The Wedding Toast I Never Gave

So I wrote this toast to give at our wedding and then never managed to read it, as I was tipsy due to a very strong margarita and didn’t think I could manage it. But I came across it today and here it is. I meant every word that I didn’t actually say.

I found John when I wasn’t really looking for a life partner. I had looked for years and had failed and was kinda sick of the whole thing and just ready to concentrate on my career by the time I met him. I certainly had no intention of dating anyone I went to law school with, who was in Section A with me and thus, in literally all my classes.

But then John showed up, during my first semester of law school in a new city and state i had just moved to, ready to shake things up and try a new city and career. I realized he was interested me when i was volunteering at the Phi Alpha Delta auction; he hung around afterward. Someone asked who he was waiting for and I poked my head out, saw him standing there, and was like, “maybe...me?” We ended up having drinks that night at the auction after party, then went on a date the next day, and have been together ever since.

It’s hard to believe 5.5 years have passed since then. We survived law school together, studying for the bar together in the same tiny apartment in wicker park, searching for jobs after law school, that time i got laid off from a job i loved; we even did long distance for a while after i moved to the DC area for my current job. Fortunately John found his dream job out in DC about 6 months later and was able to join me.

I am so happy I found my best friend and love when i wasn’t even looking for him. As William Shakespeare says in The Tempest (a play I will be appearing in in July out in the DC area, actually), “I would not wish Any companion in the world but you.”

My toast is to y’all. Thanks y’all so much for coming. Thank you so much for my parents for graciously giving us this wedding and going along with all our crazy ideas. Thank you for loving and supporting us and our relationship.