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The proposal
It happened during a Zombie Walk in 2009, completely unexpected and in front of 6,000 rotting ambulatory corpses lining Trinity Bellwoods Park. I had no idea what Adam was planning, as I had been extremely busy with work and preparing for the event that year. Each year it had grown larger and larger, requiring advertising, sponsors, police involvement and public permits for parades and parks. Adam wanted to make an announcement at the beginning of the route, which I thought was a little odd. He got down on one knee and asked me to “walk with him among the undead forever,” and I said yes! The zombies howled and moaned in approval!
The wedding
We decided that, since the undead of Toronto were kind of like an extended family, we should have the wedding at the Toronto Zombie Walk in 2011. To this day, we still cannot believe we were able to convince both of our families to dress as zombies! We tracked down a justice of the peace willing to dress up as a zombie priest. I was brought to the wedding in the back of my hearse enclosed in an antique coffin! Pallbearers carried my coffin to the altar while a zombie organist played, and as we approached the altar, my hand burst out of the casket with the bridal bouquet. After some spooky vows the justice said, “You may now kiss the bride,” and then I bit off a “chunk” of Adam’s face! We then joined the procession of the undead and stalked the streets of Toronto…. We could not have asked for a more perfect day.
The secret to success
In our relationship, being friends is the most important thing. You want someone who would help you hide the body, you know? Times haven’t always been easy, but our ability to laugh off the small and inconsequential things and keep the fun going with collaborative and otherworldly projects really helps, whether it’s working on costumes, decorating the 12-foot skeleton that lives permanently in the front yard or co-ordinating outfits with the cat. This year will be our 10-year wedding anniversary, and we are hoping to make the next 10 just as adventurous and horror filled.
