I have a lady friend named Jane who for many years has remained curiously single, but is finally getting married. I received my invitation in the post today, and the nuptials will be held in a lovely historic vineyard here in southern California next month. I am quite happy for Jane, as I was rather perplexed as to why she put off marriage for so long---I must confess, I feared that she was running the risk of being labelled an "old maid", and I did not wish her to suffer the terrible ridicule which goes along with such a title.
At any rate, Jane is finally getting married. The man she is marrying must be fond of eccentric types, as Jane has always been quite eccentric, eschewing makeup, effecting a rather mannish mode of dress, with a curious preference for plaid, wearing her hair in the most unusual of cuts, long in the back, short on the sides and top, and working a most unladylike profession, as a driver for UPS. I have always found her eccentricity to be refreshing, but could not imagine many men who would be willing to marry her.
As it turns out, there is apparently a man equal in eccentricity who has decided to take her hand in marriage, and this brings me to the point of my question, my nervousness about meeting her soon-to-be husband: his name, according to the invitation, is Lucille. Now, I know that these days one tends to run into some quite untraditional names, but I wonder about a man with such a strange moniker...surely his parents did not give him such a name; I can only imagine he adopted it for himself at some point.
At any rate, it is clear that Jane has met her match in eccentricity, and the two shall be wed. I am nervous as to how to address her new husband, and feel rather unprepared for any awkward situations that might arrive. Do you have any advice as to how I might handle this situation?
I must give them credit for a most eccentric invitation, too. It is decorated with a curious assemblage of lavender triangles against a backdrop of rainbows. Most eccentric, indeed!
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