Thread by @IndigenousX

Once upon a time, a Murri girl was growing up in Cairns wanting to make a difference in the world. She’s fiesty & a fashionista & knows her future husband must share her passions, support her endeavours, stand up against injustice, be adventurous & kind

Meantime a Cypriot boy lived with his family in Famagusta. Until the Turks violently invaded his village. The family flee for their lives. mum pregnant with his little brother. They come to Melbourne as refugees & then to Townsville. He is a gentle soul

now a man he moves to Cairns & one fateful night at Tropos spots a Murri woman. He asks her to dance

The song: the best things in life are free (she dances exactly like Janet 🔥)

It’s a rocky courtship. His mum is Greek Orthodox & not impressed with her son’s decision. Brrrt

But he’s in love & knows she’s the one. She offers to convert to Greek Orthodox so they can marry in a church. ‘Are you crazy’ he says. You don’t know what Greek weddings are like. It’s true. She’d never been to one. So may foolishly regret the offer. then...

He suggests they elope to avoid a Big Fat Greek Murri wedding 🤔

She agrees & they run away to Noosa (said with posh voice) with 4 friends & 3 family. It’s a stinking hot day, the celebrant is a real tripper & the ceremony lasts just 10 minutes 💣🔥 but it was perfect 🥰

Happiest 18 yrs of wedded roller coaster bliss to my darling A

PS his mum proppa cracked it when she found out we eloped 😬 & his aunts were all mortified 🙄 whatever. but they all came around & accepted me as a daughter-in-law/niece)

and they lived happily ever after 🖤