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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