Ramrod]

It's ok, bacon is a powerful thing. Lets just keep it on topic from here on out.

 

[Camshaft Ramrod]

Awesome story Chef. The violin is a nice instrument. I actually played it for 9 years before giving it up. Not too many girls dying to get backstage and get with the violin player..

13 years is a long time. Good luck with the remaining.


Oh, I still have that stupid thing I gotta send you. lol, I'll get it to ya...eventually...

 

[chefjamesscott]

here is an even better story

so my wife leaves her violin at the church one day without knowing it is her great great grandfathers violin. I give you a guess at what kind of violin. Her grandfather is a maestro violinist. Well since her dad thinks that going easy on street people is a cool way to reach them, his easy going ways invites some light fingered people and a certain very rare instrument happens to float away never to be seen again.

Boy was her grandpa peeeved. He could not believe it. He asked them "DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THAT VIOLIN WAS WORTH????????????" Honestly the dude was peaked.

So here is a finish to my wifes violin story. They replaced it with another but not so good violin.

Then one day my sisters ex boyfriend is dumpster diving and finds a really old wooden case pulls it out and inside is a very old violin in a few pieces to say the least, since he knows my wife plays violin he gives it to me. I look at it but it is beyond repair and to me is basically parts, so I gave it to her grandpa. The violin has the makers mark on it and was made in the late 1800's, some german dude made it.

Well 6 mths later along comes grandpa and hands my wife a now reassembled violin so perfectly repaired that you can see the cracks from where it was in pieces but you could not tell that it was a pile of wood before. The sound is totally awesome, not a strat, but, a very good copy of one as was prevalent in that time period!

To bad her origional one which was a strat got hoffed by someone.

I will take some pics from our wedding albumn and post them and some pics of the violin as well

 

[Camshaft Ramrod]

that story made my stomach turn.
At least it wasnt a total loss.

 

[SiestaSkyy]

I once propossed. She was a beautiful girl. I loved her from the moment I layed eyes on her. She was wonderful. I still remember the smell, I even still have the taste on my lips. It was a late night. I admit I had had a few drinks. Me and my friends were hungry and decided to stop at a resturant. everyone ordered and not ten minuets later... boom, she had brought me an extra strip of bacon. Not Jim, not Chris, not Mike, ME. I got down on my knee right there in that Dennys and ill be damned if she didnt bring me an extra side for 1.99. She refused my proposal for marridge that day. But Ill always remember that bacon. I love you bacon.