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We did it, folks! We got our marriage license from the fabulous courthouse in Norristown, PA.
Mr. Candy Corn is one step closer to having to wake up to me sticking my tongue out at him for the rest of our lives!
It was an incredibly speedy process, and only left us $45 poorer. The highlight of the ten-minute adventure was when the cynical security guard gave us advice that will certainly inspire fortune cookie messages around the world:
“Why bother getting a marriage license when you’ll end up divorced in a few months anyway?”
My response? *cough* SUCK IT! *cough* Mhm, I sure told him.
He’s such a good sport for letting me plaster his face on Weddingbee!
I’m overly excited, as usual!
This isn’t wedding related, but I parallel parked for the first time ever (sad, I know) near the courthouse, which was almost just as exciting to me as the marriage license shenanigans. Yay for not crashing my car! Also, yay to spending the rest of my life with my best friend!
Did anyone else encounter a feisty security guard or naysayer during their marriage license trip?
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No, but if I did I might have socked him in the nose. What a terd-face. Who says stuff like that? Suck it, for real.
Yay for successful parallel parking!
What an asshole that guy was! JEEZ!!!!!
Congrats on getting the license!!
Yes at the court house, the security guard said “Gate to hell, that way!” Way to be optomistic people! And then, the day of my bridal shower it was pouring rain, and in my usual chatty self I complained to the counter person as I was standing in line and the woman behind me says “Honey, if it rains on your wedding day, cancel it, one tear for every rain drop” I was like…well WOW THANKS for that great piece of advice!
No, but when I was going to the courthouse for something completely *non* wedding related, the security guard asked my boyfriend and I if we were there to get married… My response was: “Not in jeans and a T-shirt I’m not!”
He claimed that we just looked so happy together that he assumed that was what we were there for. I smiled big and gave the bf one of those see-we-should-get-married kinda looks. 
That guy can blow me. CONGRATS! How exciting for you cuties!
how exciting! we are getting ours tomorrow. I wonder what we will encounter!
I agree with the suck it comment. what an asshat.
That guy is working in the wrong place… but you two managed to stay cute despite his crabbiness, so that’s good.
When we got ours, the dude behind the counter asked, “first marriage for BOTH of you? REALLY?” Like, oh… right. I forgot about my three starter marriages, but thanks for the reminder.
That security guard needs a swift kick to the groan … next to all the other kicking bruises from all the other women who he couldn’t get with because he’s such a jerk.
Congrats! On both parallel parking and the license. I now have to parallel park everyday, but when I was first learning, I left a lot of dings on the butt of my car.
haha. funny story. It’s even funnier when (in my situation) your dad is the one saying those things. seriously.
i was excited the first time i paralleled park too. i think i actually got out and did a victory dance so yay for you miss candy corn!
Weirdly paralleled (pun intended) experience. I also parallel parked for the first time (in a long time) when we went to get ours. AND our security person also told my groom to run and that the exit was that way!
They also accidently marked us as cousins on the form! We did fix that part.
i think we had the same cynical security officer during our trip to norristown! 
Ew! Can’t believe he said that!
In our case, I think we met some of the happiest state workers EVER that day!
I served a table the other night that told me to never have children before we were married for at least 5 years because otherwise my husband would leave me! I hate being a waitress and having to listen to patrons crappy advice.
NWR: Are you getting married in Norristown?? My Dad grew up there! I love that area.
yay so exciting!! And I can’t believe the security guy said that! It’s not like you went to him for premarital counseling! Oh well- he was probably just jealous of all your wedding awesomeness and happiness!
@Erin:
wow, people suck!
@MissCamera:
hehe yikes.
@Mrs. Bell Pepper:
oh man, norristown sure can make cynical!
@katie:
we aren’t getting married in norristown, we’re getting in philly where we live now. but we lived in norristown for a year and i worked on main street for over two, so i’m very familiar with it! we lived across the elmwood zoo for a year and it was uh…interesting
any reason why you didn’t get your license in philly? i want to make sure i’m not missing anything before we go to get ours . . .
i love your excitement. you always make me smile!
yay!!!!
totally, understand the nutty comment. just endured a woman discussing her current divorce after 20 years of marriage. really now? how is that an appropriate response to “I’m getting married in 5 weeks”?
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Mrs. Candy Corn, Philadelphia
Age and Occupation: 24, Senior Editor/Writer & Freelance Illustrator
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 24, Inventory Manager for a Music Publisher
Engagement Date: September 1, 2004
Wedding Date: October, 2008
Blogging Since: May 6, 2008
Venue: Pennsylvania Museum of Archaelogy and Anthropology
About Me: I enjoy people watching (especially in New Jersey malls), obsessive collecting, drooling over contemporary art, browsing flea markets for vintage finds and eating an absurd amount of cheese. In my Philadelphia abode, I create mixed media artwork and one-of-a-kind home accessories in the company of my farmer-tanned husband, our Westiepoo (Betty White), our three rabbits (Cadbury, Willie Nelson and Applesauce) and our two frisky chinchillas (Ethel Funk and Maude).
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