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...ago today i married the love of my life, who i'd met about five years earlier when she turned up to a car club meet i was at. A year later we were together, and just over four years later we got married in Easter 2012.
We got wed in the local botanical gardens, then headed to the local University and got photos like the below taken around some of their cool old buildings.
GTP's own @GilesGuthrie made the base image for our wedding invitations: https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/urgent-a-years-gtp-premium-subscription-up-for-grabs.239998/
There's been a few highs and lows since then, nothing to threaten our relationship thankfully, but there's not another person on the planet (past, present, future or make believe) i'd want to spend my life with 24/7.
We barely ever argue (once or twice a year?), have never shouted at each other, and generally have a stress free relationship. Hopefully that will continue, and it's something you always need to work on.
We've travelled around the country together and i've been to a lot of places i may not have bothered with had i not met her.
We also managed to just buy a house before the housing market went insane. No way we'd be able to afford one these days.
I've suffered depression and anxiety for the past 20 years or so, and wifey has been a huge help in getting me through some tough times. Like a number of depressed people, i often try to make people laugh by being weird and cracking bad jokes (tasteful, i don't do dirty/offensive jokes) and care about their well being more than my own.
But anyway. Probably the biggest thing to happen to us happened late January this year.
He's a cheeky wee boy, and i hope we can give him the upbringing he deserves.
Today we watched our wedding video for the first time, and it was well worth the wait. It was a great day back then, with lots of humour and faces i saw in the vid that i actually forgot had attended the wedding/reception.
Anyway, sorry for the rambling post. And hope i don't seem like i'm bragging/showing off. I'm just trying to express how this lady of mine has changed my life, and all the things i've done/achieved which likely wouldn't have happened had i not met her.
My true, original marriage is to these forums and GTX (former Granturismo.com members) forums though - been with you guys since 2001, and GTX since 2000.
That alone is a scary thought, the only other place i've spent over 20 years in is my home city.
Anyway. I'm done writing. You can get back to whatever it was you were doing now.
EDIT: This post was a LOT longer and had tonnes more pictures, but after it being on my mind all day at work i opted to remove as much show-offy/bragging seeming parts as i could when i got home. Too many people are going through tough times at the moment, and the original post just made it seem like i was rubbing my luck into those peoples faces.
We got wed in the local botanical gardens, then headed to the local University and got photos like the below taken around some of their cool old buildings.
GTP's own @GilesGuthrie made the base image for our wedding invitations: https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/urgent-a-years-gtp-premium-subscription-up-for-grabs.239998/
There's been a few highs and lows since then, nothing to threaten our relationship thankfully, but there's not another person on the planet (past, present, future or make believe) i'd want to spend my life with 24/7.
We barely ever argue (once or twice a year?), have never shouted at each other, and generally have a stress free relationship. Hopefully that will continue, and it's something you always need to work on.
We've travelled around the country together and i've been to a lot of places i may not have bothered with had i not met her.
We also managed to just buy a house before the housing market went insane. No way we'd be able to afford one these days.
I've suffered depression and anxiety for the past 20 years or so, and wifey has been a huge help in getting me through some tough times. Like a number of depressed people, i often try to make people laugh by being weird and cracking bad jokes (tasteful, i don't do dirty/offensive jokes) and care about their well being more than my own.
But anyway. Probably the biggest thing to happen to us happened late January this year.
He's a cheeky wee boy, and i hope we can give him the upbringing he deserves.
Today we watched our wedding video for the first time, and it was well worth the wait. It was a great day back then, with lots of humour and faces i saw in the vid that i actually forgot had attended the wedding/reception.
Anyway, sorry for the rambling post. And hope i don't seem like i'm bragging/showing off. I'm just trying to express how this lady of mine has changed my life, and all the things i've done/achieved which likely wouldn't have happened had i not met her.
My true, original marriage is to these forums and GTX (former Granturismo.com members) forums though - been with you guys since 2001, and GTX since 2000.
That alone is a scary thought, the only other place i've spent over 20 years in is my home city.
Anyway. I'm done writing. You can get back to whatever it was you were doing now.
EDIT: This post was a LOT longer and had tonnes more pictures, but after it being on my mind all day at work i opted to remove as much show-offy/bragging seeming parts as i could when i got home. Too many people are going through tough times at the moment, and the original post just made it seem like i was rubbing my luck into those peoples faces.
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And yeah, it's one of my wifes favourite bands, so there's no way he'd not wear that shirt since she (and he) are the bosses of the house. 
