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vettecat ([personal profile] vettecat) wrote2007-05-01 11:21 pm
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So the news of the day is that my mother is engaged...

For those who don't know that she's been seeing someone: They've known each other for about 40 years, since they were both young newlyweds (to other people), and the couples stayed friends over the years. He and his wife got divorced a few years ago. (They were both at our wedding, at separate tables.) When my mom went down to Florida for a week's vacation a couple months ago, she arranged to get together with all her Florida friends... including him. One afternoon led to another, and they wound up spending most of the week together. Somewhere along the way they realized they were interested in each other as more than just friends.

Since then they've been spending more and more time on the phone, and he's come up to visit a few times. A couple days ago he came up again with the intent of spending a few weeks alternating between here and his son's house in New York. Several long, intense conversations followed, and this morning my mom came into the store with the news that they're engaged. I think that half of Brookline was in the store shrieking with glee over the course of the day, so the word seems to be out.

No word yet on further plans, but this is still pretty recent. There's a lot to be decided - whether/when she'll move to Florida, what happens with the store, etc.... but for the moment it's just nice to see her so happy.

[identity profile] aunt-becca.livejournal.com 2007-05-02 12:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I was wondering where she was this past shabbat....
How are you with all of this?

[identity profile] vettecat.livejournal.com 2007-05-03 05:28 am (UTC)(link)
They went to a Bat Mitzvah at the Talner. I'm glad to see her so happy, I'm just a little worried about the logistical ripples... (BTW, thanks for your message this morning. That was really sweet!)

[identity profile] gnomi.livejournal.com 2007-05-02 01:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Mazal tov to them!

[identity profile] vettecat.livejournal.com 2007-05-03 05:28 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks very much!

[identity profile] chanaleh.livejournal.com 2007-05-02 02:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow. Big changes. But it is nice that she's so happy. So -- mazal tov!

[identity profile] vettecat.livejournal.com 2007-05-03 05:28 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks very much!
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[identity profile] mamadeb.livejournal.com 2007-05-02 04:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Mazel tov!

It turns out that having an engaged mother is a lot of fun. :)

[identity profile] vettecat.livejournal.com 2007-05-03 05:29 am (UTC)(link)
I hadn't realized you had experience in that!
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[identity profile] mamadeb.livejournal.com 2007-05-03 01:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Yep. My mother is getting married at the end of July.

[identity profile] vettecat.livejournal.com 2007-05-04 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
Mazel tov!

[identity profile] angwantibo.livejournal.com 2007-05-02 07:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow! Mazel tov!!!

Here's to 2nd marriages! :)

[identity profile] vettecat.livejournal.com 2007-05-03 05:29 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks very much!

[identity profile] lucretia-borgia.livejournal.com 2007-05-03 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
Mazel tov! Your mom deserves all the happiness she can handle. I echo [livejournal.com profile] aunt_becca: how are you with all this (particularly the relevance to the job and recent house acquisition) and how's your dad?

[identity profile] vettecat.livejournal.com 2007-05-03 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks very much! I'm happy for her, just kind of worried about the myriad side effects. My dad's happy for her too, they're still on good terms.