Eighteen Marriage Proposals Later, I Give Up on Marriage

I proposed to Aria eighteen times.

She agreed every time, but after I gave her eighteen dowries, she still used all sorts of reasons to delay the wedding date.

"Caelan is taking his driver's test soon, I don't want to distract him."

"Caelan's cat at home is sick, wouldn't getting married now just add to his troubles?"

"Caelan's been in a good mood lately, let's wait a bit. It's rare for him to be happy!"

Caelan was her childhood sweetheart, and the man who had secretly loved her for eighteen years.

Later, Primrose tearfully begged me, "Honey, what about your nineteenth proposal? As long as you propose to me, we'll have the wedding right away."

I held my new bride's hand and boasted to her, "Who's your husband? I'm already married."

"Oh, and if you don't pay back the dowry from the first eighteen proposals soon, you might be facing a lawsuit."