Is this a pending romantic engagement?

A man wants to know - is this a romantic engagement?

Dear Savvy,

I need some romance relationship advice. I live in Colorado and was at the Mile High Music Festival in Denver this past weekend. It was a great festival with a great lineup of bands including Dave Matthews, Tom Petty, John Mayer, Spearhead and many others. It was also incredibly HOT, reaching 100 on Sunday. This made for a lot of great scenery and a great overall half-naked party vibe.

People were having a good time and I enjoyed cooling them off with the mist from the spray bottle that I'd thought to bring along on Sunday. I especially enjoyed spraying this one tall, attractive, fun-loving blonde who was sitting not too far in front of me. One spray led to another and naturally, we ended up engaged.

We experienced all the various emotions, the highs the lows, the ups the downs, that one experiences in such a relationship and even had our first big fight when I became enraged with jealousy over another man placing his cold camel-back bladder across her neck to cool her off. We were somehow able to get past this and I knew that the healing was complete when I was able to place my flexible blanket of little frozen gel packs between our hot bodies. Only the fact that my easily embarrassed daughter was looking on kept this from turning into sweat-soaked session, complete with occasional misting, in front of thousands of people.

Some people might doubt the validity of our relationship and engagment, saying "that's not enough time" or "you hardly know each other", or "she only wants your water", but I suspect that these are the same people who really believe that Elvis is dead, or that you shouldn't calm a crying child by telling them "Every time a child's tear hits the ground, God kills a puppy." Naysayers!

Anyway, while Savvy (that's HER name, coincidentally, the same as yours! More common than I thought, I guess - not sure if she writes a romance advice column or not) and I are engaged, and obviously deeply in love, I'm not sure where our relationship is going, when our wedding will be, or who I'm going to use for a best man. I'm also torn between Tijuana and Vegas for the actual ceremony. I've also felt very bad about, at times, doubting the validity of this relationship myself. I have to ask myself..."Can I really respect someone who leaves before Dave's set is done?" Please help. I know you have all the answers. Is this a romantic engagement?

Sincerely, Jack

Congratulations on your romantic engagement! And best regards to your Savvy – sounds like a fascinating girl. I hear two questions and as you guessed, I do have the answers.

Are you really engaged? Girls like to say they’re engaged to make other girls jealous and rub their noses in their bliss. They also like to show off shiny rings and tell the proposal story ad nausea. So tell me, Mr. Jack… how many carats- and did you get down on one knee or have a plane fly-over? If you can’t answer either of these questions properly – your engagement is not valid.

Can you respect someone who leaves before the DMB set is over? Absolutely not. Can you admire someone who gathers their belongings and moves them to the back of the crowd prior to the mass exodus in order to save time in the parking-lot scrum but stays until the very last note? Absolutely!

You sound like a true gentleman and connoisseur of good music and crazy fun. Your daughter is a lucky girl and Savvy is a cooler person for knowing you and your kindness.

Best to you,

Savvy