In Which Ted Goes to a Wedding

[tspencer227]

The last wedding I went to was in Charlotte last July, when my good friend capt_hornblower was tying the knot with his lovely bride Julie. The Ex and I had flown out for the weekend, as I've already missed way too many weddings and other events in the lives of my friends while I've been on the wrong coast.

As the happy couple walked back down the aisle at the end

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[anonymous]

You're a far braver man than I. Don't think I'd be able to attend a wedding any time soon. In fact, I was supposed to go to my cousin's but I decided not to go at the last minute.

Typical, eh?

Guess if I'm going to apologize it may as well be in a public forum.

I'm sorry for handling things the way I did. I'm sorry you had to stand on Sunset Cliffs with your brother and dead car on October 18. I'm sorry that I was not brave enough to end things when the should have ended. And I'm sorry for making it seem as though this was all your fault.

It wasn't all your fault. Maybe it was mostly your fault. But it wasn't all your fault. And even the parts that were your fault were probably influenced by shit that wasn't your fault.

A few weeks ago I was biking past The Catamaran and there was a wedding. I wanted to hurl. Then I biked past some beach houses and there was another wedding. I wanted to hurl squared. Then I biked past a 50th anniversary party and I pretty much just wanted to hurl my bike and the couple. But they were old and that would have been really mean.

You're not alone in your feeling of apathy. And you're not alone in blaming me for making it so. And you're not alone in getting really drunk and saying something regretful. You are alone in saying regretful things DURING a wedding. Though I find that rather bad-ass.

Guess that needed saying. All the best,
The Ex