Well, it’s happening. I’m taking a guy home to meet the parents. I’ve talked to my mom about Kent a few times… enough that she asked a call or two back when they got to meet him. That’s going to be today.
My dad, the physics teacher, is excited to meet Kent, the electrician. Dad always has been handy with wiring and things, so there’s that. And on Saturday, Dad wants to take Kent up to a farm his buddy owns to hunt Quail. So… that escalated fast! I’m an only child, so I think Dad wants to try out a “son” figure.
While we’re doing this, Emma and Merritt are hitting Atlanta to meet his parents, then on Saturday, they fly to Memphis and drive to Vicksburg. They will red-eye back to New York so Merritt can stagger into work on Monday.
So… meeting the parents…
Perspective… I’ll be 23 in March. Kent will be 27 in October. We’ve sort of come to a place financially where there’s nothing on that front to prevent marriage.
And if me using that word is a surprise, let me remind you that this Time-Travel phenomenon creates a really intense bonding experience. Our thinking now is that whatever process merges our memories with the duplicates also creates what Merritt has called a metaphysical connection with each other.
Speaking of those merged memories… The Hannah and Kent now in 1881 are happily courting. The Hannah and Kent in now the 1984 Virginia Moment are happily dating… and we KNOW they get married in fall of 1985, because they told us that when we met them.
And the Hannah and Kent on the 1984 Off-line Moment are already married. That Hannah’s memories of married life… I’ll just say I’ve been preoccupied by them more than once.
As the memories merge more and more, it's as if every day dating him is 4 days dating (3 days dating and 1 day married, to be more accurate).
To the point of me marrying Kent in 2024… that I am thinking of marriage should not be a surprise to anyone.
So… yes… we’re talking about it. But no… No firm plans. Yet.
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