Your Best Man Is Your Groom
Language: en
Five years with Gloria, and my life felt like a black-and-white newspaper. She was rigidly proper, detesting any form of communication that wasn't plain text. If I sent a simple emoticon, she’d say she didn't get it. If I sent a meme, she’d call it childish. Then came the night before our wedding. I emailed her the final draft of our wedding vows. Instead of her usual brief, text-only acknowledgment, she replied with a GIF. It was a cute, animated cartoon bear blowing a kiss. The caption read: "Kisses for Bear." My best friend Barrett’s nickname was Bear. And that specific cartoon…