Kissing Cousins

In our family there are many cases of cousins marrying cousins, family is everything. My mother has a sister. Her sister has a son. He is exactly two years older than me. I suppose that our mothers had us picked for each other when I was still in diapers. I got my first boy girl kiss at twelve, first got felt up at thirteen, got spread out at fourteen. Good girl.

When we lined up to get married, I was 21 and he was 23. The Pastor of our church had a crisis of conscious and at the last minute he told us he just couldn't marry us, seeing that he knew both our mothers and they are sisters. Well? Now what, date was set, invitations were sent out, reception hall booked. Honeymoon paid for.

My soon to be husband's brother came to the rescue. He got ordained online, paid his fee and we set out to get married by him. In a suit. He was 19. We got to the church, the Pastor looked at my cousin in a suit and he had a professional crisis. He couldn't let a 19 year old with an internet ordination officiate in his church. He stepped up and did the marrying himself.

And the baptisms of our kids.

He is, by the way, our Uncle Jack, our moms' older brother.