Welcome to The Moth.
I'm Chloe Salmon.
There are so many ways a story can move you.
It can make you laugh, cry, can make you rethink your place in the world.
But sometimes a story can make you go, are you kidding me?
He broke up with you via text?
After you cat sat for him?
Jerk.
I know that when we review stories at The Moth,
those are the ones that often lead to us spending 10 minutes sharing our own tales about the times we were flabbergasted by the absolute audacity of another person.
So in this episode, two stories that'll make you go, they did what?
First up is Becca L.,
who told this at a Denver story slam where the theme was, appropriately enough, love hurts.
Here's Becca live at The Moth.
I remember laughing when he asked if I wanted to marry him.
Not at him, but at the joy and the idea that anybody would want to marry me.
That this man that I loved wanted to marry me.
I was grinning from ear to ear, and he had tears running down his face, and I made a joke.
I said, are you sure?
He laughed and said, no, but I can't imagine my life without you.