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Mr. Lion and I recently visited the Fulton County courthouse here in Atlanta in order to obtain our marriage license. Yep, a license. From the courthouse. It all sounded very complicated and official. Very grown-up. Ick.

I was a little concerned because the requirements to apply for a marriage license in Georgia were somewhat vague. I rely on the internet for many things in my life. I love being able to come to a site with a simple question and easily find a simple answer (have I mentioned how much I love you, Hive?). Unfortunately, important sites like county courthouses can be difficult to navigate, horribly disorganized, etc. A simple Google search revealed that Mr. Lion and I both had to show up to apply, and that we needed some form of identification. It seemed a little too easy, and I was skeptical.

We arrived at the Fulton County courthouse and Mr. Lion, who spends a great deal of time in court as an attorney, led the way to the marriage license office. We were greeted with this sign:

Really? Firearms and marriage licenses in the same office? Wow. Shotgun wedding jokes ensued.

We waited around for about half an hour. We had way too much fun people-watching, especially considering we made up a game called “Marriage License or Firearm License.” We also enjoyed gazing upon the beautiful decor:

But apparently not commas?

We finally received our marriage license applications. They were pretty straightforward; name, date of birth, place of birth, etc. One question kind of caught us off guard, though!

Apparently in the state of Georgia it is legal to marry your first cousin. Who knew?

Sometimes, what appears to be really intimidating ends up being pretty ridiculous in reality. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could just wave a magic wand and turn all of life’s intimidating moments into something ridiculous? Or, should I say, riddikulus?

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Have you applied for your marriage license yet? What’s the process like where you live?