Ike Graham[on the perfect proposal]Look, I guarantee there'll be tough times. I guarantee that at some point, one or both of us is gonna want to get out of this thing. But I also guarantee that if I don't ask you to be mine, I'll regret it for the rest of my life, because I know, in my heart, you're the only one for me.
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[Maggie has just left her groom standing at the altar, and has jumped aboard a FedEx truck]
Maggie CarpenterI guarantee that we'll have tough times. And I guarantee that at some point, one or both of us will want to get out. But I also guarantee... that if I don't ask you to be mine, I'll regret it for the rest of my life. Because I know in my heart... you're the only one for me.
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Ike Graham[moved]That's a pretty good speech, Maggie.
Maggie CarpenterWhen I was walking down the aisle, I was walking toward somebody who didn't have any idea who I really was. And it was only half the other person's fault, because I had done everything to convince him that I was exactly what he wanted. So it was good that I didn't go through with it because it would have been a lie. But you - you knew the real me.
Maggie CarpenterI love Eggs Benedict. I hate all the other kinds of eggs. I hate big weddings, with everybody staring. I'd like to get married on a weekday while everybody's at work. And if I ride off into the sunset, I want my own horse.
Ike GrahamYes! Yes! That's right, with the priest, you wanted scrambled. With the Dead Head, it was fried. With the other guy, the bug guy, it was poached. Now it's like, "Oh, egg whites only, thank you very much."
Maggie CarpenterNo... that's only funny at Camp Birchwood in the tent at three in the morning and it's raining and my leg is the pole! That's the only time that's funny.
Maggie CarpenterBless me Father for I have sinned. My last confession was... well. Anyway, I have sorta a technical question. I've been having bad thoughts, really bad thoughts.
Maggie CarpenterNo, No, I want to destroy this man's life, career everything. I want revenge. Now on a sins scale how bad is that? Can I Hail Mary my way out of that?
Ike GrahamMaggie, what are you doing? You really want that guy up there to drag you up Annapurna for your honeymoon? You do not want to climb Annapurna!
Ike GrahamNo, you don't. You want a man who'll lead you down the beach with his hands over your eyes, just so you can discover the feel of the sand under your feet. You want a guy that'll wake you up at dawn. He's just bursting to talk to you, can't wait another minute... just to find out what you'll say. Am I right?
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Maggie CarpenterStop it. I am getting married on Sunday, and you are just trying to make me run. Because you're a cynical, exploitive, mean-hearted creep who wouldn't know real love if it bit him in the armpit! All you do is... is tear others down and laugh at them and criticize what they do because you're too afraid to do anything yourself. I read your columns. You never once wrote anything about yourself. I am not the only one that is lost, and you know it. Am I right?
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Ike GrahamA toast to uh to Maggie's family and friends. May you find yourselves the bulls-eye of an easy target. May you be publicly flogged for all of your bad choices. And may your noses be rubbed in all of your mistakes.
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Walter CarpenterHoney, your grandmother and I are thinking about having a wedding gift museum.
Maggie CarpenterNo! It's humiliating, and it's gone on long enough. You may not like that you have a daughter with problems, but guess what? I don't like that I have a father who's drunk all the time.