Let the party begin!
On November 22nd I am going to take my sweet Precious down to the Gwinnett County courthouse and we are going to get married. :)
We've been discussing our future together and our level and type of commitment for a while now and I've been struggling with my baggage and that whole "I don't care if GOD (whoever that is) thinks it's ok for us to be a couple and I don't need his approval or the govt's, etc..." (Yeah, there's a stick up my butt, but I'll get over it) so it's been up in the air for a while as to what we were actually going to do or when. Most recently we had been talking about a simple handfasting ceremony in May.
In discussions with DFCS recently about Tylors adoption it became evident that they would be MUCH more happy if we were actually officially married. In their words "There is no precedent for opposite-sex couples with domestic partnerships to adopt"...or something silly like that.
I love her with all my heart and she is definitely the other half of my soul so this is where we belong.
We decided to go ahead and do it quickly since the timing is convenient and that way it won't hamper the adoption at all.
I called my Mom and told her and she reminded me that November 22nd is their anniversary too, which is kind of neat. Plus she can call and remind me when she calls Dad to remind him. :)
Don't fret however as there will be a big party/celebration/gathering/get together which friends will be invited too. Right now we are looking at the beginning of May sometime but that may change.
*and there was much rejoicing* :D
So now I have about 2 1/2 weeks to come up with some really cool and romantic way to actually ask her to marry me. :) Please email any suggestions to the email address on my info page so she won't see them posted here.
We've been discussing our future together and our level and type of commitment for a while now and I've been struggling with my baggage and that whole "I don't care if GOD (whoever that is) thinks it's ok for us to be a couple and I don't need his approval or the govt's, etc..." (Yeah, there's a stick up my butt, but I'll get over it) so it's been up in the air for a while as to what we were actually going to do or when. Most recently we had been talking about a simple handfasting ceremony in May.
In discussions with DFCS recently about Tylors adoption it became evident that they would be MUCH more happy if we were actually officially married. In their words "There is no precedent for opposite-sex couples with domestic partnerships to adopt"...or something silly like that.
I love her with all my heart and she is definitely the other half of my soul so this is where we belong.
We decided to go ahead and do it quickly since the timing is convenient and that way it won't hamper the adoption at all.
I called my Mom and told her and she reminded me that November 22nd is their anniversary too, which is kind of neat. Plus she can call and remind me when she calls Dad to remind him. :)
Don't fret however as there will be a big party/celebration/gathering/get together which friends will be invited too. Right now we are looking at the beginning of May sometime but that may change.
*and there was much rejoicing* :D
So now I have about 2 1/2 weeks to come up with some really cool and romantic way to actually ask her to marry me. :) Please email any suggestions to the email address on my info page so she won't see them posted here.