I would not change one thing about the way my husband decided it was the right time -We went to visit his Dad in Newport,Tenn and on the morning we were to head home he asked his Dad to ride to town with us.-he said Yep let me grab my gun. We ended up at the Justice of Peace office and Tom said ''It's time to make it legal'' my father-in-law says it was high time I done right by his son so with his shot gun in hand I made an honorable man out of my husband..We lived together for 11 yrs with out papers and 15 yrs with papers. We had a good life together for 26 yrs before he passed away in '06 Ours was the young JP's first shotgun wedding. And the only one in the towns history that it was the PaPa of the groom holding the gun on the bride.