Patriot
Isabella is Lazarus
you got the wrong impression...it was "completely voluntary"I dunno, iffin someone was putting me in a scuba suit, I'd be expecting a diamond now and then...*LOL*I'll never forget after getting engaged and sitting around the Thanksgiving table at the AIW's parents home for the first time.
I hear her say "oh no Mom, this is New Orleans with a warm climate, Mike is working hard to provide for me, and Fur Coats are frivilous and too expensive and I'd never get one in respect for Mike. :clapping: Now diamonds... !!!"
remember, she's pure bred Italian...bigger and stronger than moi...there's no "putting" or "making", believe me...