Me: That 80 year old jazz pianist is wearing your shirt. I told you that was a shirt for an 80 year old man.
David: Oh. Yeah... well it's not exactly my shirt. The stitching is a little different.
Me: So you're saying he just has great style?
David: No, I'm saying he's not 80.
Me: 70?
David: Yeah.
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At Preservation Hall, New Orleans LA
Oct
2009
Hi Meg, just wondering if you're thinking of changing the blog name to A Practical Marrige??
I love that the emphasis has shifted more toward marriage – I feel like I am sharing your newly-wed journey, just as I shared the nearly-wed one!
Thanks so much for the thoughtfulness of your blog! :-D
October 26, 2009 6:40 pm
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Nope. I own a marriage URL, that I will probably use in addition to this one at some point. But I'll still be blogging weddings here. But it's not practical. I wanted a practical wedding because the cultural pressure is to have a INsane wedding. I have zero interest in having a practical marriage, when all of our cultural pressure is to do just that. I'd like to have a brave marriage, maybe, or an honest one.
October 26, 2009 8:12 pm
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Sigh, love it. You guys are totally like us. We should all be having some po boys together.
Well once we're back on the same continent.
October 27, 2009 6:18 am
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I have zero interest in having a practical marriage, when all of our cultural pressure is to do just that.
make that some of our cultural pressure. there are, happily, plenty of holdouts.
October 27, 2009 7:06 am
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Longtime lurker here.
I like the idea of both a brave and an honest marriage, but I usually feel very little pressure to have a "practical" marriage and much, much, more pressure to have a "perfect" marriage… But as my wise husband would say: "I don't want a 'perfect' marriage. I want a happy marriage."
October 27, 2009 11:59 am
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This is my boyfriend and me. I could have written this dialogue.
October 27, 2009 12:35 pm
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This post makes me laugh because my partner wears these loafers that her coworkers call her old man shoes.
October 27, 2009 1:09 pm
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Ah-ha! I love little exchanges like this :)
I like the concept of A Brave Marriage. I think to have a truly honest, life-long marriage in our society takes a lot of courage… and the occasional Grand Adventure.
October 29, 2009 7:17 am
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