Excerpt from My Love Story by Tina Turner [1] "Tina, will you marry with me?" This was my first proposal from Erwin Bach, the love at-first-sight love of my life, the man who made me feel dizzy the first time I saw him. His phrasing was a bit quaint-he's German, so English is not his first language-but liked it. He was probably a little surprised when I said, "I don't have an answer"All I knew was that it wasn't yes and it wasn't no. This was in 1989, after we had been together for three years.was turning fifty, and Erwin who was thirty-three, thought needed a commitment from him. He was gracious to offer but I loved our relationship just the way it was Plus, I wasn't certain how I felt about marriage. Marriage can change things and, in my experience, not always for the better [2] Twenty-three years later (so much for not having a commitmentl, Enwin proposed again This time, his timing was perfect. We were with a dozen close friends cruising the Mediterranean on our friend Sergio's yacht, the Lady Marina Looking back, I should have known something significant was about to happen. We were somewhere very pretty but it wasn't romantic enough for Erwin I found out later that he consulted Sergio, who suggested we sall to the Greek island of Skorplos "Erwin, this is the best place!know for a most romantic moment." Sergio promised him What can you Infer from Turner's line, "Rius,I wasn't certain how Ifelt about marriage. Marriage can change things and, in my experience, not always for the better"? Maybe she has read an Informational text explaining that the current divorce rate is about 45% Maybe she was married to Bach once before and was reluctant to do It again. Maybe she has conducted marriage ceremonles for people whose marriages didn't work out. Maybe she was married before, and the marriage didn't work out well.