There's been a sudden acceleration in things here in Stay of Executionville. On Monday Housemate and 517 became engaged. They're planning an August wedding -- this August -- which has meant some scrambling to figure out how/whether/what things they need to do right now. I say "they're" planning an August wedding but that pronoun's not exactly accurate. It's more like "we're" planning an August wedding, because I'm Housemate's best friend and, of course, because I live with the happy couple and happen to be around them during a lot of their waking conversations, which are about the wedding.
I've watched Housemate transform overnight into a bride planning a wedding. This transformation is full of surprises. I've witnessed it in several close friends now, and what's interesting is the ways in which my friends' tastes, attachment to, and rejection of particular conventions take me by surprise. Some of the parts of a conventional wedding Housemate's already rejected without consideration, and others she seems to embrace without question. These aren't necessarily in the ways I would have predicted. Anyway, it's a shift in the conversation and the energy and the focus of the household that has taken me by surprise.
But the big thing is, this afternoon at 4 they looked at a house together. They came home and when I walked into the kitchen I entered a conversation in which they were asking their realtor how high above the asking price they should make their offer. Whoah. "How'd it go?" seemed like a silly question. I sat at the counter and drank tea and listened while they backtracked for my sake, singing the praises of the house and re-considering whether it was crazy for them to make an offer just after seeing it. We all concluded it wasn't, and they are now at their realtor's office writing up the offer letter. Zoom!
So, Happy New Year. 2006 is off to a rush of a start. It seems likely that I'll be looking for a new roommate, within 30 days or so. I wonder when my brain will catch up to it all?
Weddings really are fascinating reflection of the bride and groom's values.
Posted by: The Happy Feminist | January 08, 2006 at 02:23 PM
Congratulations to Housemate!
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