The Cat's Out of the Bag

Well, the cat's out of the bag completely now. David's Dad, Mike was just told last night that David and I are getting married. David hated waiting that long, but he did it out of his mom request. David's mom wanted to wait to tell him until after Michelle (David's sister) and Pete's wedding. Their wedding was yesterday (which was actually nicer than I thought it was going to be). Mikes birthday is today so David's family went out last night. We caught up with them late and they had been drinking. Since Mike had been loosened up David figured it would be a good time. It makes me laugh every time I think of how he did it. He just leaned over his mom to get to his dad and said, "I'm getting married." His dad gave him a look like your joking so David grabbed my left hand and showed him my ring. The next thing Mike said was, "So soon." It wasn't a question. He was shocked just like everyone else has been, but I think he's happy for David. After a little while he gave me a hug and he said, "I knew you were the one..." I felt so touched by that. I really do like David's family. They're all really nice people. I just have to get used to way they show their love because it's a lot different then the way my family shows their love. David later told me that his Uncle Terry told him that he always thought that David was the most put together grandchild in the family and that he trusted his wisdom and decisions.

I had a hard time with one of David's relatives that I had met before David and Renae broke up. It was at the reception and by the end of the conversation I was sweating bullets. When I told David's sister, Michelle, about it she said, "Don't pay attention to her, you'll get that a lot, but stay strong." I thought that was funny because she had given me a hard time not less than three weeks ago. But something she said made me start to think, I've three times as many people supporting David and I than people that are against the decision. Also the people that support us are the people that know us well. That's something that I got to keep in my mind. David and I are so lucky for having so many people that love us enough to trust are judgment.

It feels good that everyone that's important in our lives know now. The hardest thing is now over, hopefully it's all down hill from here.