When Grace Coolidge saw her future husband for the first time, he was half naked. While watering the flowers outside her house in Northampton, Mass., Grace glanced up through a neighbor’s window and saw a man shaving in his underwear and a hat. She laughed and quickly turned away, but Calvin had overheard her. The courtship began, and a year later, he popped the question—or rather, popped the declarative statement. He told her, “I am going to be married to you.” And that was that.
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The Dos and Don’ts of I-Do’ing: Proposing the Presidential Way
Won’t someone please draw this picture for me?