In my mother culture, brides are warned about saying Yes to a proposal the very first time. I know it sounds stupid, but you have to actually wait 3 times before saying yes the last time. Of course, you don’t say no the other two times, but what happens if the guy doesn’t ask you the second time. Well, Yahoo! has said no for the first time to Microsoft’s marriage proposal today. But I am almost certain that Microsoft will not be accepting a no from Yahoo! that easily. Microsoft has got to have Yahoo! and that would include going to the the bride’s relatives to force the marriage. That’s what Microsoft’s strategy seems to be. Of course, at the end I believe $37-$40 per share would be enough for MS to buy Yahoo! but that is a fairly significant improvement over the original $31 per share offer. In the end, just like many expect MS to get the bride.