Top Ten Reasons for Attending Charlie and Donna's 40th Wedding Anniversary Party

We would like to welcome everyone here tonight. My son Charlie is going to start us off with a few words he would like to share with you all to toast his Gram and Poppa: 

 

Gram and Poppa are very kind to Maeve, Barrett, and me. 

Gram makes a great waffle. 

Poppa will go in the water with us at the beach as long as he brought his bathing suit. 

I’m happy that Gram and Poppa got married because I’d never exist without them. 

Gram and Poppa, I hope you live super duper long together. 

 

Thank you Charlie, well said my boy.  

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As the guests were arriving tonight, my brother and I took a poll asking everyone “Why did you come here tonight?”

 

The response was overwhelming. 

 

The results have been tallied up and here are the TOP TEN reasons people gave for coming here tonight:

 

10.       Donna said “If you were smart you’d make sure you were there”

 

9.         Didn't know people could be married that long and wanted to see for myself

 

8.         Heard Charlie was making Manhattans

 

7.         “My Joe” will be there 

 

9.         The Open Bar

 

9b.       Donna’s favorite niece and nephew will be there

 

8.         Donna made extra lasagna and has to go bags

 

7.5       Donna said “It’ll be a nice day for the beach” 

 

7.         Mellon said we “had to talk”, and that she’s “got something good for me”

 

6.         To see what 40 years of marital bliss looks like (But now disappointed I didn’t see it)

 

6b.       Discover the true origins of Charlie’s nickname “Nuckos” and meet some members of the Bridge Gang

 

7.         To meet the creator of nuckos.net and find out if Golf is a sport

 

6.         Learn the 2 rules for a lasting marriage, Coleen and Amanda know them: a. No beating b. No cheating  

 

6b.       Learn about reading recovery and the joys of Orton Gillingham  

 

5.         Find out what Uncle Charlie really did for work   

 

4.     Never attended an AARP Sanctioned event before

 

3.         Heard that the frisbees would be on sale   

 

2.         Wanted to see how many Manhattans one family could drink 

 

1.         Wanted to celebrate a special day with a great couple who have been the best parents and grandparents anyone could ask for, but since we don’t know anyone like that we came here.  

 

Please join us in wishing Charlie and Donna a very happy and healthy 40th Wedding Anniversary, or as they say in Italian “Famiglia niente di meglio!” (Family, nothing better)