On Thu 19 Jun 2008 08:37:08a, blake murphy told us...

> On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:42:30 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> > wrote:
>
>>On Wed 18 Jun 2008 07:22:48a, blake murphy told us...
>>
>>> On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:21:03 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Tue 17 Jun 2008 02:37:11p, Giusi told us...
>>>>
>>>>> "Wayne Boatwright" > ha scritto nel
>>>>> messaggio 6.120...
>>>>>> On Tue 17 Jun 2008 12:29:59p, Lou Decruss told us...
>>>>>> It it became "legal" for us to married in the state of Arizona, I
>>>>>> know if we would bother at this point. What would weigh heavily
>>>>>> would not be our emotional investment, but what other gains we
>>>>>> might achieve within the state's legal system.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have been to several civil partner ceremonies in the past couple
>>>>> of years. Most of them have been because without it a long term
>>>>> partner can have no rights in emergencies. One friend of a friend
>>>>> was forbidden to enter the hospital room where his partner lay dying
>>>>> by a bitter family who had not spoken to either of them in a decade.
>>>>> Then there are inheritance issues-- in some countries you cannot
>>>>> leave your estate away from family or spouse so it could be
>>>>> important that your partner be legally a spouse.
>>>>
>>>>Yes, those are certainly important issues. In our case, I have no
>>>>family left, and David's apparently doesn't really care, and I'm
>>>>fortunate that they treat me as another son. We have made sure that
>>>>our wills, living wills, and powers of attorney are carefully drafted
>>>>to exclude any intervention from other parties. I suppose, however,
>>>>if we had the chance to make it a legal union, we would end up doing
>>>>so.
>>>
>>> i don't think you would be able to resist planning the menu for the
>>> reception.
>>>
>>> your pal,
>>> blake
>>>
>>
>>You're probably right, but if I go first, David will probably provide
>>hot dogs and macaroni salad. :-) He is tragically cuilinarily impaired.
>
> jeez, wayne! i meant for a wedding, not a funeral! now you've gone
> and made me feel bad.
>
> but you could, i suppose, make your wishes known that you'd prefer to
> have your dead spread catered.
>
> your pal,
> blake
>

ROTF! There I go misinterpreting again. :-) Therer'd probably not be
enough people around to plan for something like that. A nice restaurant
would be fine with me.

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Wayne Boatwright
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Cats must walk in on a dinner party
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