Like marriage, only not

[belphegor1982]

Yay! As of last Tuesday - that's 22 February - me and my Best Beloved/fiancé/sweetheart François are officially PACSed! The Pacte Civil de Solidarité is a French thing, fairly recent (10 years or so); a sort of contract - actually "a form of civil union between two adults (same-sex or opposite-sex) for organising their joint life. It brings rights and responsibilities, but less so than marriage", that's Wikipedia explaining - that means we're officially together. Never mind that we've been together for 7 years now :P But it's a good opportunity to bring the families together and see what happens. I'm still praying for not too much radioactive fallout, but I guess we'll only see that after Saturday lunch. Keeping my fingers crossed, though, because my family in particular is... complicated.

All quiet on the fiction/fanart front, although I do have some stuff brewin'. Good thing I'm on holiday :o)

Nighty-night!

Comments

[ninjacandy.livejournal.com]

Congratulations, belphegor! I do wish we had PACS in the United Kingdom. Where are you moving too? Plus, good luck with the Saturday lunch.

[belphegor1982.livejournal.com]

PACS is a great thing, because it enables opposite-sex and same-sex couples to have many of the same legal rights and duties before the law as a married couple. But it lacks greatly in gravitas and ceremony - you just get a stamp on a document in a little office in what you can liken to country court. A couple of my friends got PACSed two years ago, and they threw a party with families and friends, it was great :o) Then again, it was like a wedding, since they're both guys and it doesn't look like the law's gonna change soon here about gay marriage. François and I are keeping it really closely-knit, but when we do get married we'll party too :o)