For those that couldnt make it, heres my speech to Jenn from the ceremony (posted with her permission, of course) Also, I apologize to all the academics out there for the punctuation, etc. It was unedited. “In writing vows, I tried to think of when I fell in love with you, and I couldn’t really pin it down, but i could only trace it back to the night we met. As we both know, I also met Corey Feldman that night, so in an alternate universe, my life is drastically different. But Corey and I have a lovely, tasteful ceremony. (Just so you know, he’s a bit of a bridezilla...In an alternate universe, of course, so no slander is occurring.) I didn’t know I loved you when I met you. But I must have loved you. because I haven’t thought about anyone else since then. I didn’t want to be in love. I was new to this town, and I wanted to be a single guy in a Los Angeles for a while, is that too much to ask?! But you had other plans for me... I instantly liked you. Because I saw what everyone sees. Your beautiful eyes, your radiant smile, heard your delightful little chuckle. You laughed at my jokes, even the dumb ones, which you still do and i love it. But to say that i loved you? To marry you? too soon to call. i think the first time I realized i would probably marry you, was on Halloween. We were pirates. You had made us amazing costumes, and we went to a party where I first met all your friends. The way they talked about you, and the way they welcomed me so openly, and the threats that I received about what would happen if I were to hurt you in any way, just the most good natured threats of violence, which weren’t really intimidating because we were all so adorably drunk. But it spoke to the effect that you have on people. The way you are draws people to you, and they love you. You give without wanting and you nurture relationships better than most people can. You have a southern-like hospitality that i thought was rare in this day and age, especially outside of the south. But you’ve also shown me that it’s not that rare, because all your friends are the same way. It’s like a big family that I was welcomed into, and being away from my family and friends, i needed that. Granted, at the end of the day, marriage is specifically about the bond between two people. But the 99% of the other time, it’s about the bond between two lives. Two lives full of people. And I love that we love everyone in each others lives. Everyone that meets you loves you (except for maybe a few customer service representatives here and there that should have just gotten their supervisor.) Given the evidence, it’s apparent that I fell in love with you when I met you, and you knew it the whole time, because you stuck around, until i could realize it for myself. fortunately, there was nothing I could do about it. And I’m happier every day because of it. My only regret is I wish I’d met you sooner. even though sometimes I feel like we’ve know each other for a thousand years, I can’t wait to know you for another million.”
Posted on: Tue, 04 Nov 2014 13:29:41 +0000
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