“So..tomorrow is a big day!” Mel stated.
“Tuesday’s often are”, Nancy replied.
“You know what I mean. Tomorrow we will have been married for 25 years!” he answered with narrowed eyes.
“Really? I don’t think that can be right! That would make me really, really old” Nancy responded.
“No, it’s right. I did the math. I even used a calculator!” Mel affirmed.
“Well…..if you used a calculator….I don’t think I’m prepared to have been married for 25 years!”
Silence for a few seconds while this was contemplated.
“We should just keep this amongst ourselves!” Nancy finally decided.
“Won’t that put a crimp in the whole party thing we were going to have?” Mel questioned.
“Hmmm. Well…we can just tell people it’s our 15th Anniversary! I’m perfectly willing to accept being married for 15 years.”
Mel postulated, “You don’t think someone might question that? People are pretty smart…and our kids are in their 20s.”
Nancy…deep in thought for a moment.
“Okay, here’s the thing. Remember how we renewed our vows on our 10th Anniversary? We’ll just count from then”.
Mel thought about it. “I don’t think it works that way”.
Nancy replied, “No, it totally does. See….our first marriage wasn’t legal anyway, so we can count from the second one”.
"Huh? How do you figure that?”
“Well, remember how Father Mazzarolle was supposed to officiate at our wedding, and then on the night of the rehearsal he told us he couldn’t make it so he sent another priest? “
“I remember. So?”
“That priest…I can’t remember his name…didn’t speak English. Most of our wedding ceremony was in Polish or something. For all we know he could have been talking about Church Bingo the whole time. Plus…he kept calling me Anita! So…not legal! We’ve been married 15 years!”
Happy Anniversary Honey!
“Tuesday’s often are”, Nancy replied.
“You know what I mean. Tomorrow we will have been married for 25 years!” he answered with narrowed eyes.
“Really? I don’t think that can be right! That would make me really, really old” Nancy responded.
“No, it’s right. I did the math. I even used a calculator!” Mel affirmed.
“Well…..if you used a calculator….I don’t think I’m prepared to have been married for 25 years!”
Silence for a few seconds while this was contemplated.
“We should just keep this amongst ourselves!” Nancy finally decided.
“Won’t that put a crimp in the whole party thing we were going to have?” Mel questioned.
“Hmmm. Well…we can just tell people it’s our 15th Anniversary! I’m perfectly willing to accept being married for 15 years.”
Mel postulated, “You don’t think someone might question that? People are pretty smart…and our kids are in their 20s.”
Nancy…deep in thought for a moment.
“Okay, here’s the thing. Remember how we renewed our vows on our 10th Anniversary? We’ll just count from then”.
Mel thought about it. “I don’t think it works that way”.
Nancy replied, “No, it totally does. See….our first marriage wasn’t legal anyway, so we can count from the second one”.
"Huh? How do you figure that?”
“Well, remember how Father Mazzarolle was supposed to officiate at our wedding, and then on the night of the rehearsal he told us he couldn’t make it so he sent another priest? “
“I remember. So?”
“That priest…I can’t remember his name…didn’t speak English. Most of our wedding ceremony was in Polish or something. For all we know he could have been talking about Church Bingo the whole time. Plus…he kept calling me Anita! So…not legal! We’ve been married 15 years!”
Happy Anniversary Honey!
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