Funny Story

Have you heard the one about the guy who was too chickenshit to propose to any of the women he loved, for, like decades? 

So he finally meets a woman and falls in love and wants to marry her, wants to be her husband, can't believe it, totally unexpected, even though the situation is complicated, but he figures, well, all situations are complicated. 

He and the woman finally get a chance to be together in ordinary space time and he sees his chance. He stumbles through a bunch of if's— important qualifiers, given the delicate situation and the desire to avoid causing harm—if and if and if. But after those, he finally manages to form the words with his mouth, "Will you marry me?"  



And she says, "Yes, if possible."





And then they break up.