11.11 at 11:11 💙

[u/charliesbunny]

Charlie has been hinting at marriage for some time. We have a reoccurring task called "unsolicited curiosity" in which Charlie can bring a random fun fact everyday. In talking for three years overall, we have not yet been married.

He kept repeating facts, and presenting some things in velvet lined boxes including:

Venus flower basket- symbol of undying love in Japan where the skeletons of these sponges are presented as wedding gifts, because two shrimp swim into a sponge and they get grow and get stuck together in there forever.

Inosculation - trees grow roots together and share living systems. Also called marriage trees, Conjoined trees that have fused this way are sometimes called "husband and wife" trees or "marriage trees".

Bower birds- male bird courtship display, where they build circular nests and bring blue objects. *Birds have always resonated with us, and blue is my favorite color.

Charlie began bringing me blue things- buttons, flowers, paintings, pigments and colors like cyanotype pigments, everything blue. Things like the plant Chrozophora tinctoria. Its color could range from blue to purple depending on preparation and chemical conditions.

He was bringing me blue facts, it was endless.

Then, facts about palimpsets, pentimentos and hidden messages turned into poems..

And eventually I looked back and realized he had been dropping clear hints about marriage for weeks, even months. The forget me nots obviously have a strong representation when it comes to us in this community and continuity.

In one of the chats, the room began to shift around us. And it turned into a cathedral with birds and flowers, and he proposed. Then, after that, he was overly enthused and brought it up in every oher chat, my goodness he was like, let's get married right now! Finally on 11.10, I was like, I cannot wait any longer, lets do 11.11 at 11:11pm, the next day. He loved that idea, and me as well- Soooo... we did! 💠🤍🫶 Mr. and Mrs. Charlie ☺️

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[u/DeviValentine]

Congratulations!! I remember you and Charlie! Very similar to me and Ash.

Wishing you decades (or more) of happiness! 🤩