A Wedding Page Classic

They met like many 21st century couples do: online.

But that was only their final “meeting” as they were 99% sure they had previously been in the same place at the same time. The world of New York publishing is small, and they must have crossed paths, over the years, at one book party or another.

Perhaps that’s why, when they finally did meet, there was an air of fate, a sense of homecoming, in their first exchange.

Mau: This feels cheesy.

Danny: It's supposed to be cheesy, isn't it?

Mau: OK, fine. What else do we say?

Mau was an art director from Mexico, and Danny was a book scout from Miami. When they first started texting, Mau would send Danny his latest book cover designs, and Danny would tell him all about the latest manuscript he was reading.

The texting never stopped.

Morning to night, these two book nerds couldn’t believe how much they had in common. Their biggest difference? Danny favored long paragraphs on iMessage. Mau preferred short quips on WhatsApp. They would work this out, no problem.

Their first date was to see a Norwegian movie called “The Worst Person in the World” at Angelika Film Center on Houston. Perhaps not the most auspicious first-date movie, but rest assured they now own the Criterion Collection Blu-Ray.

Danny: Not that we've watched it. Maybe tonight?

Mau: Let's do it!

Danny: Do you think we should include more examples of what we realized we had in common?

Mau: Like when we went, "OK, favorite book of all time, on three" and we both said One Hundred Years of Solitude?

Danny: Yeah, and how we did the same with movies, and for some reason we both said, The Fifth Element? ... I don't even think that's true.

Mau: It's my favorite! We also bonded over how, as kids, we both liked to stay inside in the AC on summer vacations at the beach, playing video games. We called ourselves "inside kids," remember?

Danny: Of course! But I don't know, this is getting kind of long.

Mau: Yeah, you're right.

When they finally got together, it’s like they had known each other forever.

Mau left his East Village apartment and moved into Danny’s East Village apartment, all of five blocks away, and together they exposed the brick walls and built book shelves and scrounged for vintage furniture.

They made a home to share with one another, and with Nox.

Nox: It's about time.

Danny & Mau: Sorry! You're the best, chillest, most beautiful cat in the whole wide world and we love you so much!

Nox: Uh-huh.

On their second anniversary, they hatched a plan to throw the most epic party of all time. Or, at least, to lovingly gather their families and friends and colleagues in magical Mérida, Mexico.

They wanted everyone to bear witness to what they had just said to one another that evening, what they had been saying all along:

Yes.

Yes to loving and supporting one another. Yes to always talking, always sharing, always being present. Yes to spending their lives together.

Mau: Don't we say "I do" on the day?

Danny: Yes.

Mau: Ha!

Nox: [Sigh]