On this day in 1993, my friends Paul and Helen were married. Quite a party after the wedding too. I recall we ended up late for the ceremony because of someone’s future wife holding us up.
The reception is what really made it special. Although the priest presiding over the ceremony did give everyone an update on how badly the Bears were doing; the wedding was on the south side of Chicago. Anyway, the reception had great food and an open bar which can overcome any logistical nightmare. It was one of the perfect beer days I will always remember.
Now they’ve been married for 13 years. Other than someone to babysit their two sons for about a month, what do you give the couple? According to one site textiles or fur (sticking with the modern era). Fur? Unless I want my friend Paul to look like Huggy Bear and Helen a magnet for the ALF and PETA extremists (as in the extremists amongst them, not all PETA people are nuts), even if the fur were fake. This leaves textiles. So I guess they’ll be expecting a bunch of people to chip in to buy them a bolt of fabric.
Let us give a hearty “Congratulations!” to Paul and Helen Silder and their ten-year headstart they have on Somara and me.