Marriage is Fun

From Brian’s Facebook (He posted a picture of the men in the wedding party.):
Check out Ryan Curley, Rick Curley, and Daryl Hooker! We all looked so good 25 years ago today. Except for the tragic mullet and pornstache.


The good news is that Lori Ann Curley married me anyway. Happy Anniversary to the kindest, most loving person I know!


From my (rare posting on) Facebook:
Happy Silver (or Mithril in geekspeak) to Brian Curley, a.k.a. the World’s Greatest Husband, who proposed to me with the following:


“To the light in my darkness and the dawn of my every day. I love you. P. S. By the way, will you marry me?”


I said yes once I regained the power of speech.


One of my cousins commented “Beautiful proposal.” I responded with “The ring was tied with a ribbon to a Winnie-the-Pooh bear. You may all say, “Aww!” Two friends did.


Dinner Celebration
We had a lovely steak dinner at Delany’s. Delicious food and impeccable service. I highly recommend the Button Mushrooms, sautéed in butter & topped with parmesan cheese, and Brian chose their slender onion rings for his appetizer. For entrées, I had the tiniest filet mignon with a bleu cheese topping that sizzled when it was served. Brian ordered the prime rib special and could not finish it. For dessert, the restaurant treated us to an ice cream sundae that we shared in our usual 60/40 split.


Gifts
For some reason, Brian doesn’t like shopping my wish lists on Amazon.com or Think Geek.com. I like to make gift shopping easy on people. I shopped his wish list and purchased an expansion for the boardgame “A Touch of Evil” and a Bluetooth speaker. Brian bought me a pyramid-shaped cushion on which to rest my Kindle as I’m reading in bed, and it’s so much better than the stand (that I had to put on a book) that I was using prior. He also gave me another book, Shadows Over Baker Street, for my Kindle.


However, the best gift is being married to Brian: the great love of my life and the rock I cling to in the storm of life. When I see him helping someone in need, or just doing something sweet and unexpected, I realize what a good man I married.


Besides, being married to Brian is fun. Years ago I read a magazine article that discussed that women frequently choose to spend their free time doing housework, whereas men frequently choose to have fun and play during their free time. Brian is a prime example of this in that he introduced me to several roleplaying games and board games and other fun activities during our marriage, such as going to Summerfest (again) and taking me to Lambeau Field for Packer games, Family Night, and Shareholder meetings.


Brian reminds me of my late father’s sense of humor. One night when my parents had all ten of their grandchildren (ranging in age from toddler to teenager), my mother complained that she had done all the work while he did nothing but play with the kids. My father replied, “Well whose fault is that?”


Plus, Brian makes me laugh when I’m feeling sad. I wish I had that talent.


Here’s to another wonderful twenty-five (plus) years.


Pog ma thoin!
-Lori


“Are you currently in a serious relationship?”
“Well, I’m married, but the WGH and I try not to be too serious about it. We prefer being silly. Case in point: we celebrated one of our wedding anniversaries by going to a Weird Al concert. Another was spent in bed sleeping. You get the idea.” – from a meme I answered several years ago.