Simple: elf-women can't resist Dwarves. It gets boring looking at pretty-boy elves for millenia, and when they meet a real Dwarf, they see what they've been missing. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
Seriously, though, I think it was the manner of his asking, she was surprised and flattered and probably caught of-guard a bit, which is a very uncommon experience for Galadriel. Feanor was just a creep, on the other hand, and she had good sense to refuse him. Gimli is the greatest!
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