Twenty Five
Posted: Sat May 12, 2018 10:20 am
Today is Twenty Five years of wedded bliss for Miss T and I. Amazing.
Both of us had been married before and her mom told us both that our marriage wouldn't last a year. Guess she was wrong. Laugh
When we got married, we drove down to the courthouse and bopped into the magistrates office....
We were hot and tired, in shorts and t-shirts and asked if he had time to perform a quick wedding.
"How Quick?" he asked.
"I do, She Does, We're Done," I said. "We have both been married before and don't need anything fancy, just the certificate."
"Do you have the license?" he asked.
"Yup," I said handing him the paperwork. "If you don't mind, I have worked four straight ten hour midnight shifts, and I am tired... I'll sit."
Tina sat beside me.
He looked stunned. "If you are going to sit, then I'll sit. Do you have a witness?"
"Ah, no."
"Mary," he called. "I need you."
His secretary came in from the front office.
"Have a seat." Now she looked confused.
He cleared his throat, and took us at our word.
He looked at me.
"Do you?"
"Yup."
He looked at Tina
"Do you?"
"I do."
"Then, by the power vested in me by the Commonwealth, you're done."
"Sweet"
The secretary looked lost.
He signed the paperwork and handed us the certificate.
"You know what, that's the fasted ceremony I've ever performed, but I have a feeling this one will last."
Twenty Five years later, we are still married.
A dozen couples we know that got married after us are long divorced.
Two of our four kids have married and divorced and remarried.
Both of us had been married before and her mom told us both that our marriage wouldn't last a year. Guess she was wrong. Laugh
When we got married, we drove down to the courthouse and bopped into the magistrates office....
We were hot and tired, in shorts and t-shirts and asked if he had time to perform a quick wedding.
"How Quick?" he asked.
"I do, She Does, We're Done," I said. "We have both been married before and don't need anything fancy, just the certificate."
"Do you have the license?" he asked.
"Yup," I said handing him the paperwork. "If you don't mind, I have worked four straight ten hour midnight shifts, and I am tired... I'll sit."
Tina sat beside me.
He looked stunned. "If you are going to sit, then I'll sit. Do you have a witness?"
"Ah, no."
"Mary," he called. "I need you."
His secretary came in from the front office.
"Have a seat." Now she looked confused.
He cleared his throat, and took us at our word.
He looked at me.
"Do you?"
"Yup."
He looked at Tina
"Do you?"
"I do."
"Then, by the power vested in me by the Commonwealth, you're done."
"Sweet"
The secretary looked lost.
He signed the paperwork and handed us the certificate.
"You know what, that's the fasted ceremony I've ever performed, but I have a feeling this one will last."
Twenty Five years later, we are still married.
A dozen couples we know that got married after us are long divorced.
Two of our four kids have married and divorced and remarried.
