I suppose this is a sign that I should call home more often

[omorka]

So my father called me tonight. When I found out it was him, I was steeled for bad news - usually my mother is the one that calls me, and his sister - my favorite aunt - has had first breast cancer, then lung cancer, for a while now. But no, he just wanted to talk about stuff.

In the process, almost offhandedly, he mentioned that the older of my two younger brothers and his long-term girlfriend have set a date. Imagine my shock; I didn't even know they were engaged yet! I am slightly irritated at angelprojekt for not saying anything about it in her LJ - doesn't she know I rely on her for news about things like this? (If you're reading this, I'm not really mad, but I am surprised you didn't mention anything.)

So now I have to plan to be home for part of July. O the excitement. But I am happy that my brother has decided to take the plunge; he and she seemed to be a very good match, the couple of times I've been around them together. (Wow, I get a second sister-in-law, too.)

My other sibs seem to be okay, if not necessarily making a steady path through college. Why was it so much easier for me than all of them, I wonder?


(edited because I can't spell, and to note that apparently Vernal Equinox causes people in my LJ circles to post about their families . . .)

Comments

[starcat-jewel.livejournal.com]

A note on language usage: for people in your father's generation, "they've set a date" is often synonymous with "they've become formally engaged". So you might not be as far behind the curve on the news as you thought.

[omorka.livejournal.com]

Oh, actually, that was poor wording on my part - what he actually said made it clear that they'd been engaged since Christmas or so, and that they just formally decided on a date relatively recently. Sorry about that.

[altamira16.livejournal.com]

I was going to say congratulate your brother J for me, but then I thought that was your initial as well and could potentially be any of your siblings' initial as well. So congratulate the appropriate one, and if he doesn't know who I am, nevermind.