Married!
Figured I'd post a personal life update here.
Last Sunday (8/31/2014), Teiran and I got married!
We had proposed to each other last June after the Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act. Then early last month we flew out to California to have the legal ceremony done and to get our marriage license. This weekend was the big wedding with family and friends here in Texas.
Texas doesn't recognize same-sex marriage yet, but since there's no state income tax and our marriage is recognized on the Federal level then it is legal for income tax purposes. I'm confident that within five years, if not two or three, this state will be forced to recognize our marriage too.
Anyway, after being a couple for 13 years we're finally married. It doesn't change much in our daily lives since we've been living together for nearly a decade already, but it still meant a lot to have the ceremony, to officially proclaim our love with all the people close to us celebrating with us.
The weekend was a mad whirlwind due to bachelor parties, out of town guests, the ceremony and the after party. It was fun and overwhelming in a good way, but also pretty exhausting.
I'm really happy and I feel so incredibly fortunate to have Teiran and so many awesome people in my life.
In other news, the cons I'm going to the rest of the year are Rainfurrest and Central Plains FurCon.
Now back to publishing and shipping books!
Last Sunday (8/31/2014), Teiran and I got married!
We had proposed to each other last June after the Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act. Then early last month we flew out to California to have the legal ceremony done and to get our marriage license. This weekend was the big wedding with family and friends here in Texas.
Texas doesn't recognize same-sex marriage yet, but since there's no state income tax and our marriage is recognized on the Federal level then it is legal for income tax purposes. I'm confident that within five years, if not two or three, this state will be forced to recognize our marriage too.
Anyway, after being a couple for 13 years we're finally married. It doesn't change much in our daily lives since we've been living together for nearly a decade already, but it still meant a lot to have the ceremony, to officially proclaim our love with all the people close to us celebrating with us.
The weekend was a mad whirlwind due to bachelor parties, out of town guests, the ceremony and the after party. It was fun and overwhelming in a good way, but also pretty exhausting.
I'm really happy and I feel so incredibly fortunate to have Teiran and so many awesome people in my life.
In other news, the cons I'm going to the rest of the year are Rainfurrest and Central Plains FurCon.
Now back to publishing and shipping books!
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Oct 01, 2014 08:11AM
Huge congrats!
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Congratulations and good luck with that in Texas. I hope you don't suffer for it when word gets out.My mate and I were married in June, shortly after Illinois [finally!] got its act together and formalized recognition. As you say, after so many years (32 for us) it really didn't feel very different but there are a lot of tiny legal details that were simplified.
