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After the e, Marsha moved out of her parents' home and into Ted's apartht life to their dreary place

Throughout her travels, she collected paintings, artifacts, androom and bedrooallery

If her husband had any appreciation for her decorating abilities, he never said a word

Aive their apartreed For the next fewher artistic expertise to their roo as to how he could make extra money from his wife's talents

Since the couple did not have a proper wedding ceremony, Marsha decided to have a belated reception and celebrate their approaching one-year anniversary She could not decide whether to have the reception in their courtyard or at a popular catering site One of her father's associates owned an elaborate banquet hall

Her sister-in-laws thought having the event at the hall was the grandeur way to go, but Ted made it very clear that the cash floas liant affair The incoo back into the property for upkeep, taxes, utilities, and other expenditures

Marsha decided to foot the bill for the gathering To avoid any type of fuss, she did not want to ask her parents for assistance and went to the bank to withdraw enoughrooes of the pending affair His wife and sisters took care of those details It took about three months to make all of the final preparations The function was to take place on a Saturday evening froht

Over three hundred and fifty invitations went to family, friends, and business associates; they had three weeks to respond Nearly all of the invitees answered yes

For the gala, Marsha had her gown ner, who lived a couple of blocks from her parents

Ted's sisters were supposedly financially strapped and could not afford to have their gowns custom-made, but their sister-in-law took care of that

Because of tih-end dress shop Of course, they each chose thenearly one thousand dollars each They were going to be the belles of the ball and the center of attention not their sister-in-law

A month before the affair, Marsha took her husband to an exclusive men's shop to have his tuxedo tailor-made, which was a perfect fit He was now ready to make his introduction to the upper crust of society