How aether learned to stop worrying and learned to love the bomb
By the power vested in Ms. Miriam Cutler, Esq by the commonwealth of Virginia, Anna and I are now lawfully wed.
So...I probably owe my friends a bit of an explaination ("after the fact, aether8m? We find out after the fact?"), but I assure all that our reasoning was well-intentioned, and we stick by it. By its nature, committment is made when its decided on and when its lived up to, not when its' ratified by the authority vested in anyone with "esquire" after their name. A committment of this magnitude was solely ours to come to terms with...we both had major issues with marriage (both as a custom and as an institution) coming into the game, so making an exception for eachother was a major statement of affection and dedication in and of itself.
...plus we didn't want anyone making a fuss over us.
So, the deal is this: the marriage was between us, for us and us alone to anticipate and celebrate, but a succesful marriage is something else entirely, so we're planning to make our 10-year anniversary the celebration that many would have wanted us to have to begin with. All will be invited, deal? Big cake, lotsa liquor, and we'll figure out some loophole that will allow a bachlor party. It'll be grand. (I don't say this to detract from others for whom a wedding is a major event, just to point out that we see it differently when the rings are on our fingers, y'know.)
More detail later...now's not the time.
So...I probably owe my friends a bit of an explaination ("after the fact, aether8m? We find out after the fact?"), but I assure all that our reasoning was well-intentioned, and we stick by it. By its nature, committment is made when its decided on and when its lived up to, not when its' ratified by the authority vested in anyone with "esquire" after their name. A committment of this magnitude was solely ours to come to terms with...we both had major issues with marriage (both as a custom and as an institution) coming into the game, so making an exception for eachother was a major statement of affection and dedication in and of itself.
...plus we didn't want anyone making a fuss over us.
So, the deal is this: the marriage was between us, for us and us alone to anticipate and celebrate, but a succesful marriage is something else entirely, so we're planning to make our 10-year anniversary the celebration that many would have wanted us to have to begin with. All will be invited, deal? Big cake, lotsa liquor, and we'll figure out some loophole that will allow a bachlor party. It'll be grand. (I don't say this to detract from others for whom a wedding is a major event, just to point out that we see it differently when the rings are on our fingers, y'know.)
More detail later...now's not the time.