'It wasn’t really a traditional proposal with an engagement ring and Jeffrey down on one knee professing undying love,' Ina Garten writes in her memoir, 'Be Ready When the Luck Happens.'
"It wasn’t really a traditional proposal with an engagement ring and Jeffrey down on one knee professing undying love," Ina writes in her memoir, 'Be Ready When the Luck Happens'. It all started when Ina was 16, visiting her brother Ken at Dartmouth College. While she was there, her mother asked Ken to set her up with a classmate.
If the idea of dating a Jewish freshman from Florida whom you have never seen doesn’t repel you, how about dropping me a note and we could work something out. If you are not at all interested, don’t even waste the stationery.The two started dating, often visiting each other while Ina attended Syracuse University and Jeffrey finished his tenure at Dartmouth on an ROTC scholarship.
“We negotiated a different kind of relationship, which was more of a partnership," says Ina. "He's such a kind, supportive, positive and constantly kind of adoring guy that it's just been wonderful.
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