Jagosaurus wrote:
@ Luke, Happy Anniversary man. How long has she been putting up with you

my wife & I are nearing 4 years. Crazy. She needs a holiday named after her

Thanks. We met in 1997, I think, and tied the knot five years ago.
We dated forever, but something was always in the way..."We'll get married after college...We'll get married after graduate school...We'll get married after I have my career in line..We'll get married after I have X in savings..."
Finally I took the plunge, and I'm glad I did. I'm not the kind of guy who "just does stuff" but the adage is right, "If you wait for a perfect time, it will never happen". Same with buying a house, having/adopting/fostering a kid, telling a long time friend to screw off...etc.
Not a knee jerk reaction kind of fellow, but your heart speaks volumes. I'd be one sad sack without my wife, and I wish I would have pulled the trigger earlier. Well, kind of. It was nice to have friends at the wedding who had jobs and weren't goof balls (aka could afford nice gifts).
Speaking of gifts, I recently talked to a great pal of mine who still thanks me for the gift I got him at my wedding, a jump drive. Each of the guys who stood up at my wedding got a customized jump drive full of pictures of us together and all our favorite music. And I'm talking about dozens of albums and hundreds of pictures.
I have a drawer full of lame ties and cufflinks that I've received for standing up at a wedding, so i thought it would be best to give my Groomsmen something for them, and not for the wedding. I also made sure their tuxedo rental was on the cheap, which is the best gift of all.