To my extended family (Drone relatives!)
A little back story... Me and Mrs. Northwood (Julia) have been together for decades, but never actually made it official with one of them guberment license thangs... never saw the need, and money spent on other important things like roofs, appliances, kids, Drones!!!! ..... instead of shiny trinkets.
Well, now that we will be getting something from Mom's estate (she passed recently), it means we need to sort that with the banks. Seeing as Canadian bank regulations** are arcane, and they don't recognize common law marriages, we decided it would be a good idea to finally get hitched. We joked about that a few weeks ago and no more was said.
So last week I went and purchased a wedding ring for her and a wedding band for me, and then got down on one knee yesterday, I popped the question. She said yes!!!!! (it would have been pretty weird if she said no!) We will do a civil ceremony sometime in the near future! She's waving that hand around all over the place today!
So, I am a happy camper... just had to share that with you... we need more good news in this world.
** Most other institutions in Canada recognize common-law and do not differentiate from licensed marriages... they got with the world!
A little back story... Me and Mrs. Northwood (Julia) have been together for decades, but never actually made it official with one of them guberment license thangs... never saw the need, and money spent on other important things like roofs, appliances, kids, Drones!!!! ..... instead of shiny trinkets.
Well, now that we will be getting something from Mom's estate (she passed recently), it means we need to sort that with the banks. Seeing as Canadian bank regulations** are arcane, and they don't recognize common law marriages, we decided it would be a good idea to finally get hitched. We joked about that a few weeks ago and no more was said.
So last week I went and purchased a wedding ring for her and a wedding band for me, and then got down on one knee yesterday, I popped the question. She said yes!!!!! (it would have been pretty weird if she said no!) We will do a civil ceremony sometime in the near future! She's waving that hand around all over the place today!
So, I am a happy camper... just had to share that with you... we need more good news in this world.
** Most other institutions in Canada recognize common-law and do not differentiate from licensed marriages... they got with the world!
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