When Daniel was seven, he informed me — very solemnly, over fish fingers — that he was never getting married, because girls "made you share your snacks." So I want it on the record that this whole evening is a triumph of personal growth, and I'd like to thank the fish fingers for their patience.
I'm Marguerite, Daniel's mum, and I've had a front-row seat to every version of this boy. The one who wore his football boots to bed. The one who "reorganised" my spice rack aged eleven — alphabetically, which sounds sweet until you realise he did it once and never again, and I've been looking for the cumin since 2009.
He was not, shall we say, a natural romantic. This is a child who once gave a girl a birthday card that just said "Well done." So when he rang me and said, "Mum, I've met Priya, and she laughs at all my jokes" — I said, "Darling, is she alright? Has she seen a doctor?"
But then I met her. And I watched the two of them in my kitchen, bickering happily about whether pineapple belongs on pizza, finishing each other's sentences, and I saw it. He stands taller near her. He listens harder. He shares his snacks.
Priya, you didn't just marry my son — you got the full set. The odd socks. The terrible puns. The heart, which is enormous, even if he keeps it behind three layers of sarcasm. Thank you for seeing him the way I've always seen him. Welcome, properly and forever, to this loud, meddling, over-catered family.
Daniel, I have loved you since you were the boy who wouldn't share. Look at you now — building a whole life to share with someone.
Raise your glasses, everyone. To Daniel and Priya — and to a lifetime of splitting the last chip.
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