On Monday, November 14, 2016 at 7:45:29 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Monday, November 14, 2016 at 10:50:01 AM UTC-5, Jill McQuown wrote:
> > On 11/13/2016 11:54 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> > > On 2016-11-13 10:11 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
> > >> On 11/12/2016 6:34 PM, wrote:
> > >>> On Saturday, November 12, 2016 at 3:50:51 PM UTC-6,
> > >>> wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>> On 12 Nov 2016 21:04:22 GMT, notbob > wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> I've come to the conclusion that once you qualify for Social Security
> > >>>>> (age 62) yer "fruitcake mode" suddenly switches on and you can
> > >>>>> instantly tolerate fruitcake.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Yer rong nb - I luved it all mi life !
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>> Me, too!
> > >>
> > >> Maybe I was 10 or 12 when my cousin got married and everyone got
> > >> a little box of cake to take home. I just loved it and that was
> > >> my first memory of fruitcake.
> > >>
> > >>
> > > In my 20's I went to a lot of weddings and they usually has a small
> > > piece of wedding cake, which around here used to mean a dark fruit cake.
> > > I usually ate mine right away. Most often I would end up with a couple
> > > extra pieces that others at the table could not get rid of fast enough.
> > >
> > I didn't even eat my own slice of wedding cake. I did the obligatory
> > thing, cut the cake then put that first slice in the freezer for a year..
> > At which point I threw it out. In the trash.
> >
> > Jill
>
> We didn't have a wedding cake. Instead, we had a big bowl of fresh
> strawberries. We're still going strong 27 years later, so the
> symbolism/superstition of the wedding cake appears to be not
> 100% necessary.
>
> Cindy Hamilton

We didn't have any cake or strawberries and had a 35 dollar wedding. We had to drive back from Nevada to San Mateo CA in a Mazda with a clogged fuel filter. The longer we drove, the slower the car got. That was 35 years ago. It looks like it's going to be a "till death do us part" deal.