Faux Proposal

I'm starting to think that my co-worker Molly needs to hang out with people displaying better common sense.

Molly wears her grandmother's antique diamond ring everyday. (It's a family heirloom that was passed to her).

The other night, while sharing a meal with a male dinner companion, he asked to see her ring.

She took it off and handed it to him. The Joker got down on one knee, and asked her to marry him.

Beyond mortified, because the entire restaurant was staring at them, she whimpered, "Yes," hoping to shut him up.

Her agreement had the opposite intended effect. Being an attention whore, and possibly tipsy as well, the Joker stood up and told everyone who would listen, "She said yes! We're getting married!"

All throughout dinner, restaurant staff and customers came over to congratulate the "happy couple." Basking in the attention, the Joker made up stories about how they met, the length of their "courtship," where the ring was from, etc. He was completely oblivious to Molly's discomfort.

I don't know why, but after dinner, instead of telling him to get lost, she agreed to go with the Joker to have drinks at a nearby bar.

Unfortunately, some other people at the restaurant had the exact same idea. When Molly and the Joker reached the bar, they were recognized by some of the patrons as "those kids that just got engaged!"

The congratulations, interrogations and the squeals of "what a pretty ring!" started all over again.

Molly wanted to die.

This is why Molly's a nicer person that me. Instead of suicidal feelings, I would have felt homicidal.