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Upon Our Yours Truly and His Missus Exchanging Holy Matrimony Vows

Upon our (yours truly and his missus) exchanging holy matrimony vows Ultrasound allowed, enabled and provided obstetrician to zoom, image courtesy sonogram showing fledgling fetus, thus we pledged our troth after spouses' womb (approximately halfway between her pregnancy) did balloon uterus, wherein conception delineated birth of eldest daughter, and many a tomb morrow later she resides in Oakland, California. I attempt reasonable rhyme about... oh happy yesteryear when newly minted groom (me) wed bride family in attendance cried as Justice of Peace officiated as legal guide extolling pregnancy of she who could not hide figurative bun in the oven which matured inside after two gametes fused and multiplied countless times quickly birthing embryo baby on the way nullified application of premarital sex and attendant use of contraceptives. Clear out of the blue thee wife asked me opinion if wedded bliss between us ha, how heretical to think otherwise since romance long since flew out the figurative window impossible mission to feign significant other analogous to brand new alluring, beguiling, captivating... tchotchke. All kibitizing aside, a requited love with zeal I attest invisible spokes support unseen wheel when turning sparking genuine care and concern act as buffer against emotional hemorrhage and received good housekeeping approval seal more applicable to most recent elapsed wedding day anniversaries ex post facto after both daughters flew the coop finding me reeling with empty nest syndrome, whenever yours truly reviews mental newsreel, now absence of offspring, akin to psychological wound I did heal no longer mourning natural course of begetting progeny more readily accepting their necessary autonomy doth appeal. Though marriage devoid of physical intimacy wife get along swimmingly, we exhibit less strife than days of yore effulgence promulgated to all readers unbeknownst to human life form characterized by bloke, whose words appeared across screen exemplifying, embodying, and edifying regarding beloved simian counterpart bandying playfully sometimes drubbing and drumming my body while she (commandeering certain orifices of her body) emulates sounds of fife.

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