The following is a chat conversation held under my screen name last in the Summer of 2006 by Shelly Duet (posing as JoshManning.com) and Lane Trahan.

LaneT: What's up?
JoshManning.com: Hanging with some hot chicks.
LaneT: as usual
JoshManning.com:Yeah, you know …
LaneT: lol
JoshManning.com:Did you know I moved to Nebraska?
LaneT: Are you serious?
JoshManning.com: Yeah, no lie
JoshManning.com: I'm working at the University of Nebraska now.
LaneT: sweet
JoshManning.com: I know! I was so excited when I found out.
LaneT: lol, that's awesome!
JoshManning.com: I moved up here b/c of this girl I meet. Her name is Samantha.
LaneT: Really?
JoshManning.com: Yeah. I meet her at the World Missions Summit.
JoshManning.com: I can't believe a girl like her would like me!
JoshManning.com: She's a hottie!
LaneT: Wow, Josh, that's amazing!
LaneT: I'm happy for you.
JoshManning.com: We're getting married in Sept.
JoshManning.com: and I'm serious
LaneT: NO! WHAT?? WHAT??
LaneT: JOSH MANNING IS GETTING MARRIED?
JoshManning.com:Yep! Can you smell the love tonight?
LaneT: How do I not know about these things?? Are you lying to me because I will punch you in the face - Internet or no Internet!!!!
JoshManning.com: No lie. Not many people know, so don't say anything!
LaneT: geez... geez... man who knows then?
JoshManning.com: My family, the girl, and you
JoshManning.com: Don't you feel special now?
LaneT: Really? Why would you tell me then?
LaneT: Yeah, I do.
JoshManning.com: I just had to tell someone and you were online.
LaneT: Well when did you propose?
JoshManning.com: Yesterday
LaneT: Man! That's awesome! I can't believe this, Josh. I'm so happy for you,
JoshManning.com: Don't tell Dan. I want to break it to him myself.
JoshManning.com: I'm going to send you a pic.
LaneT: ok
LaneT: Man, this is so exciting!
JoshManning.com: Yeah … you telling me!
LaneT: ok
JoshManning.com: I've been talking to her all year but I couldn't
JoshManning.com: do anything b/c of the internship
LaneT: ARE YOU SERIOUS???
LaneT: JOSH! You were mackin' all year and we had no idea?
JoshManning.com: Yep!
JoshManning.com: That's what I do best!
JoshManning.com: here's the link:
JoshManning.com: http://www.joshmanning.com/friends/photos/random/random38.jpg
JoshManning.com: Hottie, huh?
LaneT: awe yeah!!!!!!
JoshManning.com: She's got a sister …
JoshManning.com: haha
JoshManning.com: She's 18 ½.
LaneT: Her sister's 18 ½?
JoshManning.com: No her sister's 21.
LaneT: She's 18?
JoshManning.com: Yep, the girl I'm marring.
LaneT: Whoa.. how old are you?
JoshManning.com:24
LaneT: whoa
LaneT: can I just say.... whoa
JoshManning.com: yeah a lot of people said that. she's going to be 19 tomorrow so I'm trying to think of a way to surprise her for her birthday.
LaneT: that's... she's younger than me
JoshManning.com: Yeah, but her and her parents are ok with it.
LaneT: wow, Josh ... wow.. I'm flabbergasted... you're getting married... and you were hiding this all year!
LaneT: I'm so mad
LaneT: yet happy
JoshManning.com: Yeah, haha, I hope everyone else reacts the same way.
LaneT: lol oh they will trust me... right now I'm bursting because I want really bad to just go into the house and yell it out
LaneT: but I won't
LaneT: don't worry
JoshManning.com: I might bring her to Lafayette sometime to meet ya'll.
LaneT: sweet!
JoshManning.com: Yeah don't say anything
LaneT: ok. you can trust me I promise
JoshManning.com: Thanks, cause there's still some girls Lafayette trying to holler
LaneT: lol... you're going to break so many hearts!
JoshManning.com: I'm really worrying b/c Shelly's been trying to holler and I don't know how to break it to her. We had along talk before I left.
LaneT: lol are you serious?
JoshManning.com: yeah nobody knew about it but me her, Molly, Amy, Becca, Kelly, ET, Logan, Logan's brother, Jason B, and Luke.
LaneT: wait.. you are being serious? I never know if you are or not?
LaneT: I'm so confused
JoshManning.com:yeah I'm dead serious. She said she's always wanted a down the bayou boy.
LaneT: But Shelly? Shelly doesn't seem like the type to do or say anything like that.
JoshManning.com: I'm telling you man, when you got it you got it!
JoshManning.com: She didn't want people to know the truth …
LaneT: You see you're always joking. I don't know if you are serious or not.
JoshManning.com: I'm dead serious.
JoshManning.com: no lie
LaneT: So then how come all those people knew?
JoshManning.com: Shelly's got a big mouth. They talked about it in life group and 1 on 1's
LaneT: geez are you serious?
LaneT: this is absurd I can't believe
LaneT: how do I NOT know something like this?
JoshManning.com: It almost got me kicked out of the internship, but it was April so …
LaneT: oh shut up
JoshManning.com: She didn't want too many people to know
JoshManning.com: I'm the one that told ET
LaneT: Well what about this girl that you're marrying? If you were talking to her then how did this happen with Shelly?
JoshManning.com: She just didn't want to leave me alone. I told her to stop hollering but she wouldn't.
JoshManning.com: Don't tell anyone. She would be mad.
LaneT: I won't say anything but... I mean you got to understand how hard this is for me to believe.
JoshManning.com: I know! How you think I felt when I found out?!?
JoshManning.com: Everyone else was shocked too!
LaneT: ga.. I'm speechless
LaneT: I don't believe you! I can't this is absurd!
JoshManning.com: Yeah, I almost slapped her when I found out.
LaneT: oh shut up!
LaneT: Are you pulling my leg? Because it isn't funny!
JoshManning.com: No, I'm serious!
JoshManning.com: She said she only had eyes for me, but she wanted to play everyone else off cause she didn't want it to be obvious.
LaneT: shut up... look I know Shelly ok? And that is not even close to something she would say!
JoshManning.com: You don't know Shelly, trust me …
JoshManning.com: She's crazy.
LaneT: Come stinking on, Josh!
LaneT: now I can believe some ridiculous stuff, but this is too much
LaneT: if it's true I'm sorry, but you have to understand
LaneT: this is just absurd to me
JoshManning.com: Yeah I know. I was keeping it all in b/c I didn't think many people would believe me, but it's true.
JoshManning.com: But it's all in the past now. I got my girl and I'm sticking with her, no matter what Shelly says :-)
LaneT: What if I were to ask someone who knows if it's true?
JoshManning.com: The only person I'll let you call is Molly
LaneT: Why her? What about Kelly?
JoshManning.com: Well, she's talked more to Molly about it, but Kelly would be my next choice. Kelly D'Avy that is.
JoshManning.com: But call Molly. She knows more.
JoshManning.com: Kelly might have forgotten.
LaneT: ok
JoshManning.com: She only accidentally heard about it.
LaneT: how?
JoshManning.com: She overheard Molly talking about it on the phone.
JoshManning.com: way in the beginning
JoshManning.com: So are you going to call Molly?
JoshManning.com: No, Lane, don't call anybody …
JoshManning.com: This is a joke.
JoshManning.com: Guess who this is.
JoshManning.com: GUESS!
LaneT: WHO?
LaneT: WHO?
LaneT: WHO?????
JoshManning.com: Guess who's talking to you right now! Just guess!
LaneT: NOO
LaneT: Tell me!!!
JoshManning.com: You fool come on
LaneT: Shelly??
JoshManning.com: Yeah
JoshManning.com: I'm prankin you
LaneT: NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JoshManning.com: haha gotcha
LaneT: I'm laughing so hard right now!!!!!
LaneT: Shelly, I can't believe this!!!!
JoshManning.com: Josh isn't getting married, we called Kelly, I do not have the hotts for Josh, and he's not moving to Nebraska!