At first Mother was somewhat concerned about having a 'do' to mark this milestone birthday, proclaiming that her friends were of such a number that a small phone booth would be sufficient to contain her party. What rot! Given her vast popularity with her friends, her family, my friends and, now, the friends of my Betrothed we were not letting her get away with some shabby affair such as the morning tea she had (hesitantly) proposed. Not on our watch!
And how right we were. She was absolutely thrilled to have so many family and friends in attendance - some of whom we haven't seen for ages - and so uplifted by everyone's kind wishes and lovely gifts that she didn't have to wear a bra for 3 days. Or so she says ...
Anyway, everyone agrees that she's looking absolutely fabulous for 80 (there were several "are you sure?" type comments to be heard). My Betrothed made a lovely speech in proposing a toast to the octogenerian and a fine time was had by all.
There was also the small matter of our Engagement to celebrate, with friends still slightly shell-shocked and family all agog to meet 'The Man'. All were suitably impressed, of course, although my Betrothed swears all he did all day was say "Hello, lovely to meet you. Would you like a drink?"
Nothing more likely to endear him to our mob ...
So we all had a wonderful time as the BBQ ran hot, the drinks ran cold and everyone helped celebrate the moment when two confirmed Singletons, previously known for classic statements such as "Me? Get married? I'd rather take a gun and shoot myself ...", threw caution to the wind and made it all official.
Bring on November!
2 comments:
So glad you featured your Mum. I was going to ask if she minded me doing a feature post on her 80th but I'm sure it's more appropriate for you to do it. Nice photos by the way :-D
Looks like fun, sorry we missed out but the three of us were passing various nasty diseases around to each other!
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