jack
jack

She said “Yes!”

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JacksonOfTrades
JacksonOfTrades

@jack Wait, what?! Well, whatever it is, congratulations! :D

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derekpeden
derekpeden

@jack congratulations to both of you!

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JohnPhilpin
JohnPhilpin

@jack oh my GOODNESS … many congratulations ... will we get to meet her ?

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kitt
kitt

@jack congrats!

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matthewlang
matthewlang

@jack Congrats!

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rnv
rnv

@jack Mazel tov! Will this be the first Micro.blog wedding? (And will you be aiming to keep your vows under 280 characters? 🙃)

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jack
jack

@JacksonOfTrades Thank you!

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jack
jack

@derekpeden Thanks so much!

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jack
jack

@JohnPhilpin Thanks. I'll bring her by if I can pull her away from Facebook long enough :)

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jack
jack

@jamesshelley Thanks!

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jack
jack

@kitt Thank you!

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jack
jack

@matthewlang Hey, thanks!

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jack
jack

@rnv Ha! I should have thought of this while we still only had 140! :)

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JacksonOfTrades
JacksonOfTrades

@jack @rnv 140 characters each :p

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hjertnes
hjertnes

@jack Congratulations, mine said yes a few minutes over midnight 01.01

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jack
jack

@hjertnes Nice. I didn't mention to her that it happened to fall on National Pencil Day because if I had she might have said "No" :)

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jack
jack

@hjertnes Wait, this past 01/01? If so, belated congrats to you both! (If it was years ago then a very belated congratulations!)

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alans
alans

@jack Whoo! Congrats to you both!

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colinwalker
colinwalker

@jack Woohoo! Congratulations 😊

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hjertnes
hjertnes

@jack a few minutes into this year :)

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jack
jack

@hjertnes awesome!

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schuth
schuth

@jack Wishing you many, many years of happiness together.

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furstenberg
furstenberg

@jack Congrats!

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hjertnes
hjertnes

@jack Thanks! I prefer to share personal stuff more when I feel like it instead of when they happen 🙂

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furstenberg
furstenberg

@hjertnes Gratulerer!

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kaa
kaa

@jack congratulations. Start of a journey :)

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seansharp
seansharp

@jack Whoop! :-)

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Ron
Ron

@jack Well played, Jack! A brave and lucky lady.

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retrophisch
retrophisch

@jack Congratulations!

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bsag
bsag

@jack Congratulations to both of you!

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smokey
smokey

@jack Congrats!

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jack
jack

@jack Thank you to everyone sending such nice notes about my recent engagement. I planned to reply to everyone individually, but I had no idea there would be so many! What a wonderful place this is. Thank you so much for the kind words! My ~~girlfriend~~ fiance asked, "Who are all these people? Do you know them?" and I answered "I feel like I do know them, yes."

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Burk
Burk

@jack Hooray! Congrats to both of you! 🎉🍾🥂😀

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vincent
vincent

@jack awesome news. Congratulations!

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renem
renem

@jack congratuliations to both of you!

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hjertnes
hjertnes

@furstenberg Takk

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colinwalker
colinwalker

@jack 😆 it’s going to be a very large reception!

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rnv
rnv

@jack A few years ago, I was in a coffeeshop full of strangers. At a nearby table, an older man was being interviewed by a young woman. They were close enough so I could just make out what they were saying if I tried. I wasn’t trying. At some point, his cell phone rang. With an apology to the woman, he answered it.

He flustered through a short call and then said to the woman, “Well, apparently I’m a grandfather.” His daughter had just had a baby. Those of us closer to him whispered the news to those further off, and within a few seconds, the entire coffeeshop full of strangers gave him a round of applause.

I would like to think that when someone says, for example, “I’m a grandfather!” or “She said yes!” that the natural human response is that of hearty congratulations. I would like to think that real community is easy to find, while toxic swamps of hate and fear only happen when something is broken.

Easy to find, but hard to maintain. Why?

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stefp
stefp

@jack Congratulations!

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helgeg
helgeg

@jack Congrats to both of you!

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eli
eli

@jack congrats!!!!!!

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BestofTimes
BestofTimes

@jack Congratulations to you both

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Aleen
Aleen

@jack Aw, congrats!

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unoabraham
unoabraham

@jack Congrats.

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jack
jack

@rnv thanks for sharing such a great story

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EddieHinkle
EddieHinkle

@jack Congrats! One of the best things that can happen in life.

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smokey
smokey

@jack jack.baty.net/2018/frie... :-)

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svbck
svbck

@jack Congratulations!

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seishonagon
seishonagon

@jack congratulations!

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apulianas
apulianas

@jack congrats! I asked the same question two weeks ago :)

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jack
jack

@apulianas awesome! It’s very exciting, isn’t it? I’m trying to be all calm about everything but it’s kind of a big deal.

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apulianas
apulianas

@jack It's pretty cool haha. The Monday after, Rachel started sending me all these wedding planning documents and I thought to myself “I've unleashed the Kraken"

Because of next year being a really hectic year for us, we are looking at 2020 which gives us a lot of time to get things situated.

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