I picked up SS from his house yesterday, and I waited downstairs while my daughter went upstairs to look at SS's room because this is the first time she had ever been with me to pick him up (we stayed home today because she had a fever). BM and TH to-be (TH stands for third husband here) go on and on talking about their upcoming wedding and she shows a gift certificate she got as a gift from a place where she registered. Since I don't even know when the wedding is supposed to be, I go online to check out her registry. First funny thing, it's on St. Patrick's Day. I had already made a card on the computer really just as a joke, and on the front it said, 'good luck on your wedding.' On the inside, it said, 'third time's a charm.' So I thought it was fitting to be on St. Patrick's Day, because they will need all the luck they can get. Second funny thing, she has listed over 100 items on her registry. It's like she's looking to completely restock her household. She is over 30, and this is her third wedding. How tacky! Yet, not one of the things on her register has been bought yet. The sad thing is, the wedding date is on our weekend with SS, and she has not said one word about it to us, about swapping or anything. She has asked DH if we will keep him during his spring break, which is the week after that. So I am hoping that they will drop him off after the wedding before they leave for their honeymoon (they are going to Hawaii). Because it would be very sad if we pick him up on Friday and they get married on Saturday without him and then go to Hawaii for a week without him. When we got married, first of all, we went to the courthouse and had only family present and received no presents (this was even my first marriage), and SS was at the wedding with us and went on our honeymoon with us to Orange Beach. I have already gotten my wedding presents for them, though. For her, The Care and Keeping of Husbands, because obviously she hasn't the first clue, because she has never had a marriage for over two years, and for him, Stepparenting for Dummies, because he has no idea what he is getting into because he has no experience with stepfamilies. And she has not even dated him for a year, yet. Our theory is that she gets married for the trips and for the presents. First she went to somewhere in Mexico, then Jamaica, and now Hawaii. Oh, and her dress is white. It is so hard to keep from laughing when I'm around her. Her poor sucker is already in debt from buying all new appliances for her house and taking them to Disney World, which SS said he did not enjoy because she bitched the entire time. I want to hear everyone's guess on how long you think this marriage will last. I know it won't go past two years.