It was 40 years ago. It was my wedding day. I got married at city hall. A small group of family in the courtroom gathered. My husband to be, had his brother stand on one side. I had my best friend on the other side by me.
The judge walked in the door. I looked over at my brother in law to be. He had a strange wide eyed look, and smirk on his face. I whispered, "what"?
He whispered to me that the judge was the one who recently convicted him of recent traffic fines. I was so blindsided by this, that I started to laugh. I tried to suppress it so it wasn't a loud one. One hand over my mouth and tears of laughter welling up. I had to chant to myself, "no you can't no no no"!!!! "Not today oh no"!!!
I looked back and saw my father with tears of sentiment in his eyes. He was happy that I was getting married. No one knew that I was laughing to this day.
I was divorced 5 years later. My marriage was a joke.