Hmmm.. So... Uh.

[Totus Tuus]

[quote name='cmotherofpirl' post='1422063' date='Nov 19 2007, 09:28 AM']TACO PARTY for Ash.!!!
If he is not a phatmasser you better sign him up soon. [/quote]


I concur.

[Thy Geekdom Come]

[quote name='cmotherofpirl' post='1422063' date='Nov 19 2007, 09:28 AM']TACO PARTY for Ash.!!!
If he is not a phatmasser you better sign him up soon. [/quote]
I also concur.

[littleflower+JMJ]

that is soo awesome Ash! lol Awwwwww......I love how he always knew you were the one! So romantic!!

[Lil Red]

[quote name='Ash Wednesday' post='1422047' date='Nov 19 2007, 07:55 AM']You want to know how he did it?

He handed me a beautiful red rose and kneeled and popped the question.
Here's the funny thing. It was when we were just chilling out and having cake and coffee with his GRANDMOTHER.



It was so.... POLISH.
To make a long story as short as possible -- we've been dating since 2002. We were internet friends for years before that, even when we were both dating other people. But we met in person at World Youth Day and as fate would have it, both single. For the majority of the time up until this year it was a long distance relationship, which really SUCKED and there were times I wondered if all this hardship was worth it, plus during part of that time I had to weather the loss of my mother. I'm very independant and stubborn in a lot of ways, so for some of the time things felt very uphill. But I guess as we share so much in common, including a strong underlying friendship, there's always been an unbreakable bond between us -- even in the hardships, I knew I would have been a fool to walk away from it all. He's always known that I was the girl he was going to marry and that's all there was to it! So after years of trying to figure out who was going to live where, we finally both ended up in England earlier this year and it's all finally coming together. And there you have it.[/quote]

seriously, that's awesome! i am so happy for you, ash.

[misereremi]

WHAT??? Where have I been? I'm so happy for you two!!! Aww Ash, this brings me memories of a tearful time and "well, he says I'm the one he's gonna marry." We're soo sooo happy for you!!!!! I could go on about how well suited you two are but... you know that already. I love how he proposed with his Nan present...classic!

Godbless

[Ash Wednesday]

Thanks hon! I'll call and email you very soon so we can meet for lunch. I've been sooooo swamped with work (from Nooo Yawk... demanding folks them Manhattans.)

[misereremi]

[quote name='Ash Wednesday' post='1422177' date='Nov 19 2007, 07:59 PM']Thanks hon! I'll call and email you very soon so we can meet for lunch. I've been sooooo swamped with work (from Nooo Yawk... demanding folks them Manhattans.)[/quote]
Yay, let's!!! Wait til I tell my sisters and bro's, everyone'll be so excited! (As for work, the saying 'if you want somethin' done, go ask a busy woman' is worldwide, lol)

[Ash Wednesday]

[Totus Tuus]

So, any wedding plan details you'd like to share?

[Mateo el Feo]

Congratulations Ash!

[littleflower+JMJ]

[quote name='Totus Tuus' post='1422640' date='Nov 19 2007, 11:00 PM']So, any wedding plan details you'd like to share? [/quote]


All I know is with Ash's talent and skills , it coul be glamorous and beautiful as ever!!

[Justin86]

[quote name='IcePrincessKRS' post='1422030' date='Nov 19 2007, 10:59 PM']No one's holding a gun to your head forcing you to read. [/quote]
You would be surprised at the odd combination of aggression and sensitivity of the Navy SEALs sometimes...

[cathoholic_anonymous]

[quote name='Ash Wednesday' post='1422047' date='Nov 19 2007, 02:55 PM']You want to know how he did it?

He handed me a beautiful red rose and kneeled and popped the question.
Here's the funny thing. It was when we were just chilling out and having cake and coffee with his GRANDMOTHER.



It was so.... POLISH.
To make a long story as short as possible -- we've been dating since 2002. We were internet friends for years before that, even when we were both dating other people. But we met in person at World Youth Day and as fate would have it, both single. For the majority of the time up until this year it was a long distance relationship, which really SUCKED and there were times I wondered if all this hardship was worth it, plus during part of that time I had to weather the loss of my mother. I'm very independant and stubborn in a lot of ways, so for some of the time things felt very uphill. But I guess as we share so much in common, including a strong underlying friendship, there's always been an unbreakable bond between us -- even in the hardships, I knew I would have been a fool to walk away from it all. He's always known that I was the girl he was going to marry and that's all there was to it! So after years of trying to figure out who was going to live where, we finally both ended up in England earlier this year and it's all finally coming together. And there you have it.[/quote]

Mabrook, ya habibi! Congratulations!

Will the wedding take place in Poland or England? (And if you don't mind me asking, whereabouts in England are you based?)

[Ash Wednesday]

[quote name='Totus Tuus' post='1422640' date='Nov 20 2007, 12:00 AM']So, any wedding plan details you'd like to share? [/quote]

Well, it's going to be in England, that much I know. Marrying internationally is a hair-tearing experience -- dealing with visas and trying to plan some kind of a wedding on top of all that feels overwhelming right now.

I'm pretty sure we have to marry with the parish local to where we live. It certainly makes things easiest considering all the hoop jumping we have to make already. The church we go to has a priest we both like and we have made friends with members of the parish community. But I have to tell you on the outside it is one of the ugliest churches I have ever seen. It has all the mystique of a large gymnasium.

But the inside is all right. It has the look and feel of a regular church and with some flowers and candles would be a perfectly fine wedding. But I can't help but feel my heart sink a bit not marrying at a church I have some personal history or connection to -- like his home parish or mine. But that's life, and it's not the aesthetic details of the wedding that matter -- it's the marriage. And I'm still marrying in "THE Church" I have personal history and connection to, no matter what country or city I marry in.

I don't even know if this place has a piano or organ. A friend of mine has offered to sing, and I suppose I could hire a violinist or something.

After my mother passed away, the idea of the "big princess wedding" at my home parish kind of died with her. I guess it was hard for me to imagine having this big lavish wedding without her there. That feeling has eased up some, but I guess given circumstances, a more simple (but still aesthetically pleasing and elegant, I am an artist after all) wedding still is going to be the way to go.

Anybody got any wedding planning resources? Websites? Phatmasser wedding threads?

Edited November 20, 2007 by Ash Wednesday

[Ash Wednesday]

[quote name='Cathoholic Anonymous' post='1422793' date='Nov 20 2007, 10:04 AM']Mabrook, ya habibi! Congratulations!

Will the wedding take place in Poland or England? (And if you don't mind me asking, whereabouts in England are you based?)[/quote]

London and southeast -- PM me and I can give you the specific location. I love the term "habibi" ... haha. We say that all the time though neither of us are arabic we like the term.