[Wynonie Harris]

I decided to propose to my wife about a month after we met. I invited her round to my house and set the scene with subdued lights, romantic music and a bottle of wine...then I popped the question. She looked at me with a horrified expression on her face, burst into tears and rushed out of the room. I sat there thinking that this was possibly not the best move I'd ever made, then I followed her to find out what was the matter. It turned out that, because her English was still very limited at that time, she'd thought I was saying that I was already married! Fortunately, I managed to explain to her with a little bit of Spanglish, she accepted and we were married four months later.