My minion at my old job, who is Jewish, was church married after having to go through several months of pre Cana and all that. But it was a church way out in the burbs that was the only one they could find in the area who would do it. So I really think it's 90% the character of the specific church/priest that dictates the result.
This is a time of celebration, so sit still and be quiet.
Snyder ,'Chosen'
Spike's Bitches 47: Someone Dangerous Could Get In
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
brenda m - Feb 21, 2013 8:49:33 am PST #26576 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
smonster - Feb 21, 2013 8:59:36 am PST #26577 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Skippy skimming to end to ask for roommate~me. I'm moving next week and need a third roommate; meeting with a French guy tonight. So fingers crossed he wants it and isn't an asshole!! It would be fun to get to speak some French, too.
smonster - Feb 21, 2013 8:59:36 am PST #26578 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Steph L. - Feb 21, 2013 9:00:31 am PST #26579 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
maybe he can be enlisted as an ally? Tim's dad might possibly listen better to "It's not going to happen and it is entirely appropriate for it to not-happen and you need to deal with that" if it comes from both Tim and from an actual priest.
That's...not a bad idea. I don't know what the priest is like, since we've never gone to church there (although it's a lazy 10-minute walk away), but I would think a reasonable priest would understand that it's just not happening for us. His dad might indeed take the news better if it came from an official priest, rather than his heathen son.
Scrappy - Feb 21, 2013 9:01:31 am PST #26580 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I hear ya, Erika.
erikaj - Feb 21, 2013 9:02:04 am PST #26581 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
roommate-ma, smonster!
erikaj - Feb 21, 2013 9:06:14 am PST #26582 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
Scrappy, yeah, I love guilt with my Sad Desk Lunch. But I have to admit, I'd have been messed-up inside for a while if something happened to Richard Engel in Syria, even though he is totes insane.
sj - Feb 21, 2013 9:27:17 am PST #26583 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Waiting on my full iron panel because my hematologist was not impressed with the bloodwork my PCP did. The good news is if I do need iron infusions again, they're safe during pregnancy so I wouldn't hav to delay anything. Now I'm only worried that my iron isn't low enough for infusion because I'm freakin exhausted.
meara - Feb 21, 2013 10:37:25 am PST #26584 of 30001
OTOH, if you *do* for some unfathomable reason get church-married, I will PAY YOU to liveblog the wedding prep retreat, because that would be golden (also because if you actually go through that horrible thing you deserve combat pay).
Hahahah--as an engagement "present" my dad gave my sister (not practicing) and her Muslim fiancée (who were shacked up) pre-Cana retreat. Apparently it was awful.
Zenkitty - Feb 21, 2013 10:45:57 am PST #26585 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Road trip. Vegas. Elvis impersonator.
Okay, so that's my own elopement dream, not a suggestion, but dang, everything one has to go through to get married in ANY religious tradition gives me the shakes. Too much pressure, too many rules.
Y'all, I had the craziest, most disturbing dream last night I've had in years. I'm afraid it was a reaction to the Valium. Has anyone ever heard of that happening? There are a lot of "calming" herbs like valerian that I can't take because of nightmares, but if I get to the point I can't take a Valium anymore without having a nightmare, that will be bad.