I have a friend who has the most amazing bar in her basement. Every time she has a get together, there’s always something new on the shelf. I get so envious, she knows I go crazy over her Lolita martini barware, so whenever she wants to watch my eyes bulge, she’ll pull out the most unique martini glasses I’ve ever seen.

She usually uses them for both function and decor, but last weekend she added one more use to the menu. She’d invited me and a few other friends over for dinner.  Afterwords we met downstairs for drinks – nothing out of the ordinary.

As she began pulling out martini glasses to make us drinks, she said she had an announcement to make.  So we all quieted down and stepped up to the bar to take our glasses.

That’s when we all noticed the hand-painted design – a Lolita glass full of gold an rhinestones with the words “I do” written on the base.

My eardrum almost burst when another friend started screaming, “Oh my God, you’re getting married?!”

That’s when she stopped hiding her left hand under the counter and started waving the heaviest, flashiest ring I’d ever seen.

Yes, I was jealous, because I wanted one really badly. When is it gonna be my turn to get the latest from Lolita?

Now next time, if she breaks out the New Mommy Glass I’m gonna know what’s up.

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