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Karl's Post

So, Shelley would like me to make a post.

Telling people that you are getting married soon is very much like wearing a silly hat. You feel divorced from everybody else's experience and people speak to you differently. The fact that you are still the same person under the hat seems to make little difference.

Don't take me the wrong way here - I don't want to bring down the mood of the blog or anything. I just get a little frustrated about it all.

Worst of all, people keep telling me about what things will be like after we're married. Please, just stop projecting and be happy for us. In fact, that's what I want my wedding presents to be. If you don't know what to get us, just tell us whenever it feels appropriate that you're happy for us and you support us. I guarantee that my face will light up, and big hugs will be coming your way.

I apologise, I just accidentally livejournal'd all over this blog.

At the end of the day, none of it really matters, all that stuff. This silly hat I'm wearing? It's mine. Nobody can take my hat away. I love this silly hat so much that I'll be happy to wear it forever.

About us

Where did you meet?

In sewing class in year seven. It wasn’t love at first sight, on account of us being twelve.

How did you get engaged?

The usual way. After a frank and sincere discussion of the various tax

benefits and legal protections offered by being married, we agreed that we

both saw the other as someone we intended to marry someday.

The cute story is that at the time, the teaser campaign for Yasmin’s

Getting Married was running. Anyone remember that? Thought not.

One ad featured Yasmin repeating to herself, “I’m getting married. I’m.

Getting. Married.”

I said, “That’s not impressive. I could get married if I wanted to.”

He said, “Do you want to?”

I said yes, and we were engaged.

The actual ring-in-a-box, romantic-declarations-of-love proposal happened on August 4, 2006, the day Yasmin’s Getting Married was cancelled.

Fun Fact:

At the time of the wedding, we will have been engaged for three years,

three months and three days. This wasn't intentional.

Where is the wedding? How do we get there?

The ceremony takes place in the Friends Room of the State Library of

New South Wales. The reception is on the third floor of the Hotel CBD.

You can find a map here.

How do you get there by public transport?

The closest railway station is Martin Place (marked on the map).

It is also easily accessible by bus. From Central Station, or the Eastern

Suburbs (airport), take any bus going to Circular Quay, and alight at

Martin Place.

Sydney has recently stopped selling tickets on buses. Tickets can be

purchased from any newsagent, in single or ten trip passes. To get from

Central to Circular Quay requires a brown ticket.

Where can we park our car?

The majority of parking spaces near the Library are designated disabled

spaces.

A map of carparks nearby is here.

Despite what you may have read in the newspaper, the Sydney CBD does have a reliable public transport system, with buses leaving approximately every ten minutes. We strongly advise you take advantage of it.

Is it ok to bring someone not on the invitation?

If we neglected to put your partner or children on the invitation, it was a

genuine mistake. But we need to know about it before the day, as the

reception site requires us to have a guest list at the door. For security

reasons, people not on the list won't be let in.

One more question...

If there's anything else you need to know, leave a comment.