In all seriousness, my dad was 21, my mother, 18. He was in college, she in her senior year of high school. I don't know what kind of romance they had, and the time to ask that was up when they decided to get a divorce my junior year. All I know, is that mom got pregnant with me and they were married a month after I was born. I have often thought that if I hadn't come along, they wouldn't have gotten married.
It's not an important matter anymore; the divorce was finalized years ago and my mother remarried soon after that. My dad is waiting a bit longer to commit to marriage again, but he's got a live in girlfriend and they extremely happy. He's starting to joke about marriage a bit and her daughters think of him as a father figure. So I guess we'll see where that leads to.
This is my momma and step-dad. We'll call him Frank. My mom has recently gotten into quilting, and Frank is extremely into comic books characters-especially Iron Man. They have 3 pugs and are one of the happiest couples I have ever seen. He has two kids, one of which is pretty much exactly like him. (i.e. way into comic books) Frank also collects DVD's. He has over 500 of them (or so he tells me) and since the technology has upgraded, he has decided to re-buy them all in Blu Ray. I don't personally get it, but to each their own. People often say that my mother and I look like sisters. We're really close and she always pushes me to do what makes me happy and not do what everyone wants me to do, or what my dad wants me to do. (There's not a lot of fondness there anymore. More drama than anything.)
So this is my dad and his girlfriend. We'll call her Marie. My dad got into Triathlons during the divorce proceedings as a way to work off steam, and continues to do them today. I'd show you a picture of him in his wet suit, but it'd probably scar you for life. He recently went back to school and is doing great so far. I don't know much about Marie; i've only met her twice since she moved in after I left for Iowa. I know she has 3 daughters, she's a friendly person and she doesn't mind my dad's sexual jokes (which happen more often than i'm comfortable with) My dad and I have not always been the closest; we had major issues after the divorce, and it's one of the reasons I moved to Iowa. We have since repaired our relationship, and while I am still unsure of him, I figure he deserves another chance, being my father and all. He's always pushed me to do my best and to try and succeed in everything I can.
This is the only picture of all of us that I could find. After everything went down, both parents deleted every single picture off of Facebook. Except this one? My sister, Pooka, is on the left, and the two random old people are not my grandparents (thank god! That lady is crazy..), they're Dad's work friends. And apparently I didn't get the memo to wear black. And I was blonde back then.
My Parents, their current significant others, with a hint of my sibling and step siblings.
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