Cynthetiq

Engraved in my European engagement ring
20-11-00 Skogafoss


I proposed on that date in Skogafoss, on the south shore of Iceland in the village of Skogar. I did not get on one knee as you can see it's icy and it was very cold. I said to her in Icelandic (she speaks some Icelandic) "Will you give me the honor of being your husband?"

I chose those words because she thought it was nice when Anthony Edwards said that on an episode of ER. To make it my own, I learned how to say it in Icelandic in about 3 days, each time I went to the bathroom or got a moment alone, I checked my crib sheet which a friend had helped me translate it into phonic Icelandic.

She initially didn't understand what I said but understood because I had the ring...

one doesn't learn "Will you marry me?" as part of normal conversational language learning.



cynthetiq & skogafoss with Skogafoss (Forest Falls) behind us.

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