Counting down to 20 years

This October Maureen and I will celebrate our 20 year anniversary. Over the past months I have been repeatedly asked about the differences in some specific dates, so let me explain.

On October 22, 1987 I took Maureen out on a first date, I picked her up at her family's toko (Indonesian Foodstore) and we went to the beach where I stole the first kiss and asked her to date me. Knowing well that this was going to be a lifelong decision (yeah sure!) I wanted her to sleep over it and give the answer the next day.

October 24, 1987 is the date when Maureen said yes at her parents house which we then celebrated by going to the "Kermis"/fair.

On April 22, 1998 is when we got married, and within 48 hours emigrated to the United States to start anew. So that's the story.