15 days to go: The FMA – what does it *really* mean?

The Future Mrs Ayers?

The first step for most inquisitive people is simply to try googling it… and google has some pertinent suggestions as to the real meaning of The FMA:

• The Family Mediators Association – perhaps she’s likely to work wonders in bringing the Ayers and the Clough clans together.
• Facilities Management Association – yes, she’s good with the cooking and the cleaning.
• Fulfilment Management Association – feeling fulfilled is so important, and so difficult in this fractured world, I’m glad she’ll help me get there.
• Franciscan Mission Association – odd one this one… is there a group of ninjas called Francis who she sends on missions? or perhaps she directs the friars where to do good works?
• Florida Medical Association – I don’t think I’d be marrying her if this was the one. Although,  nurses…
• Filipino Martial Arts – involves a lot of hitting you in the knee-caps or biting your ankles – and then nursing you on an NHS ward / nannying your children.
• Japanese Manga character the Fullmetal Alchemist – She is part-machine, with that ever-present sense of focus, after all.

• Free Music Archive – only if it has show tunes and 70s prog-rock.
• Federal Marriage Amendment – I don’t think so. Unless there’s something I need to know which she’s not telling me.

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Week 1

Quite a week.

Started last Sunday afternoon with a walk on Hampstead Heath.  A beautiful view over a sunny london.  2 questions: one answered no, one answered yes. The first for an ice cream, the second for a lifelong commitment.

Much excitement and a little round of applause from the other londoners enjoying the view – of me down on one knee as well as the skyline.

And so a week of a very excited FMA. Many phone calls, a tweet and a few facebook posts. Lots more questions, thoughts, some early plans.

Friday night some friends joined for a few in the pub. And this morning we went to church – to find all the readings and the sermon focussed on … yes, you guessed it, marriage.