Wedding Blog

In my introductory post, I talked about why M. Flamingo and I considered ourselves to be pink, one legged (the majority of the time), long beaked birds. But before I continue, I just wanted to point out that I am the first Montreal Bee. Happy to be representing!

The flamingos in Virginia beach 2007.

So now it’s time to meet the flamingos:

During my graphic design studies, I worked as a part time cashier at a modern furniture store. I often saw people come in give their CV (resume) and leave right after. But this day was different. This guy came in, gave his CV but didn’t want to leave. He wanted to meet the big boss and wanted an interview on the spot. Talk about being sure of yourself. Either way, I called the manager at the time, and I don’t know how he did it, but he was hired! Oh and that was M. Flamingo by the way.

As soon as he started, he was on my back. For a good 8 months, day after day he would ask me to go to the movies with him and I every time I would decline his offer. I didn’t really like M. Flamingo at the time, actually, he even drove me nuts. He was all talk and no show and I didn’t like guys like that… not to be mean but he didn’t interest me.

One cold rainy night in October I felt like going to the movies after my work shift. I called all my friends but no one was available to go. So when M. Flamingo made his daily pit-stop at my cash register, I mentioned that I felt like seeing a movie and that no one could make it. I wasn’t thinking about what I had just said, and he offered to go with me. At that moment, I said to myself why not give it a try and at the same time, maybe he would stop inviting me.

I had a rule though when it came to watching movies. I would only watch the movie in its original soundtrack (the majority being English movies), but M. Flamingo speaks French. He was fine with my rule but asked if he could choose the movie. I was willing to compromise so I was okay with that… if only I knew. We went to the movie theater, M.Flamingo bought the tickets and when I looked down, I read: Chainsaw Massacre! Talk about a first movie.

After that night, we kept going to see movies. I started to know the real M. Flamingo; a sweet, kind, good-hearted person - not the all show, I know everything guy I got to know at work. We kept seeing each other for over 2 months and officially started dating: in December 2003. That’s how our story began…

Who knew I would marry the guy, that a couple of years back, I couldn’t stand being next to… isn’t it odd, how things happen?