> > Halfwitt and I have some exciting news!!
> > Instead of waiting until July 31st, our
> > announced wedding date, we went to the
> > Davis County Court House on Monday the
> > 13th and eloped!! I am excited, mostly
> > because in several years, our anniversary
will
> > be on Friday the 13th. Yahoo!
>
> I'm trying very hard not to be the only pickled
onion in the happy fruit salad of
congratulations here, but this is a reason to
get married? OK, whatever works for you guys.
I hope you enjoy the anniversary several years
from now; I envisage Jason turning up and
chasing you around with a chainsaw and then
going "Ha ha! Just my little joke. I just stopped
by to wish you kids happy anniversary" and
whipping out a big bunch of flowers and a
gift-wrapped silver cake fork set.
>

Honestly, that was just a joke. Something that
occurred to me when Sam and I were talking.
That is not the reason we eloped. I would
never get married for as foolish a reason as
that. Our reasons for marrying, at all (intended
wedding date, or the date of our elopement)
was because of our love for eachother. Also,
the elopement made sense--we didn't want a
huge spectacle, and everyone and their dog
coming, nor sorting out who to invite etc etc.
The ceremony was exactly what we wanted, a
symbol of our union.

> To be more serious, I *do* realise that your
spontaneity was only in bringing your planned
marriage date *forward*, not deciding on the
spur of the moment to get married at all. That
makes quite a major difference. How did your
parents react, though? Weren't they
disappointed not to be involved or present at
this important event in your lives? If I turned up
one day and said "Oh, hey, I forgot to tell you, I
got married last week", I can only imagine
what my family and friends would do to me,
and it wouldn't be worth the hospital bills.
>
My parents handled it well, as did Halfwitt's
parents. We aren't totally abandoning them
from all wedding planning, we will probably
have a small ring ceremony when we have the
reception. It's not like I am now only telling
people of our marriage, all of my close friends
and family knew that day.

> Brunnen-"not that it's likely"G

Tess