Congrats… I never knew you were woman! Until I got to the earrings part I thought the story was going to end with a trip to some gay marriage friendly locale and some sweaty man on man action.
I’m sorry, and CONGRATULATIONS! 
And FWIW, I so thought your boss was firing you because he wanted to marry you and wouldn’t let any wife of his work for a living :smack:
I was thinking the exact same thing as IHaveARottweiler and Saltire :smack: . But anyway, congratulations!
I’m glad I didn’t have to bring up that trite rule. Thanks.
Good luck with your new job and new life! Sometimes change is a really good thing. Maybe you’ll end up as a tester/consultant for a massage chair company. Maybe you could apply to be the doorperson (yeoman?) for the senate. That dude makes bank and only has to say one important thing a year.