After he got over his surprise at being, you know, turned down, he concluded he'd had a narrow escape from marrying an irrational person. Although, he did make a note to himself that the next time he proposed, it was
Después de recuperarse de su sorpresa, ya saben, al ser rechazado, llegó a la conclusión de que había escapado por los pelos de casarse con una persona irracional, aunque, tomó nota, la próxima