Mark and I have been very amused at the great response to his blog on the wedding :) guess not many husband-to-bes blog about their wedding experience, and I must say I am extremely proud of him... he's done a good job not just "tolerating" all the prep, but much more than that we've been really enjoying it each step of the way! Despite the rushing around and the constant thinking and talking through of the preparation process, we have really benefitted from it in terms of knowing each other more and doing things together :)
The funniest thing so far is the way we have both been making purchases for the wedding... or should I say, rather, how HE has been making purchases for the wedding! Take our bed linen example. I was talking on the phone to my best friend while we were in BHG (Seiyu) walking around the linen section. I saw a pattern I liked and pointed at it, just to tell him I thought it was a nice pattern... and before I knew it, Mark was lining up at the cashier buying it! He thought my gesture had meant that he should buy it. I thought I was just telling him we should look at it. So that's how we ended up with our bedsheets. Which I do like, by the way :).
But the most amusing thing is that it happened again today! We just wandered into a furniture shop in IMM and ended up looking at a lovely set and a dining table set as well. While the salesman was drawing out the proposed plan for how the furniture would fit into the house, I decided to go to the restroom. When I returned, Mark had already paid the deposit for both sets! He thought that I had told him we should get it but I somehow don't remember saying that at all :). But once again, I do like it and I'm fine with the purchase.
People whom we have been telling this to have been very amused. I don't know what else we'll end up buying in my absence :) maybe a jacuzzi tub? A whole new kitchen? Who knows... and someone even remarked to us today that it's good I'm amused by this and not upset instead... but to me, I am grateful as once again it reflects our different styles of decision making.. I am the kind who likes to explore every single alternative before making decisions, and he is the kind who will make them much more easily on the spot. I am grateful because if we did things my way all the time, we'd still get things done - but much more slowly!
We're grateful because many things for the wedding are falling into place. Most important to us was the theme for the wedding as well as the key verse, and we believe God has been speaking to us about this as well... will be revealed eventually, once we have sought Him that this is what He really wants us to focus on in the ceremony and also in our marriage, a lifelong commitment to an unchanging God.
