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The Wedding Conversation

Joe: Hey, Will, how’s it goin’?

Will: Hey, what’s goin’ on? Not a lot.

Joe: Man, I don’t, you know what, now that I see you right here, I don’t think I’ve

seen you in probably like six weeks.

Will: Yeah.

where you been hidin’?:

said when you have not

seen someone in a long

time

Joe: Where you been hidin’ ?

Will: I don’t know, long time no see though.

long time no see: it has

been a long time since we

have seen each other

Joe: [laugh] Yeah.

Will: How, how have you been?

Joe: Yeah, I’m doin’ really well. I, I don’t th-…you know what, I haven’t seen you

since your wedding.

you didn’t make it: you

were not able to be there

Will: I know. I know, I want to, uh, I want to tell you all about it. I can’t believe you

didn’t make it .

super bummed: to be

very upset

Joe: Yeah, you know what, I told you the only reason I didn’t make it is because my

uncle was getting married back east. So, y’know, I was gone the entire week. But I

was super bummed about it.

Will: Well you missed a good one.

Joe: Yeah, yeah, I know. I mean I was bummed that I couldn’t be there with all our

friends. And, y’know, I’d never had a chance to meet Isabelle’s family. So, y’know,

I’m really bummed that I missed that, too.

Will: Yeah, yeah, it was really nice having everybody out here from Spain.

Joe: Yeah.

Will: And, we had a good time.

Joe: How long had you, how long were you and Isabelle together before you guys

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got married?

Will: Two years.

time flies: to be surprised

about how much time has

gone by

Joe: Wow, oh my god, time flies .

Will: Yeah.

Joe: I remember that, y’know, when she first, uh, answered the ad you had for a

roommate, so…

Will: [laugh]

the golden rule: the most

important thing about

something

Joe: …you guys broke the golden rule , y’know, as far as roommates go, which is

don’t sleep with your roommates when they move in.

sleep with: to have sex

with

Will: That’s right.

it’s all worked out: it

ended well

Joe: [laugh] But it’s all worked out .

Will: It was worth it . It was worth it this time.

it was worth it: said

when you are glad to

have done something

Joe: Yeah, it’s all worked out. So I’m glad to see that, y’know.

Will: Absolutely.

Joe: Yeah. So, uh, y’know, you’ll have to give me some details on, y’know, I, I

haven’t seen any of the pictures or anything, I don’t, maybe you didn’t get them back

yet from the photographer.

do-it-yourself: doing

something without paying

others to help

Will: Well I can’t wait to, uh, show you the pictures, of course, but, uh, yeah, do you

have a second? I’ll tell you about the wedding.

City Hall: government

building

Joe: Yeah, yeah, totally. I wanna hear about it.

Will: Alright, well, we had kind of a, uh, do-it-yourself wedding. We, um, got

married at, uh, City Hall which was easy. And then we had our real ceremony at

Stern Grove . You know where that is?

Stern Grove: a place in

San Francisco that has a

lot of trees

Joe: Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, right on 19th.

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Will: Here in San Francisco.

Joe: Yeah.

Will: Underneath the redwood trees.

Joe: Oh, it must have been beautiful.

Will: It was very nice.

Did the weather

cooperate? : was the

weather nice

Joe: Did the weather cooperate?

Will: Actually we, uh, had a really beautiful day which is very unusual for

summertime in, uh, San Francisco.

Joe: Yeah.

Will: As you well know.

Joe: Totally.

Will: We were planning on fog but we had really nice weather.

made it in: arrived

Joe: Oh that’s great. So everyone made it in okay? Because I know that, uh, her

family had a long way to come.

Will: Yeah. They, uh, they all made it. Her mom and dad, uh, their friend, uh, her

brother and sister, of course, and, uh, her best friend from Spain came to represent

all her, all her friends… We’re gonna go there, uh, soon and we’re gonna see her,

uh, family and friends, y’know, th-, who couldn’t make it. But it was nice to have a

group of her family and friends here in San Francisco for the wedding.

Joe: Oh that’s great. How, what, where is she from in Spain?

Will: Um, she’s from Bilbao.

Joe: Oh yeah, y’know, she told me that before but I can’t say that, y’know, I could

recall the actual town ‘cause I’d never heard of it before.

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Will: Yeah, it’s actually a very large city. Uh, it’s an industrial city. And it’s, uh, got

uh, a new museum so it’s become more famous. But, uh, it’s been there a long time.

And it’s a big city. But it’s not one of the most, um, uh, known cities in Spain

perhaps…

Joe: Yeah.

Will: …like Madrid and Barcelona.

Joe: Yeah.

medieval: time period

from long ago

Will: So, uh, yeah. But they were all there and, uh, her brother, uh, read a medieval

Spanish love poem, uh. And, uh, that was really nice. And, uh, parts of our wedding

were in Spanish, uh, for the people, um, you know our friends here who, uh, um,

speak Spanish and also, uh, y’know, for her friends and family from Spain, yeah.

Joe: Sure, yeah that’s great. I know that you’ve been trying to learn a lot of Spanish

lately.

Will: Yes I have, yes I have…well, y’know, I learned a lot of Spanish when I was in

Chili but I’m learning a lot more with her now.

pretty much: almost

Joe: Oh that’s great. Yeah, because the only way you’re gonna really, uh, y’know,

get more fluent in it is to use it pretty much every day.

Will: Absolutely. Yeah.

made an honest woman

of her: got married to her

Joe: So, uh, I bet her father was happy to see that you made an honest woman of

her .

Will: [laugh] I guess, I guess so, yeah.

old-fashioned: ideas or

things that are from a long

time ago

Joe: I would imagine that, uh, maybe her, was her family pretty traditional and

old-fashioned? Or…

Will: Uh, no actually they’re more, um, uh, progressive in a way than, uh, Americans

are. Americans actually, it seems, uh, are more into the church wedding and

everything. We had a, uh, um, we had a very, uh, European wedding. They’re not

as, uh, religious as people think. Americans are pretty religious.

into the church

wedding: wanted to have

a wedding in a church

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Joe: That’s true.

Will: Yes. So, uh, they, uh, they loved everything we did and, uh, it was a really

good time. Yeah.

Joe: That’s great.

I gotta run: I to have to

Will: Yeah, so, uh, I gotta run .

get together: meet

Joe: Okay, well, uh, Will let’s get together for drinks sometime soon, it’s been too

long.

Will: Sounds good.

Joe: Alright, I’ll talk to you soon.

ciao: Italian word for

goodbye

Will: Alright, ciao .

Joe: Bye.

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