Thursday, March 20, 2014

Marriage Prep Done!


Did my readers have a good St. Joseph’s Day? Richard Bonomo sent an email reminding us all to have dessert, because it was a solemnity, so last night Travalon and I had tira misu after our pizza at Roman Candle. Then we went to our final marriage preparation meeting, with a couple who have been married 25 years. Travalon and I had filled out an online questionnaire with some puzzling questions, so we felt some trepidation going into this meeting. However, the couple told us that our 75% agreement rate was much higher than they were used to seeing, and on key questions we almost always answered correctly. They went through the questions we hadn’t agreed on, mostly because one of us had answered “Uncertain,” and we pondered what we meant by answering the way we did, if it was different than the preferred answer. The couple said because of our “maturity” (by which they mean “advanced age”), we had probably discussed a lot more of these issues than the twenty-somethings they usually meet with, who are often living together and just getting married in the Catholic Church because “Mom wants us to do it.” Afterwards Travalon and I went to Vintage to toast having finished all our marriage prep. Now we just have to think about flowers and decorations for the reception hall.

PS - for Rich: my arms felt like they were going to fall off earlier today, but they are only a little sore now, and I didn't even take any ibuprofen. 

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