# Yep, Livin' That Single Life... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 29, 2013, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-livin-that-single-life/654290 "2013-03-29T20:31:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![OtisCampbellWasRight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/d78d45/32.png) [@OtisCampbellWasRight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtisCampbellWasRight)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-livin-that-single-life/654290/21 "2013-04-01T19:41:50Z")
Twice divorced here. You’ll be sorry… Unless this is an April fools joke, in which case, :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-livin-that-single-life/654290/22 "2013-04-01T20:02:15Z")
Hal’s just pullin’ the wool over your eyes … 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-livin-that-single-life/654290/23 "2013-04-02T02:51:29Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > **USCDiver** got it in one…yes, I went and got m’self hitched over the weekend! I had better plans for a clearer second post, but I was getting a lot of “put the damn phone away!” from family members. > 18 minutes? Hell, that second post was done after the ceremony, after we exited, after my bride and I had a couple of minutes of alone “holy crap, we’re married!” time together, and in the middle of the receiving line. I don’t think the ceremony was more than five minutes (brevity is the soul of me not yelling “fucking well get on with it already!”). > > Me, the missus, and The Littlest Briston Someone realy needs to photoshop the sheep in the picture… ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-livin-that-single-life/654290/24 "2013-04-02T03:25:40Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > \ > Me, the missus, and The Littlest Briston You married Miranda Lambert?!? Good for you! > [@The\_Vorlon](#): > > Someone realy needs to photoshop the sheep in the picture… Seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-livin-that-single-life/654290/25 "2013-04-02T03:30:15Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > **USCDiver** got it in one…yes, I went and got m’self hitched over the weekend! I had better plans for a clearer second post, but I was getting a lot of “put the damn phone away!” from family members. > 18 minutes? Hell, that second post was done after the ceremony, after we exited, after my bride and I had a couple of minutes of alone “holy crap, we’re married!” time together, and in the middle of the receiving line. I don’t think the ceremony was more than five minutes (brevity is the soul of me not yelling “fucking well get on with it already!”). > > Me, the missus, and The Littlest Briston Wait, you didn’t tell us she was pretty. And apparently blind. 🙂 Congrats. Assuming you aren’t just pulling our collective legs. (Is that the correct usage? Collective legs?) ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-livin-that-single-life/654290/26 "2013-04-02T09:52:43Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > **USCDiver** got it in one…yes, I went and got m’self hitched over the weekend! I had better plans for a clearer second post, but I was getting a lot of “put the damn phone away!” from family members. > 18 minutes? Hell, that second post was done after the ceremony, after we exited, after my bride and I had a couple of minutes of alone “holy crap, we’re married!” time together, and in the middle of the receiving line. I don’t think the ceremony was more than five minutes (brevity is the soul of me not yelling “fucking well get on with it already!”). > > Me, the missus, and The Littlest Briston Congratulations!! Aww, look how happy all three of you look! The Newest Briston is just radiant, and the Littlest Briston is simply, and though I rarely use this word it’s hands-down the best choice here, adorbs. May that have been the least happy day of your whole life to come! ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/57b2e6/32.png) [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-livin-that-single-life/654290/27 "2013-04-02T15:35:15Z")
This thread seriously confuses me…is Hal married or is it an April Fools gag? Congrats and sympathies at the same time (depending on whats really happening) ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-livin-that-single-life/654290/28 "2013-04-02T17:01:22Z")
> [@Quasimodal](#): > > This thread seriously confuses me…is Hal married or is it an April Fools gag? Congrats and sympathies at the same time (depending on whats really happening) Married. All-encompassingly ridiculously happily (and non-jokingly) married. Thanks much, all! ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-livin-that-single-life/654290/29 "2013-04-02T19:18:27Z")
:D:)😃 And:eek: When did that child get so big? Beautiful family, by the way. Congratulations. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-livin-that-single-life/654290/30 "2013-04-02T22:09:21Z")
Congratulations Hal. Best wishes to you and yours. You can now form a Masonry! ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/57b2e6/32.png) [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-livin-that-single-life/654290/31 "2013-04-02T22:47:45Z")
Congrats! (assuming this isn’t all part of the ruse…) ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-livin-that-single-life/654290/32 "2013-04-03T01:26:12Z")
> [@thirdwarning](#): > > And:eek: When did that child get so big? Yeah, tell me about it. I tell her all the time that she’s a horribly disobedient child, since she never listens when I tell her to _stop growing already!_ ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-livin-that-single-life/654290/33 "2013-04-03T04:14:54Z")
They never do. It’s like they want to be grownups for some dumb reason. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-livin-that-single-life/654290/34 "2013-04-03T04:37:48Z")
Congrats, I like being married myself. Even when we fight, we appreciate each other more when we make up. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cornelius_Tuggerson)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-livin-that-single-life/654290/35 "2013-04-03T18:44:20Z")
> [@April\_R](#): > > Congrats, I like being married myself. Even when we fight, we appreciate each other more when we make up. 😉 “ **appreciate each other** ” ey? Is that what the kids are calling it nowadays? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-livin-that-single-life/654290.md?page=1)