10-10-10

So the day has finally come!!!....ugh, not yet, but we're getting ready for it. Yup, just like other superstitious Asian who believes 10-10-10 means perfection, and will have special blessing to one's marriage, we too, have decided to go to the court house on 10-10-10 to make it official. Actually, we are just doing it because he proposed on 9-9-9… (He better not forgets our anniversary date... \___/)

Since 10-10-10 falls on a Sunday, we’ve been contemplating our possible options… one that was highly supported by fiancé’ parents was to get married in their backyard, and have his best friend, who is “legally” able to marry people, marrying us. As tempting and fun as that sound, I felt that it would be overly done than just a simple ceremony yet I won’t have any family or friends besides my immediate family there (since we live 4 hours away).

But anyways, the other option was to go to Las Vegas… where tons of chapels are available even on Sunday (even Drive-Thru) to let you say “I do!” After looking into it, I thought the chapel feels a bit cheesy… and found out the court house in Vegas is actually open on Sunday!? Nice…. so it could be just the two of us… going to the place that advertises “what happens here stays here”. I hope he won’t deny our marriage years down the road that it ever happened… v_v As we were ready to book our hotel… I thought of his ninety-some years old grandparents, and felt a bit guilty, because they thought they would see us getting married in October… so I asked fiancé if we should invite his parents and grandparents to Vegas, it’s a long drive, but they are welcome to come if they like. Needless to say, his mom wanted to join us, and to my surprise, his sister and her boyfriend too… they’re not sure about the dad because he may have work to do at the vineyard finishing up their raisin season… what really disappointed me, was that they decide to not tell the grandparents about it, because they don’t want to “babysit” them in Vegas… I mean, I understand, they’re really old, and they’re slow… and they need people to watch over them when they’re outside… but… /sigh.. I guess I will see them this Christmas… or at our wedding reception in the spring. Since his family is coming, I asked mom and sister if they would like to join us as well, and it seems that only mom will be joining us…

In life, we get to choose our own priorities, but we cannot choose others’ priorities for them… and rather than being resentful, I’d rather learn to respect their decision…