Marriage is like a deck of cards, in the beginning you need two hearts
and a diamond, but by the end you wish you had a club and a spade!
Not true but funny. Get over it.
It was a Friday back in 1971, and we were heading between
East Islip and Bayshore NY, on the Long Island Railroad, when I slipped out the
ring and stuck it on TLW’s (The Little Woman) finger. The night before we went
after work to pick up the engagement ring and I was to give it to her on
Valentine’s Day. The idea of having that ring on me for all that time made me
nervous so I decided to give it to her the next day, January 15th.
Such actions come with consequences: there was a wedding in
June and a reception, which I showed up for, and a very nice honeymoon. All
that cost money, but not as much as it cost me since.
Of course I’m not complaining, it has been a wonderful life
in spite of the sad things that have happened. No one goes through life without
some tears. There was the time one year early on when I was a little tipsy from
too much wine on Christmas Eve and all I wanted was to go to bed when TLW
reminded me I still had to put the kids toys together! I did that lying on the
floor and very slowly. Where was TLW? Sleeping of course.
The engagement period itself was a whirlwind of visiting
relatives and friends, planning for the wedding and enjoying life like I never
did before or since. We made plans for the future and dreamed a little and
finally the big day came. If it weren’t for my best man and best friend Phil, I
would have completely missed the my wedding,
It seems the whole family left for the church or somewhere
leaving me behind asleep. I was out cold from the evening festivities the night
before, when suddenly there was a knock on the window, a constant rapping. I
awoke and realized in the sun beaming into my eyes that there was someone
rapping on the window AND that it was my wedding day! I dressed, went to my
father’s bar and Phil and I had one last drink together before setting off for
the church.
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