Married Andrea Marty

I do not remember much of the summer prior to getting married. I assume there was the usual frantic activity around it, but I must not have been that involved in the planning and preparation.

I do remember being apprehensive, but I never said anything. I had made a commitment. I felt no one would understand how I felt. I cared a great deal about Andrea, but subconsciously I was too inexperienced about the ways of the world and very immature.

Nevertheless, we did get married.

I remember spending our wedding night at a very nice hotel before leaving on our honeymoon. I think we both were struggling with the enormity of our commitment. We did not sleep all that well. I do not remember it being very romantic, but it may have been. I am sure many young couples feel the same way on their wedding night. I just remember feeling very disoriented.

Our wedding gift from my parents was a five day stay on Paradise Island in the Bahamas. It was a lot of fun. The beaches and ocean were beautiful.

I enjoyed gambling back then, unlike today. One evening, We played playing blackjack at the hotel and won about $100. A pit boss took a shining to us being such a naive, young couple. His advice was that I should pocket the money and buy her something with it. I do not remember if I did that or not.

Very soon after the honeymoon, we were setting set up in an apartment in Madison for me to finish my last semester of college.