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That was an important factor for me. At one point my mother said that if I didn’t marry Mrs. Tabby, my mother would disown me and adopt her. (-:
Mrs. Tabby and my mother never had the stereotypical friction between daughter-in-law and mother of husband.
On to the next generation – Mrs. Tabby is tomorrow driving down to spend a girls’ weekend with our daughter-in-law while our son is deployed (USAF) for a few months. Mrs. Tabby and our daughter-in-law get along very well, and daughter-in-law enjoys having Mrs. Tabby around.
It can be good even with you.
I didn’t quite finish how my wife and I actually tied the knot. After that 1965 Christmas party we had a series a dates and I had a chance to meet some members of her family who all lived together with my wife pretty much the head of household. That included her mother, two brothers, and a sister with her six-year old son. They were all immigrants from Peru who had followed my wife to America. In February 1966, on the weekend of the George Washington Birthday holiday (now Presidents Day), I was at her place in Virginia and we had a big snowstorm that prevented my getting out and driving to Maryland at the end of the day. More snow during the night wound up keeping me there all through that weekend so that I got to know those in her family and they got to know me. That was an important experience that led to my proposal of marriage in March while sitting together in my car parked outside her residence. She said her answer was yes but I would have to ask her mother. So, I did that, her mother was agreeable, and since June was full we set our wedding for May 20.
Now that the day has come, happy anniversary to you both.
My wife and I met through an online dating service. The line in her profile that hooked me was this:
I love music and like to sing along with the radio in the car (loudly) and the supermarket (quietly).
I found that to be quite charming. I believe that what she liked about my profile is that one of my photos had a cat in the background.