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Article: Honeymoon Horrors: Who Needs Money When You're Having Fun?
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- November 29, 1987
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When a torrential downpour drove our sizable wedding party into
the old barn with the leaky roof, several guests assured us that it
was a sign of good luck.
For our marriage, yes. For our honeymoon, no way.
The next day, back in Chicago, we were packing for our
postnuptial trip to Seattle, Mount Rainier and the Olympic Peninsula
in Washington. We took a break and had dinner with friends that
night at a Chinese restaurant.
It wasn't until around midnight, back in our new apartment, that
I tried to find my purse. And couldn't. We looked everywhere among
the piles of wedding gifts and moving boxes and loaded backpacks, but
to no avail. And the restaurant was already closed for the night.
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