There was to be a full moon this coming Saturday. Monica knew that Crispin would propose. He was such a dyed-in-the-wool romantic. He loved the full moon, the stars, the night sky. In fact, Monica was so convinced he would propose that she changed her mind three times as to what she would wear.
The day arrived! The evening arrived!
“Let’s not go to a film or a concert tonight,” suggested Crispin. “There’s to be a full moon so let’s go to the park and wander around the duck pond as the moon rises.”
Monica was so glad she had opted to wear sensible shoes instead of the high heels she had initially planned.
Together they sat on a park bench at the duck pond. The moon rose. The evening was as clear as a bell. Monica sighed. It was a heavenly sigh of happiness and expectation. The moon had fully risen.
“Let’s go get a coffee,” suggested Crispin.
Not quite the proposal she was expecting…
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Although he did “pop a question”.
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Very true.
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Monica seems to be projecting her romanticism onto Crispin. The name Crispin sounds like a chips packet btw. I always enjoy reading the names you give your characters.
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I was just saying the other day that Crispin sounds like potato chips although it is a proper name (though uncommon).
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Further to that – I usually take the names out of the days obituaries. This morning I wrote a story (due late August) using the name Creswell.
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Very different from our Raos, Rajashekars and Padmanabhans!
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I should use those names – are they polite?
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Very. Lol they are common names here in the South.
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Are they boys or girls – it’s important if I riddle a story with sex.
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They’re all loincloth-wearing, bespectacled South Indian men with thick moustaches. Aren’t we living in a post-gender era though? Google Elliot Page and you’ll get an idea of what I’m taking about!
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Crispin got cold feet underneath the moonlight…the moment had passed.
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Perhaps he was checking out whether he’d get a coffee brought to him in the mornings if they got married.
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Yea…testing her out maybe…
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I have measured out my life in coffee spoons….
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Ha! Good one!
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Ah, Bruce! You made me laugh out loud again!!! Hurrahs to you.
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Glad to have brightened your day, Lisa.
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The is a repeat of what happened with my daughter. (PS – He did propose two years later!)
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They should have leap days more often!!
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Got married about 15 months later – looooong preliminary!
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Such a romantic.
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