When would you expect a proposal from your guy?

We were having this conversation at Kallang Mc on Wednesday night after watching Live the Dream at Media Corp (Shauna went through by the way). Was feeling like crap after an incident in school regarding a doctored MC submitted by a student and had to play detective the whole day and night. It was around 10pm and we were having dinner and Eugene insisted he didn't want to share my chicken nuggets.

Then I asked him, "So when are you going to propose?" (you may think that I'm very brave to ask this, but he talks about it like aunties talk about price of fish so it's no big deal between us)

:-O <- this was his face before he broke into a huge smile (was he embarrassed or wat?) and asked why??? "Cos you were asking me about rings and how many carats I'd want and stuff like that.. that was around 2 months ago? Excitement cooled off liao ah?"

"No la... er... I shouldn't talk too much about it ma... Then when it happens it will be when you least expect it, " he said rather sheepishly (quite cute)

"Issit.... Or is it cos you changed your mind about it?"

"HUH? why?? No!" (defensive mode)

"It's ok la... understandable. Cos no push factor for you to propose ma. "

"HUH? what? wat push factor?"

"There are a few reasons for a guy to propse k.. you dunno ah... "

"Ok what are they....?"

Then I listed down the factors I manage to come up with as I spoke (I was trying very hard not to sound crappy, this kind of thing, the girl must be the expert)

1. He feels he's losing the girl.
2. He wants to move out but doesn't have enough money. (laughter from him)
3. Pressure from girl. (no i'm not guilty of this)
4. Pressure from parents.

"And none of them applies to you at this point of time... this relationship too comfy for you hor ;) "

And then he exclaimed, "WHAT?

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE POWER OF LOVE!?"

"(very calmly) Define the Power of Love please hor" (cannot let him win)

So for the next hour we debated about what is the Power of Love and the scientist in him kept throwing out Newton's law and formulae and rubbish. Heng I still remember enough Physics to counter attack, if not ah, he think he can smoke me so easily!!!

We came up with the following method on what is the Power of Love and how it can be calculated. Extremely nonsensical and stupid and long but it was so funny how we arrived to a conclusion.

So (fanfare and drumroll) Tada! Here you are:

(warning: if you dunno your O level physics, you better dun read and just scroll down for the overall formula la. If you are the kind who ace quantum Physics in University pls dun read oso in case you vomit blood)

How can you calculate the Power of Love?

Consider P = W/t where P is power, W is work done and t is time

Since work done = force x distance,

Therefore P = F x d / t where P is power of love, F is force of attraction, d is distance traveled by the couple and t is the total time they were together.

The force of attraction between 2 people is measured from the extent which they need each other emotionally, physically and mentally. This can be quantified by a questionnaire which is filled in and totaled up to give a number.

Sample question:

1. How often do you meet up per week? (for example 3 times)

2. How often on these occasions do you feel more obliged than wanting to meet? (for example 2 times)

3. Resultant force in this case would be 3-2 = 1

The distance traveled together is a metaphorical one. It can be quantified by the length of time the couple has been together. The longer the time spent together, the further the relationship develops. Therefore the distance traveled is directly proportional to time.

How much you are willing to spend on your partner must be taken into account. You may think at this point: Wah liddat millionaire benefit la! I so poor sell my socks oso not enough to buy expensive gifts can?!

Thus the accumulated monetary value of gifts must be divided by the monthly income to give a more realistic figure, giving us G/I

Recall: P = F x d / t

Since d α t and taking into account G and I,

d = Gt/I

hence P = F x Gt/tI

= F x G/I

Hence I conclude that


Power of Love =Force of attraction x value of Gifts / Income

So Eugene damn lucky la... cos he has very little income from his tuition (although he gets 2K from his research but he insists that's not income lar) ! wah lau...

And worse still by the end of it all he took all 3 of my nuggets and ate them WITHOUT ME NOTICING!! (then some more act act like want to buy more for me)

So much for the Power of Love -_- '''
diao....