no box to check

Yesterday, TBW had her appointment with the orthopedic guy. This particular practice is huge. We checked in and went into this waiting area that was as big as most doctor's offices that I have been in. She was given two forms to fill out requesting the normal medical information. As I was filling in the information, I came to the "marital status" box. I asked her what she wanted me to pick. The choices were: married, single, widowed, divorced. She said, "Write in, living with partner". So I did. Got to the second form, and on that one, there were no choices listed, it just said, "Marital status" and a blank line. I thought it should be left blank because that is what we qualify for - nothing. She told me to write it in again. Her new cast is a beauty... She had him make it like a candy cane. She is so beautiful and feastive.

We have gotten a few cards in the mail already and all of them include TBW - which is cool. Since we never really had an official "coming out", it is interesting to see. We have always said we don't want to take out a billboard, but we want to be seen as a couple. To your real friends, being who we are doesn't matter. This is our third holiday season in the bubble and life is finally settling in around us as a couple. I normally include a picture of the girls in our cards, but getting them all together, looking picture ready, might be a difficult task this year. I am sure we will come up with something.

In the meantime, my emergency contact is TBW, and we are "none-of-the-above", but one day we hope to be married...