We were married on August 13, 1983. It was a beautiful day but all I remember is a dark church...until Mary walked through the door. All I saw was her and her beautiful smile as she walked down the aisle toward me.
I've been told that the church was airy and bright but all I had eyes for was Mary...she was my light.
We married and then traveled to the Poconos for her dream honeymoon. That's one thing I discovered soon after the wedding planning started...she had things regarding her wedding day that she always dreamed about...a fountain on the cake, honeymoon in the Poconos, lots of friends and family. Me? All I could think about was the honeymoon and being alone with Mary.
We ate dinner in a nice hotel that we stayed overnight at before heading to Cove Haven in the Poconos. We went downstairs to the restaurant after freshening up (lol) and I was bewildered by the vast array of cutlery that was on the table. I grew up in a one fork does it all type of family and ate at those kinds of restaurants (when we ate out at all) when I was a kid.
We had a great dinner and then went back up to our room. At some point I woke up in the middle of the night and since Mary was sound asleep I quietly turned on the TV and started to watch Ben Hur.
Suddenly, I noticed that Mary was awake but that she was crying. I asked her what was wrong and after much coaxing found out that she was crying because we fell asleep and didn't stay awake all night making love...isn't that what you did on your honeymoon?
We were both virgins when we met and I assured her, from my vast realms of knowledge gleaned from Penthouse Forum, that it was ok to take breaks for drink, food, and sleep and that our honeymoon still had plenty of sex-filled hours to go.
I'm sure I worded it less bluntly than that, with much romantic and loving language, but that was the gist of the conversation. Ben Hur was turned off and then we...fell asleep.
Posted by bbarton at May 30, 2006 11:15 AMThat really is a sweet post!! I got married in August too, a beautiful month, and as far as the honeymoon goes..we only did it the first night because we thought we had too.. we both laugh now because all we really wanted to do was pass out for a day or two!!
Posted by: xianfern on May 30, 2006 02:47 PMibeejd - Yep, sleep was most welcome!
Xianfern - Thanks! Funny what you do because you think you have too and who can you really ask for advice about something like that?
Posted by: Bob on May 30, 2006 02:50 PMsuch a great post. I swear I don't know how we managed to do it on our wedding night. the idiot that ran the Inn where we stayed put my parents in the room beneath ours for our wedding night. Great thinking huh? More than that though, I don't know how it happened because we were so exhausted and I had just had a crying 'meltdown' (I was overtired and was coming off of a 'wedding high'- all the excitement and relatives). If anything that night was a true test of how patient and wonderful Kreb is dealing so well with a very crazy bride.
Posted by: leigh on May 30, 2006 06:24 PM
What a wonderful post!! We slept a lot on our honeymoon too so I think it might be safe to say its not uncommon. After all there is so much excitment leading up in the weeks before hand that sleep is welcomed!!
Posted by: ibeejd on May 30, 2006 01:51 PM