# My 1-year gay wedding anniversary **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 5, 2005, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-1-year-gay-wedding-anniversary/293030 "2005-03-05T04:10:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-1-year-gay-wedding-anniversary/293030/1 "2005-03-05T04:10:58Z")
Yup, it’s one year since Multnomah County, Oregon issued me and my bride a marriage license emblazoned with an illustration of a pioneer family in a Conestoga or similar wagon. The date we consider our real wedding anniversary is the date of our commitment ceremony 7 years ago, but hey, who’s counting? ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-1-year-gay-wedding-anniversary/293030/2 "2005-03-05T04:20:57Z")
Woot=) grats=) ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-1-year-gay-wedding-anniversary/293030/3 "2005-03-05T04:40:53Z")
Yay? ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-1-year-gay-wedding-anniversary/293030/4 "2005-03-05T04:42:46Z")
How is the legal stuff going in Multnomah? Oh, and happy anniversary! I’ve always wondered why the first year is paper, when that’s what you get _when_ you’re married… ---
**Author:** ![Shadez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Shadez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadez)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-1-year-gay-wedding-anniversary/293030/5 "2005-03-05T05:10:51Z")
Congratulations. Hopefully you have many more years. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-1-year-gay-wedding-anniversary/293030/6 "2005-03-05T09:51:45Z")
Congratulations! Happy Anniversary! ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-1-year-gay-wedding-anniversary/293030/7 "2005-03-05T12:25:21Z")
A year? Where are the grandchildren? ---
**Author:** ![Jeeves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@Jeeves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeeves)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-1-year-gay-wedding-anniversary/293030/8 "2005-03-05T16:45:35Z")
Woohoo! Congratulations! Our one year gay wedding anniversary is today! Isn’t it an awesome feeling, that no matter what happened, we had a chance to do this? ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-1-year-gay-wedding-anniversary/293030/9 "2005-03-05T17:44:12Z")
Congratulations! _smooch_ ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-1-year-gay-wedding-anniversary/293030/10 "2005-03-05T18:25:38Z")
Mazel tov! ---
**Author:** ![sj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@sj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sj2)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-1-year-gay-wedding-anniversary/293030/11 "2005-03-05T20:19:48Z")
> [@Cajun Man](#): > > Mazel tov! Best to you! You guys have been together about as long as me and my hubby. Nice to know you’re over the itch years, huh? So…what’s you do to celebrate? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Unkempt\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@The\_Unkempt\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Unkempt_One)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-1-year-gay-wedding-anniversary/293030/12 "2005-03-05T22:05:48Z")
Awesome! Congratulations! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2005, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-1-year-gay-wedding-anniversary/293030/13 "2005-03-06T00:29:31Z")
Thanks, you all. > [@](#): > > How is the legal stuff going in Multnomah? What’s happening is that the marriages were recorded, but their legal status is still pending. We are waiting for a couple of legal decisions. > [@](#): > > A year? Where are the grandchildren? We’ve been over this time and again. You agreed that cats would be enough as long as they were named after you. > [@](#): > > So…what’s you do to celebrate? We planted a flowering plum tree in the front yard. If it lives but our marriage is invalidated, it will serve as a symbol of our love despite the legal decision. If it dies and our marriage is invalidated, it will serve as a burning indictment of our government. If it dies but our marriage is validated, we won’t need the tree. If it lives and our marriage is validated, that will be an embarrassment of riches indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2005, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-1-year-gay-wedding-anniversary/293030/14 "2005-03-06T00:49:08Z")
Wow, that’s a lot of pressure on a plum tree… ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2005, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-1-year-gay-wedding-anniversary/293030/15 "2005-03-06T01:02:24Z")
> [@Shoshana](#): > > We’ve been over this time and again. You agreed that cats would be enough as long as they were named after you. So, babies come from storks, and cats come from gay people? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2005, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-1-year-gay-wedding-anniversary/293030/16 "2005-03-06T02:35:15Z")
Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2005, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-1-year-gay-wedding-anniversary/293030/17 "2005-03-06T04:26:29Z")
YAY! Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2005, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-1-year-gay-wedding-anniversary/293030/18 "2005-03-06T15:30:24Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > Wow, that’s a lot of pressure on a plum tree… I think they did it just so they could say they were “plum excited” about their anniversary. ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Ann\_Thrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9a28c/32.png) [@Ms\_Ann\_Thrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Ann_Thrope)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2005, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-1-year-gay-wedding-anniversary/293030/19 "2005-03-06T15:37:36Z")
Congratulations! I hope both of you are forced to deal with an embarrassment of riches in every way. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2005, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-1-year-gay-wedding-anniversary/293030/20 "2005-03-06T17:44:29Z")
> [@Shoshana](#): > > Yup, it’s one year since Multnomah County, Oregon issued me and my bride a marriage license emblazoned with an illustration of a pioneer family in a Conestoga or similar wagon. The date we consider our real wedding anniversary is the date of our commitment ceremony 7 years ago, but hey, who’s counting? Any chance you ran into two college aged journalists for their school newspaper? You sound like a couple I encountered in line at the courthouse last year. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-1-year-gay-wedding-anniversary/293030.md?page=2)