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Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Steph L. - Jan 06, 2018 5:55:15 pm PST #20792 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Tonight at a family party, I got to hear the story of Tim's aunt and uncle's wedding. They've been married for 51 years; they got married in 1966. They got engaged in 1965, and then Tim's uncle enlisted in the Navy ahead of the draft for Vietnam, and served as a Seabee. He was stationed in Morocco, and was supposed to be stationed there for 2 years.

Tim's aunt didn't want to wait 2 years until he was stateside to marry him, so off she went to Morocco. Because it was 1966, her mother went with her as a chaperone. So they were married at the Rock of Gibraltar, BUT because it wasn't a church wedding (that would happen 2 days later), Aunt's mother said no way, you are not officially married until it's Church Official, so you are staying with me in the hotel room tonight.

Aunt, being newly married and hot for Uncle, sneaked out of the hotel room in the middle of the night in sexy lingerie (that's literally the phrase she used when telling the story -- "sexy lingerie") and went to Uncle's hotel room...and he wasn't there! He was at the bar, drowning his sorrows about not being able to spend the night with his wife.

It all turned out fine in the end, because they had their church wedding and then went to Casablanca for a honeymoon, and then Aunt stayed in Morocco with Uncle for 10 months, which she said was like one long honeymoon.

Best wedding story EVER.


Calli - Jan 06, 2018 6:23:16 pm PST #20793 of 30002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

A 10 month honeymoon in Morocco sounds good to me.

I was just at an upstairs neighbor's post-Christmas cookie party where I was inducted into the wonders of K-Pop. And booze, but the latter was rather more expected.


WindSparrow - Jan 06, 2018 6:24:22 pm PST #20794 of 30002
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

That is excellent!


Connie Neil - Jan 06, 2018 6:37:40 pm PST #20795 of 30002
brillig

That wedding story is a perfect screwball comedy movie waiting to happen. A lot of those movies were surprisingly "spicy" as the terminology had it.


Steph L. - Jan 06, 2018 6:46:28 pm PST #20796 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

That wedding story is a perfect screwball comedy movie waiting to happen.

Right?


Laura - Jan 07, 2018 3:53:47 am PST #20797 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.

That is a wonderful wedding story! I'm all smiles here.


-t - Jan 07, 2018 4:40:47 am PST #20798 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Aw, love that story!


Jesse - Jan 07, 2018 5:39:36 am PST #20799 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

That is a good one!

Another good story, if you don't listen to Studio 360: Angie Thomas, the author of The Hate U Give, about her childhood and TLC. I won't say more, because you should really listen. [link]


Jesse - Jan 07, 2018 9:22:54 am PST #20800 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

OK! I have done some clean-up shoveling, in preparation for the Big Melt coming this week and have laundry in. Now I have to take down Christmas, but I don't feel like it!


SuziQ - Jan 07, 2018 9:42:24 am PST #20801 of 30002
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

Wedding shower was laid back and fun. I survived the day pain wise, which is a HUGE win. Now I have a ton of left over chili. Which is FINE. I'm going to freeze a bunch of it in quart sized baggies. Easy meal prep!!!

Today is SCHOOL, SCHOOL, and more SCHOOL. Wheeee. One assignment down. Mumblefourmumble to go.