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Livret de Famille

May and I received our new Livret de Famille from the French Consulate today. This makes our union official in the eyes of the French Republic. It’s also the first step for May to get a French passport, which will make traveling in Europe a little bit easier. May goes to French class every week, and her accent is getting better by the day. Her mom is taking similar classes and got an A+ for her last mid-term. Now is time for me to start thinking about learning Cantonese and Mandarin…

Just wanted to offer my congratulations to you and May for becoming legal in the eyes of the French republic. I think it may be easier for May to learn French than for you to master Cantonese and Mandarin due to the complexities of those languages. I think you should insist that May learn two other languages to compensate.

May’s former co-worker

Ed,

I like your idea! It’s always good to get some bargaining power…

Cheers!