Today marks our fourth anniversary. Imagine, four years ago today, I met my husband in person for the first time, and less than eight hours later, was married. Whirlwind romance... Moving halfway around the world...
And yet, we still have bliss. Happiness reigns.
Sadly, we're not doing anything - we're both still sick. A week and a half ago, we were in a trishaw and got severely splashed with monsoon puddles, some of it going in Fahim's mouth. Yuck! He got sick a day later, me after that (cold, tonsillitis, and stomach flu - yay!) Anyway, still recovering. Instead, we've got rainchecks on that... Yeah, reality, eh? Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by quidscribis: Today marks our fourth anniversary. Imagine, four years ago today, I met my husband in person for the first time, and less than eight hours later, was married. Whirlwind romance... Moving halfway around the world...
And yet, we still have bliss. Happiness reigns.
As for the sickness, STOP THAT! Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Yeah, I agree. It's mostly better, though...
Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
Parabens! (Congrats in Portuguese.)
Keep telling us stories, I love to hear from you. Sorry about the sick, and I'll remember to keep my mouth closed next time I ride in a trishaw during monsoon season!
Posted by Derrell (Member # 6062) on :
Congratulations.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Congratulations! Four years is such a lovely time. Posted by TL (Member # 8124) on :
Eight. Hours.
How does that happen??
Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :
Elvis said that there was a discount if they tied the knot during happy hour.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Thanks for the congrats, everyone.
Uprooted, were you planning on riding in a trishaw during monsoon season? Where and when? It sounds like fun!
TL, you can start with this thread, and this thread, and then you can read the official short version. And should I mention that we met online only two months before I left Canada for Sri Lanka to marry the man I hadn't yet met?
Samprimary, what a cool idea! We should have gone for that! Posted by AvidReader (Member # 6007) on :
Congrats, quid! Here's to happiness.
Posted by Eduardo St. Elmo (Member # 9566) on :
Gefeliciteerd! Dat er nog vele gezegende jaren mogen volgen.
Eng. trans: Congratulations. May there be meny blessed years to come.
[ August 15, 2007, 09:36 AM: Message edited by: Eduardo St. Elmo ]
Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
Congratulations!
Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
quote:Originally posted by quidscribis: Uprooted, were you planning on riding in a trishaw during monsoon season? Where and when? It sounds like fun!
Let's put it this way: I don't rule anything out of my life, especially where world travel is concerned! But no, no actual plans to be anywhere that there are trishaws and monsoons anytime soon. Although you'd better believe that if Southeast Asia ever shows up on my itinerary, I'd find a way to make it to Sri Lanka to meet you!
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
You better, Uprooted, or I'd be very very upset with you! And I firmly support not ruling out possibilities. I still want to take a barge holiday through, oh, England. No, no money for that at present, but that's beside the point.
Eduardo, I have no idea what you said. Shall I assume it was nice and good and all that good stuff? I think I shall! Thanks! Although, really, it sounds like you have a bad cold...
Thanks, AvidReader and Megan.
Ah, but true love... While 'tis not bliss, 'tis pretty darn close. Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
Wait, did you say "true love"? I thought you said "to blave," which, as we all know . . .
And as long as I'm derailing threads, have you considered starting up Flash Fiction Fridays again?
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Congrats Laurie! Glad to see you are still happily enjoying a whole new culture and way of life over there. I admire your spontaneity.
Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
yay quidscribis!
can't believe it's been 4 years already!
Posted by Artemisia Tridentata (Member # 8746) on :
Congratulations. Sixty two years ago my Mom and Dad were married, eight hours after they first met in person. No problems yet. I hope the same for you two.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Congratulations! (Parabens in English)
quote:Originally posted by Artemisia Tridentata: Congratulations. Sixty two years ago my Mom and Dad were married, eight hours after they first met in person. No problems yet. I hope the same for you two.
That sounds like an interesting story. I'd love to hear it if you don't mind relating it. How did they meet before they met in person?
Posted by Artemisia Tridentata (Member # 8746) on :
Mom wrote an article for a magazine called The Liohona. Its circulation was mostly Mormon missionaries. Dad, who was a Navy Medic attached to the Marines and on his way to the South Pacific, saw the article and wrote the author. Her version was that he wrote to take issue with the article. His version was that he wrote in respose to the author's thumbnail photo attached to the piece. They corresponded for three years while he was overseas. When he returned, he bought a bus ticket from San Franscisco to Logan UT. He walked to her fathers house from the bus to meet her. Later that day they were married in the Logan LDS Temple. They left the next day on the bus to return to the Bay area. where they started their life together living in a chicken coop in Hayward CA. Dad finished his service obligation at the Navel hospital at what is now Camp Parks. I missed being a Calfornian by only months!
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
Great story, Artemisia! When I first read "eight hours after they first met in person" I thought it said "in prison," so I thought it was going to be an even more interesting tale! Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
"What kind of name is Ed for a pretty thing like you?" "Short for Edwina. Turn to the right!"
Posted by romanylass (Member # 6306) on :
Congrats, quid and fahim! happy anniversary!
Posted by brojack17 (Member # 9189) on :
I knew within 8 hours I was going to marry my wife, but we took 9 months to actually do it. That is an interesting story. I'm glad it is working out for you.
Yay quid.
Posted by orlox (Member # 2392) on :
Great story! Congrats!
Posted by Omega M. (Member # 7924) on :
You really can get sick in Sri Lanka just by accidentally swallowing a bit of water from a puddle?
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Thanks for the congrats, everyone!
quote:Wait, did you say "true love"? I thought you said "to blave," which, as we all know . . .
Precisely!
Yeah, Uprooted, I want to start FFF up again, but I'm also hoping Fahim will write some code that'll make my life easier. But I guess it doesn't help that we've both been pretty busy with other writing projects.
Artemisia, your parents have a lovely story. Very very cool! Thanks for sharing.
Omega, yep. But then, in North America, people can get sick from their tap water, only there, it's a scandal. Our tap water isn't safe from the tap for drinking - it has to be boiled first.
Keep in mind that people bathe and crap in streams, springs, rivers, lakes, and the ocean. And there are a lot of people who don't have water to their house/hut and wash at a community water pipe. Houses tend to have septic tanks, but grey water is taken away from the house through open water troughs at the side of the road. With flooding...
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
quid, I love the story of you two being married. Perhaps you've already linked it and I missed it, but didn't you have a blog about your move and marriage and adjustment? I seem to remember reading it...I liked it a lot; it was really interesting.
-pH
Posted by anti_maven (Member # 9789) on :
Better late than never!
Congratulations Quid & Fahim.
And thanks for linking to the whole story. A great read!
Posted by Qaz (Member # 10298) on :
Congrats!
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Yup, got a blog. But sadly, I haven't updated it in quite a while...
I love our story, too - it's a cool one. And thanks, pH, anti-maven, and Qaz, for the congrats. Posted by Sterling (Member # 8096) on :
Congratulations, quid. Happy anniversary, and speedy recovery.
(Have you reached the "smug married people" stage yet? )
Posted by Wendybird (Member # 84) on :
Congratulations! I love reading your story.
Posted by Jhai (Member # 5633) on :
Congrats quid!
Abhi and I are finally having our Hindu wedding ceremony in India this winter. If you feel like making a little trip to Calcutta in December, between the two of us we could make you Real. (Sadly, we have absolutely no time in our itinerary to get to Sri Lanka this trip.)
Really do consider it, if you're interested in traveling there. You know how these things are in South Asia - more the merrier!
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Sterling, I don't know. What's the "smug married people stage"? I suspect I haven't. I'm too grateful for Fahim to take him for granted, and had entirely given up on relationships when it happened, so it was rather surprising, and I'm too cognizant of the incredibly huge miracle it was, if that makes sense. I'm not sure smugness happens in the same neighborhood with sheer overwhelming gratitude that I actually managed to find someone who not only loves me as much as I love him, but is also completely compatible. I dunno, maybe I'm wrong.
Thanks, Sterling, WendyBird, and Jhai.
And Jhai, small, medium, or large wedding? When Fahim's brother got married, it was a small wedding with only 400 or so guests. He's had a few cousins get married since then, and the guest list has been in the 1500+ range. Boggles my mind, let me tell ya. Plus, just a wedding, or days of events before and after as well?
But of course I'm interested. We may not have the fundage then, but we have talked about visiting India since I haven't been there yet. Tell me more?
And with a wedding, of course I understand the bit about no time for detours. You'll have pretty much every minute of every day already accounted for by his parents already... I don't remember - are his parents in India?
Posted by Liz B (Member # 8238) on :
Quidscribis, as a hopeless romantic I just LOVE your story...thanks for sharing it, and congratulations on 4 happy years.
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
quote:I'm too grateful for Fahim to take him for granted,
That line made me say AWWWWW!
How awesome. And a great sentiment for all of us "old married folks" to keep in mind. congrats on the anniversary!
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Aw, Liz, thanks. I think it's a wonderfully romantic story, too, but I'm a bit of a sap.
Thanks, Belle. Posted by Jhai (Member # 5633) on :
The wedding will be two days - Decemeber 24th & 25th, I believe (Abhi's parents, who are indeed in India, are planning everything). It'll be taking place in Calcutta proper, and will probably have roughly 400 people there? I'll have to ask Abhi for a better number - pretty much everyone there will be from his family's side only, which keeps the numbers down a bit. He's Bengali (as you might have guessed from the Calcutta address) so it'll be a typical Bengali wedding. Except that Abhi has refused to wear the hat. And, yeah, all of our days are completely accounted for, between visiting his old friends, seeing family, and taking in the different sights. If you did plan on making the trip we could make suggestions as to other things to see in Calcutta and other parts of India, as we're doing for the few members of my family who can afford the flight over.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Yes, the hat! I love the hat! But I can't blame him for refusing... Do you know what you'll be wearing? Sari? Make sure you've got safety pins...
400 isn't bad for one side of the family. Okay, I'm laughing a bit, just so you know. Do his parents/relatives speak English or will they be speaking Bengali with Abhi translating for you? Oh, the fun! Will you be eating with your hands? Have you been practicing?
Have you been to India before? I don't remember. Maybe you're an old hand already...
Do you know what happens on each of the two days?
And we'll have to see. I'd love to come, but Fahim hasn't been properly employed for, um, a while. We've been freelancing, but without a steady stream of income, it can sometimes be difficult to gauge these things. I'll let you know. It all sounds exciting and interesting. I hope you have a great time. Posted by Dragon (Member # 3670) on :
Sorry I missed this on your anniversary, but congrats quid! I have to admit, your story makes me smile every time I think of it.
Posted by esl (Member # 3143) on :
Congratulations quidscribis and Fahim! and many more
Also, good luck with the finding work. I'm doing that too.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Thanks, Dragon and esl.
Good luck with your job search, too, esl. Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
quid, out of curiosity, how much would it cost to go up to Calcutta from where you are? *nosy*
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
No idea. Near as I can tell, there are no airlines that travel between the two airports, so it looks like we'd have to fly to, say, Madras, on one airline and transfer to another for the second leg. To find prices, looks like I'd have to ask a travel agent. Online airline thingies don't work for this part of the world.
Colombo to Singapore is around $400, so I could guess $100-200, per person return.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
I finally found one site that had prices. $1000+ per person return. For a flight that's 3/4 the distance of the Colombo-Singapore flight. Yeah, that's not happening.
We've paid $275 per person return to the UAE, which is twice as far as to Singapore. Just for some relativity. Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
Congrats Quid. Posted by Battler03 (Member # 10453) on :
quote:Originally posted by pooka: "What kind of name is Ed for a pretty thing like you?" "Short for Edwina. Turn to the right!"
Best mothereffing movie ever. In the history of humankind.
"Son...you've got a panty on your head!"
and
"That's your whole goddam raison d'etre, ain't it? Finding microbes left by crooks and commies and shit?"
Oh man, I just laughed so hard, just remembering that scene, that I'm crying. That is literally the funniest movie ever made.
Oh yeah, and, um, congratulations, everybody, on your short-duration-courtship marriages, or whatever. Happy anniversary, or something.
Posted by Mrs.M (Member # 2943) on :
Mazel Tov! I can't believe it's been 4 years. I tell your story all the time and people are always amazed.
Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :
I think it's great! Congratulations quid and Fahim for making it through four years of marriage. What a wonderful story you two makes. They ought to make you into a movie.
Also, best wishes to Jhai and Abhi! Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Thanks, imogen! Thanks, Battler, I think... Thanks, Mrs. M and Tatiana, and yeah, it is a great story, isn't it?
Um, Battler, would you please edit out the profanity in your post?
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