It’s time to spruce up your resume
Thank heavens for employers who are able to see the funny side of things and keep things in perspective. This was the best result (possibly?). There was a chance that things might have gone badly if the boss had been serious (which we presume he wasn’t). Alternatively, it may have been the end of a long and rewarding career.
Fortunately, everyone laughed it off as a mistake. Now that we’ve re-read the article, it doesn’t state that it was a mistake. And it seems to have been a boyfriend, as well. A text message proposal is out of bounds for any decent person, so why did this person do it in the first place?