nine years

nine years ago today, i married my best friend.  it feels like just yesterday and a million years ago all at the same time.

we wanted our wedding to be a party.  we were just a few years out of college and saw our wedding as the perfect opportunity to get all of our favorite people in one room and dance.

as you know by now, we are big music nerds, so deciding what music we wanted to play at our wedding reception was a task that we embraced.  we found a great dj and he wanted to meet with us to get an idea of what kind of vibe we wanted.  we gave him some ideas (some which were dumb, like no dollar dance.  were we idiots?  did we not understand that people give you money to dance with them?).  we specifically wanted some hip-hop mixed in to get people dancing (the electric slide did not count).  our conversation with the dj went something like this:

(please don't click these links with children in the room.)

dj: what kind of hip-hop songs are you looking for me to play?

us: well, off the top of our heads, maybe this (the clean version, please).  and this one, for sure.

***long pause***

us: but there are some songs that are great to dance to that wouldn't necessarily be appropriate to play considering grandparents will be in the room......

dj: like what for instance?

***another long pause***

***uncomfortable silence***

us: well....(in a whisper) this song.

dj:  never heard of it.

so. embarrassing.  

why would we utter that word to a perfect stranger?  why would we assume he would play that at our wedding?

we were young and dumb and ready to party.

and a good party it was.

happy anniversary, dance partner.  

xoxoxo