Engaged In Religious Debate
(My boyfriend proposes after a seven-year relationship. We are not religious, even though his parents are. We are having dinner with his parents.)
Dad: “You two had better become Christians. You need to thank God; he made it happen.”
Fiancé: “We don’t believe in God. I understand you do, and we respect it. But please don’t push it on us. We are getting married because we want it to happen; not God, nor anyone else.”
Mom: “I think you need to reconsider. Two nights ago, we were wondering when you would marry. I prayed to God for you to marry, and it worked!”
Dad: “Yep. So it is God’s work. Who knows how many more years you’d go on without proposing if we hadn’t prayed?”
Fiancé: “Did you say just two nights ago?”
Dad: “Yes!”
Fiancé: “I started ring shopping three weeks ago, and bought it last week.”
Mom: “Well, you probably would have just kept it, and been afraid to ask if we hadn’t prayed!”