{"id":370,"date":"2015-05-13T08:17:38","date_gmt":"2015-05-13T15:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wellsayido.com\/?p=370"},"modified":"2015-05-13T08:17:39","modified_gmt":"2015-05-13T15:17:39","slug":"top-ten-reasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wellsayido.com\/?p=370","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Top Ten Reasons&#8221;!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I always say that every one of my couples has a story; here&#8217;s one I&#8217;ll never forget!<\/p>\n<p>As their minister, couples often ask me for extra, special tasks. (&#8220;Can you perform a Sand Ceremony for us?&#8221; &#8220;Can you mention our grandparents, who couldn&#8217;t make the trip to get to the wedding?&#8221;, etc.) <a href=\"https:\/\/wellsayido.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/PowerPoint.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-371 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/wellsayido.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/PowerPoint-150x150.png\" alt=\"PowerPoint\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wellsayido.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/PowerPoint-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/wellsayido.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/PowerPoint.png 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>A few years back, Zoia and Henry asked me to put together a PowerPoint presentation for them, the &#8220;Top Ten Reasons Why They Should Get Married&#8221;. What fun!<\/p>\n<p>In case you&#8217;re wondering:<br \/>\n#10: Someone to blame besides the dog<br \/>\n#9: Help is available to find the remote control<br \/>\n#8: Having something to do besides find the remote control<br \/>\n#7: Tired of eating a whole box of mac-and-cheese all by yourself<br \/>\n#6: At long last: Celibacy is optional<br \/>\n#5: Two-for-One Night at Denny&#8217;s<br \/>\n#4: Two words, baby: Diamond Lane!<br \/>\n#3: Finally, an income-tax deduction that doesn&#8217;t need receipts<br \/>\n#2: Everyone is doing it<br \/>\nand, the Number One Reason they should get married:<br \/>\n#1: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are already taken!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I always say that every one of my couples has a story; here&#8217;s one I&#8217;ll never forget! As their minister, couples often ask me for extra, special tasks. (&#8220;Can you perform a Sand Ceremony for us?&#8221; &#8220;Can you mention our grandparents, who couldn&#8217;t make the trip to get to the wedding?&#8221;, etc.) A few years [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-370","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-richs-blog","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellsayido.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellsayido.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellsayido.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellsayido.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellsayido.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=370"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wellsayido.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":372,"href":"https:\/\/wellsayido.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370\/revisions\/372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellsayido.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellsayido.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellsayido.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}