Mary Jeanne and Kent are engaged!  

My youngest sister had a pretty crappy track record when it came to men.  In high school she was goth, in an attempt to distance herself from the rest of us.  She grew up the youngest, by eight years, of nine and it wasn't so much like growing up the only child of older, tired out parents, as it was growing up with ten sets of parents.  Anyway, when you're goth, you don't exactly attract the guys your parents want you to date.  Her high school boyfriend was a perfectly lovely young man who wore make up and dresses.  After all these years, he still calls her insisting that they can be friends but it always ends with him in tears so she doesn't take his calls any more.  Her next boyfriend didn't wear dresses, but he could have.  He was last seen trying to climb in the bedroom window of her second story apartment.  She had to get a restraining order.  After that was a nice young former marine who asked her to marry him on the second date.  She made the mistake of going out with him a third time.  She had to get another restraining order.  Then she met a drop dead good looker who wanted to be a massage therapist or a dog trainer.  They got engaged.  We were all horrified.  Neither of them had a clue about anything.  She dumped him a month later when she "realized he was dumb and boring." She was going to swear off men completely, but met a really cute guy who seemed nice, through some friends.  He was a pizza delivery boy with no other apparent prospects.  While there's nothing wrong with that (my brother Andy delivered pizza long after his first child was born, but he had an excuse; he was an actor ) a twenty five year old girl really ought to have a little more on her mind than "Can he get me good pizza?"  Not a lot more, but a little more.  Like "Can he get me a lot of really good pizza?"  Inevitably, pizza boy got boring and  she once again thought about taking a break from the dating scene.  I was relieved as it was getting to the point where she couldn't go anywhere without running into someone who wasn't allowed within 500 feet of her.

  Then she told me about another really cute guy she met at the pizza parlor where the last one worked.

  "NO!" I said "Mary Jeanne, you CANNOT  date anyone else from the pizza joint unless he owns it!"

  "He DOES own it."  she threw down like a royal flush.

Four years later and he hasn't gotten boring or stupid.  In fact, I doubt if a restraining order would keep Mary Jeanne away from Kent.

We're all excited that they are tying the knot and not only because it'll make Mary Jeanne so happy.  We all love Kent.  He's been part of the family for years even though he hasn't changed his name yet.   And the man makes a killer pizza!

 

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