One of the writers of The Rules got married…

The groom Lance Houpt on one of his first dates with Ellen Fein:

He added: “When you go to these singles weekends, some people are a little too intense, a little too desperate. Ellen was light and breezy.” (She was following one of her books’ directives that women should emulate a summer breeze, not a tornado, when they are around men they like.)

Sounds positively dreamy.

On their engagement:

“By the time we got engaged, we’d been together three years,” she said. “He did take me to a restaurant and get down on one knee. I was really embarrassed. We’re really old.”

I thought the point was to have the whole huge proposal and wedding. I’m so confused.

All snippets via the NYTimes.