The Wedding Conversation

Joe: Hey, Will, hows it goin?

Will: Hey, whats goin on? Not a lot.

Joe: Man, I dont, you know what, now that I see you right here, I dont think Ive seen you in probably like six weeks.

Will: Yeah.
where you been hidin?: said when you have not seen someone in a long time

Joe: Where you been hidin?

long time no see: it has been a long time since we have seen each other

Will: I dont know, long time no see though. Joe: [laugh] Yeah.

Will: How, how have you been?

Joe: Yeah, Im doin really well. I, I dont th-you know what, I havent seen you since your wedding.

you didnt make it: you were not able to be there

Will: I know. I know, I want to, uh, I want to tell you all about it. I cant believe you didnt make it.

Joe: Yeah, you know what, I told you the only reason I didnt make it is because my uncle was getting married back east. So, yknow, I was gone the entire week. But I was super bummed about it.

super bummed: to be very upset

Will: Well you missed a good one.

Joe: Yeah, yeah, I know. I mean I was bummed that I couldnt be there with all our friends. And, yknow, Id never had a chance to meet Isabelles family. So, yknow, Im really bummed that I missed that, too.

Will: Yeah, yeah, it was really nice having everybody out here from Spain. Joe: Yeah. Will: And, we had a good time. Joe: How long had you, how long were you and Isabelle together before you guys

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its all worked out: it ended well

it was worth it: said when you are glad to have done something

time flies: to be surprise d about how much time has gone by do-it-yourself: doing something without paying others to help

City Hall: government building

Stern Grove: a place in San Francisco that has a lot of trees

the golden rule: the most importa nt thing about somethi ng

sleep with: to have sex with

r g o t s . Joe: Wow, oh my god, time flies.

m a r r i e d ? Joe: you guys broke the golden rule, yknow, as far as roommates go, which is dont sleep with your roommates when they move in. Will: [laugh] Joe: I remember that, yknow, when she first, uh, answered the ad you had for a roommate, so Will: Yeah.

W i l l :

Will: Thats right.

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Joe: [laugh] But its all worked out.

Will: It was worth it. It was worth it this time.

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Joe: Yeah, its all worked out. So Im glad to see that, yknow.

Will: Absolu tely.

didnt get them back yet from the photographer.

Joe: Yeah. So, uh, yknow , youll have to give me some details on, yknow , I, I haven t seen any of the picture s or anythi ng, I dont, maybe you

Will: Well I cant wait to, uh, show you the pictures, of course, but, uh, yeah, do you have a second? Ill tell you about the wedding.

Joe: Yeah, yeah, totally. I wanna hear about it.

Will: Alright, well, we had kind of a, uh, do-ityourself wedding. We, um, got married at, uh, City Hall which was easy. And then we had our real ceremony at Stern Grove. You know where that is?

Joe: Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, right on 19th.

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made it in: arrived

Did the weat her coo pera te?: was the weat her nice

Will: It was very nice. Will : Her e in San Fra ncis co.

Joe: Did the weather cooperate?

Joe : Yea h.

Will: Actually we, uh, had a really beautiful day which is very unusual for summertime in, uh, San Francisco.

Joe: Yeah. Will : Und ern eath the red woo d tree s.

W i l l :

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planning on fog but we had really nice weather.

k n o w .

Joe: Oh thats great. So everyone made it in okay? Because I know that, uh, her family had a long way to come.

J o e :

Will: Yeah. They, uh, they all made it. Her mom and dad, uh, their friend, uh, her brother and sister, of course, and, uh, her best friend from Spain came to represent all her, all her friends Were gonna go there, uh , soon and were gonna see her, uh, family and friends, yknow, th-, who couldnt make it. But it was nice to have a group of her family and friends here in San Francisco for the wedding.

T o t a l l y . Joe: Oh thats great. How, what, where is she Will : We wer e from in Spain? Will:

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s from Bilbao.

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Joe: Oh yeah, yknow, she told me that before but I cant say that, yknow, I could recall the actual town cause Id never heard of itbefore.

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pretty much: almost

made an honest woman of her: got married to her

me die val: tim e peri od fro m lon g ago

old-fashioned: ideas or things that are from a long time ago

into the church wedding: wanted to have a wedding in a church

Will: Yeah, its actuall ya very large city. Uh, its an industr ial city. And its, uh, got uh, a new museu m so its becom e more famou s. But, uh, its been there a long time. And its a big city. But its not one of the most, um, uh, known cities in Spain perha ps

Joe: Yeah.

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, uh, read a medieval Spanish love poem, uh. And, uh, that was really nice. And, uh, parts of our wedding were in Spanish, uh, for the people, um, you know our friends here who, uh, um, speak Spanish and also, uh, yknow, for her friends and family from Spain, yeah.

Joe: Sure, yeah thats great. I know that youve been trying to learn a lot of Spanish lately.

J o e :

Will: Yes I have, yes I havewell, yknow, I learned a lot of Spanish when I was in Chili but Im learning a lot more with her now.

Y e a h .

Joe: Oh thats great. Yeah, because the only way youre gonna really, uh, yknow, get more fluent in it is to use it pretty much every day.

Will: Absolutely. Yeah.

Will: So, uh, yeah. But they were all there and, uh, her brother

Joe: So, uh, I bet her father was happy to see that you made an honest woman of her.

Will: [laugh] I guess, I guess so, yeah.

Joe: I would imagine

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er, was her family pretty traditional and old-fashioned? Or

Will: Uh, no actually theyre more, um, uh, progressive in a way than, uh, Americans are. Americans actually, it seems, uh, are more into the church wedding and everything. We had a, uh, um, we had a very, uh, European wedding. Theyre not as, uh, religious as people think. Americans are pretty religious.

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Joe: Thats true.

Will: Yes. So, uh, they, uh, they loved everything we did and, uh, it was a really good time. Yeah.

Joe: Thats great.

I gotta run: I to have to go

Will: Yeah, so, uh, I gotta run.

get togeth er: meet

Joe: Okay, well, uh, Will lets get together for drinks sometime soon, its been too long.

Will: Sounds good.

J o e :
cia o: Itali an wor d for goo dby e

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y o u c i a s o o Joe: Bye. o .