I married my client. Yep, it's true and today is our 9th wedding anniversary. I think nine years is the longest anyone has put up with me.
It was not my fault, honest. I was not cruising my clients, it just happened. I have built my business based on personal referrals and my husband, Mike, was a referral from a mutual friend. When Mike showed up to buy a house I thought he was a nice guy, nice looking, smart but again, I never got involved with any of my clients.
As we looked around for houses we became friends and having our mutual friend who referred Mike to me made it really easy. After the sale closed we remained friends. We were such good friends I fixed Mike up with all my single friends. He had dates left and right. Some were good, some maybe not so much. When I tell this story now, Mike always says," yeah you fixed me up with your psycho friends!" I always say, "honey, we are all psycho, we are women!!" LOL
Then one of my friends said to me that she thought he was interested in me and I told her oh no that couldn't possibly be the case. I never thought was interested in me, besides, Mike is 7 years younger than me I couldn't possibly go out with someone who was so young. Then as things work out, I robbed the cradle straight away. Yep, Did it before Demi even thought about it.
The funniest thing happened at our wedding though. It was a small wedding. We go married in front of about 70 people on a beautiful afternoon in a Sunroom of a French restaurant in town. Everyone stood around us, as we said our vows, then we had a huge afternoon lunch open bar - no disco bands- just a really fun afternoon with our friends and family. Okay, so let me back the truck up and tell you what was so funny.
Now, I did not get married until I was 36. Michael's cousin is a minister and he married us. We had our vows, but for the standard vows I told Mike I was not going to say "OBEY". Never obeyed anyone before, why start now? Mike said, no problem. So you know when you are getting ready for such events no matter how big or small, there is a lot of rushing around to do. Mike was in charge of having the vows set up with his cousin and as we stood in front of God and everyone, Paul, the minister, asked me if I would "obey".
Well, in my Audrey June, I am in charge - my way or the highway- brain. I am thinking, to myself, this is not supposed to be in there!! So, still thinking - with my mouth shut if you can believe- now, do I say something? Do I stop the train right here and now? Do I act like the typical, in control thing that I am and make them start from the top without obey, or do I just suck it up and do the right thing, I am going to become a wife after all? Mike is thinking, "Oh crap, I forgot to tell Paul to take that out, what is she going to do?"
All of that was enough of a pregnant pause in the rythym of things that - my friends all said they were holding their breath- I finally said "obey" the entire place cracked up. You see, they all know me without telling any of them of our previous plans.
Now, if Mike asks me to do anything, and I say no, he always says, "You said obey" ;) It makes me laugh everytime.
Anyway, we have had a lot of fun along the way. I can't believe it has already been 9 years. Our families get along great. I may have been late to the dance but I will dance the best dance and I am very happy that I waited for just the right one.
The picture above is us when we were dating, we both wish we were that young, and then the other is Mike and Hutch at Kure Beach in NC. I have to scan some wedding photos to this computer for you to see some of them.
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