Best "How do you know..." story there.

So we've been here a few days, mostly walking around in Sydney and doing minimal shopping
(this town, it be expensive) with Tafkab playing a dutiful tourguide. Now Taffie is a wonderful man, but one of the things he is not so good at at all is assessing time. So when he says he'll be on the computer for "five minutes" you can almost be certain I will be well in bed by the time he actually relinquishes the mouse. for that reason and that reason alone, I have not been posting blogs or photos (on facebook) for the last couple of days.

So, yes, what have we been doing? Mostly horrifyingly uninteresting stuff, but we did go to a wedding a few days ago. The wedding of Groom, Tafkab's old chum, and Bride. I also met a lot... a LOT of old friends of Tafkab. Now this is all a bit weird, obviously, had Taffie and I still been together, I'd have had a real incentive to get into these people, getting to know them, finding out where they lived and building relationships on the off chance that Tafkab and I would eventually move to Australia. With the break up, that all belly up, and my reasons for being at the wediing were suddenly more than a bit tenuous to say the best.

So I had a few conversations that started with "So how do you know Bride and Groom?" that turned slightly awkward around the reveal (I don't), continued into even more awkwardness when the explanation started (I am Tafkab's ex-boyfriend and Tafkab knows them) but would quickly get an upswing at about three-quarters of the conversation (we broke up a week before we left) and ending in unmitigated Luce-based sympathy (well, yes it is somewhat strange but everybody is really nice and I would love a sparkling water and something to nibble, thank you) before the end of the telling.

But the wedding was really nice, outside, in a parklike setting next to a beach/marina, it was very sweetly set up by friends of the couple with streamers and flower-petals. The bridal pair were lovely. Having never met them beforehand I can't say whether they've cleaned up well or not, but they both looked absolutely excellent. The only small comment I have to make was on my side, as I had managed to dress in EXACTLY the same colour as the bride. What great luck. She looked better in it though.

I also met the lovely Schmichaela (named thus upon request), the groom's sister, who lives a block or so from Tafkab's parents' house. She is a very intelligent, acidic corporate lawyer who waisted no time at all in starting to tell me the stories of how it was growing up close to Tafkab and relations.

All in all, it was a wonderful day and I want to take this little corner of the web to thank Bride and Groom for a very nice evening, and wish them all the best in their newly married life.

I'm currently off to do absolutely nothing for a few hours, after which Tafkab and I will start planning my Dame Edna pilgrimage. There are photo's on Facebook of our trip so far.