My mother claims my father didn't propose. Let's get married, he said, then they did.
Over the weekend, I saw a jewelry store advertisement where a man and woman are in a shared space at home, both using their cell phones - but not talking on them. Something appears on the screen of the woman's phone, so she holds it up to the man to verify, to ask what it is. He holds his phone up to hers to complete a cell phone screen puzzle that asks for her hand in marriage. Another, on the kitchen table today, had a triple-band ring and three fingerprints - in gold, silver, and bronze dust - with the text LOVE. FRIENDSHIP. FIDELITY.
