Mary Kay Letourneau and The Kid
Mary Kay Letourneau got married this past weekend to her longtime boyfriend, Vili. I hear about classic love stories like this all the time and they always get me choked up. It’s the classic tail that we all know…
…teacher seduces 6th grade love interest who is more than 20 years her junior then gets pregnant with his kid even though she is married with 4 of her own kids and gets sent to prison because she can’t keep her paws off the toddler and has a second kid with him a few years later and makes a mockery of her family and finally marries the kid on a tabloid TV show..
..I see it all the time. I get a lump in my throat just thinking about those two love birds living happily ever after in the nut house. Speaking of wedding vows, I can’t help but shed a tear or two when they were exchanged on Access Hollywood. Vows like
Her – I promise to take you to gym class and wait with you until your mother arrives.
Him – I promise to do my homework and not chew gum in class
Her – You are my pupil…er…soul mate and we will be together until the end of time or 7th period.
Him – When you start collecting social security in a couple of years I hope to be old enough to buy you wine.
Her – After puberty I promise to show you how to shave.
Him – Thank you for making me the luckiest person in the world and the object of envy from every boy on my JV soccer team.
Her – I promise to stay by your side through sickness, health and the senior prom.
Him – I vow to sit in the front seat of your car when I am old enough.
Her – When I found you I realized what it means to truly love another without boundaries or what is socially and legally allowed.
Him – Our love will stay true through the countless magical moments we will share together and through the ups and downs like it did through elementary school, junior high, senior high and two stints in the pokey.
I heard their honeymoon is a trip to Washington DC with tours of the White House and a meeting with their congressman. Or maybe that was my senior trip in high school. Either way, congrats to the happy couple and may their journey through adolescents be a happy one.