Planning the Wedding - [The Courtship Series #9]

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I'm really glad we got back when we did because I would not want to be driving in this rain. I am, I'm paying attention, I am. Well, my thoughts, you know, sometimes other thoughts pop in there.

It's just, you know, I'm glad we knocked out the stuff that we needed to do away from the house first because with this rain coming down like this now, yeah. Okay, okay, okay. Where are we? Yeah, I think that's a, I think that's a good color.

Baby, I'm not just trying to rubber stamp what you're saying. Okay, pause for a second. What you need to realize here is that all of this stuff, you're a lot more finely tuned to the differences, the subtle differences between these colors than I am.

That shade that you have right there, that looks beautiful to me. And frankly, I can't see that big a difference between these two. They're both beautiful.

I'm not trying to make this more difficult. This is just something that you have a much better eye for than I do. No, not at all.

I am not just trying to say stuff to make you happy. Look, this is my wedding just as much as it's yours. And you've, you've seen me.

I went around and looked at venues with you. We went and tried all those, all those cake samples. Oh my gosh.

This is a lot of cake. I basically ate a cake just out of the samples that we tried. So no, I'm not, I'm not just trying to, to tell you stuff to make you happy or just, you know, ratify your decisions.

I really am okay with either one of those two colors. Maybe it's a Y-chromosome thing. They look similar enough to me that I don't, I don't see one of them fitting in a place where the other doesn't, you know?

All right, let's do it this way. Close your eyes. Keep them closed.

Because I can see you squinting. All right, now I've got one of the color samples in my right hand. I got one in my left.

And you're gonna pick, right or left? Right? There's what you picked.

This is gonna be so beautiful. It really is. Sweetheart, you are doing a great job with the preparations.

I think I'm doing a great job helping in the ways that I can. You know I want to be involved in all this. Because it's not your wedding or my wedding, it's our wedding.

I want it to be perfect for both of us. Yeah, sure, you know, as a little boy I didn't think about it as much as, you know, you may have. Certainly not about all the details, but it doesn't mean it's not special to me.

I just show how it's meaningful to me in different ways. Well, like completely abandoning my diet and trying 900 different samples of cake, for starters. Come here.

Come here. I love you so much. I really do.

No. Come here. Nose kisses.

All right. Snuggle up. Because rain like this, this is snuggle weather.

It's time to get cozy. Anything we want to discuss planning-wise, we can do it. You can do it from the comfort of my arms.

How about that? Hmm. No, no, no.

You are going to lean back against me. And you're gonna put your head back on my shoulder. Close your eyes.

Are they closed? I can't really see them this time. No.

I want you to let go of the stress. I want you to let go of the worry. That's, that's digging into it.

With all respects, my love, shut up. And just listen to me. You're doing an amazing job.

We are doing an amazing job. We still have plenty of time to finish the preparations. You don't need to stress so much.

This should be a beautiful, beautiful day. Not one that makes all your hair fall out from worry. What's important about this day? Like, what are the important parts? Okay, yes.

The person who's gonna officiate, obviously. Mm-hmm. Yeah, and I think we did a good job choosing an indoor venue, just in case we get, you know, weather like this.

Yes, yes, it is important that you be there, and that I be there also. What else is really important? A couple witnesses.

So, so right there we have all of the pieces that absolutely have to happen, right? Everything else, all these other pieces, they're beautiful, they're wonderful, they're fun, but ultimately they're not the central points. We could get rid of any of them, and you and I would still be embarking on our life together as a married couple, right?

So, I'm gonna borrow the title of a book I saw once. Don't sweat the small stuff, and it's all small stuff. You know my point, though.

Don't get so bogged down in these details that you lose sight of what's really important here. Don't let yourself get so wrapped up in the planning that you lose your sense of joy at the event itself, you understand? And have some confidence.

You're a very capable woman, and I'm, if I say so myself, a very capable man. We're gonna get this done. Yes, I already started writing them.

No, because no, I'm not telling you what my vows are gonna be. Forget it. You'll hear them when I say them.

At what? Our wedding. Look, they're not gonna have any, any quotes from Arrested Development or the office, and I took out the Bigfoot references, okay?

Well, the point is you're not gonna find any Bigfoot references in my vows. Mm-hmm. Loch Ness Monster, perhaps.

Just, just keep your head back on my shoulder. Just snuggle up here. Let me love on you, okay? You know you make me really happy, right? Yeah, you make my heart flutter.

Don't tell any of the guys, okay? I'm not supposed to say stuff like that. It's not a, it's not a macho thing.

My love, when I have you in my arms here, I never want to let you go. Okay, I've, I've, like I said, I've thought about how I wanted to get married. I've always wanted to get married.

I've thought about what the, the wedding might be like. And, you know, just like you, I've, I've had relationships in the past. I've even been in love.

But I, I've never felt it like this. I've never, before now, been with a partner who, who. ..