backstory, my son and his former GF lived with us for a year or so. I got along great with her. But it was an ugly breakup so my son is glad to see the last of her, as is my spouse and my spouses twin who for some reason seems to feel slighted somehow.
During this time, my son and nephew are good friends,and so their respective gfs become friends. then the breakup, but the two women remain friends. fine.
Well now my nephew and his gf are getting married. and the ex has been invited and sheās accepted. except my son is best man, my wife and her sister will be there if course. Iām hoping for no drama. on the mixed side, I think sheās graduated and working as a nurse now so Iāll get to congratulate her. on the other mixed side,.my son will be there with his new gf who is 6 foot tall, slim good looking and will be sporting a very large rock on her hand. So Iām not liking how that will make his ex feel.
I feel like I couldāve described the layout with fewer words but Iām not sure how lol.
And I just realized I have to be careful with his new gf, I dont want her to think Iām attached to the ex and that sheās not a part of the family. sheesh.
I feel like she shouldnāt have been invited, but, thatās 100% not up to me. Iām just gonna go,have some food and a couple of beers and have some fun with everyone, old and new gfs.
Had a pair of pants rip today, bummer. But they failed right where they rub the bike seat, so maybe a good sign Iām spending a healthy amount of time on the bike.
Iāve got a few pairs that are getting a little shabby, I should hop online today and order 2-3 pairs, I havenāt bought any in about five years.
i have however many pairs I have. the main thing i have learned from the various fits is that I should wear straight fit. athletic fit works for by fat rear, but looks not as good. slim fit is great if I carry nothing in my pockets (which is not practical for me). the dudes in the office in the more slim athlesiure/golf pants look stupid IMO. i should go find some more straight fit pants that land in my ācheap actuaryā price wheelhouse.
I found two styles of Lucky jeans I like that fit well, and I just keep buying those. No, Iām not nearly as fashionable as I was in my 20s. No, I donāt really care.
I mentioned elsewhere that I had reactivated a dormant Ancestry account, for the purposes of pulling information together for my Canadian citizenship by descent application.
My wife was a little wistful while I was doing that as her family has never been big into genalogy / family drama etc. led to incomplete knowledgeā¦ so I agreed to keep the Ancestry account alive for a bit longer, see what I could find for her and do some show-and-tell when we go down in a couple of weeks for a visit.
I took a break from that exercise, and took the opportunity to see what other hints Ancestry offered for my treeā¦and that led to a whole new rabbit hole:
I found a 19th century book documenting pedigrees for some old Virginia colonial families.
If that book, followed by publicly documented genealogy, can be believedā¦I hit the mother lode.
Iām intrigued that Charlemange is in my family tree.
Iām oddly amused and maybe a little disturbed that heās supposedly my 38th-great, 39th-great, 39th-great, and 40th-great grandfather.
I also learned that Ancestry wonāt try to describe relationships beyond 70th-great grandparents, and it either doesnāt handle dates prior to 32CE very well or I donāt know what the secret is.
Meanwhile, my wife is extremely annoyed that Iāve hit the mother lode, while so far weāve only found a bunch of farmers in her family tree.
