I am marrying my beautiful girl on May 4th.
I gave her the engagement ring. A small thing, not what she deserves but it is what I can afford. It is emeralds and diamonds. Though it is small it is very pretty and she loves it, which is all that matters.
We picked the wedding venue and the down payment has been made. On a side note, holy shit this wedding stuff is expensive. We are going to pick out all the colors, food, etc on Friday. We wanted this to be as stress free as possible so we decided on a package deal. It makes is simple.
For financial reasons, the honeymoon will come a bit later. We will stay at a hotel on the wedding night and the next night.
My Mom is a bit bummed. She wanted us to get married in a church. I am atheist/agnostic (depends on which day you catch me) and so is my wonderful lady so the church idea didn’t fly. Mom will get over it though, I am the last kid to get married so I think she is just happy I am finally getting married.
I am a bit old for a first marriage, 42. However given I was an active alkie until 8 years ago, that is a good thing. Once I quit drinking it took a while to get sane enough to be in a relationship. Then I got involved with a woman who turned out to be a psycho*. As often happens, what I thought was a tragedy was actually a blessing. When psycho and I broke up it fucked me up for a while. When I got myself together again and started dating I was not all that happy. Dating was a nightmare.
Until I met this girl for coffee. We met at Starbucks for coffee. 6 hours later we parted ways and I knew I met the woman of my dreams. That was the day before my birthday. My present came early that year.
We have been living together for almost two years now. We have a zoo, 4 dogs and three cats. We painted and put in wood floors. We have been through some hard times. My fiancee went through a very ugly divorce and lost contact with her kids for a long time (it is a very long and ugly story, her ex and her family just suck beyond belief). She made the decision to get back in touch with them. It has been a little rough but it has turned out well.
We are going to have a kid. I want a boy. She is good with a boy but I think, in her heart, she really wants a girl. Either way, we will be happy.
I’ve changed more in the past few years than I ever expected. It is good. And I owe it to finding the woman I was meant to be with. She makes me a better person by just being in my life.
I am a lucky man.
Did I mention that she is extremely hot? I mean drop dead gorgeous? A smile that melts my heart. Eyes that I could fall into. I am not sure how I managed to find this beautiful lady. All I know is that I love her with all my heart.
Yay us.
Slee
*On a ‘Holy crap, you have to be kidding me’ note, my psycho exe’s sister got a job at my company. I was at another office taking a smoke break and she popped her head out. My ex was nuts. Her sister is nutsier (is that a word?) Thankfully I won’t see or deal with her often.
Slee
