Greetings, writers—
I got the text from my neighbor, D, on Sunday: “We are signing our marriage certificate on Tuesday at 6pm. We will eat pizza and hang out. Would love to have you and the fam attend if you are free!”
It was an exciting text to get, even if I didn’t really understand what it meant. Had D and H unofficially eloped? Had there been a paperwork delay? Or had they held an actual wedding ceremony without signing the certificate? I once knew a couple who forgot to sign their certificate after their big splashy wedding, a fact they only realized when they went to get divorced.
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