So Beardyman and I done went and did it. We got hitched. Legally and everything. We proposed to each other (and I was really happy to be able to use the "Dammit Janet" song from RHPS as my proposal!), and arranged the legal wedding date at Home Affairs.
By some luck, we were able to have our legal wedding while my parents were here visiting from Canada! Now, we were going to leave it at that, and not do anything in particular, but after a few friends pouted, we decided to throw a party.
As luck would have it, our landlord also has a venue that he rents out for parties. We thought it would be perfect - it's eclectic and casual and fun, plus kid friendly.
So we started planning a party. Yes, there was a guest-list, but only so we could keep track of RSVPs. We were catering the thing ourselves, and I would never have forgiven myself if there wasn't enough food for our guests. We were super bummed that we couldn't book any live bands due to the multiple music festivals happening over that weekend, but yet again, our landlord was super awesome and his DJ brother (DJ Bob) was able to spin some tunes!
Seeing as how most of our family and friends have kids, it had to be a kid friendly party. So we got a jumping castle, which was a massive hit, and horse rides! Quite a few of our parent friends/family were happy to let the kids go jump their energy off on the castle - I wanted to join them, but I was wearing a dress....
Seeing as how we'd done the legal thing already, Beardyman and I put together a wedding ceremony that we felt reflected our personalities. I walked in to the Throne Room music from Star Wars, the first bit of the ceremony was the "Mawwiage" speech from The Princess Bride. We did a little mime to Sea of Love as our vows, and the ring exchange was the "One ring to rule them all". We got a very sweet friend of ours to be the officiant - and she was awesome! She was canny enough to don a hooded cloak for the ceremony! (Oh! And our wedding rings were a good mashup of our love for LOTR and Star Wars. My ring has engraved, in Elvish, "I know", and his has engraved, in Elvish, "I love you".)
We'd initially decided not to tell my parents about the party so it would be a complete surprise for them when it happened. However, we realised that they would find out about it once they're here because we were still finalizing everything.
And boy, were we glad to let them in on the secret! My Dad made chicken curry for the guests (which was a raging success, by the way. People told me they went back for seconds and thirds!), and my Mom got involved in the minimal decorations needed.
Plus, my Mom had such a brilliant idea - instead of her walking me down the aisle (My Dad walked me for my first wedding, it was only fair she get a turn), she would drag me while I vociferously protested. My Dad would stand next to Beardyman, glaring at him and tapping his palm menacingly with a truncheon.
And it worked. It was hysterical - and we got the ceremony we wanted :) None of the guests knew about the ceremony, they thought they were just here for a party, so they were quite surprised when they were called to the chapel.
Has anything changed since getting hitched? Well, other than remembering to call each other "husband" and "wife", not much. We're still the same as we were - a team. I annoy him, he annoys me, it's perfect ❤❤
