Making assumptions is so, so easy
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (354440)
Rockingham, Australia
May 28, 2025 2:27am CST
The photo is of a salt lake where we camped one night.
Some time back I knew there was something I wanted to write about but the subject had slipped my mind. It came back to me today.
While we were at a bush poetry weekend a month or so ago, we got talking to a guy who is in a sea shanty choir whose music we really enjoy. He has a powerful voice and is a great story-teller so we enjoyed the chance to chat with him and to get to know him a bit more.
We mentioned someone and he said ‘Oh, I married his daughter’ but then he had trouble remembering her name. I was astonished, thinking it must have been years and years ago if he couldn’t remember the name of his wife. However, it turned out he was/is a marriage celebrant. Isn’t it easy to assume things?
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@DaddyEvil (149355)
• United States
28 May
What is a marriage celebrant?
Sometimes it's better to forget someone we married than to keep thinking about them and cursing their name. 
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@LindaOHio (189677)
• United States
28 May
That's funny. Yes we do assume things.
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@wolfgirl569 (116682)
• Marion, Ohio
28 May
That is a funny story. But the way he said it I would think the same as you did.
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@GardenGerty (163797)
• United States
28 May
I bet he likes to mislead people that way and does it on purpose.
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@JudyEv (354440)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 May
I couldn't believe my ears at first! Perhaps he does do it on purpose. He was the sort of guy who would do that. 
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@Marilynda1225 (84797)
• United States
28 May
That's pretty funny and yes it's easy to assume things. Love your post
I figured it was going to be a "small world' kind of story and that he married someone you knew but the ending was even better than what I had assumed
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@JudyEv (354440)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 May
I couldn't believe he would forget the name of a former wife!! I still laugh when I think about it.
I still laugh when I think about it.
@GardenGerty (163797)
• United States
28 May
The person who performs the marriage. I now pronounce you . . .
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@moffittjc (124460)
• Gainesville, Florida
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@GardenGerty I figured that's probably what it meant.
@Beestring (15418)
• Hong Kong
28 May
We sometimes make assumptions without even knowing it.
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@GardenGerty (163797)
• United States
28 May
Hence the confusion. Funny short story.
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@JudyEv (354440)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 May
We will be going to listen to his sea shanty group in a week or two. He has a very rich, deep voice.
@allknowing (146447)
• India
29 May
They should change the way it is said when it comes to a marriage celebrant marrying someone
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@JudyEv (354440)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 May
@allknowing Good luck with changing it. 
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16941)
• China
29 May
I mistook him for the daughter's husband too.He just witnessed her wedding as a clergyman.
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@RasmaSandra (85387)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
28 May
What is a marriage celebrant?
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@JudyEv (354440)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 May
Oh okay, another assumption on my part. The celebrants can perform wedding ceremonies but are not affiliated to any particular religion.
@JudyEv (354440)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 May
I keep getting caught on myLot thinking people will know what I'm talking about but sometimes they don't.
