Ten Years of Matrimony!

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Actually, I'm almost two days late. It was ten years ago on the 12th of December that Irish and I got married. I didn't want a big wedding and we didn't have much money anyway, so we paid $18.00 for a license and $50.00 for the judge (it cost more since we got married on a Saturday instead of a weekday) and I worse a very pretty dress I'd saved for the occasion. My mom, youngest sister, and oldest niece were there, along with a baby boy that youngest sister was babysitting for. (Dad was in Texas - it would've been nice to be married by him, but again with the not much money thing - not enough to fly down or to fly him up - actually, none of the three of us was married by him. Hm. Middle sister was also in Texas at the time. Mom was living in Nevada but she used to visit Indiana a lot at the time and arranged a trip around the date.) It was a lovely, cold, snow-less day with a bright blue sky. It was the last time Irish ever wore a suit, as I recall, though I wore my wedding dress to work quite often over the next few years. I was laughing so hard I could barely get my vows out - I'm sure the magistrate (who is now a full judge) thought I was crying since I was shaking so hard. No, just trying not to laugh aloud. Apparently it runs in the family. Mom says when she married my dad, she laughed so hard all the way down the aisle, just shaking with the effort not to laugh out loud, that people thought she was crying. And one of my younger cousins giggled and chatted her way through her entire wedding! Not loudly enough to hear here - but I was in the second row and could see her. It was funny.

There have been lots of ups and downs over the past ten years, but I wouldn't undo that day for anything. We did always want to have another ceremony performed by a minister but have never done it. We've always wanted to do it at a ren faire, in garb, and have a big party after. Maybe one of these years.... It doesn't really matter - that won't make us more married than we are. It's something to look forward to, though - but not as much as the next ten years.