"Not horribly so. And it definitely sets the right mood, I think." He loves spoiling her, and her awed reactions only spur him on. "And of course it's okay."

He winks.

"Why wouldn't it be? They love you, and she's been waiting for me to bring a nice girl home for her to meet forever."

He's never had someone to introduce her to before; Ellie's the first woman he's been this profoundly serious about, ever, and to his way of thinking, the only woman he ever will be.

"After church. We'll have lunch with her in her retirement home's formal dining room, if that's okay, and then she'll want to show you baby pictures of me."

He winks, perfectly fine with that brand of embarrassment. Ironically, the time his family sued the gossip rag for printing a photo of him sunbathing in the nude, it was his grandmother who found the picture first... so she may very well recognize Ellie.