Up Close And Personal
Mommybloggers is having a “Rumble of Love” for Valentine’s Day featuring posts by various bloggers about LOVE. Today they featured my piece. It’s just a short little post, it has nothing to do with being agnostic, but if you want to get up close and personal with me, you can go take a look.
AgnosticMom reader, and most especially, my good friend, Larry Keim, inspired my article’s topic when we ate at Buca di Beppo’s a couple weeks ago. Next to our table was a dinner party for a bride and groom. They were giving speeches, and Larry sat at our table, basking in his love for his used-to-be-teen-bride, now wife of almost twenty-five years. Larry, the passionate person that he is, got up and gave a speech to the party about beating the odds!
Anyway, if you feel so inclined, head on over. I must add a disclaimer first, though. When I got on the site to check out my name, my picture, and my post, I almost died of embaressment because I saw two major grammatical errors!!! I thought for sure the Mommybloggers must have gone in and added them! Those sly foxes. Of course, Ockham’s Razor suggests that the most likely scenario, the one in which AgnosticMom made the errors, is the theory to bet on. I checked the original draft. Yes, it was me. Ok, Mommybloggers, you’re off the hook.
So, when you see the comma following the question mark, and the extra “O” in the word “to,” just laugh and know that AgnosticMom still makes mistakes.
Oh, you already knew that?
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February 13th, 2006 @ 10:01 pm
Congrats. My wife and I did not have a particularly short term engagement. We met the summer before we wed in a theatre history class at Indiana Univ. Our professor, Dr. Bristow, claimed to be our Yenta. We have now been together since 1971. Life is good.
February 13th, 2006 @ 10:38 pm
i didn’t even see the typos! i promise! i love your story.
February 14th, 2006 @ 8:01 am
Your story never ceases to amaze me. In a time of disposable marriages, it’s pretty rare for a person to find so much comman ground with someone they’ve known for such a short time. Keep up the good work :]
P.S. You are so right about Larry. He is the most passionate person I know and I love him for it. He makes me laugh daily. I need that!
February 14th, 2006 @ 9:03 am
Congratulations!
Seeing as how my wife and I met in our senior year of high school - we’re in a similar risk category, and will have been married 10 yrs this Oct (after 5 years of dating)!
Happy Valentine’s day, everyone!
February 14th, 2006 @ 8:26 pm
My husband and I had a short courtship, too. Our first date was July 4th and we were married on November 16th. So far we’ve survived a little over 3 years and 2 kids and we’re going strong. I don’t think we’re overly optimistic; we just take it one day at a time.
For us, it helped that we’ve both been married before, although statistically, the odds are higher you’ll divorce twice if you’ve divorced once.
Anyway, congrats on being in a strong and committed relationship. I feel one of the best gifts you can give your children is their first example of a healthy relationship.