I was in my favorite paper store today—great cards, stationary, writing utensils, doo-dads for making cool stuff--and as I was paying, a very stylish, sophisticated-looking older couple (around 70ish) walked in almost out of breath and asked the salesperson—demanded, really— “What’s the quickest you can make wedding invitations!?!?”
Talk about a question that conjures up a thousand different stories.
Their printer’s building (and their daughter’s newly printed invitations) burned down last night.
They both floated in and out of relationships but nothing ever clicked and neither ever married, and they just (finally!) found each other on an S&M site and knew instantaneously that they were bound (literally) to be together.
Or perhaps they just fell in love without the aid of J-date, Vegas, or martinis…just a random meeting earlier in the day, perhaps a misunderstanding around a Mate Latte at Argo Tea…their eyes met and they knew. And they decided to get married. Quickly. No time to waste, right?
So they started with invitations. Who knows where they were going next? Maybe down the block to the bakery. There’s a church down the street. And a travel agency.
They’re probably in Tahiti by now.
Look how far a quick decision from the gut can take you.
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