# 8 years ago today (Mundane, pointless, gonna share) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 17, 2009, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-years-ago-today-mundane-pointless-gonna-share/506760 "2009-08-17T18:21:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-years-ago-today-mundane-pointless-gonna-share/506760/1 "2009-08-17T18:21:02Z")
8 years ago today, I was on a plane to Las Vegas. My wedding dress was stuffed into an overhead compartment because they wouldn’t let me hang it up in those little closets behind first-class. Two hours previously, then-BoyfriendofWhatsit and I had sent a mass email to every single person we knew in the world, informing them that 1) we were getting married, 2) they were not invited, but 3) they were more than welcome to watch on the chapel’s webcam! The next day, accompanied by four of our friends that ignored item #2 and showed up anyway, bless them, we walked down the aisle in a lovely little Las Vegas chapel, said our vows in front of a minister that looked a lot like Kojak, and just like that, embarked on what so far has been 8 years of mostly-marvelous wedded bliss. [Here’s the thread I started about it at the time.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=84222) The picture link doesn’t work anymore, but [here’s a photo of us right before the ceremony.](http://12pointfont.com/images/KeithJanLimo.jpg) 8 years. Sheez. That’s longer than I’ve done just about anything. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-years-ago-today-mundane-pointless-gonna-share/506760/2 "2009-08-17T18:29:33Z")
Congratulations! So the ceremony was broadcast by the Telly? ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-years-ago-today-mundane-pointless-gonna-share/506760/3 "2009-08-17T20:28:33Z")
A co-worked got married by Elvis in Vegas, streamed on the Interwebs. We watched from the office. 🙂 Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-years-ago-today-mundane-pointless-gonna-share/506760/4 "2009-08-17T20:56:07Z")
Congrats and good wishes for lots more years! ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-years-ago-today-mundane-pointless-gonna-share/506760/5 "2009-08-17T22:34:02Z")
Congratulations. Wishing you a lifetime of more happy anniversaries. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-years-ago-today-mundane-pointless-gonna-share/506760/6 "2009-08-18T12:51:17Z")
Congratulations. Wishing you many more successful trips to Vegas. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-years-ago-today-mundane-pointless-gonna-share/506760/7 "2009-08-18T13:21:11Z")
Congrats! My husband and I got married in Vegas, too. It was so much fun! Our anniversary is Feb 12 - five years ago now. Time flies when you’re happy, doesn’t it! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ColdPhoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@ColdPhoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColdPhoenix)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-years-ago-today-mundane-pointless-gonna-share/506760/8 "2009-08-18T14:41:39Z")
Cool! For our first anniversary we’re renewing our vows with Elvis there week after next. It’ll be my first time in the states, everyone I’ve spoken too says Vegas is unbelievable! ---
**Author:** ![Ceejaytee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ceejaytee/32/2956_2.png) [@Ceejaytee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ceejaytee)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-years-ago-today-mundane-pointless-gonna-share/506760/9 "2009-08-18T19:33:59Z")
That’s great! Congratulations! My cousin got married in Vegas in an attempt to keep his fiance’s mother from completely meddling in everything (fiance was in complete agreement; may have even been her idea). They refused to even say when it was going to happen. They had a party afterwards–and got married again at the party in a complete surprise to everyone. Too cool. Congrats again!