I didn’t think it was possible.
The news that I was getting married nearly made my 84 year old mother fall over.
But yea, at 52 years old, I’m getting married for the very first time. We had to prop that old lady up in the air conditioning she was so overwhelmed. I got pretty much the same reaction from all my coworkers inside the zone controlled HVAC at the office. Nobody thought I’d ever get married. I don’t know exactly why that is as I’ve had several serious relationships. But none of them was my person. Then, I met my person and getting married seemed like the most natural thing to do. My wife is the same age and believe it or not, we went to college together. In fact, I was a floor below her in the dorms where all we had was radiant heating. There was zero air conditioning other than buying a fan. Still, we never memorably knew each other. We attended some of the same events and even knew some of the same people. But 30 years later, we meet at a conference and the rest is wonderful. So once we get married, we’ve decided to build a house together. This is something that neither of us have done in our lives. So it’s cool that we’re getting to experience this together. For the quality heating and air part of the house, we are going with a very long term commitment. We’re using a geothermal heat pump for heating and cooling our new house. It’s so efficient, sustainable and reliable. Plus, the HVAC equipment lasts forever it seems. Just like this marriage will last.