Reply #20: sooner

[sweetheart]

I met my spouse in India in March 1996. We spent 4 hours together,
and then met again in the US in October 1996. After 2 weeks
in the deserts of arizona, utah and nevada, we got married in
one of those cheezy marriage dive's in lake tahoe. Now iz been
7+ years. I popped the question the day we were married. It was
a suprise for both of us.

6 months on a linear timeline, 3 weeks in real-time.

Someone would say that a marriage would never work made after a
coupla weeks in a cheezy nevada marriage chapel. Rather it has been
a beautiful part of our lives.

Our first meeting was by the burning ghat in benares where they
burn 1000+ bodies every day in a 24x7 cremation factory... and
somehow it was not exactly the place were i thought i'd meet my
partner to be...

On marriage:

Age similarity is a benefit, as so much of life comes in age-stages.

We are both buddhist, and as such, believe in enjoying each others
company and our good fortune to be togther in a world of such suffering.
No words govern our association. It is sweet and very
peaceful.

namaste,
-s