Marriage is a personal union of individuals. Like most people we've spent some time B.W. (before wedding) and A.W. (after wedding) talking about our concepts of marriage, what the word means to us and more recently - how we feel different in a very subtle sort of way.

We even learned some things along the way. For instance, did you know that according to the United States Government Accountability Office, there are over a thousand federal laws that treat married people differently from single people ranging from continued water rights of a spouse in some circumstances to making, revoking, and objecting to post-mortem anatomical gifts.

So far, we've found married life to be extremely similar in outwardly aspects to our lives B.W.: We do all the same things we did before, now we just do them with matching rings on our hands. We still fight and argue...we still dance around the apartment to the end credits music on the DVD we just watched...we're still the same loveable idiots we were before 6pm on August 16th - but now we're the Benders.

The one common feeling that we both share, as we begin our new adventures of 'Eric and Lori: Married People', is one that is intangible. It's the closest feeling to what I can only image one feels with an extreme abundance of faith. We feel more grown up. We feel closer. We feel the need to remind each other that we're married...but I'm sure that one fades. As our wonderful officiate, Tim Huntley said: “when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying weirdness - and call it love - true love.”

We sincerely thank each of you who were presence and those who were present in our hearts & minds on August 16th. We are honored to have shared a momentous memory with you and to have you witness our legally binding commitment to the insanity that is married life.

We love you all. And Eric thanks you for coming.


 
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