Harrison Ford proposes to Calista Flockhart after 7yrs of dating

[underpants]

http://www.examiner.com/x-1798-NY-Celebrity-Mom-Examiner~y2009m3d22-Harrison-Ford-proposes-to-Calista-Flockhart-after-7yrs-of-dating

Harrison Ford and girlfriend Calista Flockhart are engaged to be married, sources close to the couple confirm exclusively to PEOPLE. Ford, 66, surprised Flockhart, 44, with an engagement ring on Valentine's Day weekend while the two were away on a family vacation with son Liam. The couple has been together for seven and a half years. No wedding date has been set yet.

The actor's companion since 2002, Calista Flockhart, 43, adopted the youngster in Ford's life, son Liam, in 2001.

"She's brought a child back into my home," Ford says of Flockhart. "My youngest, other than Liam, is 17. It's a wonderful opportunity to be part of a child's growing up, which is always an endless springtime. You see the blossoming and the growing and the nurturing and the payoff."

Ford, who was PEOPLE's Sexiest Man Alive in 1998, also has four older children – Benjamin, 40, and Willard, 39, his two sons with first wife Mary Marquard (to whom Ford was married from 1964 to 1979), and a boy and a girl with his second wife, E.T. screenwriter Melissa Mathison (to whom he was wed from 1983-2004): Malcolm, 21, and Georgia, 17.

Asked what sort of mother Flockhart is, Ford replied: "The best in the world. She's a mother by choice – she adopted Liam before we met, as a single parent, which is an awesome responsibility to take. She's devoted herself to Liam and has done a really wonderful job raising him. I'm happy to now have a part of the job."

[bicentennial_baby]

1. Huh? She adopted his kid in 2001, but he was married until

2004? :wtf:

Did I read that incorrectly?

[Rabrrrrrr]

3. That's an odd one, because it's also a year before he and Flockhart started dating.

I think the "2001" must be a wrong date.

[Chan790]

4. She adopted the kid, then they started dating.

The sloppy piece of the journalism is referring to the kid as "his" without making clear she's was the adoptive parent as a single parent. He might have also adopted the child later also, but that was not stated.

[Maine-ah]

5. they're saying...

that the young child in Ford's life is the adopted child of CF. She adopted the child b/f they even met.

poorly written article. Not that I could do much better, but it is a bit confusing until you get to this paragraph

Asked what sort of mother Flockhart is, Ford replied: "The best in the world. She's a mother by choice – she adopted Liam before we met, as a single parent, which is an awesome responsibility to take. She's devoted herself to Liam and has done a really wonderful job raising him. I'm happy to now have a part of the job."

[jobycom]

11. You read it incorrectly, but that's the writer's fault.

Goofy wording, but all it meant was that Liam, who is the youngster they are talking about, was adopted by Flockhart in 2001, and then brought into Ford's life.

I had to read it a couple of times, too.

[supernova]

2. Aww, me crush Harrison long time

He's such a sweetie.

Congrats to them both.

[Gormy Cuss]

7. Christine Lavin has a funny song about meeting Harrison Ford.

A small town in the Rockies
The Snake River Grill
My friend and I were leaving
We were stuffed to the gills
We walked toward the exit
The door swung open wide
Another couple is coming in
Now I’m eye to eye with

Harrison Ford
The only living movie star I’ve ever adored
Harrison Ford
He’s stepping back, he’s holding the door
Harrison Ford
Takes all my concentration not to fall on the floor
At the feet of that fabulous mega-movie star
Harrison Ford (sigh)

For one brief moment, we are face to face
Our eyeballs are locked
We are sharing the same space
Suddenly, I’m overcome with emotion
I hear music playing now I’m walking in slow motion

It’s Harrison Ford
Those eyes those lips that hair
Harrison Ford
Our breath comes out white clouds mingles and hangs in the air
Harrison Ford
If I could only tell him how much I care
I want to kiss Harrison Ford
But I don’t dare

‘Cause he paralyzes me with his laser like gaze
Time stops, he communicates telepathically with me through the haze
And he says to me just using a little bit his eyeballs and just
a little tiny bit of his eyebrows he says to me:

Now you know that I know that you know who I am
Now you know that I know you are my biggest fan
But I’m out here having dinner with my lovely wife
We live in this tiny town because we need a life, OY!
I’m nothing like the character of Indiana Jones
I’m just a regular guy
Okay.. with better brawn and brains and bones
To keep you moving little lady, I’ll flash you my crooked smile
Something you can tell your friends for quite a long long while
In case you haven’t noticed, I’m still holding the door for you
Don’t ruin the evening for all of us, just keep walking through
Put one foot in front of the other, my hands are getting cold
Your friend is wondering what’s going on keep on moving I command you
Do as you are told!

So I did
I obeyed his command
Even telepathically Harrison Ford’s a powerful man
I kept on walking out that door
As it closed behind me I knew this moment would forever bind me to

Harrison Ford
I’ll never forget our mental embrace
Harrison Ford
Probably thought I was a psycho case
Harrison Ford
Lucky for me he does not carry mace......

[TommyO]

15. She also had a song about marrying Prince Charles that she no longer performs

I can understand why she no longer performs the song, I truly hope this turns out better.

I never really knew him
But I was hoping that we might meet
I knew I'd find him very witty
I hoped he'd find me sweet
But somebody beat me to him
Ruined all my plans
Some little conniving wench
Went and stole my man
Oh Charles
Prince Charles
Can you hear my heart break
Can you hear me
Telling you
Marrying her is a big mistake
Oh Charles
My Charles
When you proposed she was just nineteen
Hey don't you think that's a little young to be making her
England's future Queen?
Huh?

Oh yes, I know, she's pretty (eh)
Yes, I know, she's rich (big deal)
But I read in the National Enquirer
Lady Diana is a... witch
I was very shocked to read
But hey, It must be true
'Cuz there hasn't been anything on 60 Minutes
About her wanting to sue

Oh Charles
My Charles
You have made such a bad mistake
In the bosom's of girls all over the world
Hearts keep going Break Break Break
Oh Charles
My Charles
She's not even Twenty-four years old yet
And think of all the eligible women in the world
That you still haven't met

(English majestic chants)

Oh maybe, you got panicky
Thinking you were losing your looks
Well confidentially Chuck
You got no looks to lose
Or maybe you are the kind of cad
Who likes to drive us women mad
Knowing now we all have the
I'm-never-gonna-get-to-be-the-future-Queen-of-England-blues

Charles!
Prince Charles
Do you have a last name?
I was gonna ask you that on our first date
Forget it! Things have changed

Oh Charles
My Charles
Any girl looks good when she's nineteen
But think about her thirty years from now
When she's an old and ugly queen.

Oooh - Take a look at your mother boy
And you'll know what I mean.

[gmoney]

6. He's been waiting for her to slim down a bit before he popped the question...

Wow, a "Calista Flockhart is skinny" joke... I still had one left over from 1997.

[underpants]

14. That was my wife's joke

[Bucky]

16. Wow, thank goodness he wasn't waiting for her to graduate from acting school

That's right, I'm raising the ante with a "Calista Flockhart is a bad actor" joke, left over from 1998 when everyone quit being distracted by her freakish looks and became aware of her bland delivery.

[blue_onyx]

18. I think she's a pretty good actress

I loved her on "Ally McBeal" and I love her on "Brothers & Sisters."

[Deep13]

8. I thought she starved to death years ago. nt

[AirBaud]

9. Imagine Flockhart in a 3D movie.

That would blow your mind.

[underpants]

13. LOL

Welcome to DU :hi:

[quakerboy]

10. And that, my friends, is how

you get married and still get to have all the bedspace you want.

[underpants]

17. ..

OUCH!

[jobycom]

12. I hope he can cook. nt

[cloudbase]

19. When he takes her up in his airplane

he won't be sweating the weight and balance calculations.