I think I may have eased my biggest worry...
We have an officiant - a nonreligious, nonoffensive, and FREE officiant!
Jeff and I are interfaith, and I was SO worried that choosing an officiant would cause all kinds of arguments and headaches and whatever... but tonight my dad said to me 'you know, we know a judge who could marry you...'
He's a friend of my parents', so he'll already be at the wedding, and obviously he'll do it for free since this isn't something he makes a living at, and he wouldn't charge my parents anyway, and as a judge he's not going to offend anybody's religious sensibilities.
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The only down side is that he won't come with any prepackaged ceremonies, so we'll have to script the whole thing ourselves from start to finish. I want to plan a lot of the ceremony ourselves anyway, but I was hoping to work with somebody who could give me advice and ideas... but I guess that's what the internet is for![]()
Of course, we haven't actually asked the guy yet, but the chances he'll say no are pretty slim. As my dad said: 'he was at your Bat Mitzvah. I know he'd be honored to marry you.'
Now, as I heave a sigh of relief, I must actually focus on writing this damn term paper instead of constantly refreshing my LIW chat windows. Anybody want to write my paper and have an interest in PTSD in WWI as evidenced through several novels? Any takers?
I hate end-of-semester stress...
Jeff and I are interfaith, and I was SO worried that choosing an officiant would cause all kinds of arguments and headaches and whatever... but tonight my dad said to me 'you know, we know a judge who could marry you...'
He's a friend of my parents', so he'll already be at the wedding, and obviously he'll do it for free since this isn't something he makes a living at, and he wouldn't charge my parents anyway, and as a judge he's not going to offend anybody's religious sensibilities.
Whew.
The only down side is that he won't come with any prepackaged ceremonies, so we'll have to script the whole thing ourselves from start to finish. I want to plan a lot of the ceremony ourselves anyway, but I was hoping to work with somebody who could give me advice and ideas... but I guess that's what the internet is for
Of course, we haven't actually asked the guy yet, but the chances he'll say no are pretty slim. As my dad said: 'he was at your Bat Mitzvah. I know he'd be honored to marry you.'
Now, as I heave a sigh of relief, I must actually focus on writing this damn term paper instead of constantly refreshing my LIW chat windows. Anybody want to write my paper and have an interest in PTSD in WWI as evidenced through several novels? Any takers?
I hate end-of-semester stress...
