You know how sometimes girls jump to conclusions even though it may not be the most logical conclusion considering the circumstances? I had one of those moments this weekend.
Yesterday I went to a small church in Arlington. A friend was preaching and a few of my friends went to support him. The church was real small. The room where they were holding the church service was set up so that the main entrance was at the front of the room, just to the left of the main stage area. About half way through the sermon I realized that I was going to need a bathroom soon. Not wanting to distract attention by using the poorly placed entrance, I tried to "hold it." After "holding it" as long as I could I finally gave in and I tried to sneak out as quietly as possible. When I came back I planned to sneak in as inconspicuously as I had exited however as soon as I opened the door I was greeted by my friend who was preaching, who immediately said to me, "Chris has something he wants to give you." As I walked around the small partition between the door and the main stage area, I saw Chris standing on the other side of the room with his hands behind his back, intently looking in my direction. Hmm....this is the moment where I jumped to a conclusion that really made no sense considering the circumstances. Let's review the facts: 1) we were at church, 2) the church service was obviously still in progress, and 3) we were visitors who knew few people there. Despite all of these circumstances, I thought that this was my moment that all girls dream about, or so they say, and all I could think was, "this is not the appropriate place for this," and "this is not the proposal story I want to tell everyone for the next six months." As I stood there looking utterly confused and I suppose somewhat terrified, I heard one of my friends shout out something about how this was part of the sermon. I guess my face betrayed what I was trying to hide inside. Still bewildered I walked toward Chris and accepted his gift - a dead rose. Even more confused than before all I could say was, "What, a dead rose?" As it turned out, the giving of a dead rose was part of an illustration in the sermon and I just happened to go to the bathroom at just the right moment. Chris was oblivious to everything and didn't even realize what all the girls had picked-up on until after the sermon was over, although he now knows that a proposal made during the middle of church in front of a bunch of strangers is not a good idea. As it turned out, he knew that already and was surprised to find out that I would even think that he would put that little thought into it. Oh, what fun it is to date and go through those awkward little moments where your innermost hopes are uncomfortably displayed for a small group of friends and a bunch of strangers. I must admit however, that I have never seen a prettier dead rose.
