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77. Their "Sample ceremony" is a lot longer than that

Mon Jul 26, 2021, 12:59 PM

Jul 2021

Our situation was shorter than that. The notary asked us "Are you sure?" We both said "Yes" and he said "OK" and did his thing. It has stuck for 44 years so I guess it worked.

The version in the Florida wedding handbook suggested for notaries is pretty much the standard old fashioned wedding ceremony. If I'd wanted that, I would have gone for the full deal. I didn't want any of that crap and would have resisted if a notary tried to insist it was needed.

My now husband and I had already made a commitment to each other - we just needed to make a legal one for various legal and financial reasons. So all we needed was that license signed and notarized. Period.

Oh, and out of the dozen or so people that notary married, we are the only ones that had it stick. The rest had actual weddings with ceremonies and stuff. Somehow that didn't help the couples stay together.

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