I found this the other day... I wasn't sure I had it.
The vows .... I won't lie, we have a sort of spiteful attitude when it comes to marriage. We wanted Vows that would not compromise ... with a message that would not ignore the years we had already been together and leave no question that the power our relationship had -came from our dedication to one another, not from any outside body.
I remember a long conversation about not valuing a stamp of approval given by people or a government or a church. the more we talked the more worked up we got.
BUT we also wanted to put a spotlight on the fact that we really are crazy about each other.
So... we split up and wrote a couple of rough drafts... We ended up using this (mine) without many alterations. However, I preferred Joe's .... It turned me on :).
Speaking to the world... not really our wedding guests....
"Fuck them, I'm going to love you for the rest of my life ....and I'd like to see anyone try to stop me. "
Spoken like the asshole I love!
The woman handling the service said it was the shortest one she had ever done.
... and we ended up sharing a very nice day with our guests, all 5 of them.
We told everyone else later .... I feel bad if anyone was offended about not being invited, but honestly I didn't want anyone coming out of obligation... and it seemed like some kind of rip off getting wedding gifts from people after we had been living together for ten years already. ...it seemed kind of like we would be extorting people for toasters or something.
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This is the first Birthday card I ever got from Joe....he drew it about 5 minutes before I got to school...best card I ever got.
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my first Christmas gift from Joe ( before we were dating)
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