Well, it’s not as bad as it sounds.
I was married once, a long time ago, and it went south pretty quickly. So I wasn’t all that eager to jump right back up on the matrimonial bandwagon.
And then I met her. And over time, I realized that if I were ever even going to consider marriage again, it could only be to someone like her. So I asked her folks, and they seemed okay with the idea. Then I asked her, and she seemed okay with it, too.
So we went about planning an April 2008 wedding. Last September, we found out that my grandfather’s health is failing, and while I’m pleased to report that he’s still doing fairly well today, we had several discussions about how he might not be able to attend our wedding in April. (You see, I have all four of my grandparents still, for which I am very thankful.) This begat a larger discussion of possibly holding a ceremony in Illinois over Thanksgiving 2007, so that we could have a wedding that all four grandparents could attend. (My girl’s grandparents have all passed away, and she has said many times that she hopes to “borrow” mine as long as she can.)
So we did it! We had a great little ceremony in Champaign on November 22, 2007, and as a result, we are now legally married.
But of course, we had already been planning a Fargo wedding for April, and had already put down money on a reception hall, etc. Plus, most of our friends where we live weren’t at the Illinois wedding, and we really wanted to have them with us to celebrate.
Therefore, we’re pressing on with the April wedding (on the 26th!), and now dealing with all of the stress and minutiae that entails. But it’ll be a fun day, and we are definitely looking forward to it very much.
So, in a way, this will be my third marriage. But I’m more fortunate than most country singers with a similar lament.
I’ve only got ONE ex-wife!