{"id":1129,"date":"2011-02-16T23:08:09","date_gmt":"2011-02-17T04:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/?p=1129"},"modified":"2011-02-27T08:17:07","modified_gmt":"2011-02-27T13:17:07","slug":"from-the-brides-fathers-notebook-day-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/?p=1129","title":{"rendered":"From the Bride’s Father’s Notebook – Day 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the Bride’s Father’s Notebook – Day 2<\/a><\/p>\n

December 22, 2009<\/p>\n

Wedding License<\/span><\/p>\n

Kate and David are filling out the marriage license application.\u00a0 We all want to make sure it’s done just right, so everyone contributes a word.\u00a0 Second guessing a bureaucratic form is usually pretty fruitless, but it seems vital to each of us right about now.\u00a0 Of course the stakes are high, or at least our desire to get it right is high.\u00a0 Humorous seeing first David, then Katie, fill it out, speaking each question aloud.\u00a0 And the details: should I write dad’s middle name or keep it just an initial?\u00a0 I think the final decision was neither.\u00a0 At the stroke of a pen my middle name, which I don’t much like anyway: gone.\u00a0 Could I get a whole new name this way?\u00a0 While they filled it out we spoke jokes and memories of past forms filled out, past bureaucracies maneuvered, past liaisons legalized.\u00a0 Now get the birth certificates, get the passports, get everything you need; we’re ready.\u00a0 The cheapest and hopefully easiest part of the whole ordeal is, besides the couple’s consent, really the only essential part, at least legally.<\/p>\n

The Friend Test<\/span><\/p>\n

In the evening, some good friends we first met in Seoul came over for supper.\u00a0 We had a very nice evening.\u00a0 What I like is that David fit in, that he liked them and they liked him.\u00a0 It’s o.k. for the bride’s dad to want additional proofs and signs that this is, really, truly, and actually a good match.\u00a0 Anybody who gets along with our friends, will probably get along with us.\u00a0 And our daughter.<\/p>\n

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Making it Legal<\/p><\/div>\n

From the Bride’s Father’s Notebook – Introduction<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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