# Life changing events **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 3, 2015, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-changing-events/736496 "2015-11-03T05:16:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MannyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2015, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-changing-events/736496/1 "2015-11-03T05:16:06Z")
Friends, dopers, country-men (and women) the past few months have been quite eventful for me. As some of you may know from my previous posts, my mother was diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer. I am sorry to post that on Sep 27th we lost her. I am still angry at her doctors because I feel they should have caught this sooner and angry at her for not fighting harder. On November 1st I got married to a wonderful woman. I’m not going to say it was a whirlwind romance, but our first date was November 2nd 2014. She stood by me though my father’s rehab stay due to a broken ankle, my mother’s cancer diagnosis and didn’t run when she found out about my debt. However the wedding almost didn’t happen because of third parties. But that’s going to be another post. ---
**Author:** ![Robert163](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4af34b/32.png) [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2015, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-changing-events/736496/2 "2015-11-03T05:25:45Z")
Except for a recent move to the redneck capital of south west Georgia… my life is more or less the same for the past 15 years… flat and boring… Glad to hear you got married… sorry to hear about your mom ---
**Author:** ![WildBlueYonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2015, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-changing-events/736496/3 "2015-11-04T12:01:20Z")
yup, sorry about your mother. Life does go on sucking but you’ve got a wife to help you through it ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2015, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-changing-events/736496/4 "2015-11-04T12:21:47Z")
Let me extend both my sympathies and my congratulations to you. Good luck to you Manny. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2015, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-changing-events/736496/5 "2015-11-04T12:54:47Z")
Deeply sorry to hear of your mother’s passing. I wish you and your bride all the best for the future. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2015, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-changing-events/736496/6 "2015-11-04T13:37:12Z")
> [@MannyL](#): > > However the wedding almost didn’t happen because of third parties. But that’s going to be another post. Ok, I bookmarked this thread; checking back every day to hear about the wedding machinations. But you can wait til you feel like telling tales. Congrats and sympathies in equal amounts. I’m another case of “Life hasn’t changed this year…::whew::…” ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2015, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-changing-events/736496/7 "2015-11-04T15:19:28Z")
So sorry to hear about your mom, Manny. I am glad for you that you have had someone to stand by you through this trying time - and now forever!